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97 & 98 – Endcliffe Orchestra conducted by Martin Lightowler
Date(s) – 14th July 2017, 1:00 pm (open schools rehearsal) 7:00 pm (main performance)
Venue – Abbeydale Picture House, 387 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, S7 1FS

http://www.endcliffeorchestra.org.uk/somme-100-film-performance

Sheffield’s Abbeydale Picture House provided a perfect setting for the Endcliffe Orchestra’s performance of the Somme 100 Film project.

To commemorate one hundred years since the most infamous battle of the First World War an Arts Council-funded project led by the Imperial War Museum commissioned British composer Laura Rossi to write music to accompany the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme. The project involves a live performance of the music to a showing of the film, with an aim of one hundred performances to be given in the year following 16th July 2016.

The Endcliffe Orchestra gave the 98th performance of the work at the Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, on the evening of Friday 14th July 2017.

During the day Tim Baycroft from the orchestra gave talks to local schools about the Battle of the Somme, and Laura Rossi gave a film music workshop and talked about her own career.

The evening began with a performance of four songs from George Butterworth’s setting of A.E. Housman’s poems A Shropshire Lad, performed by Martin Lightowler on Piano and Ralph Dawson on violin, with each poem read out prior to the instrumental performance. Butterworth was himself a victim of The Somme and this provided a poignant opening to the evening.

Dr. Toby Haggith, who is Senior Curator at the Imperial War Museum, then gave a talk discussing the history and impact of the 1916 film, including some research on where it was shown in Sheffield. Laura then spoke briefly about the project, including her visits to the battle sites and a mention of her own family history of the time.

The performance then followed of the five films with the accompanying music. Despite the limited number of rehearsals the performance was flawless, with special praise to the percussion section who performed their loud exposed entries (representing activities on the battlefield) at precisely the right times. The performance, the film, and Laura’s score were very well received by the audience of over 200. People said it was a very moving experience in many ways, and it was a very appropriate and dignified tribute to the victims of The Somme.

The orchestra is delighted to have taken part in this memorable project. It has generated a lot of positive reaction in all the performances seen around the country, and internationally.

We are pleased to have been able to contribute financially to the Abbeydale Picture House to help their ongoing work in bringing this impressive historic building back to life.

Our thanks to all the additional local musicians who volunteered to take part in this unique experience – we couldn’t have done it without you.

Special thanks to orchestra trumpet player Alex Shields for persuading the orchestra committee to undertake this event and for him and his team’s hard work and dedication in making it happen so successfully.

Laura posted on Facebook: “Thanks to the brilliant Endcliffe Orchestra and trumpet superstar Alex Shields for putting this on and for his awesome playing – totally nailed it! Thanks also to conductor Martin Lightowler and to everyone at the stunning Abbeydale Picture House! Sheffield Rocks!”

This event caps off a great season of performances by the Endcliffe Orchestra. Thanks from the committee to all members for your hard work and commitment this last year and we hope that you found all the performances to be exciting and rewarding.

Read the review here from the Sheffield Telegraph: Heritage: Landmark cinema looking ahead to a brighter future

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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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