Summer Concert Showcases Musical Talent

I really enjoyed the Summer Concert, there was so much variety with excellent performances from so many young musicians, writes David Gorodi, Director of Music.

Lucy played the 1^st Movement from Elgar's Cello Concerto with great passion, the emotional impact was tremendous. Imogen performed ?Pie Jesu from Faure's Requiem, her voice is very pure and beautiful, together with the orchestra the effect was almost magical! This was followed by Rebecca performing Chaminade's Concertino for Flute and Orchestra. This is a difficult piece to get right; Rebecca was outstanding, delivering scalic runs with control and accuracy. The Orchestra's final piece was the slow movement from Bach's Double Violin Concerto played by Catherine and Imogen; both girl's phrasing was excellent, it was a really beautiful performance. The choral singing at King's is superb; it is easy to focus on the Chamber Choir who perform at such a high level but also the Chapel Choir were at the top of their game and sounded wonderful. Perhaps though it is the main Choir which was most impressive; members of this choir are not auditioned yet they sung Mathias's Let The People Praise Thee, O God which is really challenging and then changed gear and sung New York New York! I also enjoyed the various chamber groups and Military Band who earlier in the week had performed Beating the Retreat, however Oscar's guitar playing with the Big Band was something else! I'm not sure if I enjoyed The Jazz Police or I Got You more but Oscar's fantastic groves and "blinding" solos were always present. My congratulations to all who contributed to such a special evening. A video of the Summer Concert along with a photo album can be viewed below.

David Gorodi - Director of Music