Thursday, November 20, 2014

Programme for Sunday 30th November 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX

Sunday 30th November 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: James Hay
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductor: Chris Cole
Leader: Roy Simpson
Accompanist: Tom Wade

Guest Vocalist: Bonnie Callaghan (Soprano) 
Accompanied by Stuart Kale (Piano)

Opening Music, Number 1 from 'Rustic Revels' by Percy E. Fletcher 

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn: ‘Hail to the Lord’s anointed’

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: ‘Semiramide’ by Gioacchino Rossini  

Vocal Items: Bonnie Callaghan (Soprano) 
Accompanied by Stuart Kale (Piano)

'Play Gipsy' by Emmerich Kalman
                        
Bonnie and Stuart return for further vocal items

Selection: 'The Count of Luxembourg' by Franz Lehar

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Gavotte Suite in D'  by Johann Sebastian Bach

Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: ‘Guide me O though great Jehovah’ 

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Colonel Bogey' March by Kenneth J Alford

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 21st December Carol service with orchestra 4pm (music starts 3.45pm)
NO DECEMBER PSA
Sunday 25th January 3pm with Simon Eastwood and the Halstow Community Choir
Sunday 22nd February 3pm soloist tba
Sunday 30th March 3pm soloist tba
Sunday 26th April 3pm soloist tba

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
2nd, 9th, and our last rehearsal before Christmas, 16th December.
Rehearsals will start again in 2015 beginning:
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th January 2015

New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details. 

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Programme for New Eltham Remembrance Sunday 9th November 2014

New Eltham Methodist Church,437 Footscray Road,New Eltham,SE9 3UL
Sunday 9th November 2014 at 3.00pm

Hon Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductor: Chris Cole/Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson 
Accompanist: Tom Wade

Guest Soloists: Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp)
Carol-Anne Wells (Piano)*

Opening Music: 'Roses from the South' by Johan Strauss II

Musical items introduced by Ted Williams:
Excerpt from 'Westminster' leading into 'Knightsbridge' from 'The London Suite' by Eric Coates
Overture: 'Orphee aux Enfers' (Orpheus in the Underworld) by Jacques Offenbach

Vocal items from: Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp) 

'Finlandia' by Jean Sibelius
Solo Time: 'The Second Minuet' by Aubrey Dowden and Maurice Besley
featuring Martin Bunce on Trumpet            

Soloist: Martin Cleave performs 'The Warsaw Piano Concerto'
by Richard Addinsell

Lucy Bunce returns for more solo items

Selection: from 'The Gondoliers' by Arthur sullivan
'Pomp and Circumstance' by Edward Elgar
During which a collection will be taken for Methodist Church Missions

Concluding Music: 'The Dambusters' a March by Eric Coates

*Carol-Ann Wells had an operation shortly before the concert and felt unable to perform so we were pleased to have Martin Cleave step into the breach and play for us. Many thanks to Martin for a superb performance and we wish Carol-Ann a swift recovery and hope she will come and play for us another time.

Our next concert will be at Eltham Park Methodist Church on
Sunday 30th November at 3pm with Simon Kale (Tenor)
and Stuart Kale (Piano) 

The PSA AGM will be held on Tuesday 18th November at 7.30 at Eltham Park Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Programme for Sunday 26th October 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 26th October 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Dorothy Cole
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductor: Chris Cole
Leader: Roy Simpson   
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist: Melanie Mehta (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Rosemary Chater (Piano)

Opening Music: Number one from 'Three Dale Dances' by Arthur Wood

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: 'Angel voices ever singing'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Vocal Items: Melanie Mehta (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Rosemary Chater (Piano)  

'Finlandia' by Jean Sibelius

Melanie and Rosemary return for further vocal items

Selection: Number One from 'Pomp and Circumstance ' by Edward Elgar

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the  
Orchestra play: 'Berenice' a minuet by George Frideric Handel
    
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: ‘Come down O love divine’    
Benediction

