August 2018 Music Festival
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ST LAWRENCE JEWRY SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018
“Around the World in Ten Days: from East to West, from North to South”
all concerts 1.00 pm start; free admission, donation invited
Monday 6th August Concert 1: China & Russia Constance Chow piano Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake (1930s era) Lu Wen Cheng (1898-1981) arr. Chen Pei Xun (1921-2007) Liuyang River (1930/1970s era) Wang Jianzhong (1933-2016) Spring Dance (1980) Sun Yi Qiang (b. 1945) Eight Memories in Watercolour (1978, published 2003) Tan Dun (b. 1957) 1 - Missing Moon, 2 - Staccato Beans, 3 - Herdboy’s Song, 4 - Blue Nun, 5 - Red Wilderness, 6 - Ancient Burial, 7 - Floating Clouds, 8 - Sunrain Etude sur un thème chinois, Op.25 No.3 (1893) Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Tuesday 7th August Concert 2: Germany AMICI TRIO Elsie Woollard oboe, Mark Gibbs viola, Christopher Atkinson piano Bach: Arioso, from Cantata BWV 156 Schumann: Märchenbilder, Op.113 August Klughardt: Schilflieder ('Reed Songs' - 5 Fantasy Pieces) Op. 28 (1872)
Wednesday 8th August Concert 3: Bohemia & Moravia Tessa Uys piano Janáček: Sonata 1.X.1905; Dvořák: Na Svaté Hoře (from Poetic Moods, Op.85 No.13) Janáček: On an Overgrown Path i. Our evenings, ii. A blown-away leaf, iii. The virgin of Frydek, iv. They chattered like swallows, v. Words fail me, vi. Good night!, vii. So unutterably anxious, viii. In Tears, ix. The little owl continues screeching
Thursday 9th August Concert 4: France BUKOLIKA PIANO TRIO Roma Tic violin, Joanna Gutowska cello, Anna Szalucka piano Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor Lili Boulanger: D'un soir triste D'un matin de printemps
Friday 10th August Concert 5: Australia GUILDHALL DOWN UNDER Alice Girle soprano, Chavdar Mazgalov piano, Madeleine Randall oboe, Heather Ryall clarinet, Rebecca Allen bassoon, Renée Kennedy horn and members of the Guildhall Horn Ensemble ‘Songs for the Shadowland’: a collection of works by Australian composers for soprano, piano, wind quartet and horn ensemble, featuring artists from the Guildhall School of Music and including an Emma Gregan world premiere
Monday 13th August Concert 6: Great Britain WIND AND WORDS Chris Hooker clarinet Dimitri Kennaway piano Valerie Fry poet & reader ‘Keep the Homes Fires Burning’ (World War One centenary commemoration): a recital of clarinet and poetry including melodies by Jack Judge, Ivor Novello and Jerome Kern, and elegies about Tommy & The Trenches, Fritz & The Front, Love & Loss
Tuesday 14th August Concert 7: Brazil & Argentina Beto Caletti & Mishka Adams guitar, percussion & vocals Chacho Echenique: Doña Ubenza Beto Caletti/Mishka Adams: The Great Unknown Pedro Carneiro Silva/Mishka Adams: Puso Mo Heitor Villa-Lobos/Dora Vasconselos: Melodia Sentimental Beto Caletti: En el Umbral del Cielo Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade Edu Lobo/Chico Buarque: Beatriz Caletti/Adams: Siete Hermanas Caletti/Adams: Luca's Lullaby Beto Caletti: La Cuerda Aldemaro Romero: De Repente
Wednesday 15th August Concert 8: North America SANDRA SCOTT SINGERS Jocasta Roper, Angela Peachey, Jane Briers, Sarah Grange sopranos Hara Kostogianni piano Jane Briers I'm in the Mood for Love Dorothy Fields /Jimmy McHugh Ensemble Down to the River and Pray Traditional Arr Sandra Scott Jocasta Roper Little Horses Aaron Copland Long Time Ago Aaron Copland Sarah Grange How Can I Keep From Singing? Trad arr. Richard Walters Angela Peachey The World's Highway Charles Ives Lonely House Langston Hughes/Kurt Weill Sarah Grange My Ship Ira Gershwin/ Kurt Weill Jocasta Roper Little Elegy Ned Rorem Ensemble Amazing Grace James Newton/Trad arr Sandra Scott Jane Briers I Got Rhythm Ira and George Gershwin. Angela Peachey Neverland from ’Peter Pan’ Leonard Bernstein Angela Peachey Happy Days are Here Again/ Jack Yellen & Milton Ager/ & Jane Briers Get Happy Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler arr. Phillip Kern
Thursday 16th August Concert 9: Scandinavia TRIO LAVOLTA Joyce Fraser violin, Felix Buser cello, Simon Marlow piano Niels Gade: Noveletten, Op. 29 Grieg: Andante con moto (1878) Sibelius: Lovisa Trio i. Allegro ii. Andante iii. Allegro con brio
Friday 17th August Concert 10: Africa DULCIS ENSEMBLE Dele Olutade violin & leader Vincent Haastrup, Daniel Agbozie, Olawale Olayinka violins Segun Adetunji, Ibukun Oladipupo violas Jude Olabanji cello Olalekan Adebayo double bass Dare Omotayo flute Ifeanyi Osuagwu horn Tunde Jegede kora Classical and folk music from South Africa, Guinea and Nigeria i. South Africa Trad, arr. Michael Fan: Under African Skies ii. Guinea Tunde Jegede: Let the Elements Sing and Dance iii. Nigeria E. Ogholi: Ririovara V. Olaiya: Joromi Bobby Benson: Taxi Driver Fred Onovwerosuoke: Barka (Gratitude)
A wine reception will follow the closing concert
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