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Mysteries and Fantasies for the New Year
Concert for Solo Violin
To welcome in the New Year, colourful, mysterious, questing works from
the 17th and early 18th centuries. Telemann wrote two sets
of 'Fantasies', one for violin and
one for flute. Written a decade after his friend, J S Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, these represent a
watershed in the use of the solo violin. These works were comparatively
neglected until the 20th century, and it was the early 1990's when
Peter Sheppard Skærved released the first complete recording of this
extraordinary cycle. With these extraordinary pieces, the last of the Biber's 15
'Mystery Sonatas', dedicated to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and works by the
Bolognese, Vitali, imitating
trumpets, organs, and earlier dance forms, one of which, although dating from
1666, is in five beats per bar! Together with these, equally powerful miniatures
by living composers, all referring to earlier musics.
Tickets: £10
Date: Sunday 4th January
Times: from 6pm to 8:30pm
Bookings: 020 7702 2789 or ONLINE CLICK HERE
Peter Sheppard Skærved
-Violin
Georg Philipp Telemann (1688-1767)
-12 Fantasies
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704)
-'Mystery Sonata XVI'-Passacaglia "Der Schutzengel als
Begleiter des Menschen" (The Guardian Angel, companion of
man)
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)
Partite sopra diverse
Sonate
Dmitri Smirnov (1948- )
span
-Amore Sola (after Leonardo da Vinci)
Jörg Widmann (1974- )
-Etude 1
Hans Werner Henze (1926- )
-Etude Philharmonique 'Il Vitalino
Radoppiato'
A comedy revue that tickles the places / parts that other acts can't reach - with original music, dazzling close-up magic and sharp satirical comedy and just a little audience participation.
Tony Award Winning, Sarah Travis and Olivier Award Nominee, Issy van Randwyck (formerly of Fascinating Aida) team up with musical genius Simon Slater (Mamma Mia)
A perfect evening of entertainment - not to be missed!
TICKETS: £15 flat rate
DATE: Sunday 18th January 2009
TIME: 7pm
BOOKINGS: 020 7702 2789 or CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE
(we apologise, online bookings will incur a booking fee)
Songs include Do What You Gotta Do, Twisted, YoYo, Party Song,
If Tomorrow Never Comes, Why Must The Show Go On, Raise the Roof, Pizza Song,
Drag Queen, Fields of Gold, Rumble Rumble, In a Simple Way
