The annual Music Award Holders’ Recital took place in Big School on the evening of 8 October. The audience, including 75 viewers on the livestream, enjoyed an eclectic programme which included Stevie Wonder, Jolivet and Weber.
The Director of Music, Mr Paul Johnson-Hyde, welcomed the concert by saying it was “a very special moment for the Music Department as we once again fill the rafters of Big School with live music-making”.
Performances
- James Macfarlane (Rn, Upper Sixth: Piano), performing Claire de Lune from Suite Bergamasque (Claude Debussy)
- George Bustard (Rn, Lower Sixth: Piano), performing Tugela Rail (Darius Brubeck)
- Barney Fildes (P, Lower Sixth: Voice), performing Bring Him Home from Les Misérables (Claude-Michel Schönberg)
- Louis Russell (C, Lower Sixth: Bass Guitar), performing Go (The Chemical Brothers)
- Fraser Spalding (Fa, Lower Sixth: Alto Saxophone), performing Fantaisie Impromptu (André Jolivet)
- Solomon Ekoku (Fa, Lower Sixth: Drum Kit), performing Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
- Suzie Zu (W, Lower Sixth: Clarinet), performing Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48, third movement, Rondo: Allegro (Carl Maria Von Weber)
- Toby Lodge (C, Upper Sixth: Voice), performing O del mio dulce ardor from Paride et Elena (Christoph Gluck)
- Thomas Bulmer (F, Upper Sixth: Voice), performing Amoureux Separes from Deux Poemes Chinois, Op. 12 (Albert Roussel)
- Viktor Pullan (G, Upper Sixth: Cello), performing I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still (Old Scottish Border Melody) (Arr. Rebecca Clarke)
- Holly Payne (M, Upper Sixth: Flute), performing In Ireland (Hamilton Harty)
