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2010 - 2011 Season 

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Palladio 

Milton Keynes Theatre 

Sunday 10th April 2011 - 7.30pm 

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Vaughan Williams 

Palladio Jenkins 

Chacony in G minor, Z.730 Purcell arr. Britten 

Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV1043, D minor Bach 

INTERVAL 

Adagio for Strings Barber 

Serenade, Op. 48, C major Tchaikovsky 

Pre concert talk led by Adrian Boynton at 6.30pm in the auditorium. 

Principal Conductor Sian Edwards 

Soloists Diana Cummings, Leader 

Gabrielle Painter, Principal Second Violin 

Please note 

Milton Keynes City Orchestra reserves the right to make changes to the 

advertised programme of performers as necessary. 

The management reserves the right to refuse admission. Smoking is not 

permitted in the auditorium, nor is the use of camera and recording equipment. 

Glasses may not be taken into the auditorium. Latecomers will not be admitted 

until a suitable break in the performance. The public may leave at the end of the 

performance by all exit doors and such doors must be at all times kept open. 

Sitting or standing in gangways is not permitted. All stairways, exits and 

passageways must be kept free of obstruction. 

The theatre is fitted with an infra red system for people with impaired hearing. 

To use this service please collect a headset from the kiosk. A £5 deposit is 

required. 

Conductor sponsored by Access Legal from Shoosmiths 

Diana Cummings 

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Welcome 

Welcome everyone to Milton Keynes City 

Orchestra’s ‘Palladio’ concert! 

I adore music for strings and especially for 

tonight we welcome a number of guest players 

to enhance our usual size of strings so that we 

have a really big string orchestra. 

The Orchestra are playing two of the great 

repertoire works – Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia 

on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, which is based on 

a beautiful, melancholy anthem, that Vaughan 

Williams varies and develops with infinite 

respect and love for the Elizabethan composer; 

and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings which 

has a big symphonic sweep with a tightly argued 

first movement, wonderful waltz, hymn-like slow 

movement giving way to one of his most 

seductive melodies, and a foot-stamping Finale. 

In between you will hear the much-loved 

Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Purcell Chacony in 

G minor, and Karl Jenkins’ Palladio - one of those pieces you may think you don’t know 

until you hear it. 

It gives me special pleasure to have Diana Cummings and Gabrielle Painter as our 

soloists in the Bach Concerto for Two Violins. A number of Milton Keynes City Orchestra 

players are soloists in their own right, and none more so than the leaders of our violin 

sections. 

Sian Edwards 

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Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis 

Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 

Vaughan Williams early acquired a broad experience as a practical musician – proficient as a string player at 

Charterhouse, and as an organist and choral conductor while a Cambridge undergraduate – but as a composer he 

matured late. 

The ‘Tallis Fantasia’, one of his first acknowledged masterpieces, dates from 1910. Written for the Gloucester 

Festival, the Fantasia is based on a tune by Thomas Tallis, an English composer born about 1505. Tallis, being an 

organist and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, wrote mainly sacred music, the best known of which is probably his 

motet for eight five-part choirs ‘Spem in alium’. In 1567 Tallis contributed nine tunes, one in each of the different 

modes and an extra one, to Archbishop Parker’s Metrical Psalter and it was the third of these that Vaughan 

Williams chose as the theme for the Fantasia. The Fantasia was twice revised (in 1913 and 1919) before reaching 

its present form. It is scored for solo quartet and two string orchestras, the second of which consists of nine 

players. This disposition has been compared to the Solo, Great and Choir manuals of the organ, but there the 

analogy stops as this is essentially string music. 

The Fantasia shows how much Vaughan Williams’ musical language is indebted to the great composers of the 

English Reformation, but also how completely he assimilated that influence into a distinctive personal style. His 

editorial work on The English Hymnal had introduced Vaughan Williams to the theme used in the Fantasia which 

was originally intended to be sung to Psalm 2: 

“Why fum’th in fight 

The heathen’s spite 

In fury raging stout...” 