Concluding Music: March 'The Great Little Army' by Kenneth J. Alford

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Remembrance Sunday 9th November 3pm concert at New Eltham Methodist Church Footscray Road SE9 3UL with Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp) and Carol-Anne Wells performing the Warsaw Piano Concerto
Sunday 30th November 3pm with Simon Kale (Tenor) and
Stuart Kale (Piano)              
NO DECEMBER PSA
Sunday 26th January 3pm with The Halstow Community Choir Conducted by
Simon Eastwood

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
28th October
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November
2nd, 9th, 16th December
New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Programme for Sunday 28th September 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 28 September 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Hazel Roberts
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson   
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist: James Hay Tenor)
Accompanied by Anne Clements (Piano)
 
Opening Music: 'Praludium' by Armas Jarnefelt

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: 'Come ye thankful people come'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'The Bohemian Girl' by Michael William Balfe  

Vocal Items: James Hay (Tenor) 
Accompanied by Anne Clements (Piano)

'Cavatina' by Joachim Raff

James and Anne return for further vocal items

Selection: From 'Chu Chin Chow' by Frederic Norton 

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the  
Orchestra play: 'Glow-worm' by Paul Lincke 
    
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'We plough the fields and scatter'     

Benediction

Concluding Music: March 'Abschied Der Gladiatoren' - The Gladiators' Farewell by Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg 

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 26th October 3pm Melanie Mehta (Soprano) with Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Remembrance Sunday 9th November 3pm Concert at New Eltham Methodist Church Footscray Road SE9 3UL with Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp) and Carol-Anne Wells performing the Warsaw piano concerto
Sunday 30th November 3pm with Simon Kale (Tenor) and Stuart Kale (Piano)              
NO DECEMBER PSA
Sunday 26th January 3pm with The Halstow Community Choir

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
30th September
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th October
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November
2nd, 9th, 16th December
New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details. 

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Programme for Sunday 27th July 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 27th July 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Hazel Roberts
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson  
Accompanist: Tom Wade

Opening Music: 'Palladio' by Karl Jenkins
 
Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer   
Hymn: ‘Now thank we all our God’

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Le Diademe' by Alphonse Herman

Ted started off the talent items with 'Edouard' a lymerick by Ogden Nash about a Bugler named Dougal Mcdougal... followed by:

Freddie (unaccompanied Violin Solo) of 'Hey Jude' by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Ruth (Bassoon) accompanied by Tom (Piano) 'Promenade' by George Gershwin

Isabel (Soprano) accompanied by Edwin (Piano) 'The Little Worm' by Henry E. Sachs

Sophie (Piano Solo) 'Gnossienne' by Eric Satie

A Duet by Chris (Tenor Recorder) John (Quarter Bass Recorder) of  'The Cuckoo' and 'Ariel's Song' both by Thomas Arne

David  and Isabel performed a comedy vocal duet 'Right Said Fred' by Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks

The Orchestra united to play 'Country Gardens' a Traditional English Folk Dance arranged by Tom Bunce

The talent items continued with:

Vincent (Unaccompanied Violin) 'Ashoken Farewell' by Jay Ungar

 A Duet by Pam (Viola) and Jan (Cello) of  'Memory' by Andrew Lloyd Webber' and 'Orimura Ichika' (unknown)

Isabel (Soprano) sang unaccompanied 'Danny Boy' lyrics by Frederick Weatherly

Simon performed  'Inflationary Language' a speech made famous by Victor Borge

Richard (Double Bass) and Roy (Ukelele) closed the talent items with two numbers 'Blue Ukelele Blues' and 'I'll See you in my Dreams' by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn for which Richard provided vocals as well as Bass.

