Chapel Choir performs in Rottingdean Spring Music Festival
St Aubyns pupils were privileged to perform with an international orchestra and conductor Friday 5 March 2010On the evening of Thursday 4th March the Chapel Choir performed in the Gala Concert at St Margaret's in Rottingdean as part of the Music Festival organised by Dr Roy Wales.
The concert featured the Hungarian Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra and their director Peter Kovats. The concert was conducted by Stephen
Hungarian Mendelssohn Orchestra in performance
Ellery. In the first half of the evening the orchestra performed Vivaldi's Concerto in G Major and then accompanied our choir in Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck in an arrangement by Stephen Ellery. This was followed by Chopin's Piano Concerto in E Minor played by Graham Caskie. The second half of the evening began with Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and ended with suite of Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok. In between this the St Aubyns Choir performed a medley of songs from Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat.
It was an exceedingly rich evening of musical fare and our pupils were very much at home in the midst of these eminent musicians. It was a privilege to sing with the orchestra and the children's confidence was lifted by performing in such exalted company.