The head of music at the school, Noel Long, decided to employ John Hassell to record the performance of my composition - not something he had done before, I believe. Bach’s F minor harpsichord concerto at the same concert. The work was in three movements, and the title came about as I wanted to present it as a Christmas present to the audience. This would have been the first time I appeared in public conducting an orchestra. Fortunately, the school’s First Orchestra was of a very high standard. Thank you for your question, and I am really amazed that you managed to find a copy of this record! This was a piece which I wrote during my last term at King’s College School Wimbledon, when I was 17, and conducted at the final concert at the end of December 1966 a few days before I left the school. Hi, I just bought this vinyl: "Kings College School -A Packet Of Three For Orchestra (John Hassell) UK (December 1966) Can you tell me something more? If I'm not mistaken you must have been a kid.? Nicola from Italy submitted the following enquiry: Please use the form at the bottom of the page to submit your questions. As we receive and answer more questions, we will archive them here also. Below are the most recent questions and answers. We will regularly post answers to questions submitted here that we feel are of interest to fans. This is the section of the website where you can submit questions to Andrew about his work.
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