Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary Society

18th October English Serenata

‘Love Letters’ The year: 1940. The place: The West Midlands. The music: songs, swing and chamber music from that period. The words: a collection of love-letters, which reflect the humour, courage and warmth of family life sixty years ago and the brave and often hilarious exploits of two young people caught in a wartime romance.

THE SQN. LDR. HARTLEY EVENING

English Serenata

"a top notch performance" DAILY TELEGRAPH

GABRIELLE BYAM-GROUNDS

DIRECTOR, ENGLISH SERENATA

Famous presenters love working with English Serenata and its entertaining combinations of words and music. The ensemble’s programmes are extremely lively and well presented, but do not compromise on quality of musical content.

A Night in Old Vienna contains as much Mozart as Strauss!

English Serenata’s secret is twofold: the musicians are all soloists in their own right, but each enjoys other skills, such as the occasional excursion into choral or solo singing, the arranging of music and creation of the scripts. Their individual skills may turn to jazz or contemporary music, but they are all drawn together by the classical chamber music repertoire and mellifluous French impressionists.

Apart from concerts in traditional venues, such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, their performances have ranged from St. James’ Palace, where Prince Charles interrupted his schedule to talk to “the musicians”, to a packed shopping centre festival, followed by fireworks and enthusiastic encores. Czech TV presented Sweet Swan of Avon on prime time Saturday night television.

Dunkirk to VE Day has been packing houses to celebrate the magnificent style of the Forties, with much-loved guest artist Rosemary Squires

"Hugely enjoyable…meltingly beautiful and romantic"

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Programmes for smaller venues and children’s music theatre themes are also an important part of the ensemble’s repertoire.

For more information on any of the programmes on this website

or for a brochure please contact:

Director, English Serenata

info@englishserenata.com

Tel. 01789 778457

David Foster. All-Electric Productions info@allelectricproductions.co.uk

Tel: 01264 361924

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History

Performances 2011/12

◦	Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
◦	Jill Morrell
◦	Fiona Pitcher
◦	It’s a Grand Night for Singing
◦	Captain William Wells
◦	Stringfever Nov 21 2011
◦	London Festival Opera
◦	Hatstand Opera 2012
◦	Stephen Venables
◦	Michael Portillo
◦	Ian Skelly
◦	Annette Bryn Parri, Dylan Cern
◦	Alex Langlands and Ruth Goodman

Performance Reviews 2011 2012

Performances 20010/11

◦	Performance Reviews 2010 2011
◦	18th October English Serenata
◦	25th October Geoff Somers
◦	1st November Rohan McCullough
◦	8th November Nettle & Markham
◦	15th November John McCarthy
◦	22nd November Tony Jacobs & Jim Barry
◦	29th November Ann Widdecombe
◦	6th December Cantabile
◦	17th January Julian Lloyd Webber
◦	24th January Gerald Dickens
◦	31st January Valerie Leon
◦	7th February Anthony Stuart Lloyd
◦	14th February John Pilkington
◦	21st February David Watkins
◦	28th February Nick Bake
◦	7th March The Glen Miller Story

Performances 2009/10

◦	Performance Reviews 2009-10
◦	2009 2010 Season
◦	19th October 2009 London Festival Opera
◦	26th October 2009 Hallam, Carole and Quin Murray
◦	2nd November 2009 Simon Weston
◦	9th November 2009 The Oxford Players
◦	16th November 2009 Eric Knowles
◦	Chaconne Brass
◦	30th November 2009 Winter in Majorca
◦	7th December 2009 Caledon
◦	11th January Christopher Langdown
◦	1st February Tim Kliphuis Quartet
◦	18th January Tom Hart Dyke
◦	25th January Mark O'Shea
◦	8th February Matthew Ford
◦	15th February Sir Jonathan Miller CBE
◦	22nd February Chris Packham
◦	1st March Feast of Song

2008 2009 Season

2010 2011 Season

◦	Notes 2010 2011 Season

2007 2008 Season

2006 2007 Season

Performances

◦	Performance Reviews
◦	Alastair Sawday
◦	Benedict Allen
◦	Bill Giles OBE
◦	Caledon
◦	Cantabile
◦	Chris Packham
◦	David Frost
◦	Eleanor Keenan
◦	English Serenata
◦	Gilbert and Sullivan
◦	George Baker
◦	Hatstand Opera
◦	Henry Sandon
◦	Hugo Vickers
◦	Humphrey Burton
◦	John Suchet
◦	Kate Humble
◦	Maggie Cotten
◦	Mark O'Shea
◦	Opera Interludes
◦	Pam Ayres
◦	Peter Snow CBE
◦	Phillip Serrell
◦	Rebecca Stephens
◦	Rebecca Caine
◦	Some Enchanted Evening
◦	Strictly Birding
◦	Stringfever
◦	Tim Dickinson
◦	Tony Jacobs

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