Hampshire Schools perform at theRoyal Albert Hall

Contributor: Hampshire Music Service (HMS)

Event: BBC Ten Pieces Proms

Year: Primary sch ages

Piece: Zadok the Priest, Handel

Media: Photo Saturday 18 July from within the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Link to BBC iPlayer of the Sunday performance (FFWD to 20:10)

Over 400 Hampshire school children enjoyed a once in a lifetime opportunity to sing on the national stage at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday (18 July).

Singing a specially arranged version of Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’, 400 Hampshire primary school pupils schools joined hundreds of other children from all over the UK to perform in BBC Music’s ‘Ten Pieces’ concert

As one of the BBC’s 240 Ten Pieces Champions, Hampshire County Council’s Music Service has been working with 13 junior and primary schools on this piece of work since the autumn, culminating in Saturday’s performance on the national stage.

BBC Ten Pieces is a new, national initiative involving 21,000 schools, led by BBC Learning and BBC performing groups. The aim is to introduce a generation of children to a range of classical music, inspiring them to use the music as a stimulus for their own creativity.

Children were able to respond to a choice of one of ten pieces of classical music and develop their own interpretation of the selected piece through music composition, dance, digital art and other art forms, as well as taking part in performances of the pieces.

The piece that the BBC Singers chose and invited specially selected champions, such as Hampshire Music Service, to participate in was written by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727, and is performed at every coronation since then.

BBC Ten Pieces has also had the involvement of the five BBC Orchestras and the BBC Singers as well as celebrities such as Barney Harwood from Blue Peter and childrens’ presenters Dick and Dom.

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List of the schools from the Hampshire County Council area that participated:

Sunday:

• ·All Saints Junior School, Fleet

Saturday:

• ·Alverstoke CE Junior School
• ·Bartley CE Junior School
• ·Berrywood Primary School (Hedge End)
• ·Hale Primary School (Fordingbridge)
• ·Kings Copse Primary School (Hedge End)
• ·Knightwood Primary School (Knightwood,Valley Park, Chandler’s Ford area)
• ·Orchard Junior School (Dibden Purlieu)
• ·Otterbourne Primary School
• ·Romsey Abbey Primary School
• ·Scantabout Primary School (Chandler’s Ford)
• ·St Mary Bourne Primary School (Andover)
• ·St Mary's CE Junior School (Old Basing)
• ·The Crescent Primary School (Eastleigh)

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