The Orchestra returned with Selection: 'A Waltz Dream' by Oscar Straus

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Shy Serenade' by George Scott-Wood
   
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: ‘Hail to the Lord’s Anointed’  
Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Le Reve Passe' a March by Charles Helmer and Georges Krier 

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
NO PSA IN AUGUST
Sunday 28th September 3pm New Season Concert with James Hay (Tenor)
Sunday 26th October 3pm Melanie Mehta (Soprano) Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Sunday 9th November 3pm Annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at
New Eltham Methodist Church Footscray Road SE9 3UL with Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp) also Carol-Anne Wells will play the Warsaw Piano Concerto
Sunday 30th November 3pm soloist Simon Kale (Tenor) with Stuart Kale (Piano)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
NO REHEARSALS IN AUGUST
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th September
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th October
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November
2nd, 9th, 16th December
New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details. 

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Programme for Sunday 29th June 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 29 June 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Hazel Roberts
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson   
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist: Terry and Eric Bosshard (Soprano and Cello)
Accompanied by: Anne Clements (Piano)
 
Opening Music: 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' by George Frideric Handel

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: 'Lord, thy church on earth is seeking'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Ouverture zur Oper Martha' by Friedrich von Flotow

Vocal Items:  Terry and Eric Bosshard (Soprano and Cello)
Accompanied by: Anne Clements (Piano)

Excerpt from 'Westminster' leading into 'Knightsbridge' from 'London Suite' by Eric Coates
    
Terry, Eric and Anne return for further vocal items
Selection: 'The Gondoliers' by Arthur Sullivan

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the Orchestra play:
'Helston Floral Dance'a traditional folk song Arranged by Peter Gowlland
         
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'To God be the Glory'  

Benediction:

Concluding Music: 'The Liberators' a March by Charles Ancliffe

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 27th July 3pm End of Season Concert with talent from the Orchestra
NO PSA IN AUGUST
Sunday 28th September 3pm New Season Concert with James Hay (Tenor)
Sunday 26th October 3pm Melanie Mehta (Soprano) Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Sunday 9th November 3pm Annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at
New Eltham Methodist Church Footscray Road SE9 3UL with Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp) also
Carol-Anne Wells will play the Warsaw piano concerto
Sunday 30th November 3pm soloist Simon Kale (tenor) with Stuart Kale piano

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details. 
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd July
NO REHEARSALS IN AUGUST

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Programme for Sunday 25 May 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 25th May 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Dorothy Cole
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Janet Newis  
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Soloists: Valerie Murray (Soprano) and Marilyn Bigham (Mezzo-Soprano) and James Hay (Tenor)  Accompanied by Anne Clements (Piano)

Opening Music: 'Barcarolle' by Jacques Offenbach

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer   
Hymn: 'Come let us Join our Cheerful Songs'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Bronze Horse' by Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

Vocal Items: Valerie Murray (Soprano) and Marilyn Bigham (Mezzo-Soprano) and James Hay (Tenor) Accompanied by Anne Clements (Piano)

'In a Country Lane' and 'On the Edge of a Lake' from
'Summer Days Suite' by Eric Coates

Valerie, Marilyn, James and Anne return for further vocal items

Selection: 'The Merry Widow' by Franz Lehar                                                                  

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Number 3' from 'Faust Ballet Music' by Charles Gounod
   
Chairman:  Remarks
Hymn: ‘Rejoice the Lord is King’    

Benediction
Concluding Music: 'The Eighth Army' March by Eric Coates 

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 29th June 3pm Terry and Eric Bosshard (Soprano and Cello)
with Anne Clements (Piano)
Sunday 27th July 3pm End of Season Concert with talent from the orchestra
NO PSA IN AUGUST
Sunday 28th September 3pm New Season Concert with James Hay (Tenor)
Sunday 26th October 3pm Melanie Mehta (Soprano) Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Sunday 9th November 3pm Annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at
New Eltham Methodist Church Footscray Road SE9 3UL
with Lucy Bunce (Soprano/Harp)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
New members welcome just come along to any rehearsal or e-mail psaorchestra@interalia.plus.com for more details. 
27th May
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd July
NO REHEARSALS IN AUGUST