The Fantasia, however, discloses a mood not of conflict but of serenity, though it lacks nothing in intensity. 

After an introductory phrase the initial motif of Tallis’ theme is stated on the lower strings. This is followed by a 

short refrain which is to recur a number of times in different harmonic configurations. This juxtaposition of initial 

motif and refrain introduces one device common in all Vaughan Williams’ music – that of frequent alternation 

between major and minor tonality. This device belongs very much to Tallis’ period and through such composers as 

César Franck and Vaughan Williams it has been restored to modern use. The theme is then stated in full under a 

shimmering harmony provided by the first violins and immediately repeated with a richer figuration which leads into 

a repeat of the introduction. A new section, based on the second part of Tallis’ theme, is then introduced on the 

solo viola and after development leads to the climax. The whole work then subsides through the coda which ends 

with a soaring passage on the solo violin. ©IGS 2011 



Allegretto: Largo: Allegro 

Palladio 

Karl Jenkins (born 1944) 

Karl Jenkins was born in Wales and grew up on the Gower Peninsula. He was the son of a local organist and 

choirmaster. He studied music first at Cardiff University and then at the Royal Academy of Music. Originally an oboist, 

he took to the saxophone and established himself early on as a jazz musician. He then introduced the oboe as a jazz 

instrument. 

As a composer Jenkins manages to draw on different cultures from around the world and to combine very different 

styles of music from classical to pop. His Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary (1994) topped the classical album charts. His 

The Armed Man (1999) is also extremely popular with excerpts frequently heard on the radio. 

Palladio was written in 1995 and is a three movement concerto grosso scored for string orchestra. It synthesizes 

baroque, romantic, classical, and contemporary music all in one composition. Palladio employs driving rhythmic figures, 

traditional harmonies, and exciting dynamic contrasts to reinvent the Baroque era. 

Karl Jenkins himself wrote the following programme note: 

Palladio was inspired by the sixteenth-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, whose work embodies the 

Renaissance celebration of harmony and order. Two of Palladio's hallmarks are mathematical harmony and 

architectural elements borrowed from classical antiquity, a philosophy which I feel reflects my own approach to 

composition. The first movement I adapted and used for the 'Shadows' A Diamond is Forever television commercial 

for a worldwide campaign. The middle movement I have since rearranged for two female voices and string orchestra, 

as heard in Cantus Insolitus from my work Songs of Sanctuary. ©IGS 2011 

Chacony in G minor, Z.730 

Henry Purcell 1659-1695 

Purcell is one of Britain’s earliest musicians to be remembered for his music for instrumental ensembles as well as 

his vocal works. 

The Chacony, one of his most interesting instrumental compositions, is based on an obsolete Spanish dance form; 

a Chacony is a moderately slow piece in 3/4 time (3 beats in a bar) with the accent on the 2nd beat of the bar. 

Purcell’s Chacony is a series of variations over a ground bass - a phrase which is continually repeated throughout 

the piece. The unique interest of Purcell’s Chacony lies in the melodies of the upper parts which do not 

correspond in length to that of the bass and therefore overlap the points at which the ground bass finishes and 

begins afresh, often preventing a cadence at that point and giving the music a feeling of inevitable forward 

movement. © IGS 

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Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV1043, D minor 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1683 – 1750) 

Vivace : Largo ma non tanto : Allegro 

Between 1717 and 1723, when he took up his post as Cantor of St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, Bach acted as 

Kapellmeister at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen. It was during this period that he wrote much of his 

instrumental chamber music, the six Brandenburg concertos and the concertos for one or more violins – which he 

rearranged for harpsichord(s) and orchestra after moving to Leipzig. The one surviving concerto for two violins, 

(Bach may have written more) is probably the greatest of all his works in concerto form: the integration of the solo 

parts (which are themselves balanced with scrupulous equality) and the orchestra, and the fluency with which they 

overlap and imitate each other are almost without parallel. In the first movement the orchestra are elaborately 

contrapuntal; the solo episodes, of which there are two main ones separated by a shorter central episode in which 

the orchestra participates, are based on different material, with effective leaps and arpeggio figures. 

The heart of the concerto lies in the F major largo ma non tanto (slow but not too slow), an incomparably beautiful 

and serene dialogue between the two solo instruments, lightly and discreetly supported by the orchestra. 

The concluding Allegro is a movement of inexhaustible energy and spirit in which the two solo violins play a 

dominating role throughout (though the orchestra’s contribution is anything but insignificant!). Although the 

repeated theme is still the basis of the movement’s design, there is already a suggestion of sonata form, despite 

the fact that the recapitulation is set not in the original tonic key of F major, but in G minor (the subdominant). 

However, Bach finally returns to the tonic key for the concluding, majestic passage. ©IGS 2011 

Adagio for Strings 

Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) 

Samuel Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, and studied piano and composition at the Curtis 

Institute. Among his many awards were the Prix de Rome (1935) (a prestigious Arts Prize) and the Pulitzer Prize 

(1935 and 1936). His works show a respect for romantic tradition as well as an original mind. 

Few twentieth century pieces have caught the public imagination more than the Adagio for Strings. Barber’s original 

score dates from 1936, when it formed the central movement of his String Quartet in B minor, Op 11. In 1937, 

Toscanini heard Barber’s Symphony No.1 at the Salzburg Festival and asked the composer to supply a piece for his 

first season with the newly-formed NBC Symphony Orchestra (National Broadcasting Company Symphony 

Orchestra). Barber offered the First Essay and the Adagio, which were both broadcast on NBC radio on November 5, 

1938. The inward nature of the Adagio probably helped reinforce its public significance, with performances at the 

funerals of such luminaries as President Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. (Incidentally, the NBC Symphony Orchestra 

was disbanded in 1954). 

The hushed but expressive theme stated at the opening, its modal flavour creating an evocative timelessness, unfolds 

in a series of sections each building in dynamic; the intensity increases as the rapt mood is effortlessly sustained. 

Cellos take up the theme, and the music reaches an impassioned climax. A heartfelt pause is followed by the melody 

resuming and resolving as if with a blessing, on an imperfect cadence. 

The extent to which the Adagio overshadowed his other works understandably caused Barber frustration in later 

years. Yet it is difficult to deny Aaron Copland’s description: ‘The sense of continuity, the steadiness of the flow, the 

satisfaction of the arch that it creates from beginning to end... makes you believe in the sincerity which he obviously 

put into it’. ©IGS 2011 



Serenade, Op. 48, C major 

Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky (1840-1893) 

Andante non troppo: Allegro Moderato - Moderato: Tempo di Valse - Larghetto elegiaco - 

Andante : Allegro con spirito 

Like many Russian composers Tchaikovsky started his life as a civil servant. It was at the age of 23 that he went to 

the Moscow Conservatoire to continue his musical studies. Here he came under the influence of the group of 

Russian nationalist composers known as “The Five” but he was never fully in sympathy with their means of 

expression. Tchaikovsky’s sensitiveness and excitability of temperament are freely expressed in his music and this, 

coupled with his melodic vein and brilliant orchestral colour, make his music immediately accessible to an audience. 

This Serenade is one of two works written for strings alone, the other being the ‘Elegy’ written in 1884. The 

Serenade preceded the ‘Elegy’ by 4 years and was written in the same year as the well-known fantasy overture 

‘Romeo and Juliet’. So, at the age of 40, Tchaikovsky was just beginning to become famous. The work was 

dedicated to Albrecht in whose home Tchaikovsky had lodged when he taught at the Moscow Conservatoire in 

1866. The Serenade had a most successful first performance in Moscow in 1882. 

The first movement is subtitled ‘Pezzo in forma di Sonatina’. It starts with a slow introduction, chordal and rich and 

sombre in texture. It quickly moves on to the main allegro section which, although still chordal, is more restless and 

syncopated. The final coda is a shortened form of the introduction. 

