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46 – BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Gibbons
Date – 18th November 2016, 2:30 pm
Venue – Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX

Sounding the Somme at The Royal Festival Hall.

Ellen Thomson (education consultant) led an event for secondary school students at The Royal Festival Hall during the BBC Concert Orcehstra’s Somme rehearsal.

Students met the Imperial War Museum’s Senior Curator Toby Haggith who gave a short background to the film, and composer Laura Rossi spoke briefly about the process of writing music for film and gave some specific pointers to listen out to in the rehearsal. Everyone was then taken inside the auditorium to watch the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor John Gibbons rehearsing for the evening performance and syncing the music to the film. 

Ellen provided the students with a handout (below) to help further engage their viewing, and in advance of the day, Ellen sent the teachers the Sounding the Somme resources to prepare the students for the session.

Sounding the Somme:

London Secondary Schools Open Rehearsal

See the iconic 1916 film by Geoffrey Malins and John McDowell with Laura Rossi’s acclaimed music performed live by the BBC Concert Orchestra.
In advance of the 7.30pm special screening of the film in partnership with Imperial War Museums at Royal Festival Hall, get exclusive access for your students to the afternoon rehearsal.
Friday 18 November, 2pm
FREE to London secondary schools – limited spaces available!
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre

* Meet the composer and understand more about writing music for film.
* Observe one of the UK’s top orchestras rehearse music and sync it to film.
* Supported by free and adaptable online resources for teachers to deliver related composition work in-class.

All sounding the Somme participants and youth orchestras were offered free tickets to the evening performance and after the BBC Concert Orchestra screening the Animate Orchestra film made by Mike Eden was shown on a screen in the Royal Festival Hall foyer:

Lambeth Animate Orchestra’s Sounding The Somme project

During the recent October half-term, young musicians – aged 9 upwards – from across the borough of Lambeth came together over 2 days to create their own artistic response to The Battle of the Somme, led by tutors from Lambeth Music Service. This short film documents that journey.

The film runs for just over 4 minutes and will play at 10 minute intervals.

Sounding the Somme is the education strand of Somme100 FILM, with specially created resources linked to the film aimed principally at music students, including teaching plans, factsheets, film and audio clips, which enable schools to explore the themes of the film and music and produce their own creative work. A number of projects are already happening across the country as part of the Somme100 FILM tour.

RFH Screening Reflections Handout

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Gallery

100 Performances

(P1) = Performance 1, P2 etc
(SP) = Schools’ Performance
(OR) = Open Rehearsal

01 – BBC Symphony Orchestra – Thiepval, France
02 – Berkhamsted Schools Orchestra
03 – Chetham’s Sinfonia – Chetham’s
04 – Docklands Sinfonia
05 – Southend Orchestra 100
06 – Chetham’s Sinfonia – IWM North
07 – Chetham’s Sinfonia – Manchester Cathedral
08 – Camden Symphony Orchestra
09 – Chester Philharmonic Orchestra – 2 pm
10 – Chester Philharmonic Orchestra – 7:30 pm
11 – Chandos Symphony Orchestra
12 – Music Workshop’s Advanced Music Ensemble – Nottinghamshire
13 – Cambridge Concert Orchestra – Cambridge
14 – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – 3 pm
15 – New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – 7 pm
16 – Chetham’s Sinfonia – IWM London
17 – The Angel Orchestra – Catford
18 – Memorial University Chamber Orchestra – 10:30 am
19 – Memorial University Chamber Orchestra – 7 pm
20 – Ealing Symphony Orchestra
21 – Leicester Symphony Orchestra
22 – Falkirk Tryst Orchestra – OR
23 – Falkirk Tryst Orchestra
24 – Studio Symphony Orchestra
25 – The King Edward Musical Society
26 – Jersey Academy of Music & Chetham’s Sinfonia
27 – Animate Orchestra
28 – Cambridge Concert Orchestra
29 – Durham University Symphony Orchestra – 2 pm
30 – Durham University Symphony Orchestra – 7:30 pm
31 – Thames Youth Orchestra – OR
32 – Thames Youth Orchestra
33 – Chichester University Orchestra
34 – Sutton Youth Symphony Orchestra
35 – Collegium Musicum Berlin
36 – Stockport Symphony Orchestra
37 – Westbourne Orchestral Society – P1
38 – Westbourne Orchestral Society – P2
39 – Leeds College of Music Community Orchestra
40 – BBC Concert Orchestra
41 – Glasgow Studio Orchestra
42 – Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra
43 – Worthing Symphony Orchestra
44 – Ealing Youth Orchestra – OR
45 – Ealing Youth Orchestra
46 – BBC Concert Orchestra – OR
47 – BBC Concert Orchestra
48 – Bristol Symphony Orchestra
49 – Camerata Ireland & Sinfonua
50 – Hull Philharmonic Orchestra
51 – Northants County Training Orchestra
52 – Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
53 – Exeter Symphony Orchestra – Exeter
54 – Exeter Symphony Orchestra – Teignmouth P1
55 – Exeter Symphony Orchestra – Teignmouth P2
56 – The Works’ Community Orchestra – OR
57 – The Works’ Community Orchestra
58 – Somme100 Noord – Groningen
59 – Somme100 Noord – Smilde
60 – Somme100 Noord – Assen
61 – Haringey Youth Orchestra
62 – Musica Kirklees – OR
63 – Musica Kirklees
64 – West of England Youth Orchestra
65 – Suffolk Youth Orchestra – Bury St Edmunds
66 – Suffolk Youth Orchestra – Snape
67 – Somme100 Noord – Amsterdam
68 – Musica Kirklees – OR
69 – Musica Kirklees
70 – Orchestral du Pau – Morlaàs – SP
71 – Orchestral du Pau – Morlaàs
72 – Oxford University Orchestra – OR
73 – Oxford University Orchestra
74 – Pulham Orchestra
75 – Orchestral du Pau – Nay
76 – Hastings Sinfonia – OR
77 – Hastings Sinfonia
78 – Orchestral du Pau – Billère
79 – Cobweb Orchestra – Newcastle P1
80 – Cobweb Orchestra – Newcastle P2
81 – Orchestral du Pau – Pau
82 – British Police Symphony Orchestra – OR
83 – British Police Symphony Orchestra
84 – Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
85 – Stafford Orchestra
86 – Waltham Forest Youth Orchestra – P1
87 – Waltham Forest Youth Orchestra – P2
88 – Combined Armed Forces Orchestra – P1
89 – Combined Armed Forces Orchestra – P2
90 – Airedale Symphony Orchestra – OR
91 – Airedale Symphony Orchestra
92 – Penzance Orchestral Society
93 – Sedbergh Orchestra – Sedburgh
94 – Sedbergh Orchestra – Skipton
95 – Oldham Symphony Orchestra
96 – Cobweb Orchestra – Stanley
97 – Endcliffe Orchestra – OR
98 – Endcliffe Orchestra
99 – Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra
100 – Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra

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