OCMC Concert 1909 PAT Memorial

Saturday 16^th October 2004 at 5.30 pm
in the Housman Room, University College, Gower Street, WC1

In memoriam Percy Timberlake
Concert No 1907

Octet Op.20 (1825) – slow movement	Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Violin: Peter Wall, Frances Daley, Edmund Booth, Martin Young Viola: Keith Daley, Patrick Cafferkey ‘Cello: Laura Forbes, Isobel Daley
Two Chinese Lyrics	Arthur Oldham (b.1926)
Lyn Parkyns (soprano)
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun (Shakespeare)		Gerald Finzi (1901-56)
Carl Murray (baritone)
An Oxford Elegy (1949)	R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Words adapted from The Scholar Gyspy and Thyrsis of Matthew Arnold
Carl Murray (narrator)

	CHORUS
	soprano	Cathy Bird, Margaret Bond, Philippa Kings, Pam Markle, Lynne Maya, Gillian Noakes, Lyn Parkyns, Jo Parton
	alto	Jeannie Cohen, Oenone Cox, Sue Estermann, Livia Gollancz, Norman Parkyns
	tenor	Alan Mayall, Nicholas Reading, Alan Reddish, Hugh Rosenbaum, Matt Smith*, Andrew Westlake
	bass	Giles de la Mare, William Randles, Richard Shaw, Peter Sowerby, Eric Stevens

	CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
	strings	Evelyn Chadwick (violin) + string octet as above + bass John Nissen*
	wind	Jonathan Shaw (flute), Malcolm Turner (oboe), Clare Shanks (cor anglais), John Blair-Gould, Michael Bryant* (clarinet), Liz Boyden (bassoon)
	horn	Peter Kaldor, John Asher
Conducted by Colin Myles

Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V (1944)		William Walton (1902-83)
The death of Falstaff Touch her soft lips and part
STRING ORCHESTRA String players as above, plus John Crawley, Jennifer Drewe, Bernard Gilonis, Shirley Karney, Pat Marshall, Rowena Rosenbaum, William Randles Conducted by Alan Reddish
Quintet for piano and wind K452 (1784)		W.A. Mozart (1756-91)
	Rondo: allegretto
Nicholas Reading (piano) Malcolm Turner (oboe), Michael Bryant* (clarinet) Hugh Rosenbaum (bassoon), Peter Kaldor (horn)
Sonata in A Op.100 (1886)		Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
	Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
Percy's Waltz		Mervyn Horder
Evelyn Chadwick (violin) & Alan Reddish (piano)

The concert was attended by his widow, Vera, and other members of Percy's family, by friends, and by many Club members who had known and played with Percy, a total (audience and performers) approaching 100 people. During the concert Percy's son Simon talked about Percy's life and his involvement in music and with the Club - you can read his notes here.

Oxford and Cambridge Musical Club

In memoriam Percy Timberlake
Concert No 1907

Octet Op.20 (1825) – slow movement

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)

Violin: Peter Wall, Frances Daley, Edmund Booth, Martin Young
Viola: Keith Daley, Patrick Cafferkey ‘Cello: Laura Forbes, Isobel Daley

Two Chinese Lyrics

Arthur Oldham (b.1926)

Lyn Parkyns (soprano)

Fear no more the heat o’ the sun (Shakespeare)

Carl Murray (baritone)

An Oxford Elegy (1949)

R. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Words adapted from The Scholar Gyspy and Thyrsis of Matthew Arnold

Carl Murray (narrator)

CHORUS

Cathy Bird, Margaret Bond, Philippa Kings, Pam Markle, Lynne Maya, Gillian Noakes, Lyn Parkyns, Jo Parton

bass

Giles de la Mare, William Randles, Richard Shaw, Peter Sowerby, Eric Stevens

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

strings

Evelyn Chadwick (violin) + string octet as above + bass John Nissen*

wind

Jonathan Shaw (flute), Malcolm Turner (oboe), Clare Shanks (cor anglais), John Blair-Gould, Michael Bryant* (clarinet), Liz Boyden (bassoon)

horn

Peter Kaldor, John Asher

Conducted by Colin Myles

Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V (1944)

William Walton (1902-83)

The death of Falstaff Touch her soft lips and part

STRING ORCHESTRA
String players as above, plus
John Crawley, Jennifer Drewe, Bernard Gilonis, Shirley Karney, Pat Marshall, Rowena Rosenbaum, William Randles

Conducted by Alan Reddish

Quintet for piano and wind K452 (1784)

W.A. Mozart (1756-91)

Sonata in A Op.100 (1886)

Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

Percy's Waltz

Mervyn Horder

Evelyn Chadwick (violin) & Alan Reddish (piano)