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King John Orchestra
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Saturday, 1st December 2019 at 7pm
The Perse School, Cambridge

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor
Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 "Reformation"

Conductor: Chris Jessop
Soloist: Oliver Simpson

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​Sunday, 25th November 2018 at 7pm
Perse School, Cambridge

MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and Flood - Overture
 
Elgar - Wand of Youth Suite No 1
Dvorak - Symphony No. 6


Conductor: Chris Jessop

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​Sunday, 26th November 2017 at 7pm
Perse School, Cambridge

Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
 
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5


Soloist: Gavin Richards​
Conductor: Chris Jessop


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Sunday, 20th November 2016 at 7pm
Perse School, Cambridge

Schubert - Symphony No. 9 in C Major "Great"
Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 2
Arnold - Little Suite for Orchestra No. 2


​Conductor: Chris Jessop

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Sunday 25th April 5:30-8:30pm
10th Anniversary Celebration at Lee Hall, Wolfson College, Cambridge
- Schubert Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
- Elgar - March No. 1 in D major "Pomp & Circumstance"

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Sunday, 15th November 2015
Autumn Concert
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Soloist - Gavin Richards
Conductor - Chris Jessop


£900 raised and shared between Singing for the Brain (Alzheimers’ Society) and The Glam

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Sunday, 16th November 2014
Autumn Concert


Programme:
Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
Bruch - Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra
Bizet- L'Arlesienne Suite No 1
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 (From the New World)

£1,037 was raised and shared between Southampton General Hospital and Anthony Nolan.



Sunday, 17th November 2013 - Concert
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We pushed the orchestra to new heights of artistic creativity with our highly successful concert of "pure cold water", Italy-by-Suffolk and pure passion....

Sibelius once said, contrasting the music of Mahler and Richard Strauss, "Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water".

Britten, living in Suffolk, took his inspiration for "Soirées Musicales" from themes of Rossini.

Romeo & Juliet - surely the most passionately inspiring play of all time.

Very well attended and musically exhilarating, we also raised £800 for our chosen charity: Red Balloon Learner Centres in Cambridge and Norwich.

"I wasn't sure we would manage it - we did and it was enormously satisfying." - KJO wind-player

Saturday, 18th May 2013 - Concert

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A great performance of two major pieces: the work Wagner called the "apotheosis of the dance"
and a late, great Schumann rarity:

- Beethoven Seventh Symphony in A major
- Schumann Mass in C minor, op. 147

We were delighted to join forces with the Swavesey Community Choir.

The performance was held in Swavesey Village College and was dedicated to memory of the late head of the College, Martin Bacon.

Sunday, 25th November 2012 - Concert

Sixth Family Concert The concert was a great mix of grandeur, lyricism and
tradition:

Mussorgsky -  Night on a Bare Mountain
Brahms - Symphony
No.2, 1st  movement
Wagner - Prelude "Die Meistersinger von 
Nürnberg"
Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song  Suite
Elgar - Pomp and
Circumstance March No.4
Conductor: Chris
Jessop

We were delighted to raise £700 for charitable causes including Brain Tumour UK
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Sunday, 12th November 2011 - Concert

Fifth Family Concert in aid of music therapy at EACH (East Anglia Children's Hospice) and Blue Smile (£700 raised).
Programme: Berlioz, Hungarian March; Schumann, Symphony No 4; Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite
Conductor: Chris Jessop

Sunday, 21st November 2010 - Concert

Fourth Family Concert in aid of Spinal Injuries Association (£800 raised).
Programme: Verdi, Force of Destiny Overture; Dvorak, Symphony No 8; Sibelius, Karelia Suite
Conductor: Chris Jessop

April 2010 - New appointment

Chris Jessop appointed as new Musical Director

15th November, 2009 - Concert

Third Family Concert in aid of Music in Hospitals (£684 raised).
Programme: Brahms, Academic Festival Overture; Mozart, Piano Concerto No 21; Holst, Jupiter from The Planets
Conductor & Soloist: Marie-Noelle Kendall

22nd November, 2008 - Concert

Second Family Concert in aid of Sound Affects (£287 raised).
Programme: Walton, Crown Imperial; Mendelsshohn, Nocturne; Beethoven, Symphony No 5
Conductor: Marie-Noelle Kendall

15th June, 2007 - Concert

First Family Concert in aid of Dikkumbura Sri Siddhartha School, Sri Lanka (King's College School's partner school)

Programme: Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No 8; Beethoven, Symphony No 1; Rodney Bennett, Party Piece for Piano & Orchestra; Arnold, Little Suite No 2; Elgar, Pomp & Circumstance March No 1

£700 was raised for charitable causes

24th April 2006 - Concert

First rehearsal of KJO with Nicholas Robinson, Headmaster of King's College School as conductor.

1st March 2006 - Founded!

First meeting of KJO founding committee initiated by Penny Barton, with co-founders Alice Garnett, David Cope, Caroline Cope & Jeremy Fairbrother.
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