The second movement is, unexpectedly, a ‘Walzer’. Although the whole work is similar to a symphony for strings 

alone, the lighter nature of some of the music and placing of the Waltz as the second movement earns it the title 

Serenade. Here it provides an attractive contrast to the rather earnest first movement. 

The third movement, entitled ‘Elegie’, is in the key of D major, rather remote from the main key of C major. It has a 

melody of great poignancy that is passed from one section to another. The finale starts gently with muted strings 

with a hint of the theme to come. The final allegro is based on a Russian folk tune played four times getting louder 

each time. The second subject is also a Russian folk-tune. The development combines both tunes in an exciting 

and imaginative way and leads to a fast and exhilarating conclusion. © IGS 2006 

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Sian Edwards 

Principal Conductor 

Sian Edwards studied at the Royal Northern College 

of Music and with Professor A.I. Musin at the 

Leningrad Conservatoire. She has worked with 

many of the world’s leading orchestras including Los 

Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland, Orchestre de 

Paris, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Berlin 

Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony 

Orchestra, MDR Leipzig, Vienna Symphony 

Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Finnish Radio 

Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Royal 

Flanders Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, the 

Hallé, and City of Birmingham Symphony 

Orchestra. She has a close relationship with 

Ensemble Modern in Germany. 

She made her operatic debut in 1986 conducting 

Weill's Mahagonny for Scottish Opera and her Royal 

Opera House debut in 1988 with Tippett's The Knot 

Garden. From 1993 to 1995 she was Music 

Director of English National Opera for whom her 

repertoire included Khovanshchina, Jenufa, Queen 

of Spades and Blond Eckbert (also recorded on 

Collins). For the Glyndebourne Festival she has 

conducted La Traviata and the Ravel Double Bill, 

and for Glyndebourne Touring Opera Katya 

Kabanova and Tippett's New Year. She conducted 

the world premiere of Mark Anthony Turnage’s 

Greek at the Munich Biennale in 1988. Recent 

engagements have included the world premiere of Hans Gefors' Clara for the Opéra Comique in Paris, Cosi fan 

tutte in Aspen, her return to English National Opera for Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni in Copenhagen, Damnation 

de Faust in Helsinki, Peter Grimes and Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades in Frankfurt; Previn A Streetcar Named 

Desire and Heggie Dead Man Walking at the Theater an der Wien, Weir A Night at the Chinese Opera for Scottish 

Opera, Jenufa for Welsh National Opera, Hansel and Gretel for the Royal Academy of Music, Aquarius by Karel 

Goegvaerts for Flanders Opera, a new ballet, Orlando, for the Staatstheater Stuttgart and, most recently, The Rape 

of Lucretia for the Theater an der Wien. 

Sian Edwards' recordings include Peter and the Wolf, Britten's Young Person's Guide, and Tchaikovsky's 5th 

Symphony, all with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Judith Weir's Blond Eckbert with English National 

Opera. 

Recent and future concert engagements include the Ensemble Modern, Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, SWR 

Sinfonieorchester Freiburg, Kuopio Symphony, Turku Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, 

Milton Keynes City Orchestra, Palestinian Youth Orchestra, Edinburgh Youth Orchestra, Musikfabrik, London 

Sinfonietta, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, concerts at the Edinburgh International Festival as well as a UK 

tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. She has also recently 

taken part in a new film by Tony Palmer on Holst. Future operatic engagements include The Rake’s Progress for 

Scottish Opera and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Royal Danish Opera. 

