Leicester International Music Festival 17 – 20 September 2009
New Walk Museum and Leicester Cathedral
‘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 oboe and piano
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
Ticket prices: £16.00 Young Persons 21 or under, £5.00
Sponsored by Neil and Jenny Roberts and supported by 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: Two new songs (World Première/LIMF Commission)
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
Ticket Prices: £7.50 Young Persons 21 or under, £3.00
Event 3 Friday 18th September 7.30pm 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 Weigold: Earth, receive an honoured guest for cor anglais and string trio
Walton: Passacaglia for solo cello
Tansy Davies: Destroying Beauty for tenor and piano
Walton: Piano Quartet
Ticket prices: £16.00 Young Persons 21 or under, £5.00
Event 4 Saturday 19th September 1.00pm Lunchtime Concert New Walk Museum
Quartetathon!
Idomeneo Quartet (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E flat, Op 117
Isolani Quartet (Royal Northern College of Music)
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 76, No. 4 ('Sunrise')
Eilon Quartet (Royal College of Music)
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
NB This concert will finish at approximately 2.30 pm.
Tickets: £7.50 Young Persons 21 or under, £3.00
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 7.30pm 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
Ticket prices: £16.00 Young Persons 21 or under, £5.00
Sponsored by the Friends of the Festival
Event 7 Sunday 20th September 2.30pm Family Concert New Walk Museum
Jazzlines with Sinfonia Viva
ALL THAT JAZZ!
Come and join ViVA's jazz ensemble for a jolly jaunt through the history of jazz.
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 and 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!
Ticket prices: £6.00 Children: £3.00
Event 8 Sunday 20th September 8.00pm 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
Ticket prices: £16.00 Young Persons 21 or under, £5.00
*Repertoire, venues and artists subject to change
+ THREE FREE DROP-IN SHOPPERS' CONCERTS ON SATURDAY MORNING 19th SEPTEMBER APPROXIMATELY 10.15 - 11.15AM
SPONSORED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND