Thursday, March 23, 2017

Programme for Sunday 26th March 2017

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

Sunday 26th March 2017 at 3pm

PSA Chairman:  Maureen Black
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson 

Guest Soloist: Gordon Pole (Tenor) accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)

Opening Music: Excerpt from 'Carmen' by Georges Bizet

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer  
Hymn: 'Now Thank we all our God'

Musical Items introduced by Martin Cleave      
Overture: 'Martha' by Friedrich von Flotow

Vocal Items: Gordon Pole accompanied by Martin Cleave

'Unter Donner and Blitz' by Johann Strauss II

Gordon and Martin return for further vocal items

'New Sullivan Selection' by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which  the Orchestra play:
'Sailing By' by Ronald Binge
  
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'Forty Days and Forty Nights'   

Benediction
Concluding Music: ''War March of the Priests' by Felix Mendelssohn

Caroline Smith was unable to sing for us at this concert, many thanks to Gordon Pole for stepping in and delighting us with a wonderful performance.

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 30th April at 3pm Guest Soloists Julie Hyland (Soprano),
Ian Priestly (Baritone) accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)

Chislehurst Methodist Church, Prince Imperial Road, BR7 5LX
Sunday 14th May at 3pm
Guest Soloists Nadine (Soprano) and Guy Plater (Tenor)

Eltham Park Methodist Church
Sunday 28th May at 3pm
Guest Soloists Jean Low (Soprano) and Melanie Mehta (Soprano)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
28th March
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th April
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th May

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

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Programme for Sunday 26th February 2017

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 26th February 2017 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Brenda Rosendale
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson   

Guest Soloist: Susanna MacRae (Soprano) accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)

Opening Music: 'Slavonic Dance' by Antonin Dvorak

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Musical Items introduced by Martin Cleave      
Overture: 'The Barber of Seville' by Gioacchino Rossini

Vocal Items: Susanna MacRae accompanied by Martin Cleave 

'By the sleepy Lagoon' by Eric Coates

Susanna and Martin return for further vocal items

Selection:  'Showboat' by Jerome Kern

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the  
Orchestra play: 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits' by Christoph Gluck
    
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'Great is thy Faithfulness'     

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'The Children of the Regiment' by Julius Fucik

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 26th March at 3pm Guest Soloist Caroline Smith (Soprano)
featuring Gems of 'Our Gracie' accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)
Sunday 30th April at 3pm Guest Soloists Julie Hyland (Soprano),
Ian Priestly (Baritone) accompanied by Martin Cleave (Piano)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
28th February
7th, 14th, 21st 28th March
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th April
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th May

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

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Programme for Sunday January 29th 2017

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday January 29th 2017 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Hazel Roberts
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson  

Featuring The Golden Girls directed by Chris Cole  

Opening Music: 'Folie Bergere' from 'Three Light Pieces' by Percy E. Fletcher

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer   
Hymn: 'May the mind of Christ my Saviour'

Musical Items introduced by Martin Cleave      

Overture: 'HMS Pinafore' by Arthur Sullivan

Vocal Items: The Golden Girls directed by Chris Cole

'Les Patineurs' (Skaters' Waltz) by Emile Waldteufel

Chris and the Golden Girls return for further vocal items

Selection: 'The Dancing Years' by Ivor Novello

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the
Orchestra play: 'Passepied' the third of Three Dances from 'Le Roi S'amuse'
by Leo Delibes
   
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'To God be the Glory'    

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Marche Lorraine' be Louis Ganne

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 26th February at 3pm Guest Soloist Susanna MacRae (Soprano)
accompanied By Martin Cleave (Piano)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
31st January
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th February

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

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Carol Concert 18th December 2016

Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Carol Concert
Sunday 18th December at 4.00pm

Introductory Music by the Orchestra from 3.45pm from the selection below
Scipio March by George Frideric Handel
Shepherds Dance from Three Dances by Edward German
Melodies from Messiah by George Frideric Handel

Service begins at 4.00pm

Reading 'Shine'

Carol: 'Once in Royal David's City'

Welcome and Opening Prayer

First lesson: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7  'The promise of a Saviour'

Carol:  'O Little Town of Bethlehem'

Second Lesson:  Luke 1:26-33 'The birth of Jesus is foretold'

Carol:  'The Angel Gabriel from Heaven came'

Third Lesson:  Luke 2:1-7 'The birth of Jesus'

Reading;  'Christmas Crib'

Carol:  'Away in a Manger'

Song:  'O Holy Night' sung by Annie Mokgohloa

Carol Medley

Fourth Lesson: Luke 2:8-12 'The shepherds visit the baby Jesus'

Carol:  'God rest you Merry Gentlemen'

Poem:  'BC/AD'

Fifth Lesson:  Matthew 2:1-12 'The visit of the Magi'

Carol:  'It came upon the midnight clear'

Sixth Lesson:  John 1:1-5, 10-14 'The word became flesh'

