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Christmas
Concerts
The two concerts at the end of
last term brought the first part of
the musical year to a triumphant
conclusion, epitomised by Henry
Binning’s virtuoso performance of
the finale from Gershwin’s Piano
Concerto in F. In fact, choirs,
bands, orchestras, quartets,
soloists and ensembles all gave of
their impressive best – as did the
audience – and the collection at
the end raised a significant sum for
the charity Nightingales Children’s
Project Romania, which is run by
Ben Wells, OA 2000.
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The Big Sculpt
The inspiration for their work was that of
the conceptual contemporary artist Michael
Craig-Martin whose An Oak Tree, 1974, is
now recognised as being a turning point in
the development of conceptual art
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The Big Sculpt
workshop saw groups
of Third, Fourth and
Fifth Year pupils, work
in teams and enjoy the
challenge of producing
large 3D line drawings
out of withies.
1984
Inspired by studying the play for GCSE
Drama whilst at Abingdon, Ash Verjee,
OA 1997, directed a joint production
of
1984
at St Helen’s at the end of last
term. Joe Westcott and Georgia Aynsley
played Winston Smith and Julia, lovers
who dream of rebellion against the Party
but who cannot ultimately hold out against
Big Brother. It was a tense and gripping
performance by a cast of skilled and
passionate actors.
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Chapel Choir at Mercers’ Hall
With their rendition of Psalm 19 and the
Purcell anthem
Thy word is a lantern
unto my feet,
the Chapel Choir moved
the congregation of the Mercers’ Chapel
to applause at the service before the
Company’s General Court meeting on 30
November. Abingdon School is associated
with the Mercers’ Company through our
sixteenth-century benefactor John Roysse,
and 2013 sees the 450th anniversary of
his benefaction.
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Christodoulou’s Win House
Singing Competition
Directed by Jacopo Blumberg and
accompanied at the piano by Joe Ereaut,
Christodoulou’s won this year’s House
Singing Competition with their rendition
of
Some Nights
by Fun. Lower School
came second with
Drive By
by Train and
Davies’s third with
The Cave
by Mumford
and Sons.
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