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Friday 12th January
La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen
Richard Tanner, Organist
Rugby School Chapel
Friday 19th January
Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
Canzona conducted by Richard Tanner
Rugby School Memorial Chapel
Monday 29th January:
Great Sacred Choral Classics
Including movements from Mozart's Mass in C minor
Ave verum corpus & Laudate Dominum
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin's Voices
organ, Richard Tanner
conducted by Emily Dickens
Thursday 8th February to Saturday 10th February
Cabaret
Directed by Tim Coker
Musical Director, Richard Tanner
at Rugby School
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th February
Recordings with 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year
Rugby School Memorial Chapel
Friday 23rd March:
Concerto Concert
Musically gifted pupils from Rugby School perform with a professional orchestra
programme to include:
- Trumpet Concerto, first movement, by Hummell
- Waldesruhe for 'cello, by Dvorak
- Piano Concerto, 2nd movement, by Khachaturian
- Horn Concerto No 1, by R Strauss
- Mache dich mein herze rein, from Mattaus Passion, by JS Bach
- Excert from Act 3 of Werther by Massenet
- 'cello Concertino, 1st movement, by Prokofiev
- Piano Concerto no 1, by Prokofiev
Bliss Sinfonia conducted by Richard Tanner
Thursday 10th May:
BBC Radio 4: Ascension Day Service
live from St Martin-in-the-Fields
Missa Brevis in C, KV220, Spatzenmesse by Mozart
BBC Daily Service Singers, The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Brandenburg Sinfonia
organ continuo,Richard Tanner
conducted by Andrew Earis
Saturday 12th May:
Bach - Magnificat and Ascension Oratorio
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin's Voices
Brandenburg Sinfonia
organ continuo, Richard Tanner
conducted by Andrew Earis
Sunday 13th May:
A Singing Afternoon for Young People
at Rugby School Chapel
organised by RSCM in Coventry and Warwickshire
directed by Richard Tanner
Saturday 19th May
Recordings with 2017 BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year
Rugby School Memorial Chapel
Monday 25th to Friday 29th June:
at Rugby School
Richard Tanner, joint Artistic Director
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Tuesday 26th June:
Concerto Concert
Musically gifted pupils from Rugby School and music staff perform with a professional orchestra
programme to include:
- Concerto in A minor, mvt 1, Edvard Grieg
- Romance, Dvorak
- Sea Pictures, Elgar
- Violin Concerto No. 2, mvt 1, Wieniawksi
- Trumpet Concertino, Lars Erik Larsson
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninoff - conducted by a student of Rugby School
Bliss Sinfonia conducted by Richard Tanner
Wednesday 27th June:
broadcast from Rugby School Chapel
- Prayer of Thomas Arnold, by Richard Tanner
- Responses by John Sanders
- Psalms 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131
- From Thee all skill and science flow (Belgrave)
- Noble in a minor
- Hear my Prayer, by Mendelssohn
- O Lord of every shining constellation (Highwood)
- Adagio, Frank Bridge
The Choir of Rugby School
James Williams, organist
directed by Richard Tanner
Friday 6th July:
A Celebration of Mozart
Including Vesperae solennelles de confessore
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin's Voices
Brandenburg Sinfonia
organ continuo, Richard Tanner
conducted by Andrew Earis
Thursday 12th July:
The Glories of Venice
Including movements from Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificat
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin's Voices
organ continuo, Richard Tanner
conducted by Emily Dickens
Sunday 15th July:
BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship
broadcast from Rugby School Chapel
The Choir of Rugby School
directed by Richard Tanner
Friday 3rd August:
Vivaldi's Gloria
- Beatus vir, Monteverdi
- Fürchte dich nicht, Bach
- Sinfonia No. 3 in G, Vivaldi
- Magnificat, Pergolesi
- Introduzione al Gloria ‘Ostro picta’, Vivaldi
- Gloria, Vivaldi
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin's Voices
Brandenburg Sinfonia
organ continuo, Richard Tanner
conducted by Andrew Earis
Monday 24th September:
Choral Workshop with the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Friday 2nd November:
Duruflé Requiem
Combined choirs of All Saints and St Matthew's Northampton
Richard Tanner, organist
conducted by Justin Miller
at St Matthew's Church, Northampton
Wednesday 14th November:
Choral Evensong
at Keble College, Oxford
The Choirs of Rugby School and Keble College Oxford
directed by Richard Tanner, Matthew Martin and Edward Higginbottom
Wednesday 5th December:
Christmas Appeal Carol Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields
at 6.30pm
accompanying the choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Thursday 6th December
Carol Service at All Saints Margaret Street, London
at 6.30pm
Choir of Rugby School
Saturday 15th December:
Concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields
at 4pm and 7.30pm
accompanying the choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Tuesday 25th December:
BBC Radio 4 Christmas Worship from Lambeth Palace
pre-recorded on Tuesday 4th December
Directing St Martin's Voices