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The Most Beautiful Sound
The Most Beautiful Sound
The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Spring 2024 Concert.
An evening of iconic music, featuring highlights from West Side Story and Mozart’s Requiem performed by 200 singers from across the Pimlico community.
The Most Beautiful Sound
Wednesday 6 March | 7-8pm
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Spring term concert, featuring icon highlights from West Side Story and Mozart’s Requiem.
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
Doors Open: 6:20pm
Performance Starts: 7:00pm
Performance Ends: 8:05pm -
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF. The venue has step-free access via the vestry on the West side of the church. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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Tickets £15 or FREE for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
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Nine Lessons and Carols
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for an evening for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Foundation Scholars, Teacher-Singers and friends from Westminster Cathedral Choir School.
📅 Tuesday 12th December 2023
⏰ 19:00 - 20:00
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V 2AD
🎟 Tickets are not required, but you may reserve them here
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Elijah
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah oratorio is a powerful musical masterpiece that weaves together storytelling from the Old Testament to create a deeply striking experience for audiences.
Drawing inspiration from biblical narratives from the Old Testament, this work showcases the dramatic tale of the prophet Elijah, capturing the essence of human struggle, triumph, and redemption through richly orchestrated melodies and captivating choral arrangements.
Our performance brings together two of PMF’s key programmes, the Foundation Choir (comprised of Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers) and the Pimlico Chorus.
Elijah | Dan D’Souza
Orchestra | Southbank Sinfonia
Conductor | James Day
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
Introduction | As God the Lord of Israel liveth
Overture
Chorus | Help, Lord!
Duet with Choir | Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer!
Aria | If with all your hearts
Chorus | Yet doth the Lord see it not
Recitative with Choir | As God the Lord of Sabbath liveth
Chorus | Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us
Recitative with Choir | Call him louder, for he is a god!
Recitative with Choir | Call him louder! he hearth not!
Aria | Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel!
Quartet | Cast thy burden upon the Lord
Recitative with Choir | O thou, who makes thine angels spirits (The fire descends)
Recitative with Choir | O man of God, help thy people!
Chorus | Thanks be to God
Dan D’Souza
Irish-British baritone Dan D’Souza was educated at Tiffin Boys School, the University of Cambridge, the Royal College of Music, and the Royal Academy Opera.
Operatic roles include Flemish Deputy Don Carlo (Royal Opera House), Boatswain (cover) HMS Pinafore (English National Opera), Angelotti Tosca (Grange Festival), Ebn-Hakia Iolanta (If Opera), Silvio Pagliacci (Iford Arts), Trinculo La Tempesta (Wexford Festival Opera), and Riff West Side Story (Edinburgh International Festival).
Frequently in demand on the concert stage, his oratorio roles include Mendelssohn Elijah, Haydn Creation, Handel Messiah, Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Orff Carmina Burana, Bach St John Passion, Bach St Matthew Passion, and the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms, Duruflé, and Fauré. Notable concert performances include High Priest in Handel Semele at the Paris Philharmonie, Christus in the St John Passion for Huddersfield Choral Society, Monteverdi Vespers at Cadogan Hall, Handel Messiah for Neville Holt Opera, and Christus St Matthew Passion at the National Concert Hall Dublin.
As a recitalist, Dan performs varied and creative programmes of lesser known and new songs. He is a winner of both the Dame Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition and the Royal College of Music Lieder Competition. He is a laureate for the 2023 Académie Orsay-Royaumont performing in Paris with Dylan Perez, and performed Winterreise at the St Magnus International Festival with the Ragazze Quartet.
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation production of Felix Mendlessohn’s Elijah
Elijah | Dan D’Souza
Children’s Chorus | Foundation Scholars of PMF
Adult Chorus | The Pimlico Chorus
Orchestra | Southbank SinfoniaConducted by James Day
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Wednesday 29th November 2023
Doors Open: 6:20pm
Performance Starts: 7:00pm
Performance Ends: 8:05pm -
St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF. The venue has step-free access via the vestry on the West side of the church. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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Tickets £15 or FREE for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
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Noye’s Fludde
Our original community production of Noye’s Fludde (2023)
On 5th July 2023, two hundred young performers and four hundred audience packed out St Gabriel’s, Pimlico for our original production of Benjamin Britten’s community opera. The performance followed six weeks of educational workshops in five of our partner schools using the story as a tool for teaching about climate change, rewriting traditional hymn texts and unleashing the creativity of the Pimlico community.
After being tipped off that a flood is coming, Noye (played by Gareth Brynmor John) enlists the help of the Pimlico community to help build a boat big enough to survive. This summer, the Pimlico Musical Foundation launches its most ambitious project yet, bringing together hundreds of local schoolchildren, teachers, volunteers, and professional musicians to transform St Gabriel’s, Pimlico into the world of Noye’s Fludde.
