A Weekend of Events: 11th-13th April 2008
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Friday 11th April
Block One
6.00-7.15pm
The Artsong Collective: Recital 1
Including Ronald Stevenson ‘Songs of Innocence’, Performed by Moira Harris (soprano), Phillida Bannister (contralto), Wills Morgan (tenor), Paul Keohone (baritone), Richard Black (piano)
8.00- 9.15pm
Martinu Quartet: Janacek String Quartet and Stevenson String Quartet ‘Voces Vagabundae’.
10.00-11.00pm
Late night Concert: Savourna Stevenson with the Martinu Quartet, Joseph Long: Stevenson’s ‘Fugue on a Fragment of Chopin’ & ‘Beltane Bonfire,’ Marie-Louise Taylor: Stevenson's 'Peter Grimes Fantasy,' and Bobby Chen: Liszt: Ballade No.2 & 2 Legendes S.175
'Savourna Stevenson's performance tonight is on a Salvi
concert harp. Salvi Harps' sponsorship is gratefully appreciated.
Saturday 12th April
Block Two
11.30-12.30am
Young Artists’ Piano Recital, including transcriptions of Liszt & others performed by Sam Liu, Yeon-Seok and Jesse Beaumont of Trinity College of Music. Also music by Alkan and works by Stevenson
1.00-2.00pm
Allan Schiller, John Humphreys, Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender:
Busoni - ‘Fantasia Contrappuntistica’
Grainger - 'Fantasy on Porgy and Bess'
Grainger: 'Lincolshire Posy'
2.30-3.30pm
The Artsong Collective: Recital 2
Block Three
5.00-6.30pm
Young Artists’ recital. Chamber works by Ronald Stevenson for string quartet, wind quintet, clarsach and solo piano music by Chopin-Godowsky played by students from Chetham’s School of Music, Sebastian O’Shea-Farren and Christopher White
7.30-8.45pm
Ronald Stevenson Passacaglia on DSCH: Murray McLachlan
9.30-10.30pm
Late Night Concert of Music by Stevenson: Unaccompanied violin works played by Feargus Hetherington, Peter Grimes Fantasy played by Marie-Louise Taylor, Stevenson Piano Concerto no. 1 played on two pianos by Jonathan and Thomas Scott
Sunday 13th April
Block Four
11.30-12.30am
Organ recital by Jonathan Scott (virtuoso transcriptions and works by Stevenson)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) arr. Jonathan Scott
Sinfonia "Wir danken dir, Gott" [Cantata 29]
Ronald Stevenson: Prelude and Fugue on a 12-note Theme from Liszt’s Faust-Symphonie (1971)
Reflections on an Old Scots Psalm Tune (1965)
Fugue on the Shepherd’s Air from "Tristan & Isolde” (1998)
Prelude and Chorale (An Easter Offering)
Ferrucio Busoni, arr. Ronald Stevenson - Sonatina Brevis (1998)
Richard Wagner arr. EH Lemare - Isolde's Liebestod
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) arr. Jean Guillou - Toccata Op.11
1.00-2.00pm
‘A Garland for Ronald’ Two Piano Recital by Goldstone and Clemmow:
Two pianos:
Mozart arr.Busoni: Overture: "The Magic Flute", K. 620
Piano Duet:
Busoni: No. 1 from Finnlaendische Volksweisen, Op. 27
Stevenson: Two Chinese Folk-songs (1966)
Grieg: Norwegian Dance, Op. 35, No. 1
Paderewski: No. 2 from Tatra-Album, Op. 12
Two Pianos:
Britten: Mazurka Elegiaca (In Memoriam I.J. Paderewski), Op. 23, No. 2
Mozart, realised Goldstone: Sonata in B flat major for two pianos (first London performance)
2.30-3.30pm
Joseph Banowetz: Stevenson Sonatinas Nos.1, 2, and 3
Berceuse Symphonique
Nuit de Noel: Busoni
Hungarian Rhapsody No.19: Liszt-Busoni
Block Five
4.00-4.45pm
‘ The essence of Stevenson’: A discussion with Martin Anderson, Karl Lutchmayer, Malcolm MacDonald, Ates Orga & Colin Scott-Sutherland. Questions and answers from the floor.
5.00-6.00pm
‘Inspiration and influence’. A piano recital of music by Mozart-Stevenson, Beethoven, Bach-Busoni & Scott-Stevenson by Martino Tirimo, Yonty Solomon & Murray McLachlan
7.30-9.30pm: Final Concert
Mahler-Stevenson: Symphony no. 10 (Alton Chung Ming Chan)
Works by Takemitsu and Prokofiev (Noriko Ogawa)
INTERVAL
Chopin : Cello Sonata (Moray Welsh & Martin Roscoe)
‘A Grainger Salute’: Popular favourites arranged for up to eight pianists on two pianos, with Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender, and mystery guests.
Stevenson: ‘A’e Gowden Lyric’ (Moray Welsh & Martin Roscoe)
Artistic Director - Murray McLachlan
*All concerts are subject to programming changes.
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