Posted: 13 September 2000
3 concerts take place this autumn to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Alan Bush.
Wednesday 1st November 2000 at 7.30 p.m.
At the Wigmore Hall, London.
Preceded by a talk by John Amis. 6pm in the Bechstein Room, tickets £2 from the box office.
Programme
Three African Sketches for Flute and Piano, Op 55 (1960)
Performed by:
Double Image:
Carola Nielinger (flute), David Carhart (piano)
Dialectic for String Quartet, Op 15 (1929)
Performed by:
Bochmann String Quartet:
Michael Bochmann (violin), Mark Messenger (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Peter Adams (cello)
Voices of the Prophets, Op 41 (1953)
Performed by:
Artsong Collective:
Wills Morgan (tenor), Richard Black (piano)
Interval (20 minutes)
24 Preludes for Piano, Op 84 (1977)
Performed by:
Peter Jacobs (piano)
Voices from Four Continents, Op 91 (1980)
Performed by:
Double Image:
Miriam Lowbury (cello), Andrew Sparling (clarinet), David Carhart (piano)
Tickets: £18.00, £15.00, £12.00, £8.00.
To book online, please go to www.wigmorehall.org.uk or contact:
The Box Office
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
W1H OBP
United Kingdon
Telephone: 020 7935 2141
Fax: 020 7935 3344
Email: info@wigmorehall.org.uk
Booking opens to Friends on 18 September, to mailing list subscribers on 25 September, and to the general public on 2 October 2000.
The Alan Bush Music Trust is grateful to the following for their financial support for this concert: The Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, the Britten-Pears Foundation, the Holst Foundation, the Strauss Charitable Trust, the Unity Theatre Trust and the Workers' Music Association.
Wednesday 8th November 2000 at 7.30 p.m.
At the Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London NW1.
Performed by students of the Royal Academy of Music.
Programme
Nocturne for Piano, Op 46 (1956)
Performed by:
Philip Fisher (piano)
Corentyne Kwe-Kwe, Op 76 (1972)
Performed by:
Philip Fisher (piano)
Sonatina for Viola and Piano, Op 88 (1978)
Performed by:
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) and Jonathan Ayerst (piano)
Woman's Life – Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano, Op 87 (1977)
Poems by Nancy Bush
Performed by:
Natalie Raybould (soprano) and Iain Farrington (piano)
Three Concert Studies for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op 31 (1947)
Performed by:
Alison Farr (piano), Clare Duckworh (violin) and Katherine Jenkinson (cello)
To Find Trees and Stars
By Tim Smith, winner of the Alan Bush Composition Prize for 2000
Performed by:
Rauno Tagel (conductor), Emma Parker (violin), Felix Tanner (viola) Katherine Wright (cello),
Eliza Marshall (flute), Kati Black (clarinet) and Louise Hunt (piano)
Admission to this concert is free and there is no need to book.
For further information about this concert contact:
Ms. Leyla Gunes
Concert Manager
Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5HT
United Kingdom
Telephone: 020 7873 7374
Web: www.ram.ac.uk
Friday 8th December 2000 at 7.30pm.
Partita Concertante, Op 63 (1965)
Performed by:
Worthing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons (conductor)
The concert programme also includes works by Beethoven and Lizst.
For further information contact the Box Office: Tel – 01903 206206.
