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Last Night of the Proms - A Gala
Evening of Popular Classics
Saturday 27th September 2008
7.30pm Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor Darrell Davison
Mezzo-Soprano Juliette Pochin
Piano Alan Brown
The programme includes:
Bernstein: Dances from West Side
Story; Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Offenbach: The Can-Can; Strauss: Tales of Vienna Woods
Lambert: Rio Grande; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Chabrier: Espana; Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
Orff: Choruses from Carmina Burana; Luigini: Ballet Egyptian
Berlioz: Rakoczy March; Canteloube: Songs from the Auvergne
Gershwin: Summertime; Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Traditional songs from Last Night of the Proms.
This concert is raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support
Tickets: £8, £16.50 and £19
Tickets
from Fairfield Hall Box Office:- 020 8688 9291 |
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Autumn Classics
Saturday 15 November 2008
7.30pm- Trinity School Hall
Conductor Darrell Davison
Violin Naoko Miymaoto
Schumann: Overture “Manfred”
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No 7
Tickets: £10, £5 (child under 16) to include interval refreshments
Tickets from Linda Penn (Ticket Secretary):- 020 8680 2639 |
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Arthur Davison Family Concert
Christmas Concert
Saturday 6th December 2008
11:00am- Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor Darrell Davison
Organ Ian Le Grice
Young Soloists from the Yehudi Menuhin School
A special musical version of Hans
Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen is the highlight of this Christmas
cracker of a concert which features seasonal favourites by Strauss,
Rimsky-Korsakov and Offenbach. Besides a lively Sleigh Ride for Santa,
a Christmas Feather Dance and audience carols there is also a
presentation by some of the outstanding young prodigies from the
Yehudi Menuhin School.
Tickets: Adults £9, Children £7, Family Tickets £7 and £5.
Tickets from Fairfield Hall Box Office:- 020 8688 9291 |
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Valentine Classics
Saturday 14 February 2009
7.30pm- Fairfield Hall,Croydon
Conductor Darrell Davison
Piano Mei Yi Foo
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
(excerpts)
Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (Adagietto)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
This feast of classics is perfect
for Valentine’s Day with a programme which includes Rachmaninov’s
intensely romantic Symphonic Dances, Mahler’s beautifully wistful
Adagietto (Death in Venice), excerpts from Prokofiev’s brilliant
score to the ballet Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s exciting
First Piano Concerto. Mei Yi Foo was a winner of the 2008 Maria
Callas Grand Prix.
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets from Linda Penn (Ticket Secretary):- 020 8680 2639 |
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Arthur Davison Family Concert
Magical Myths and Legends with The Firebird
Saturday 14 March 2009
11:00am- Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor Darrell Davison
French Horn Alex Frank-Gemmill
This exciting programme of magical
myths and legends culminates in the dramatic story of The Firebird and
music from the Oscar-winning film trilogy of Lord of The Rings. Other
musical fables include Ravel’s beautiful description of Beauty and the
Beast, Wagner’s overture to the Flying Dutchman and Saint-Saens’
riotous Bacchanale from Sampson and Delilah.
Tickets: Adults £9, Children £7, Family Tickets £7 and £5.
Tickets from Fairfield Hall Box Office:- 020 8688 9291 |
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Summer
Classics
Saturday 6th June 2009
7.30pm- Fairfield Hall, Croydon
Conductor Darrell Davison
Finalists of the Croydon Concerto Competition
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s
Dream Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Mussorgsky (orch Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of
Mendelssohn’s birth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture is the perfect
opening for this summer concert. The vividly brilliant Capriccio
Espagnol is based on the composer’s own Spanish melodies; it’s a
romantic and lively piece and is ideal for a summer’s evening as is
Ravel’s stunning orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an
Exhibition. The concert also features the finals of the Croydon
Concerto Competition in which the audience helps select the winner.
Tickets: £10, £15
Tickets from Linda Penn (Ticket Secretary):- 020 8680 2639 or from
Fairfield Hall Box Office:- 020 8688 9291 |
14/08/08 Updated by Claire Slade
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