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Concerts in the West 2006
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis Thursday 16 March 7.30pm
Meeting House Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster Friday 17 March 8pm
The Romantic Piano
Christina Lawrie piano
GF Handel (1685-1759) Chaconne in G major HWV 435
F Mendelssohn (1805-1841) September
Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata in C major op53 "Waldstein"
Brahms 7 Fantasies op116
Rachmaninov Barcarolle op10 no3 & Moments Musicaux op16 nos 2 & 6
Christina Lawrie is a rising star described by eminent pianist John Lill as a player of "remarkable musical and pianistic qualities." The Observer praised her "formidable intellect and boundless technique ... Fantastic playing". Christina has won a host of accolades on a national and international level. She was a finalist in the Royal Overseas League Piano Competition in London, and a winner of the Blackheath Hall Young Artists auditions. Her recent engagements have included a Wigmore Hall recital debut, two recitals at the Purcell Room, and two live BBC Radio 3 broadcasts.
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis Thursday 6 April 7.30pm
Meeting House Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster Friday 7 April 8pm
The Young English Mozart
Julian Perkins harpsichord
Pippa Goss soprano
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Cupid the slyest rogue alive
I attempt from Love’s Sickness to fly
Sweeter than Roses
Man is for the Woman made
John Dowland (1563-1626) Come Again Sweet Love doth Now invite
Thomas Arne (1710-1778) Sleep gentle Cherub
James Nares (1715-1783) Sett no 6 in E major
W Mozart (1756-1791)
An die Freude K 53
Wie unglüchlich bin ich nicht K 147
O heiliges Band K 148
Oiseaux, si tous les ans K 307
Dans un bois K 308
GF Handel (1685-1759) Vo’ far guerra from Rinaldo HWV 7
Nè men con l’ombre
Ombra mai fu from Xerxes HWV 40
JC Bach (1735-1782) Minuet & Polonaise
GF Handel Come Zephyrs Come and O Sleep from Semele HWV 84
Angels ever bright and fair from Theodora HWV 68
Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo HWV 7
Julian Perkins is a versatile early music specialist who works as a performer, conductor and writer and works with many leading ensembles. A choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, Julian Perkins also studied in Basle, at English National Opera and as a prizewinning scholar at the Royal Academy of Music. His group, The British Camerata, were finalists at the 2005 International Early Music Network Competition. He has also been appointed Assistant Conductor to Laurence Cummings for the production of Handel’s Tolomeo for the London Handel Festival 2006.
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis Thursday 4 May 7.30pm
Meeting House Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster Friday 5 May 8pm
A Step in Time
La Follia
Francesca Thompson recorders
Eleanor Harrison violin
Lucy Scotchmer baroque cello
Jamie Akers theorbo
Archangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Trio Sonata op3 no5
Andrea Falconiero (1585/6-1656) Sinfonia Seconda
Tarquinio Merula (1594/5-1665) Ciaccona
Marin Marais (1656-1728) Pièces en Trio in E minor
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger Prelude & Toccata (c.1580-1651)
GF Handel (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in G minor
GP Telemann (1681-1767) Trio Sonata in D minor
John Dowland (1563-1626) Pavan Lachrimae & Frog Galliard
Marco Uccellini (c.1603-80) Aria sopra la Bergamasca
Andrea Falconiero Passacaille à 3
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Sonata La Folia RV 63
La Follia was founded in 2002 at the Royal College of Music, where the group became one of the leading chamber ensembles at the RCM, winning the 2004 Century Early Music Prize. In April 2005 La Follia performed live on Radio 3's 'In-Tune' programme before giving a recital in the London Handel Festival. Future engagements include appearances at the London Handel Festival 2006 and The Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2006. Individually, La Follia's members have performed with the European Union Baroque Orchestra, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the Parley of Instruments
St Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis Thursday 8 June 7.30pm
Meeting House Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster Friday 9 June 8pm
The Virtuoso Violin
Rebecca Pascoe & Helen Kruger violins
Daniel Browell piano
Antonio Vivaldi (1660-1743) Concerto A minor 2 Violins op 3 no 8
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) (arr. Atovmyan) Five Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano
Frans Liszt (1811-1886) (arr. Fr. Hermann) Rhapsodie Hongroise for Piano and 2 violins
Georg P Telemann (1681-1767) Gulliver Suite for 2 violins
Intrada
Chaconne of the Lilliputians
Gigue of the Brobdingngians
Daydreams of the Laputians and their attendant flappers
Loure of the well-mannered Houyhnhnms
Wild dance of the untamed Yahoos
Arthur Somervell (1863-1937) Two conversations about Bach for 2 violins and Piano
JS Bach (1685–1750) Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins BWV 1043
Helen Kruger was an award winning graduate from the University of Western Australia, Perth and went on to study with Russian violinist Yury Gezentsvey in New Zealand. Following this she completed a Postgraduate Perfomance Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music, London under Howard Davis. Helen now freelances as a chamber and orchestral violinist in London and Australia. She also has a strong interest in music education and tutors at the Pembroke Academy of Music and the junior department of the Royal Academy.
Rebecca Pascoe is currently embarking on her first year as a free-lance violinists/music educator. Her passion for communicating a wide range of repertoire with audiences through performances and workshops was nurtured during three undergraduate years at Oxford. A Masters in violin performance, from the Royal Academy of Music, added a little polish to her technique.
Notes about the musicians were up to date at the time of the concert.
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