Recordings
Mark Foster memorial concert, Brecon Cathedral, 21 July 2007
Brecknock Sinfonia and the Marches Chamber Choir performed the following programme:
Bach Sinfonia in B Flat Major Op 9 No.3
Mozart Exsultate K165 (sung by Sarah-Jane Davies)
Mahler Adagietto from 5th Symphony
Mozart Symphony No 29
Thomas Davey In Paradisum - written in memory of Mark
Handel Messiah choruses
An excellent quality CD recording was made of the concert; copies can be ordered for just £5 from:
Michael St John
Telephone: 01285 651463
Email:mikestjohn@cotspur60.freeserve.co.uk
Or from Michael at a rehearsal.
"Reflections"
Double CD
Two compilation CDs of live concert performances by Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra.
To hear short extracts of each track on the CD, click the "Listen" button.
From the sleeve notes:
"The Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra, formerly the Sunday Players, was formed in 1964 by the dentist and amateur pianist, Douglas Smith. It was then that a small group of amateur players met in the pianist's house to play the piano concertos of Mozart. My first concert with the group was in 1970, my last in 1999 after more than three hundred concerts. From a small group I enlarged it to about sixty players from various walks of life from the whole region. Fortunately our Principal Flute, Peter Tomlinson, recorded nearly all the concerts and from these I have made a selection from the orchestra's repertoire. Not an easy task but one which I hope will give some pleasure and evoke happy memories, as it did for me. I am most grateful to Ken Bucknall of KBMF Audio, for enhancing and digitally remastering the original recordings." - Mark Foster, 2006
Track listings
CD 1
1. Symphony N. 8 in B minor (unfinished), Schubert
Recorded 1997, All Saint's, Cheltenham
2. Jazz Suite, Shostakovich
Recorded 1995, Cheltenham Town Hall
i. March
ii. Waltz
iii. Polka
iv. Finale
3. Adagio for strings, Barber
Recorded 1994, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
CD2
1. Trish Trash Polka, Strauss
Recorded 1992, Cheltenham Town Hall
2. Sparks: Polka for Xylophone, Kenneth Alford
Recorded 1991, Cheltenham Town Hall
Soloist: Joseph Cooper
3. Piano Concerto in A Major K488, Mozart
Recorded 1991, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
4. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Beethoven
Recorded 1989, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Purchasing the CD
This double CD costs £12, including postage, and is available from the Assistant Secretary, Ron Nourse.