LEICESTER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009
‘A Celebration of English Music’
Event 1 Thursday 17th September 7.30 Evening Concert New Walk Museum
Elgar and the Song of the Nightclub Proprietress
6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
The BBC’s John Florance talks to the artists. FREE
Lennox Berkeley: String Trio
Tansy Davies: Forgotten Game for solo oboe.
Madeleine Dring: Waltz and Italian Dance for oboe and piano
Madeleine Dring: Betjeman Songs for tenor and piano
Elgar: Soliloquy for oboe and piano
Elgar: Romance for cello and piano
Elgar: Piano Quintet
Sponsored by Neil and Jenny Roberts and supported
the Lennox Berkeley Society, www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk
Event 2 Friday 18th. September 1.00 Lunchtime Concert New Walk Museum
The Unusual Quietness of Snow
Tansy Davies: New work (World Première) for oboe
Paul Carr: The unusual quietness of snow for oboe and string quartet
Tippett: The Heart’s Assurance for tenor and piano
Gershwin/Dankworth: Summertime for oboe and violin
Elgar: Violin Sonata.
Event 3 Friday 18th. September 7.30 Evening Concert New Walk Museum
Prelude, Autumn
6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
The BBC’s John Florance talks to the artists. FREE
Tippett: Prelude, Autumn for oboe and piano.
Britten: Winter Words for tenor and piano.
Peter Wiegold: Earth, receive an honoured guest for cor anglais and string trio
Walton: Passacaglia for solo cello
Tansy Davies: 2 songs: Destroying Beauty for tenor and piano
New Song for tenor and piano (World Première)
Walton: Piano Quartet.
Event 4 Saturday 19th September 1.00 pm Lunchtime Concert New Walk Museum
Quartetathon!
Idomeneo Quartet(Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Isolani Quartet (Royal Northern College of Music)
Eilon Quartet (Royal College of Music)
The leading quartets of the three conservatoires will each play a quartet of their choice.
This concert will finish at approximately 2.30 pm.
Event 5 Saturday 19th. September 3.00 pm Richard Attenborough Centre
Young Composers’ Master Class led by Tansy Davies & Festival Ensemble
FREE
Event 6 Saturday 19th. September 7.30 Festival 21st Birthday Concert New Walk Museum
English Sky
6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
The BBC’s John Florance talks to the artists FREE
Bax: Trio for violin, viola and piano
Tavener: Songs of the Sky for tenor, oboe and piano
Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong for cello and piano
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet
Sponsored by the Friends of the Festival
Event 7 Sunday 20th September 2.30 Family Concert New Walk Museum
ALL THAT JAZZ!
Jazzlines with Sinfonia Viva
Come and join Jack Ross for a jolly jaunt through the history of jazz in a family concert involving ViVA’s jazz ensemble featuring Dave Ayre on double bass, Matt Dunn on clarinet, Tim Gunnell on percussion and Jack Ross on guitar.
ViVA’s jazzers will transport you on a journey through jazz starting with a work song from the slave music tradition in cotton fields in the 19th century, through blues and gospel to the big band music of the 1930s and 40s with Glenn Miller’s In the Mood and Gershwin’s Summertime. There will be plenty of bopping as they take you on a whistle stop tour of bebop with Dizzy Gillespie’s A Night in Tunisia prior to moving to the Latin inspired classics and on to the funky jazz of the 70s – 90s, before finishing the tour by bringing you totally up to date with a brand new piece by Jack Ross.
This concert promises to be full of fun and participation! Don’t forget to bring your voices!
Event 8 Sunday 20th September 8.00 Evening Concert Leicester Cathedral
Kaleidoscopes
in memory of Richard Hickox 1948-2008
Tavener: Threnos for solo cello.
Tansy Davies: Residuum for string orchestra.
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for string orchestra.
Tavener: Kaleidoscopes (A Tribute to Mozart) for oboe, 4 string quartets, 2 double basses, a very large gong and 4 Tibetan temple bowls.