MUSIC NEWS
Sounds of Summer This Summer Term has been one of the busiest and most enjoyable in recent memory, and also notable for no COVID interruptions! The Choir has continued to develop a programme of Evensongs alongside the central whole-school Eucharist and played a major part in the unique service for the Dedication of the Chapel. The Music School has been abuzz with activity with ensembles of all shapes and sizes in a whole range of styles. In many ways the recent innovation of ‘Music on the Cricket Pavilion Roof’ on Founder’s Day is Lancing’s music in microcosm showing off this eclectic mixture performed by our wonderful pupils.
Founder’s Day Concert In the final week before May Half Term, the luxurious acoustic of Great School reverberated once again with the Founder’s Day Concert as part of the College’s inaugural Arts Week. The concert began with Lancing’s ever-popular Big Band, who gave the audience a real spring in their step with the raucous Cha Cha Cha and the good-humoured Chatter That Matters. Lancing’s perennial saxophone ensemble Honk! gave an evocative performance of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody before a bombastic, energised performance of American Patrol by Trombone Choir. String Chamber Orchestra concluded the first half with a particularly spirited and memorable performance of the Allegro from Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with soloists Moritz Heupel and Eddie Atkins – it is rare indeed to hear this performed by pupils at any school.
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The second half opened with a specially arranged performance of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, creating a dramatic wash of percussion and wind. Lancing’s Concert Band followed in a showcase of five of Lancing’s student conductors (Theo Almond, Marnix Harman, Jimmy Fan, Claudia Wong and Kevin Ng) who conducted Walton’s Five Miniatures and Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter (with bemused soloist Mr Langworthy) with consummate ease and skill. A Cappella Club followed with a bright, crisp performance of Michael Bublé’s I Just Haven’t Met You Yet (featuring the warm voice of departing pupil Benjamin Millward-Sadler) before the Flute Ensemble gave a charming and elegant rendition of the Irish folksong Galway Pipers. The concert concluded with Lancing’s Symphony Orchestra under the baton
ALEXANDER MASON Director of Music
of Director of Music Mr Mason, and classical sensibility and style was portrayed beautifully by Lower Sixth horn soloist Henry Czajka in the Romanza from Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3. The concert concluded with two well-known film scores, and the sprightly theme from The Great Escape was wellcontrasted with amphitheatre-evoking, drama-laden music from Gladiator. A spectacular triumph from all concerned – bravo!
CHRIS LANGWORTHY Assistant Director of Music
