Sunday, March 16, 2014

Programme for Sunday 30th March 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
30th March 2014 at 3pm

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

Guest Soloist: Jill Cowburn (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Martin Cleave (Piano)                            
                 
Opening Music: ‘The Teddy Bears Picnic’ by John Walter Bratton
 
Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer  
Hymn: ‘Come Down O Love Divine’

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Orphee aux Enfers' (Orpheus in the Underworld) by Jacques Offenbach

Vocal Items: Jill Cowburn (Soprano)
Accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)

'The Londonderry Air' by Geoffrey O’Conner Morris

Jill and Martin return for further vocal items

Selection: 'Verdi Opera Memories' by Guiseppe Verdi

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Fresh Morning' a Pastorale from the 'Springtime Suite' by Eric Coates
     
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn 'Lord of all Hopefulness'   

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Florentiner March' by Julius Fucik

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 27th April 3pm Bernadette Cowey (Soprano) with Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Sunday 18th May 3pm at Chislehurst Methodist Church, Prince Imperial Road,
BR7 5LX with Lesley Khatib (Soprano) Accompanist tba
Sunday 25th May 3pm Valerie Murray (Soprano), Marilyn Bigham (Mezzo-Soprano), James Hay (Tenor) Accompanist tba
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

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 8pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
New Members Welcome
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th April
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th May
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd July
NO REHEARSALS IN AUGUST

Monday, February 3, 2014

Programme for Sunday 23rd February 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 23rd February 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Dorothy Cole
Musical Director: Martin Bunce
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist:  Myra Warwick (Mezzo Soprano)
Accompanied by: Rosalie Watson (Piano)

Opening Music: 'Spanish Gypsy Dance' by Pascual Marquina                             

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer 
Hymn: ‘Angel Voices'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' by Otto Nicolai

Vocal Items: Myra Warwick 
Accompanied by: Rosalie Watson

'Jamaican Rumba' by Arthur Benjamin

Myra and Rosalie return for further vocal items

Selection: 'Oliver' by Lionel Bart

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play:  'The Second Minuet'  by Maurice Besly
Featuring Trumpet Solo by Martin Bunce         

Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: ‘Father I place into your hands'
Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Auszug der Garde' - 'Marching out of the Guards' by Richard Eilenberg

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 30th March 3pm soloist tba
Sunday 27th April 3pm soloist Bernadette Cowey (Soprano) accompanied by Rosemary Chater (Piano)
Sunday 18th May 3pm at Chislehurst Methodist Church, Prince Imperial Road, BR7 5LX soloist tba
Sunday 26th May at 3pm soloist tba

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
New players always welcome.
25th February
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd tbc, 29th April
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th May

Friday, January 24, 2014

Programme for Sunday 26th January 2014

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

Sunday 26th January 2014 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: James Hay
Musical Director: Martin Bunce
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson 
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Vocal Items performed by The Halstow Community Choir
Conducted by  Simon Eastwood

Opening Music: 'Linden Lea' by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer  
Hymn:  'The Church's One Foundation'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' by Gioacchino Rossini'

Vocal Items performed by The Halstow Community Choir
Conducted by  Simon Eastwood

'Hearts and Flowers' by Theodore Moses-Tobani 

The Halstow Community Choir return

Selection: 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'  by Frank Churchill

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Alleluia'  by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn:   'Lord the Light of your Love'
Benediction:

Concluding Music: 'The Boys of the Old Brigade' by William H. Myddleton

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 23rd February 3pm soloist Myra Warwick,  Accompanied by Rosalie Watson
Sunday 30th March 3pm soloist tba
Sunday 27th April 3pm soloist tba

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
New players always welcome
28th January
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th February
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd tbc, 29th April

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Carol Concert Sunday 22nd December 2013

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Carol Concert
Sunday 22nd December at 4.00pm

Introductory Music by the Orchestra from 3.45pm
'Sheep may safely Graze' by Johann Sebastian Bach
'Scherzo for Christmas' by A W Bendy
'Alleluia' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Worthy is the Lamb' and 'He shall feed his flock' from 'Messiah' by George Frideric Handel

Service begins at 4.00pm

Carol: Once in Royal David's City

Welcome and Opening Prayer

Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem

Reading: tbc

Carol: Silent Night

Reading: tbc

Carol: While Shepherds Watched

Reading: tbc

Carol: The First Nowell

Reading: tbc

Carol: The Angel Gabriel 'Gabriel's Message'

Reading: tbc

Carol: In the Bleak Midwinter

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Collection during which the Orchestra Play:
'Shepherds Dance' from 'Three Dances from Henry VIII' by Edward German

Carol: O Come all you Faithful

Reading: tbc

Carol: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Reading: tbc

Closing Music: 'Halleluja Chorus' from 'Messiah'by George Frideric Handel

'We Wish You a Merry Christmas'

