Evening Concert
Evening Concert
Date and time
Tuesday 4 October 2011, 7.30–9pm
Tickets
Only those who have pre-booked, or with tickets, will be admitted.
Prebooked tickets will be available for collection from 6.30pm.
The evening concert features a performance by Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano), the Fibonacci Sequence, and the Menuhin School Orchestra.
The programme includes music by Howard Ferguson – who worked tirelessly with Myra Hess running the wartime concerts – alongside pieces by Bach, Schubert and Mahler. The concert will also feature the world premiere of a new work composed by Ivor Novello Award nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch, ‘An Eternal Window’.
Programme
Tasmin Little (violin)
Louisa-Rose Staples (violin)
Menuhin School Orchestra
Conducted by Malcolm Singer
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins BWV 1043 17'
Tasmin Little (violin)
Piers Lane (piano)
Ferguson: Sonata for Violin and Piano c. 20'
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Fibonacci Sequence
Benjamin Wallfisch: World Premiere of 'An Eternal Window' for voice and ensemble.
Now well established as one of the foremost chamber ensembles in Britain, the Fibonacci Sequence was founded in 1994 by its artistic director, pianist Kathron Sturrock.
Short Interval
Menuhin School Orchestra
Conducted by Malcolm Singer
Schubert/Mahler: 'Death and the Maiden' (1826)
Supported by The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation.
The foundation was set up some years ago by Ernest Hecht, one of England’s major independent book publishers, with the aim of helping the disadvantaged and promoting the advancement of the arts and education.
