Programme Notes THE DAVIS QUARTET Tutor: Shei/a Nelson String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64 No. 4 (Finale) - Haydn The Davis Quartet is a fairly recent combination of old colleagues from Sheila Nelson's groups at Cromwell Avenue, Highgate. In spite of fiercely argumentative rehearsals, mostly unsupervised, they remain close friends and take every opportunity of making music together. String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64 No. 4 (Finale) - Haydn The piece The Davis Quartet are to perform is very much 'music for friends', a cheerful finale in which the delicate interplay of parts puts all members on an equal footing.
FRODSHAM GAMELAN ORCHESTRA Director: Norman Davies Soloist: Sara Jones Gending Awan Mas (1984) Jonathan C/ark, Sorelle Kane and traditional Javanese sources Frodsham Gamelan Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Norman Davies who has been teaching Javanese music in Cheshire and Merseyside since 1979 when the A.S.K.1. Gamelan of Surakarta first visited Britain. The Frodsham Group is one of three under his direction in the North West and it is special in that the instruments have been made by the pupils themselves from junk and re-made classroom instruments. All pupils at Frodsham High study Javanese music for six weeks annually - not simply as an exercise in ethnic music but because the music allows all members of a class to perform, each at his own level. This is because each instrument requires its own particular graded level of technical competence. Gending Awan Mas (1984) - Jonathan Clark, Sorelle Kane and traditional Javanese sources A gending is a suite of pieces played without a break. After a GANGSARAN to announce the start of a performance the male dancers perform the sword dance
BANDAYUDO to the music of SINGONEBAH and BlMA KURA. After this the music passes through a PATETAN (mode changing piece) and a BAWA (a melismatic vocal solo) which leads into the Ladrang SANG GARUDA (composed by members of the group) used here to accompany the female dance called RANTOYAH. The gending concludes with an excited KEBAR and a vigorous BUBARAN.
THE GOULD QUINTET Tutor: Shei/a Nelson String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516 (Finale) - W. Mozart The Gould Quintet is a mixture of old friends from Sheila Nelson's Sunday evening group at Cromwell Avenue, Highgate. The group was awarded a Highly Commended certificate at last year's National Festival and were delighted to receive the Maurice Jacobson Award this year. String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516 (Finale) - W. Mozart The finale of Mozart's G Minor quintet is a taxing but very rewarding piece to perform, giving considerable scope to all the members but requiring exceptional skill from the first violin to convey Mozart's magical combination of light-heartedness and seriousness.
Davis Quartet
Frodsham Gamelan Orchestra
Gould Quintet
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