Head's Newsletter 14 July 2022

MUSIC NEWS

Tiffin Choirs perform Mahler ’ s 3 rd Symphony with the Royal Academy of Music at the Royal Festival Hall

On 23 rd June, members of the Tiffin Boys ’ Choir travelled to the Royal Festival Hall for a performance with the Royal Academy of Music to celebrate their 200th anniversary. The large orchestra and female chorus of the RAM, conducted by Semyon Bychokov, were joined by trebles from Years 7, 8 and 9, along with Year 6 pupils who will join the school in September. Mahler ’ s 3 rd Symphony, which the choir has performed previously with the LSO, LPO and other ensembles, is an exciting work both to listen to and be part of. The

treble chorus, which features in the fifth movement of the symphony, was performed impressively by the Tiffin pupils. Of the performance, Fiona Maddox wrote in the Guardian: ‘ As a climax of its bicentenary celebrations, the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra , with the RAM women ’ s chorus and Tiffin Boys ’ choir, as well as alumna Stephanie Wake - Edwards as mezzo - soprano soloist, squeezed on to the Festival Hall stage for Mahler ’ s Symphony No 3 in D minor. As epics go (this has been quite some week), at 110 minutes long, with outsized orchestra and embracing all aspects of heaven and earth, it is up there at the top ’.

Rejoice in the Lamb: Tiffin Boys ’ Choir Summer Concert Tuesday 12 th July, 7pm | All Saints ’ Church, Kingston - upon - Thames

Tiffin Boys ’ Choir perform Benjamin Britten ’ s eccentric and moving cantata Rejoice in the Lamb alongside music by Bruckner, Parry, Mendelssohn and Howells to celebrate the end of the academic year. The school ’ s close - harmony group The Tiffinians will also perform a set from this year ’ s repertoire. Tickets £10 (full price)/£5 (concessions/FoTM members)/free for under - 18s, available here. For further information please contact fsmith@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk. Tiffin Oratorio Choir: Autumn Term 2022 Tiffin Oratorio Choir is back for the Autumn Term! Rehearsals will be on Wednesday evenings across the term in preparation for the Oratorio Concert on Sunday 20 th November. We will be performing Brahms ’ German Requiem and Cecilia McDowall ’ s The Girl from Aleppo alongside the school choirs and professional orchestra. All members of the school community are welcome to join the choir: parents, staff, friends & family. Look out for more information coming soon.