Over 150 pupils from the Senior School took part in the Ensembles Concert on Thursday evening. The events included performances from the Chamber Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Barbershop Chorus, Girls Acapella Group, Big Band and Percussion Ensemble.
The Symphony Orchestra opened the concert with a skilled and mature performance of the Minuet and Trio from Mozart’s Symphony No.40 and an orchestral arrangement of Liszt’s Liebesträume No.3. They were followed by the fifty-strong Concert Band performing an Irish Folk tune, The Willow Tree, and an energetic arrangement of Live and Let Die.
Symphony No.40 in G minor: Minuet and Trio – Mozart
Liebesträume No.3 – Liszt arr. Johns
Symphony Orchestra
Director: Mr S Johns
Leader: Waleed Alzarooni (H)
Bibiana Bien (Wh), Solomon Ekoku (Fa), Chiara Fahy-Spada (M), Niall Fatah (Rn), Lily Gartside (M), Anna Gillespie (R), Annabelle Harper (M), Annette Hung (Wh), Vivian Luo (Cr), Abby Luxon (Wh), James Macfarlane (Rn), Jasmine Newby (Rv), Natsuki Osaka (Rv), Andy Ouyang (G), Evelyn Park (Wh), Holly Payne (M), Viktor Pullan (G), Cheran Sri Ranganathan (Rn), Ella Stephens (R), Ray Wang (F), Michelle Yip (W), Suzie Zu (W), Miss D Xenakis, Mrs R Wilson
The Willow Tree – Ní Uallacháin arr. Sweeney
Live and Let Die – McCartney arr. Murtha
Concert Band
Director: Mr P Johnson-Hyde
Marcus Barrett (H), Edward Cheeseman (P), Libby Chesser (R), Ella Clinton (Cr), Fred Copus (C), Solomon Ekoku (Fa), Chiara Fahy-Spada (M), Laura Galanty (W), Thomas Galanty (F), Bertie Gathercole (H), Anna Gillespie (R), Annabelle Harper (M), Daniel Hooton (Rn), Christy Lau (W), Daniel Lodge (C), Alice Lowe (Rv), Abby Luxon (Wh), James Macfarlane (Rn), Edward Marriott (C), Max Moir (H), Jayen Navamani (Rn), Jasmine Newby (Rv), Sophie Norman (Wh), Seo Jin Park (W), Evelyn Park (Wh), Alex Povey (Rn), Sienna Romero-Cameron (Cr), Callum Scholes (G), Oliver Scott (F), Fraser Spalding (Fa), Hattie Stephens (GH), Ella Stephens (R), Arthur Tatham (Rn), Amy Taylor, Emily Worby (M), Suzie Zu (W), Mr L Fisher, Mr A Hooley, Mr M Osborn, Mrs R Wilson
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes – Old English Air arr. Bartholomew
Maria – Bernstein arr. Hare
Barbershop Chorus
Director: Mr L Fisher
Selim Ardac (G), Tom Bulmer (F), Edward Chesser (F), John Esson (F), Barney Fildes (P), Max Fryer (Rn), Bertie Gathercole (H), Otto Lapidus (G), Toby Lodge (C), Seumas MacLeod (H), Nihal Patel (Rn), Viktor Pullan (G), Felix Porter (H), Alan Yin (F)
Toxic – Karlsson & Winnberg arr. Johns
Girls’ Acapella Group
Director: Mr S Johns
Isabelle Allison (R), Sophie Barrows (Wh), Olivia Bartley (Wh), Nikita Dhar (Rv), Beatrice Digance (Rv), Robyn Emmett (Rv), Katie Evans (M), Joanna Harvie (M), Rylie Herbert (Rv), Tilly Hollands (Wh), Stasy Kozhokina (W), Gracie Lappin (Rv), Charmaine Lee (Cr), Liza Lomtadze (Cr), Sue Ma (Wh), Edie Pettit (Rv), Olivia Rodriguez (Wh), Poppy Tilling (Cr)
Stars – Ešenvalds
Chamber Choir
Director: Mr S Johns
Angus Bruce (Rn), Evelyn Chan (Cr), Julia Cherry (W), Edward Chesser (F), Daisy Collins (M), Sophie da Silva Ziegler (W), Chiara Fahy-Spada (M), Max Fryer (Rn), Bertie Gathercole (H), Toby Lodge (C), James Macfarlane (Rn), Lily Moram (R), Allegra Sheen (Cr), Olivia Stirling (R), Alan Yin (F)
So What – Davies
Jazz Ensemble
Director: Mr S Walker
Marcus Barrett (H), Curtis Day (H), Stefano Di Rico (P), Bertie Gathercole (H), Raffi Harley (Fa), Annabelle Harper (M), Daniel Hooton (Rn), Kartik Jain (G), James Macfarlane (Rn), Jayen Navamani (Rn), Alex Povey (Rn), Viktor Pullan (G), Ryan Slater (C)
Aeolian Odyssey arr. Osborn
Percussion Ensemble
Director: Mr M Osborn
James Curtis (P), Thomas Keevil (C), Toby Lodge (C), Hattie Stephens (GH), Arthur Tatham (Rn)
Sweet Home Chicago – Johnson
Big Band
Director: Mr S Walker
Angus Bruce (Rn), Tom Bulmer (F), Summie Cheng (Cr), Stefano Di Rico (P), Oliver Healy-Millett (P), Daniel Hooton (Rn), Gina Hooton (W), Abby Luxon (Wh), James Macfarlane (Rn), Edward Marriott (C), Alex Povey (Rn)