BGS Meeting November 2nd 2019

In the foyer -The quartet rehearsed their pieces in preparation for the Beckenham Festival.
In the hall – other members worked on four of the tunes in the Connemara Suite with David ably counting us in.

After the refreshment break, we settled back to listen to varied styles of music:

David Vals - Homage to Antonio Lauro (Vincent Lindsey-Clark)
 Tango Esta Noche (Vincent Lindsey-Clark)
Marion Willson’s Wilde (John Dowland,  MS Folger Library)
Tom La Toulouza (Adrian Le Roy)
Sabrina Rifugio (Willy Astor)
The Quartet Pavanne de la Guerre (Gervaise)
 Galliarde de la Guerre (Gervaise)
 Candombe Mauresque (Jean-Michel Coquery)
 From the Andes (arr. John Whitworth)

To finish the evening we played through the four pieces of the Connemara Suite that we had worked on at the beginning, plus the fifth piece.

Next meeting is on Sat 16 November when it is planned that we play the following pieces –

  • South American songs - Cancao; El Cachimbo; Faz Hoje Um Ano.
  • Connemara Suite of Five Irish pieces,

Our meeting on Sat. 7 December will have a ‘Christmas feel’.

Please visit the Current Ensemble Repertoire page to see the pieces we are currently working on.

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