HISTORY OF PAST PERFORMANCES
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2010
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Saturday June 26
Concert With the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra
(HAGO) in Portsmouth
Our annual concert with HAGO
took place at the lovely St George's Church Southsea, Portsmouth. We
had a good audience thanks to hard work by HAGO and they provided us
with some lovely grub. Derek Hasted was presented with his namesake,
Derek The Duck, for services to the guitar world and subsequently with
a "berm" (do I hear Inspector Clouseau?) for services to the world of
bad jokes. Nevertheless, he kindly posted a clip
of the CGO encore on YouTube.
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HAGO, our hosts, getting set up.
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... and CGO: note the audience!
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DTD and TNT
(see why we need to go to Paris?)
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Peking Duck
playing chicken
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For
more pictures and different jokes, visit the web site of our
friends at HAGO!
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 Post-concert
activities: yet another highlight!
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Saturday April 24
Concert at St Neots Parish Church
We were invited to play here by the organist of the church, Lloyd
Barnett. Again there was a very good audience and again a considerable
sum was raised for the church's charity.
Everybody enjoyed the concert (including the audience as we have been
asked to come back and play there again, something we are very happy to
do). Thanks Lloyd!
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Saturday February
6
Joint Concert with the Moonlight Mandolins
This was the return concert with the Moonlights the first having been
in April 2009. The Moonlights hosted this at the Histon Baptist Church.
They worked hard and assembled a very good audience indeed and the
concert was a great success, raising a considerable sum for their
charity. The concert ended with the two groups playing a joint piece -
The Vivaldi Double Concerto for Two Mandolins. This was great fun. Both
groups agreed that these joint concerts should become a regular
feature. Watch this space!
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2007
March 25th
Joint Concert with Hertfordshire Guitar Orchestra Bushey, Watford. This
was our second collaboration with HGO.
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June 23rd
Joint Concert with Hampshire Guitar Orchestra St Edwards Church
Cambridge.
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CGO
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This was an excellent concert with a good audience
and two different styles of repertoire. HAGO present a superb “show”
with great humour.
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Grub up! |
This is Derek the Duck(actually he’s a hen),
and (s)he is about to meet his/her maker! |
What tickled them? |
When they come to Cambridge, HAGO
stay at a nearby hotel.
They are joined after the concert by a number of CGO-ers and a good
party ensues.
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2006
March 25th
Joint Concert with Hertfordshire Guitar Orchestra Emmanuel United
Reform Church Cambridge.
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July 8th
Joint Concert with Hampshire Guitar Orchestra in Portsmouth
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Concert Introduction in splendid
surroundings
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HAGO
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Derek the Duck struts his stuff
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December 10th
Concert in aid of church funds St James Church Cambridge
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2005
June 11th
Joint performance with with the HAGO in St.
Edwards Church, Cambridge to a completely packed audience (more
appropriately referred to as "sardines" as we had to sit people in the
church aisles). The HAGO provided a lively and contrasting programme of
shorter pieces under the direction of, and with much humour from, Derek
Hasted.
The CGO performed pieces from Albeniz, Boellman,
Debussy and Metheny
arranged and directed by Peter Rueffer.
Being gluttons for punishment the CGO then spent
the following day in Holy Trinity Church, Weston recording these pieces
for their second CD.
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2004
May 16th
The Orchestra performed as part of Cambridge Summer Recitals Series of
Spring Concerts in Emmanuel United Reformed Church Cambridge.
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10th July
The CGO gave a joint concert with the Havant Area Guitar Orchestra (HAGO)
in All Saints Church Portsmouth
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2003
March 29th
The Orchestra gave a joint concert with the Cambridge Poetry Society.
The combination of alternating orchestra pieces and poetry readings
worked extremely well and was very well received!
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Saturday June 14th
Following the success of the joint concert with Hago in Portsmouth in
2002, the CGO hosted a similar event with Hago as guests. This was held
in St. Edward's Church in the heart of Cambridge. The packed church was
treated to music that stretched from the Gothic Suite by Boellman, to
The Rythmn of Life and Palladio (Karl Jenkins)!
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25th October
Concert and workshop with a Belgian group of young guitarists,
Alegria.
The group shared a concert with us and we hosted a day long workshop
with them the following day.
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2002
April
The CGO gave a joint concert with the Havant Area Guitar Orchestra (HAGO)
in the beautiful surroundings of St. Agatha's Church in Portsmouth. The
concert featured music from 1571 to 2001 and drew an audience of
upwards of 200 people.
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CGO conducted by Peter Rueffer
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HAGO conducted by Derek Hasted
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July 13th
The orchestra gave a concert in St. Edward's Church, Cambridge.
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July 14th
The orchestra gave a concert in Godmanchester.
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8th December
The orchestra again took part in the National Guitar Orchestra
competition held in Kirklees near Leeds. Fourteen orchestras took part
in the competition which was adjudicated by Graham Wade, Chris Susans
and Lynda Pyatt. The orchestra played Peter Rueffer's arrangement of Suite Gothique by
Leon Boellman and was awarded joint second prize. Peter's arrangement
won the Arrangers Prize.
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