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Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir Charity
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Saturday
4 December 2004 7.30p.m. (Doors
open at 6.30pm) The Grand
Temple Freemasons
Hall, 60 Great Queen St., WC2B 5AZ Hospitals’ Christmas Carol Concert
Massed Choirs of the
London Hospitals Supported by Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir Ieuan Jones (harp) Ian Curror
(organ) The
Fanfare Trumpeters of the Ban of the Welsh Guards Director of Music Major Phjlip Shannon, MBE “By permission of Lieutenant General Sir Redmond Watt, KCVO, CBE The Regimental Lieutenant Colonel!” Dr. Charles Farncombe Conductor FREEMASONS’ HALL is 3-4 minutes walk from HOLBORN UNDERGROUND Tickets all unreserved
£17, £10 (restricted view) Box Office Information Tel: 020 7831 9811 or 020
7602 6818 From: Miss Sylvia Darley,
OBE 34 North End Road, London, W14 0SH In aid of Cystic Fibrosis
Trust 40th anniversary Registered Charity No.
1079049 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is
the most common, life-threatening, inherited disease in the UK. It attacks
the lungs and digestion and affects more than 7,500 babies, children and
adults. One in 25 of the population is a carrier of the faulty gene which
causes Cystic Fibrosis. Average life expectancy is only 31 years, and each
week CF claims the lives of three young people. The CF Trust is the only
national charity dedicated to finding a cure. It is currently funding a £15
million ground-breaking gene therapy research programme, which will prevent
90% of deaths from CF. With £8 million already raised,
a further £7 million is desperately needed to make this treatment a reality. Thank you for your
support. We are all grateful to the
United Grand Lodge of England for kindly lending Freemasons’ Hall @@@@@@@@@@@@ Saturday
18 December 2004 6.30p.m. (Doors
open at 6.30pm) Carols at
the Church of The Church of the Holy Innocents, Paddenswick
Road, Hammersmith W6 No tickets necessary, but
there will be a collection for THE HOMELESS AT CHRISTMAS @@@@@@@@@@@@ Friday 11
March 2005 7.30pm St. John’s Church, Smith Square, SW1
Petite Messe
Solenelle – Rossini Robert Aldwincle
(piano) Diane Charlsworth
(soprano) Sean Ruaen
(tenor) Rachel Smith (mezzo) Anthony Cleverton (bass) Dr. Charles Farncombe Conductor Past concerts on the www |
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THE MALCOLM SARGENT FESTIVAL CHOIR Patrons Richard Baker OBE Dr. John Birch DMus FRCO Sir Ian Gourlay KCB CVO OBE MC The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath KG MBE MP The Rt. Hon. The Lord King of Wartnaby The Rt. Hon. The Countess Mountbatten of Burma CBE CD JP DL The Hon. Georgina Stonor OSt.J Dr CHARLES FARNCOMBE CBE Director of Music SYLVIA DARLEY OBE Chairman The Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir
formed in 1985 to be the principal choir in a massed performance of Messiah
in Sweden during the Handel Centenary Year. Since then it has performed
widely in Western Europe as well as Australia and Singapore, including a
visit to Venice in October 2001, performing in the famous Basilica di San Marco. Their Golden Jubilee Celebration took place
in The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St. Alban. The Festival Choir is
drawn from members of Choirs from every part of England, from the South Coast
to Newcastle in the North, from Bristol in the West to Aldeburgh in the East,
after passing an audition. They pay all their own travel and personal
expenses to rehearsals in London, however far afield the concerts are scheduled.
The Choir performs voluntarily in order to raise substantial sums of money
for children's charities. New Members always
welcome. Why not join us? Enquiries for Concerts and
Auditions: Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir 34 North
End Road London W14 OSH Tel: 020 7602 6818 / 020
7352 6805 Fax: 020 7602 8162 / 020
7376 3503 Email: malcolm.sargent@virgin.net Charity Registration no
1055426 DIRECTORS Sylvia Darley OBE (Chairman) Sir Euan A-G-Calthorpe, Bt
Julian Cotterell
(Hon Treasurer) Mrs Henrietta Davies-Cooke Dr Charles Farncombe CBE (Director
of Music) James Stitt Henry Wickham Avril Phillips
Wilson Chorus Master: Malcolm
Hicks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CHARLES FARNCOMBE CBE Born in SE London in 1919
his early years saw a period as a choir boy at Canterbury Cathedral, followed
by attendance at Dulwich College and later graduation with honours from
Imperial College. The onset of the Second
World War saw him volunteer for REME and he was drafted as Captain into a
tank recovery unit in 21 st Army Group. Wounded at
Caen, it was whilst in hospital that he decided on a change in career. He entered the Royal
Academy of Music in 1947 and with the encouragement of Vaughan Williams he
became conductor of one of the composer's Festival Choirs. In 1955 he founded
the Handel Opera Society and was Musical Director until 1985. From 1968 to 1979 he was Chief Conductor at the baroque Drottningham Court Theatre in Stockholm, followed by 15 years as Chief Conductor at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival. Between 1994 and 1998 he was a regular guest conductor at the Komische Oper, Berlin. Charles Farncombe is the Music Director of the Malcolm Sargent Festival Choir,
founded in 1985, with which he has conducted a wide variety of works
including the Verdi Requiem, the Berlioz Grande Messe
des Mortes, Mahler's 8th Symphony, the Petite Messe Solennelle of Rossini and
of course Messiah. In 2001, he conducted a
series of orchestral concerts in the San Carlo Opera House in Naples,
featuring the music of Britten, and this year, as part of the 25th
Anniversary of the Annual Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, he conducted a series
of performances of Handel's "Ottone". Charles Farncombe was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of Drottningham in 1972, the CBE in 1976. He was made a
Knight Commander of the Royal Swedish Order of the North Star in 1982, and
was awarded the Karlsruhe Gold Medal in 1992. He is a fellow of the Royal
Academy of Music and Royal Swedish Academy, with Honorary Doctorates of Music
from Yankton College, South Dakota, Capital University, Colombus,
Ohio and City University, London. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ SYLVIA DARLEY OBE Sylvia Darley served in
the Wrens towards the end of the last war and joined Sir Malcolm Sargent’s staff in 1947 as a junior secretary. This was
the year that Sir Malcolm was knighted and took part in his first Promenade
season. She remained with him for over 20 years, latterly as his Manager, up
until his death in 1967. In 1987 Sylvia Darley was
awarded an OBE in recognition of her work with the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children. |