December 2021 – Community events

Chorleywood Orchestra members are keen volunteers for providing entertainment at community events and local care homes. In the run up to Christmas 2021, small groups provided music at the village’s Festive Shopping Night with a jazz band and an ensemble who accompanied carols sung by the Chorleywood Choral Society. We joined the Choral Society again later in the month to provide carols at Beaumont Care Home.

7th November 2021 – Autumn Classics

Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man

Grieg – Holberg Suite

Gounod – Petite Symphony

Beethoven – Symphony No. 5

January 2020 – New Year Gala

Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture

Beethoven – Romance No.2 for Violin and Orchestra, with Rickmansworth Young Musician finalist Jessie Lewis

De Falla – Danse Espagnol with Jessie Lewis

Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto with Rickmansworth Young Musician Finalist Louisa Kataria

Suppe – Light Cavalry Overture

Strauss – Thunder and Lightning Polka

Strauss – Pizzicato Polka

Strauss – Blue Danube Waltz

Strauss – Radetzky March

 

November 2019 – Autumn Classics

Humperdinck – Hansel & Gretel Overture

Haydn – Cello Concerto No.1 with soloist Willard Carter, winner of Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year 2018

Dvorak – Symphony No.9 ‘From The New World’

 

September 2019 – Chorleywood Music Day

 

May 2019 – Spring Classics with soloist Richard Wainwright

 

January 2019 – New Year Concert of Viennese Waltzes etc. at Chorleywood Memorial Hall

A high energy romp through popular viennese walts, polkas and Songs. The Orchestra were joined by Soprano, Mandy Watsham Dunstall for two songs by Lehar, a complimentary glass of prosecco was kindly donated by Robsons of Chorleywood.

 

November 2018 – Evening concert commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI

Chorleywood music were proud to support Chorleywood Parish Council’s commemoration and remembrance weekend featuring music from the era and composed by some of the war musicians.

A very special occasion to mark the 100^th anniversary of the end of World War 1. The Memorial Hall was built by significant donations from local people to commemorate the fallen of ‘the Great War’. The programme included Elgar’s Cello Concerto with soloist Nicola Tait, Sospiri, Nimrod (both also by Elgar), Butterworth’s ‘The Banks of Green Willow’, John Williams’ ‘Hymn to the Fallen’ and two pieces composed specially for this concert.

 

July 2018 – Chorleywood Music Day

Generously supported by Chorleywood Parish Council, Chorleywood Music brought instrumental tryouts and a side by side concert to the Russell School, Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood. The Orchestra was doubled for the day with youngsters and returnees enjoying a varied programme of Elgar, Sibelius, Wagner, Mussorsky, Williams and McFarlane. Our tryout a musical session run by Christine Deeley and a team of school age volunteers, demonstrated their instruments to enthusiastic children some as young as three! See you next Year!

 

Willard Carter wins the Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year competition 2018

Last Saturday evening (30th June 2018), Rickmansworth was treated to a exceptional and wonderfully varied competition from eight young finalists. A line up of three pianists, one cellist, one saxophonist, one violinist, a clarinetist and a marimba-ist performed to a very high standard that had the audience entranced from start to finish.

Congratulations to all finalists:

Juliana Niu (15) Piano

Jessie Lewis (12) Violin

Louisa Kataria (17) Saxophone

Magdelene Ho (14) Piano

Willard Carter (16) Cello

Abi Lewis (14) Clarinet

Harjivan Singh (17) Piano

Alexander Pullen (Marimba)

The winners were

1st Willard Carter (Cello)

2nd Alex Pullen (Marimba)

3rd Magdalene Ho (Piano)

Recommendation: Louisa Kataria (Saxophone)

Click here for details on Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year 2022

Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year 2018 is jointly promoted and run by the Three Rivers Music Society, the Rotary Club of Rickmansworth and Chorleywood Music.

 

Spring Concert 2018

Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man

Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture

Adrian Warren – Melting into Spring (premiere)

Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, with soloist Yume Fujise

Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden

Schubert – Symphony 8 ‘Unfinished’

 

Classics in October

4pm on 15th October 2017

Chorleywood Memorial Hall, Common Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5SL

Chorleywood Orchestra, conducted by Richard Wainwright, presented a wonderful afternoon of beautiful music including:

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra

Rosemary Wainwright (Violin), Daniel Cornford (Viola)

Mozart: Mariage of Figaro Overture

Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty

Grieg: Excerpts from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (including In the Hall of the Mountain King!)

Coates: Dambusters March

Sousa: Liberty Bell March