Monday was the most tiring day for us. We started with Stage
Band visiting one school and Guitars another to give short concerts on the way
to Newton College, a beautiful private school up in the hills on the way to
Manchay. At Newton, we gave 2 concerts in the extremely large theatre
before having a lovely lunch in the large cafeteria, with wonderful views of
the surrounding mountains.
After lunch we had a brief half hour to
relax, though some of the youngsters chose to play football or race each other
on the running track! We then split into three groups; strings, guitars
and wind/brass, for workshops with Newton students.
At 4.30 we left Newton and headed back to
Markham College. Following a brief snack, we then gave our big public
concert. HYM had the first half:
Guitar Group:
Sailor's Hornpipe
Pirates of the Caribbean
Wild Mountain Thyme
Venezuelan Waltz
Big Band (including several guest players
from Markham):
Encuentro
At Last (featuring Frances Cummings &
Henry Davidson)
Orchestra (conducted by Thomas Gregory):
Suite from Holst's The Planets
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Massed ensemble:
Bohemian Rhapsody - arranged and conducted
by Thomas Gregory
The audience were extremely enthusiastic
and we also had the opportunity to publicly thank the school and the host
families.
The second half of the concert was shared
with the choir and orchestra of Sinfonia
por El Peru, directed by
Espartaco Lavalle. After some beautiful performances of Peruvian music, we
joined them to form an orchestra of nearly 200 young people and played
Radetzky March
Trepak (from The Nutcracker)
1812 Overture
El Condor Pasa
La Mariposa
This morning we are relaxing, though the
guitar group are doing a workshop with Markham students...
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