The Street Orchestra of London’s first tour took place in June 2016. Here’s where we played:
THURSDAY 16 JUNE
WEST / NORTH LONDON
Private performances at Colmbrook and Harmondsworth Removal Centres
Private performance at Queensmill School (for autistic children)
Private performance at New Horizon Youth Centre
Public performance at King’s Cross Station during rush hour
FRIDAY 17 JUNE
HACKNEY
(in association with Hackney Council)
Public performance at Dalston Library
Public performance at Homerton Library & Homerton Park
Public performance at St Joseph’s Hospice
Guerilla performance at London Fields
Public performance at Hackney Library
Public performance at Dalston Square
SATURDAY 18 JUNE
SOUTH LONDON
Guerilla performance at David Bowie memorial – Brixton
Private performance at Lewisham Music Hub
Public performance at Open Estate Gardens – Gipsy Hill
Guerilla performance at Horniman Museum & Gardens
Public performance at North Greenwich Tube
Public performance at Cutty Sark Gardens
SUNDAY 19 JUNE
CENTRAL / EAST LONDON
Guerilla performance at Columbia Flower Market
Private performance at Mary Seacole Nursing Home
Public performance at Arnold Circus
Public performance at Regent’s Park
Guerilla performance in Piccadilly Circus
Public performance at Leicester Square
Music
These are the pieces we played on our first tour!
New works:
Charlotte Harding Sol
Gabriel Prokofiev Intenso delicato
Adrian Varela Héctor en Miami
Classical:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7, 1st movement
Georges Bizet Carmen overture
Giovanni Gabrieli Amor dove mi guidi
Alberto Ginastera Estancia, selection
Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut-Intermezzo
Dmitri Shostakovich Waltz from 2nd Jazz Suite
Non-Classical:
Tito Puente Fiesta à la King
Julian Nott Wallace & Gromit theme
Astor Piazzolla (arr. W. van Baarsen) Celos
Nino Rota (arr. Gijs Kramers) Le notti di Cabiria
Nick la Rocca Tiger rag
Jean-Luc Ponti (arr. Ben Mathot) Jig
Snoop Dogg (arr. D. de Gruchy) What’s my (orchestral) Nizzame?
Samuele Fontana (arr. Hinse Mutter) Domenica in Spiaggia
With Peter Willcock, baritone:
Georges Bizet Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
David Bowie (arr. Lionel Ziblat) Life on Mars
Gaetano Donizetti Come paride vezzoso
George Gershwin (arr. Konrad Koselleck) Nice work if you can get it
Hubert Gregg(arr. Catriona McDermid) Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
Frederic Loewe (arr. Konrad Koselleck) Get me to the church on time
Players 2016
Flute
Rosanna Ter-Berg
Fran Hall
Oboe
Tim Keasley
Emma Gibbons
Clarinet
Emma Burgess
Bethan Irving
Bassoon
Catriona McDermid
Lewis Wright
Saxophone
Isabel Kasimba
Theo Hillborg
Trumpet
Daniel de Gruchy-Lambert
Trombone
Nicolas Kent
Horn
Rachael O’Brien
Hanna Peters
Drums
Efraim Schulz-Wackerbart
Baritone
Peter Willcock
Conductor / Artistic Director
Gijs Kramers
Violin I
Emma Purslow
Polly Francis
Saya Ikenoya
Caitlin Johnson
Edwin Podolski
Tory Sawyer
Stella di Virgilio
Marcelina Ziezio
Violin II
Sarah Hill
Louise Gibbens
Dan Hodd
Ines Lapa
Katherine Roberts
Declan Seachoy
Viola
Adria Trulls Freixa
Maite Colas Blanco
Jack Gillet
Marsailidh Groat
Cello
Polly Virr
Corinna Boylan
Anastasia Laurie
Rachel Watson
Double Bass
Eloise Riddell
Jess Ryan
Jazz Bass
Liz Faulkner