Summer Concert
St Andrew’s Prep and Eastbourne College pupils performed alongside one another in a stunningly accomplished Summer Concert at All Saints’ Church on Friday evening.
It is no mean feat to arrange for pupils across two schools, aged 8 to 18 years old, to work alongside one another in such an impressive manner and bears testimony to the hard work of the schools’ music departments. The concert demonstrated collaboration at its best and wonderfully showcased the musical provision and education at both schools.
The tempo and rhythm of the evening was varied as were the emotions the programme stirred in the audience.
Pieces ranged from the humorous Can Can (Offenbach), Sandpaper Ballet (Anderson) and Kalika (Larianov) to the lyrical Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (Haydn) and beautiful Concerto for Strings in C major (Vivaldi).
However,the highlight of the evening was the performance of the compelling Requiem in Blue, which saw the children perform alongside its composer Harvey Brough. Comprising nine short movements for choir and an unusual instrumental ensemble including flugelhorn, ‘theorbo’ and harp, the piece mixed traditional requiem music with folk songs, jazz and contemporary poetry and allowed a number of soloists from both schools to shine.
Many congratulations to all those who took part.
