20th December - CHRISTMAS CONCERT
St Martin's Singers directed by Fergus Black
With Eleanor Turner Harp, Amy Turner Oboe
Programme:–
* John Taverner - A Nativity
* Peter Maxwell Davies - 5 Carols
* Benjamin Britten - Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
* Ralph Vaughan Williams - Three English Traditional Carols
* John Rutter - Dancing day, with Eleanor Turner harp
Amy Turner gave a delightful and sensitive solo performance of a series of transformations on the oboe.
30th September – CALVERT-TURNER DUO
Eleanor Turner, Harp
Rowena Calvert, Cello.
These brilliant, award-winning young players gave a wonderfully engaging concert.
The eclectic programme ranged from Bach to Gershwin, included Ravi Shankar's Sonata No1 for Cello and Harp, and ranged from the sublime (Saint-Saens 'Swan') to the ridiculous (Hubert Leonard's 'Donkey and the Driver').
Thoroughly entertaining!
2nd September - DE MERC CHAMBER CHOIR
Director by Adrian Jolliffe
A programme of "rare and beautiful music", including High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire" by Eric Thiman. The varied programme held interest, and the quality of singing superb from this small choir of mixed voices.
July and August – SUMMER LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
A series of 50 minute concerts on successive Wednesdays
Wednesday 26 July : A recital of English organ music by Kenneth Court
Wednesday 2 August : String and piano music by members of the Stamford International Music Festival
Wednesday 9 August : String and piano music by members of the Stamford International Music Festival
Wednesday 16 August : Organ recital by Christopher Gower, with Sylvia Gower Soprano
22nd July - ST MARTIN'S SINGERS
with Christopher Brown Organ, Nicola Wiggin and Rory Fitzpatrick, flutes.
A French theme, including works by de la Halle , Couperin, Delibes and Poulenc took us on an 800-year tour of French music.
The group of 16 talented female singers really use the acoustic at St Martin's to wonderful effect. The Couperin Mass, with organ played by Fergus gave a wonderful sense of 17th Century French Church music, while the Poulenc brought us firmly into the 20th Century.
25th March – NELSON MASS
Choral Workshop and Concert - Haydn's Nelson Mass, directed by Paul White, with David Lovell-Brown, organ
* Louise Reid, soprano
* Sally van der Sterren, alto
* Simon Jackson, tenor
* Marius Carney, bass
A very enjoyable event, greatly enhanced by the participation of organist David Lovell-Brown, as well as the four superb soloists.
25th February - FIATO WIND QUINTET
Students from Birmingham Conservatoire presented a lively and varied programme.
