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Programme 12 26 DATE TIME EVENT Sat 1 July 5pm Orchestral Picnic 4 Sun 2 July 1.15pm & 3.45pm Family Day 5 Mon 3 July 7.30pm Chamber Music Showcase 6 Tue 4 July 7.30pm And All the People Rejoice 7 Wed 5 July 7.30pm Leavers’ Showcase I 9 Thu 6 July 7.30pm Leavers’ Showcase II 10 Fri 7 July 7.30pm Finale – Ode to Joy! 11
ORCHESTRAL PICNIC
Saturday 1 July at 5pm
Wolfgang A Mozart (1756–1791)
Divertimento in D Major K 136
‘Salzburg Symphony No 1’
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Otis Lineham conductor
The Menuhin School Junior Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B-flat major BWV 1051
Allegro
Adagio ma non tanto
Allegro
Maxim Rysanov viola 1
Jemimah Quick viola 2
Chris Liu cello
Filippo Ramaciotti viola da gamba 1
Caio Albuquerque viola da gamba 2
Nathan Perry violone
Richard Zhang harpsichord continuo
Myroslav Skoryk (1938–2020)
Melody
Maxim Rysanov viola
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Romanian Dances
Maxim Rysanov viola
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
INTERVAL
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Chanson de Matin Op 15 No 2
Maxim Rysanov conductor
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
Arno Babajanian (1921–1983)
Elegy in memory of Khachaturian, arr. Sasha Parker
Ashley Wass piano
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980)
Pirin
Maxim Rysanov viola
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
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Peter Sculthorpe (1923–2014)
Little Suite for Strings
Sea Chant
Little Serenade
Left Bank Waltz
Otis Lineham conductor
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
Fela Sowande (1905–1987)
Akinla from African Suite
Otis Lineham conductor
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Simple Symphony Op 4
Boisterous Bourree
Playful Pizzicato
Sentimental Saraband
Frolicsome Finale
Maxim Rysanov conductor
The Menuhin School Senior Orchestra
FAMILY DAY
Sunday 2 July at 1.15pm & 3.45pm
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
The Carnival of the Animals
I. Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion)
II. Poules et coqs (Hens and Roosters)
III. Hémiones (animaux véloces) (Wild Asses (Swift Animals))
IV. Tortues (Tortoises)
V. L’Éléphant (The Elephant)
VI. Kangourous (Kangaroos)
VII. Aquarium
VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles (Characters with Long Ears)
IX. Le Coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods)
X. Volière (Aviary)
XI. Pianistes (Pianists)
XII. Fossiles (Fossils)
XIII. Le cygne (The Swan)
XIV. Final (Finale)
Flavia Jace violin
James Marshall violin
Jemimah Quick viola
Azamat Mukhtaruly cello
Lukas Hall double bass
Jude Usborne piano
Zeynep Ozden piano
Cara Houghton flute
Oliver Lee clarinet
Presented by Keelan Carew
5
CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWCASE
Monday 3 July at 7.30pm
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Sonata for 2 Violins and Piano Op 15
Animé
Modéré
Très vif
Peter Ryan violin
Seoyul Kim violin
Rebecca You piano
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60
Allegro ma non troppo
Scherzo: Allegro
Andante
Finale: Allegro comodo
Kenza Stamselberg violin
Jemimah Quick viola
Nathan Perry double bass
Tom Yang piano
INTERVAL
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
The Rite of Spring arr. Stravinsky
I The Adoration of the Earth
II The Sacrifice
Oisin Pu piano Sehyeok Son piano
Ashley Wass piano with Marco Galvani and Keelan Carew percussion
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AND ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICE
A SIDEWAYS ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE MONARCHY AND MUSIC
by Ian Skelly
, with Henry Goodman as Nicholas Lanier
Tuesday 4 July at 7.30pm
Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666)
Sinfonia for 3 Viols
Peter Ryan violin
Yamato Couchman viola
Joanne Bae cello
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
The Lark Ascending
Dora Oliva Devoghel violin
Jude Usborne piano
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Nimrod from ‘Enigma Variations’
Peter Ryan violin
Seoyul Kim violin
Yamato Couchman viola
Joanne Bae cello
Prince Albert (1819–1861)
Melody for Violin and Piano
Dora Oliva Devoghel violin
Jude Usborne piano
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) Abendlied
David Condry tenor
Jude Usborne piano
Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) My Grandfather’s Clock
Jude Usborne piano
Robby Cassels, Simon Nivy, Joe Nezu, Oisin Pu, Camille
Valla Pesendorfer, Ray Imamizu, Peter Ryan, Seoyul Kim, Yamato Couchman, Joanne Bae voice