Address

Carol: 'In the bleak mid-winter'

The offering is taken as the Orchestra Play: 'Rondo' by Henry Purcell

Offering Prayer

Carol:  'O Come all ye Faithful'

Prayers

Carol:  'Hark the Herald Angels Sing'

Blessing

The Orchestra plays 'Alleluia' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Programme for 27th November 2016

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 27th November 2016 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: James Hay
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson  
Guest Soloist: Jill Cowburn (Soprano) with Martin Cleave (Piano)

Opening Music: 'La Cinquantaine' by Jean Gabriel-Marie

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer   
Hymn: 'There's a light upon the mountain'

Musical Items introduced by Martin Cleave    
Overture: 'The Bohemian Girl' by Michael William Balfe

Vocal Items:  Jill Cowburn (Soprano) with Martin Cleave (Piano)

Number Two from 'Norwegian Dances' by Edvard Grieg

Jill and Martin return for further vocal items

Selection: 'Brigadoon' by Frederick Loewe

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the Orchestra play:
'Rondo in D minor' by Henry Purcell

Chairman: Remarks

Hymn: 'Mine eyes have seen the Glory'    

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'The Washington Post' by John Philip Sousa

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 18th December Carol Concert at 4pm,
The Orchestra will welcome you with a selection of music from 3.45pm
2017
Sunday 29th January at 3pm Featuring The Golden Girls directed by Chris Cole
Sunday 26th February at 3pm Guest Soloist Susanna MacRae (Soprano)
accompanied By Martin Cleave (Piano)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
29th November PSA Annual General Meeting, promptly at 7.45pm.
Rehearsal afterwards.  All Welcome
6th, 13th December
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st January
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th February

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Programme for New Eltham Remembrance Sunday 13th November 2016

Remembrance Sunday
New Eltham Methodist Church, 437 Footscray Road,New Eltham,SE9 3UL
Sunday 13th November 2016 at 3.00pm
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductor: Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson  

Guest Soloists: Carol-Anne Wells (Piano) Desni Hanford (Soprano)
Martin Bunce (Trumpet)

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

Musical Items Introduced by Martin Cleave    

'Neopolitan Serenade' by Gerhard Winkler

Overture: 'The Bronze Horse' by Daniel Auber

Memories of Vera Lynn
Desni Hanford (Soprano) with Carol-Anne Wells (Piano)

'The Holy City' by Stephen Adams
Soloist: Martin Bunce (Trumpet)

Theme from 'Schindler's List' by John Williams
Soloist: Vincent Oliver (Violin)

'La Paloma' by Sebastien de Yradier

Theme from 'The Warsaw Concerto' by Richard Addinsell
Soloist: Carol-Anne Wells (Piano)

'Roses of Picardy' by Haydn Wood
(Collection in aid of Overseas Missions)

More vocal items from Desni and Carol-Anne

Selection from 'Chu Chin Chow' by Frederic Norton

Concluding Music: 'Blaze Away' by Abe Holtzmann

Our next concert will be at Eltham Park Methodist Church on
Sunday 27th November 3.00pm
Guest Soloist: Jill Cowburn (Soprano) with Martin Cleave (Piano)

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Programme for Sunday 30th October 2016

Musical Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
Eltham Park Methodist Church
Westmount Road
SE9 1XX
Sunday 30th October 2016 at 3pm

PSA Chairman: Hazel Roberts
Hon. Musical Director: Martin Cleave Dip. RCM
Conductors: Chris Cole and Martin Cleave
Leader: Roy Simpson   
Guest Soloist: Stephen Roe (Baritone) and Rosemary Chater (Piano) 

Opening Music: 'Neopolitan Serenade' by Gerhard Winkler

Chairman: Reading, Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer    
Hymn: 'Praise to the Holiest in the Height'
Musical Items introduced by Martin Cleave     
Overture: 'The Bronze Horse' by Daniel Auber 

Vocal Items: Stephen Roe and Rosemary Chater 

'La Paloma' by Sebastien de Yradier

Stephen and Rosemary return for further vocal items

Selection: 'Chu Chin Chow' by Frederic Norton

Secretary: Notices and Collection, during which the  
Orchestra play: 'Roses of Picardy' by Haydn Wood
    
Chairman: Remarks
Hymn: 'O Jesus I have promised'     

Benediction

Concluding Music: 'Blaze Away' by Abe Holtzmann

Forthcoming Pleasant Sunday Afternoons for your diary:
Sunday 13th November 3pm Annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at New Eltham Methodist Church
Footscray Road SE9 with Soloists Carol-Anne Wells playing the Warsaw Piano Concerto and Desni Hanford (Soprano)
Sunday 27th November 3pm Jill Cowburn (Soprano) with Martin Cleave (Piano)
Sunday 18th December Carol Concert (to be confirmed)

Forthcoming Orchestral Rehearsals:
Tuesday 7.45pm at Eltham Park Methodist Church
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th November
6th, 13th December (to be confirmed)

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