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Leader 

Diana Cummings is one of the most distinguished violinists in 

Great Britain, her career spanning a wide spectrum of musical 

activities. She was born in London and studied first at the Royal 

Academy of Music, then in Rome and New York. She was a prize 

winner in the International Competition “Nicolo Paganini” 

On completion of her studies, Diana developed a busy solo 

career playing an extensive repertoire from the Baroque to the 

Contemporary. Orchestrally she played with amongst others the 

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, 

and the London Bach Orchestra with whom she performed much 

of the solo repertoire of Bach. During 1975 – 1985 she was 

leader and soloist of the Northern Chamber Orchestra, she 

formed the Cummings String Trio and in 1982 became leader of 

the English String Quartet. The English String Quartet is the 

resident ensemble of the London Festival of Chamber Music 

which was started in 1995 and is a month long, London wide 

musical event. Diana is in continuous demand as orchestral 

leader, guest leading many of this country’s major symphony 

orchestras, in 1978 she became the leader of the Milton Keynes 

City Orchestra, a post she still holds. In all these capacities Diana 

has broadcast frequently, and has made many recordings. 

In 1982 following the death of her teacher David Martin, Diana became a Professor at the Royal Academy of 

Music and was subsequently made a Fellow; in 1994 she became also a Professor at Trinity College of Music. She 

adjudicates at Festivals and Competitions internationally. 

Gabrielle Painter 

Principal Second Violin 

Gabrielle Painter has performed throughout Europe, Canada and the United States as soloist, chamber musician 

and leader. Her concerto performances range from Beethoven to Szymanowski and Lou Harrison and she has 

been soloist at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells and in regular recital series at the 

Warehouse. A passionate chamber musician, Gabrielle has been Guest Artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts and 

in numerous concert series including the Saint Endellion Festival, London Festival of Chamber Music, Cathedral of 

Saint John the Divine (New York), and the Mostly Music Series (Chicago). Gabrielle is the violinist of the Szabo 

Piano Trio who have played throughout the UK and Europe, most recently in Vienna, and broadcast on Lyric FM 

Radio. Equally dedicated to teaching Gabrielle has given master classes at the Royal Academy of Music, Banff 

Centre and universities throughout Canada and the United States. Gabrielle is violin professor at Junior Guildhall 

and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she also runs their string pedagogy programme. 

Gabrielle studied with Diana Cummings at the Royal Academy of Music, and at the State University of New York at 

Stony Brook where she gained her Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree. Gabrielle was a scholarship student of and 

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Milton Keynes City Orchestra 

Milton Keynes City Orchestra gave its first performance under the baton of its Founder Conductor, Hilary Davan 

Wetton, in February 1975. Over more than 35 years since, it has built a national reputation, establishing itself as 

the live classical music resource for Milton Keynes and the surrounding area. The Orchestra is unique in that it is a 

professional orchestra which is resident, active, here in Milton Keyes – it plays an important part in the cultural life 

of the city, engaging particularly with the education sector, the business community and as a valuable arts 

resource. 

The Orchestra presents an annual concert season with a series of concerts at Milton Keynes Theatre. This 

season’s highlights include: “Last Night” – a programme featuring some of the iconic repertoire associated with 

flag waving and promenading, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance, and Wood’s Fantasia 

on British Sea Songs; and programmes featuring Beethoven’s much loved Fifth Symphony, and Grieg’s impressive 

Piano Concerto in A minor, all under the baton of Principal Conductor Sian Edwards. The Orchestra has also 

launched “Chamber Roots”, a new series of small orchestra concerts, presented at Stantonbury Campus Theatre, 

featuring young Yamaha soloists and chamber works. 

Members of the Orchestra regularly work within the community enabling people of all ages and experiences to 

participate and enjoy music making though practical workshops, composition projects, family and schools concerts, 

coaching, orchestral training and other creative projects. The Orchestra frequently collaborates with the 

Danesborough Chorus and Milton Keynes Chorale; and smaller ensembles regularly perform in the city including at 

the Open University, John Lewis, Milton Keynes Central Station, as well as for many private and Corporate events. 