Next Rehearsal 7.45pm 8th January.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Programme for Sunday 24th November 2013

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 24th November 2013 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Dorothy Cole
Musical Director: Martin Bunce
Conductors: Chris Cole
Leader: Roy Simpson 
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist: Beverley Howard (Soprano) 
Accompanied by: Elsa Lucking (Piano)

Opening Music: 'La Course Des Becanes' from 'Les Bains De Mer'  by Edmond Missa

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer  

Hymn 'Be still for the presence of the Lord'

Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Ungarische Lustspiel (Hungarian Comedy)' by Keler Bela

Vocal Items: Beverley Howard  (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Elsa Lucking (Piano)

'In a Persian Market' by Albert W. Ketelbey

Beverley and Elsa return for further vocal items

Selection: 'The Mikado' by Arthur Sullivan

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the Orchestra play:
'In Hammersbach' a Lullaby from 'Three Bavarian Dances' by Edward Elgar 
  
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'At the name of Jesus'   
Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Radetsky March' by Johann Strauss

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 22nd December Carol Service at 4.00pm.  Orchestra plays from 3.45pm
Sunday 26th January 3pm with Halstow Community Choir conducted by Simon Eastwood
Sunday 23rd February 3pm soloist tba.
Sunday 30th March 3pm soloist tba

NO DECEMBER PSA

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday evenings 8.00pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church:
New players always welcome

26th November
3rd AGM 7.45pm rehearsal afterwards, 10th, 17th  December
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th January
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th February
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Programme for New Eltham Sunday 10th November 2013

New Eltham Methodist Church,437 Footscray Road,New Eltham,SE9 3UL
Sunday 10th November 2013 at 3.00pm
Hon Musical Director: Martin Bunce
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson  
Accompanist: Tom Wade

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

Musical items introduced by Ted Williams

Overture 'Egmont' by Ludvig van Beethoven

'Echoes from the Puszta'by A.Ferraris

Special Guest Soloists: Daniel Meades (Tenor) and Daniel  Beach (Piano)

'Trumpet Tune and Air' by Henry Purcell featuring Martin Bunce on Trumpet            
 'Gabriel's Oboe' from the film 'The Mission' by Ennio Morricone featuring David Williamson
on Oboe

Daniel and Daniel return for more vocal items
Solo from Jonathan Stevens pupil of Daniel Meades, singing 'Der Neuglerige' which he will be performing for auditions for various Conservatoires of Music on Thursday.
We wish him every success.

Selection from 'Show Boat' by Jerome Kern

Collection: Number One from 'The Watermusic' by  George Friderick Handel

Concluding Music: 'RAF March Past' by H.Walford Davies

Our next concert will be at Eltham park Methodist Church on
Sunday 24th November 3pm with Beverley Howard (Soprano) Accompanied by Elsa Lucking (Piano)             

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Programme for Sunday 27th October 2013

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

Sunday 27th October 2013 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Lynda Bunce
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Bunce AGSM
Conductors:  Chris Cole and Martin Bunce  
Leader: Roy Simpson               
Accompanist: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalist: Marjorie Ouvry (Mezzo Soprano) and Jonathan Ouvry (Bass/Baritone)      
Accompanied by Patricia Williams (Piano)                        
                                  
Opening Music: Number One from ‘Three Bavarian Dances’ by Edward Elgar
    
Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer                   
Hymn:  ‘Praise my Soul the King of Heaven’
   
Musical Items - Introduced by Ted Williams     
Overture: 'Egmont' by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Vocal Items: Marjorie and Jonathan Ouvry with Patricia Williams

'Marche' No.1 from 'Jeux D’Enfants Suite' by Georges Bizet

Marjorie Jonathan and Patricia return for further vocal items

Selection: from ‘The Pirates Of Penzance’ by Arthur Sullivan

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the        
Orchestra play 'Impromptu' No. 3 from 'Jeux D’Enfants Suite' by Georges Bizet
                   
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: ‘Tell Out My Soul’                 
Benediction

Concluding Music: March ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ by John Philip Sousa
                                                                                         

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your Diary:
Sunday 10th November 3pm at New Eltham Methodist Church, 437 Footscray Road, New Eltham,
SE9 3UL, with Daniel Meades (Tenor) and David Bullen (Piano)

Sunday 24th November 3pm with Beverley Howard (Soprano)
Accompanied by Elsa Lucking (Piano)                                  
Sunday 22nd December Carol Concert (to be confirmed )
Sunday 26th January 3pm with Simon Eastwood’s choir
Sunday 23rd February 3pm soloist tba.
Sunday 30th March 3pm soloist tba

NO DECEMBER PSA

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday evenings 8.00pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church:
New players always welcome

5th, 12th, 19th,26th November
3rd, 10th December
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th January
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th February
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March