Documentary by Evie Redfern (www.redfernreels.com)
Noye’s Fludde
Wednesday 5th July at 7pm
Performed by the Pimlico Children’s Choir, and children from St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School, St Gabriel’s Church of England Primary School, Millbank Academy & Churchill Gardens Primary Academy.
Community orchestra of children and adults, led by the Southbank Sinfonia
Noye | Gareth Brynmor John
Mrs Noye | Felicity Buckland
Voice of God | Jacqueline Brown
Conductor | James Day
Director | Oscar Simms
Designer | Lucy Ruff
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s production of Benjamin Britten’s one-act opera, Noye’s Fludde. Performed in English by children and adults from the Pimlico community.
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Wednesday 5th July, 7-8pm.
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico. Warwick Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 4QF. The venue has step-free access via the vestry on the West side of the church. For access enquires please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk
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Tickets £15 or FREE for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
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Haydn’s Creation
Haydn’s Creation
The Southbank Sinfonia, our Foundation Scholars, the Pimlico Chorus and our Teacher-Singer soloists join forces for a very special performance of Haydn’s ‘The Creation’.
Composed by Joseph Haydn in 1798, ‘The Creation’ tells the story of the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis and John Milton's ‘Paradise Lost’. The evening will be a celebration of the Pimlico community and an opportunity for our participants to join together and celebrate their progress.
Haydn’s Creation
Wednesday 29th March, 7pm
Pimlico Chorus
PMF Foundation Scholars
Southbank Sinfonia
Conductor James Day
Programme
The Creation Joseph Haydn
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The Pimlico Musical Foundation’s Spring concert of Haydn’s The Creation, performed in English with professional soloists and orchestra.
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Wednesday 29th March, 7pm-8pm.
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico.
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Tickets £15
£0 for Under 30s
There is also a ‘pay what you can’ option, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk for details.
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Nine Lessons and Carols
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Join us for an evening for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols with Pimlico Foundation Scholars and Teacher-Singers and Inner Voices
📅 Tuesday 13th December 2022
⏰ 19:00 - 20:00
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square, Pimlico SW1V 2AD
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Earth, Sun and the Stars
Earth, Sun and the Stars
Join us for PMF's spectacular winter concert Earth, Sun and the Stars joined with over 200 performers and professional musicians singing a selection of winter choral favourites including Schutz’ Magnificat, Essenvalds’ Stars, LaBarr’s The Wisdom of the Moon and others.
Featuring Foundation Scholars, Pimlico Chorus, Pimlico Children's Choir and local schools.
📅 Wednesday 30th November
🕰 7:00pm | doors open 6:40pm
📍 St Gabriel's Church, Warwick Square SW1V 2AD
🎫 £8 Adults | £5 Children
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Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo
By Cecilia McDowall with James Day, The Foundation Scholars Choir, Adult Choir.
Join us for an extraordinary evening hearing the Pimlico Musical Foundation Adult Choir, joined with the Foundation Scholars and Children’s Choir sing Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo. We will also be joined by esteemed Syrian musicians. More details to be released soon.
The evening will be full of Syrian themed food and drinks, followed by a concert of approximately 1 hour.
About the piece
Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe with her sister. In this five-movement cantata Nujeen’s story – recounted in her biography ‘The Girl from Aleppo’ (co-authored by Christina Lamb) – is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland and richly scored by Cecilia McDowall. A wealth of musical effects are employed to capture the narrative, including chorales, rhythmic spoken sections, body percussion, and a solo violin part infused with Middle Eastern flavours. The prevailing mood of Nujeen’s story is embodied by the final line of a chorale that bookends this unique concert work: ‘singing the song of life itself.’
Reviews:
‘Cecilia McDowall has won a reputation as a leading composer of choral music and her extensive catalogue contains many distinguished examples. The emotional heft of this story has clearly inspired her to produce one of her most striking scores for the medium.’
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‘McDowall has long had a special gift for choral writing, and here she resourcefully combines upper voices with an SATB chorus . . . in settings of Kevin Crossley-Holland’s text narrating the journey of two sisters (one pushing the other in a wheelchair) across the miles from Syria to asylum in Germany . . . The music bursts with compassion.’
The Birmingham Post
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An evening of Syrian food and drinks followed by a concert of Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo and performances from The London Syrian Ensemble.
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Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 6:15-8:00pm
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St Gabriel’s Church, Pimlico
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Adults £10
Concessions/Children £7
If you feel you cannot afford the cost of the tickets, please email hello@pimlicomusicalfoundation.org.uk