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Octocello

Wide-ranging music from 8 cellos and 5 brass

Add to my Calendar 20-09-2025 19:30 20-09-2025 21:30 36 Octocello Following two sell-out concerts in Thame, the eight-cello local group Octocello is once again bringing the unique rich sound of multiple cellos to a concert on September 20th at 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s Church, Thame. The local group will be playing something for everyone, including arrangements of hits by Henry Mancini, Frank Loesser and S Club 7, together with classical favourites by Berlioz, Gilbert & Sullivan and Mendelssohn. Octocello will be joined by Winchendon Brass, a local brass quintet with a similarly wide-ranging repertoire.   Formed in 2020, Octocello came together after a rash promise in a doctor’s surgery! Since then, the group has given 4 concerts, all to capacity audiences, and have raised over £5,000 for MIND and Thames Valley Air Ambulance.   All proceeds from the 2025 concert will go to Mission Ukraine, a charity that delivers much-needed aid to the war-torn country (https://www.missionukraine.uk/)   Tickets are £15 (U16 free) and include an internal drink. They are available from The Book House in Thame, or directly from chris.the.cellist@gmail.com St Mary's Church, Thame DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Church
Church Road
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 3AJ
England

Programme

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique: March to the scaffold

Performers

Octocello

Programme Note

Following two sell-out concerts in Thame, the eight-cello local group Octocello is once again bringing the unique rich sound of multiple cellos to a concert on September 20th at 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s Church, Thame. The local group will be playing something for everyone, including arrangements of hits by Henry Mancini, Frank Loesser and S Club 7, together with classical favourites by Berlioz, Gilbert & Sullivan and Mendelssohn. Octocello will be joined by Winchendon Brass, a local brass quintet with a similarly wide-ranging repertoire.

 

Formed in 2020, Octocello came together after a rash promise in a doctor’s surgery! Since then, the group has given 4 concerts, all to capacity audiences, and have raised over £5,000 for MIND and Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

 

All proceeds from the 2025 concert will go to Mission Ukraine, a charity that delivers much-needed aid to the war-torn country (https://www.missionukraine.uk/)

 

Tickets are £15 (U16 free) and include an internal drink. They are available from The Book House in Thame, or directly from chris.the.cellist@gmail.com

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