Noël Coward (1899–1973)
Chase me Charlie
David Condry voice
Jude Usborne piano
Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)
God be in my Head
Mariam Obolashvili soprano
Catharine Whitnall mezzo-soprano
Marco Galvani tenor
David Condry bass
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Georg Frideric Handel (1685–1757)
Zadok the priest
Peter Ryan violin
Seoyul Kim violin
Yamato Couchman viola
Jude Usborne piano
Robby Cassels, Simon Nivy, Joe Nezu, Oisin Pu, Camille Valla Pesendorfer, Ray Imamizu, Mariam Obolashvili, Flavia Jace, Laura Lin sopranos
Catharine Whitnall, Suyla Polat altos
David Condry, Marco Galvani tenors
James Marshall, Mika Petrovic, Filippo Ramacciotti, Alasdair Howell
basses
INTERVAL
Robert Burns (1759–1796)
Auld Lang Syne
arr. Ludwig van Beethoven
Sasha Parker violin
HaoRan Li cello
Zeynep Ozden piano
Catharine Whitnall voice
Marco Galvani voice
David Condry voice
Maurice Greene (1696–1755)
Overture
Zeynep Ozden harpsichord
Henry Eccles (1670–1742)
Haste, give me wings
James Marshall voice
Zeynep Ozden harpsichord
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Violin sonata
Sasha Parker violin
HaoRan Li cello
Zeynep Ozden harpsichord
Henry Lawes (1595–1662)
The Angler’s Song
David Condry voice
Zeynep Ozden piano
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
Farewell to Stromness
Zeynep Ozden piano
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
‘When I am laid in Earth’ from Dido and Aeneas
Mariam Obolashvili soprano
Sasha Parker violin
HaoRan Li cello
Zeynep Ozden harpsichord
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LEAVERS’ SHOWCASE I
Wednesday 5 July at 7.30pm
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
7 Variations on „Bei Männern, welche liebe fühlen“ WoO 46
Chris Liu cello
Alasdair Howell piano
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Valse Scherzo
Ignacy Stefanowicz violin
Jude Usborne piano
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Barcarolle in F-sharp Major Op 60
Jude Usborne piano
Gökçe Çatakoğlu (b. 2004)
I want to enjoy my heart with you
Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994)
‘No More blues’
Gökçe Çatakoğlu violin
John Turville piano
Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
Carmen Fantasy
Yume Zamponi violin
Jude Usborne piano
INTERVAL
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865)
Variations on ‘The Last Rose of Summer’
Mariam Obolashvili violin
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit M 55
Richard Zhang piano
Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
Capriccio di Bravura
Levi Andreassen double bass
Tom Yang piano
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 S244
Alasdair Howell piano
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LEAVERS’ SHOWCASE II
Thursday 6 July at 7.30pm
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Scherzo from ‘F. A. E.’ Sonata
Caio Albuquerque cello
Jude Usborne piano
John Adams (b. 1947)
Road Movies
II Meditative III ‘40% Swing’
Isla Forbes violin
Edward Leung piano
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
Variations on a Theme by Rossini
Filippo Ramacciotti cello
Richard Zhang piano
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Tzigane
Lucrezia Lavino Mercuri violin
Edward Leung piano
INTERVAL
Mika Petrovic (b. 2004)
Violin Sonata
Mariam Obolashvili violin
Mika Petrovic piano
Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
Gran Duo Concertante
Yume Zamponi violin
Nathan Perry double bass
Mariam Obolashvili, Clara-Sophia
Wernig, Kenza Stamselberg, Sasha Parker violin 1
Vadym Perig, Dora Oliva Devoghel, Chloe Lui, Slavina Teneva violin 2
Jemimah Quick, Isla Forbes, Ignacy Stefanowicz violas
Filippo Ramacciotti, Azamat Mukhtaruly cellos
Nathan Ng double bass
This concert will be followed by the presentation of Leavers' scores
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FINALE ODE TO JOY!
Friday 7 July at 7.30pm
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor MWV O4
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro molto
Sasha Sitkovestsky violin
Wu Qian piano
The Menuhin School Junior Orchestra
INTERVAL
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, ‘Choral’ arranged for Two Pianos and Choir
arr. Franz Liszt
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Molto vivace
Adagio molto e cantabile
Finale
Tom Yang piano
Rebecca You piano
Mischa Carr piano
Alasdair Howell piano
Ashley Wass piano
Lisa Swayne soprano
Rebekah Jones alto
Richard Dowling tenor
Edward Grint baritone
with The Menuhin School Choir and Music in Secondary School
Trust Voices
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