Whilst the Orchestra has been traditionally committed to Milton Keynes and its environs, it continues to work 

further afield – performing as part of the English Music Festival at Dorchester Abbey and a touring “Song and 

Dance” in Bedfordshire venues. The Orchestra has also undertaken tours to the USA and France. It has released 

six recordings on the Unicorn-Kachana and Hyperion labels. Also under the baton of Hilary Davan Wetton, the 

Orchestra broadcast the Classical FM Masterclass series of introduced works. 

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Patrons Club - Supporting the Orchestra 

The Patrons’ Club has existed since Milton Keynes City Orchestra began some thirty five years ago. It supports the 

Orchestra by raising funds, while enabling members to become more involved in the Orchestra. Your support is a 

charitable donation, which is vital in enabling the Orchestra to thrive and continue its activities both on the concert 

platform and within the wider community, which include: 

● Continuing its ‘Music for Life’ programme of education work in the local area. 

● Making a broad spectrum of classical music easily accessible to all. 

To join the Patrons’ Club please contact Donald Edwards in the Orchestra’s office on 01908 558311 or 

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Our Patrons 

The Orchestra would like to thank its Patrons, whose support enables us to keep music live, both 

on stage and within the community. Thank you. 

Margaret Abrahams 

Mrs Caroline Adams 

Mr P Allen 

Peter and Diane Barnes 

Mr R Bates 

Mrs R Beckett 

Michael Benn 

Mr & Mrs Bill Blyth 

Mrs E Bodill 

Alexander Boswell 

Malcolm & Jenny Brighton 

Janet & Peter Brinsmead 

Mr & Mrs P Butler 

Mrs L M Cantor MBE 

Mr & Mrs B R Carstens 

David Chamberlain 

Mr B Clark 

Mr & Mrs D J Clinch 

Mrs P Coombes 

Mr & Mrs A H Cooper 

Mr L H Cowley 

Michael Cuthbertson 

Simon Cuthbertson 

Chris & Ursula Dancaster 

Miss Avril Dankworth 

Robin & Rosie Dawson 

Mr J W Dolman 

Glenda Dryer 

Ms P Eccles 

Mrs B Edmondson 

Dr & Mrs D A Evans 

Mr & Mrs J H Fellingham 

Ms A Gaisford 

Mr & Mrs B Geerlings 

Mr J J M Glasse 

The Hon & Mrs R Godber 

Mrs C Goddard 

Mr & Mrs J J Grafftey-Smith 

Mrs Judy Grainge 

Françoise Guegueniat 

Mr & Mrs D Hadfield 

Mrs E Halmos 

Mr R N & Dr J G Hart 

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Drs P and J Haynes 

Don and Felicity Head 

Frank & Jane Henshaw 

Bob & Marion Hill 

Mr B Hind 

Mr & Mrs M Hodder-Williams 

Mr & Mrs B Hogan 

Mr P W Humphreys 

Christine Humphries 

Dr & Mrs B Hundy 

Mrs Sarah Jameson 

Mrs Jenkins 

Keith & Heather Jennings 

Mr F X Kay 

Mr & Mrs P J Kiddle 

Mr W J King 

Mr & Mrs D Knapman 

Mrs C E Konig 

Mr L Law 

Sir Bruce and Lady Jane Liddington 

Dr A G Limb 

Jennie Linden 

Mrs M Livingstone 

Linda Llewellyn 

Haydn & Jan Lloyd 

Mr C T Lousada 

Mr & Mrs P A Lousada 

Mrs Helen Macario 

Rev & Mrs R C Macaulay 

Mr & Mrs D Macdonald 

Margaret Macer 

Mr P Mackenzie-Young 

Mr & Mrs R Macpherson 

Mr & Mrs M Mann 

Mr & Mrs P Martin 

Ms K L Mason 

Mr & Mrs J P Matthews 

Christopher Matthews 

Mr R Maycock 

Mrs L McComie 

Miss M McGowan 

Mr & Mrs D S Mercer 

Mrs Jean Merrill 

Mr & Mrs Graham Missen 

Mrs E Mitchell 

Beryl Mortimer 

