Programme 2010

The concert programme for the season - May and July 2010 - reached its grand finale at the Priory Centre in Great Yarmouth on Saturday 17th of July.

The audience not only enjoyed the music, but also indulged in Strawberries and Cream during the interval (included in the ticket price) - a lovely end to the season.

The Society performed a variation on the Season’s programme - some planned and some not!

A lovely (planned) addition to the programme was provided by arrangements by the Musical Director, Peter Murray, of ‘What a Wonderful World’, ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’ and ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.

The seasons programme included songs from Trial by Jury, HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, and Haddon Hall - built around large extracts from Patience, a satisfying portion of a production contemporary to G&S, The Arcadians, and rounded off by finales from Princess Ida, Ruddigore and Iolanthe.

Click on the pictures below for links to a short synopsis of each opera - well as short as we could make it for the twists and turns of the comic opera plot - or browse the Synopsis Page.
If you want a full explanation of each opera there are better places on line - including some very detailed Wikipedia articles (and acknowledgement also to Wikipedia for the pictures which they declare as in the public domain - if this is not the case for any material we use please let us know).

Trial by Jury

HMS Pinafore

Pirates of Penzance

Haddon Hall

Patience

The Arcadians

Princess Ida

Ruddigore

Iolanthe


	This is the full programme currently under rehearsal - it may vary when it gets to performance - principle singers will be added as they are finalised, although again this may vary from concert to concert.

*Part One*
Trial by Jury
Hark the hour of ten is sounding	All
HMS Pinafore
Never mind the why and wherefore	Josephine, Captain and Sir Joseph
The hours creep on apace	Josephine
He is an English Man	Bosun and Chorus
Pirates of Penzance
Climbing over rocky mountains	Edith, Kate and Ladies Chorus
Paradox Trio	Ruth, Frederic and Pirate King
Pray observe the magnanimity	All
Haddon Hall
When the budding blooms of May	All
Patience
Twenty love sick maidens we	Angela, Ella and Ladies' Chorus
I cannot tell what this love may be	Patience
The soldiers of our Queen	Men's Chorus
When I first put this uniform on	Colonel and Men's Chorus
Long years ago	Patience and Angela
Prithee pretty maiden	Patience and Grosvenor
Finale Act One	All

*Part Two*
Patience
Silvered is the raven hair	Lady Jane
A magnet hung in a hardware shop	Grosvenor and Ladies' Chorus
Love is a plaintive song	Patience
So go to him and say to him	Lady Jane and Bunthorne
It's clear that mediaeval art	Duke, Major and Colonel
Finale Act Two	All
The Arcadians
Arcady is ever young	Sombra and Chorus
Charming weather	Eileen and Jack
Pipes of Pan	Sombra
Back your fancy	Bobbie and Chorus
Half past two	Jack and Eileen
My Motter	Peter Doody
All down Piccadilly	Simplicitas and Chorus
Princess Ida
Finale Act Two	All
Ruddigore
Finale Act One	All
Iolanthe
Finale Act Two	All


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