King Edward's Music

From the Lunchtime Recital on 24 November

Our thanks to Mr. Ash for the photographs.

The concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

Lunchtime Recital

Thursday, 8 December at 1310
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Corelli Quartet – Beth Zheng, violin; Melissa Yuan, violin; Melissa Yao, viola; and Isabel Russell, ‘cello.
Matthias Madden, saxophone
Charlotte Chapman, oboe
Nathan Appanna, clarinet

works by McGarry, Woods, Maurice, Marcello, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Monti, including the first movement of Shostakovich’s Second String Quartet

This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

Lunchtime Recital

Thursday, 24 November at 1310
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik op.24, no.2
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks

Wind Quintet: Isla Atay, flute; Charlotte Chapman, oboe; Philippa Kent, horn; Peter Murphy, clarinet; and Rhea Suribhatla, bassoon.

Stravinsky Ensemble: Isla Atay, flute; Peter Murphy, clarinet; Edward Hodge, clarinet; Rhea Suribhatla, bassoon; Philippa Kent, horn; Jedidiah Cheung, violin; Beth Zheng, violin; Jessica Tedd, violin; Ivy Lao, violin; David Millross, viola; Eben Gutteridge, viola; Junias Wong, viola; Isabel Russell, ‘cello; Beatrice Beardmore, ‘cello; Shriya Sanghera, ‘cello; Anumita Bagchi, double bass.

This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

November 18, 2016

Performers’ Platform

Tuesday, 22 November at 1830
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Bronagh Lee, violin
Daniel Li, viola
Jieyi Li, flute
Jiaqi Cao, violin
Shirom Aggarwal, alto saxophone
Jessie Zhao, piano
Rosy Heneghan, voice
David Millross, voice
String Quartet: Ivy Lau, violin; Zoe Yap, violin; Junias Wong, viola; and Beatrice Beardmore, ‘cello.

works by De Falla, Brahms, Hindemith, Frank, Bozza, Sinding, Vieuxtemps, Purcell and Schumann, including the third movement of Dvořák’s String Quartet no.12, op.96

This concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

November 16, 2016

Instrumental Evening – strings

Monday, 21 November at 1800

Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

An informal concert given by string players from King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls.

This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

November 7, 2016

Recital at the Barber Institute

Friday, 11 November at 1310
Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Jedidiah Cheung, violin
Isla Atay, flute
Daniel Yue, violin; Eugene Toso, ‘cello; Lauren Zhang, piano

works by Mendelssohn, Sarasate, Bach, McGuire, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns’ Piano Trio no.2 op.92

This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

November 2, 2016

Woodwind and brass evening

Monday, 7 November at 1800

Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

An informal concert given by woodwind and brass players from King Edward’s School and King Edward VI High School for Girls.

This recital is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

October 15, 2016

Boys from King Edward’s School sing on BBC Radio 3

Boys from King Edward’s School will sing with Birmingham Cathedral Choir on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesday, 19 October at 1530.

You can read more about the broadcast here:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z7dcw

October 14, 2016

John Joubert’s Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, an opera in two acts
Tuesday, 25 October at 1930, Ruddock Hall

April Fredrick, soprano
David Stout, baritone
English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods, conductor

Since its first publication in 1847, Charlotte Bronte’s fatalistic masterpiece Jane Eyre has inspired countless re-readings and retellings. Now, marking Bronte’s 200th anniversary and his own 90th birthday, the revered British composer John Joubert will finally see the world premiere concert and recording of Jane Eyre, his long-awaited third opera. The unforgettable tale of an obsessive love threatened by an unutterable secret, the opera has been more than 20 years in the gestation. It is, says conductor Kenneth Woods, “Joubert’s undoubted magnum opus”.
With a single public showing as an amateur production some years ago, Joubert has since substantially revised it for this official world premiere, but the idea had taken root as far back as 1969. That’s when, while writing his song-cycle, Six Poems Of Emily Bronte, he was drawn into the world of the Bronte sisters and, inexorably, Jane Eyre. The result is a major operatic work, with a score of translucent beauty, of foreboding; suffused with a sense of the destiny that may hold terrors, may hold love – but may not be withheld.

Learn more about the production by visiting: www.eso.co.uk/jane-eyre- the-opera

You can buy tickets at: tickets.ruddockpac.co.uk

October 12, 2016

From the Performers’ Platform at the Ruddock Hall

Our thanks to Miss Walsh for the photographs.

The concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

October 11, 2016

From the Piano Evening at the Ruddock Hall

The concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls

October 6, 2016

Performers’ Platform

Tuesday, 11 October at 1830
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre

Eben Gutteridge, viola
Indu Appanna, piano
Richard Franklin, flute
Junias Wong, viola
Philippa Kent, horn
Eugene Toso, ‘cello
Rhea Takhar, oboe
Renee Chang, violin; Daniel Li, viola; Enoch Cheung, ‘cello, and Lauren Zhang, piano

works by Glazunov, Granados, Bach, Ten Have, Strauss, Shostakovich, and Poulenc

including Mendelssohn Piano Quartet op.1, no.1.

This concert is presented jointly with King Edward VI High School for Girls