Mrs Amanda Nicholson 

Mrs M Pawley 

Mr & Mrs E A Payton 

Mrs Ann Prosser 

Mrs M Quick 

Mrs P Robeson 

Mrs A M Rhodes 

Colin & Jacky Scott 

Mr K J Siddons 

Dr & Mrs Paul Singer 

Mr & Mrs A Skennerton 

Winifred Skipper 

Mrs Andrea Smith 

Elaine and Neil Smith 

Sue & Ian Smith 

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Professor Keith Straughan 

Mr & Mrs G G Strutt 

Mark & Ann Strutton 

Mr & Mrs M Telfer 

Mr & Mrs W B Thompson 

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Lady Tudor Price 

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His Honour Judge Christopher Tyrer 

Lady M Verney 

Mr & Mrs T Wagstaff 

Mr & Mrs J Walker 

Mr & Mrs J A Walton 

Mr P W Waterman 

Mr G Webster 

Dr B K Wharton 

The Revd & Mrs J W Whysall 

Mr & Mrs W G Williams 

Peter & Margaret Wolfendale 

Mr G Woodfine 

Mr J Woolfe 

Anonymous


Music for Life - Education and Outreach 

Milton Keynes City Orchestra’s ‘Music for Life’ programme takes music-making experiences beyond the concert 

stage and into the local community – offering high quality, exciting and innovative musical experiences for all. The 

Orchestra works closely with schools, colleges, family centres and local communities, collaborating with people of 

all ages and abilities and enabling participation in music projects and wider arts working. 

The Music for Life programme has recently worked with SNAP to create musical sculptures and new music, which 

was displayed at the Orchestra’s concert in January. Other recent projects have included interactive family friendly 

music tours to local libraries and family centres, taking music into a prison, training early years workers to deliver 

quality early years music education and tours to visit elderly residents in the local community. 

For further details about our Education and Outreach work please contact: Jackie Allen, Education 

and Outreach Officer, Milton Keynes City Orchestra, 3 Theatre Walk, Central Milton Keynes, 

MK9 3PX or telephone 01908 558311 or email Jackie.allen@mkco.org 



Forthcoming Events 

The Mayor of Milton Keynes’ Charity Concert 

Sunday 15th May 2011 at 7.30pm 

Barber of Seville: Overture Rossini 

Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Pärt 

Piano Concerto, Op. 16, A minor Grieg 

Symphony no. 5, Op. 67, C minor Beethoven 

Principal Conductor: Sian Edwards 

Soloist: Noriko Ogawa, Piano 

‘Last Night...’ 

Friday 24th June 2011 at 7.30pm 

Festive Overture, Op. 96 Shostakovich 

Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1, D major Elgar 

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Tchaikovsky 

Fantasia on British Sea Songs Wood 

Fast Colours (World Premiere) Powers 

Juno (UK Premiere) Turnage 

Overture: 1812, Op. 49 Tchaikovsky 

Jerusalem Parry 

Rule, Brittania! Arne, arr Sargeant 


Soloist: Cheryl Hawkins, Soprano 


MILTON KEYNES THEATRE SEASON 

Single ticket prices: £32, £28, £23, £19, £14, £10 

CHAMBER ROOTS SEASON AT STANTONBURY CAMPUS THEATRE 

Saturday 28th May 2011 at 7.30pm 

The Light Fantastic Skempton 

Piano Concerto no. 17, K. 453, G major Mozart 

Symphony no. 80, D minor Haydn 


Soloist: Yamaha Music Foundation 

Europe 2011 Winner 

Qiaojing Dai, Piano 

All Tickets: £18


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