Friday, May 9, 2014

Chislehurst PSA Programme Sunday 18th May 2014

Association of Kentish Men and Men of Kent
Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Chislehurst Methodist Church
Prince Imperial Road
BR7 5LX

Sunday 18th May 2014 at 3pm

Musical Director: Martin Bunce
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Bunce
Leader: Roy Simpson  
Accompanists: Tom Wade
Guest Vocalists:  Isabel Caetona da Rocha (Soprano) with Martin Cleave (Piano)
Soloists: Vincent Oliver (Violin) and Sophie Oliver (Piano)
Martin Bunce (Trumpet)

Opening Music: 'Roses from the South' by Johann Strauss               

Musical Items (Introduced by Ted Williams)
'Fresh Morning' a Pastorale from the 'Springtime Suite' by Eric Coates

Overture: 'Orphee aux Enfers' (Orpheus in the Underworld) by Jacques Offenbach

Vocal items: Isabel Caetona da Rocha (Soprano) and Martin Cleave (Piano)

Novelty item: 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic' by John Bratton

Solo 'Spiegel im Spiegel' by Arvo Part performed by Vincent Oliver (Violin) and Sophie Oliver (Piano)

Solo 'The Second Minuet' by Maurice Besly and Aubrey Dowden performed by
Martin Bunce (Trumpet)

Isabel and Martin return for further vocal items

Selection: 'Oliver' by Lionel Bart, arranged by Thomas Bunce

'The Easter Hymn' from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' by Pietro Mascagni

Concluding Music: 'Juarez Spanish March' by V S Schettino

The next Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Concert will be held at
Eltham Park Methodist Church, Westmount Road, SE9 1XX on
Sunday 25th May 3pm with Guest Soloists Valerie Murray (Soprano) Marilyn Bigham (Mezzo Soprano) James Hay (Tenor) and piano (tba)

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Programme for Sunday 27th April 2014

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 27th April 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: Bernadette Cowey (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Rosemary Chater (Piano)
 
Opening Music:  ‘The Grasshoppers Dance’ by Ernest Bucalossi

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: 'Guide me O thou great Jehovah'

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

Vocal Items: Bernadette Cowey (Soprano)
Accompanied by: Rosemary Chater (Piano)

'Morris Dance' Number One of 'Three Dances from the Music to Henry VIII' by Edward German

Bernadette and Rosemary return for further vocal items

Selection: 'The Easter Hymn' from 'Cavalleria Rusticana' by Pietro Mascagni                                                                  

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the  
Orchestra play: Number One from 'Faust Ballet Music' by Charles Gounod
    
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn:‘Thine be the glory’     

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Juarez Spanish March' by V S Schettino
                                    
Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 18th May 3pm at Chislehurst Methodist Church, Prince Imperial Road, BR7 5LX with Isabel Caetona da Rocha (Soprano) and Martin Cleave (Piano)
Sunday 25th May 3pm Valerie Murray (Soprano) Marilyn Bigham (Mezzo Soprano) James Hay (Tenor) and piano 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                               
NO PSA IN AUGUST
Sunday 28th September 3pm New Season Concert with James Hay (Tenor)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th May
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd July
NO REHEARSALS IN AUGUST

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

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