Buckingham Summer Festival 2021 Concerts

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Beethoven (1770 – 1827)	6 Bagatelles Op.126 (1825) 1 Andante con moto, Cantabile e compiacevole 2 Allegro 3 Andante, Cantabile e grazioso 4 Presto 5 Quasi allegretto 6 Presto, Andante amabile e con moto
Arthur Bliss (1891 – 1975)	Triptych F.150 (1970) 1 Meditation 2 Dramatic Recitative 3 Capriccio
César Franck (1822 – 1890)	Prélude, Choral et Fugue FWV21 (1884)) Prélude: moderato Choral: poco più lento Fugue: tempo I

Ning’s recital opens with Beethoven’s last work for piano solo, the 6 Bagatelles Op.126 of which the composer said are “probably the best pieces of this kind I have written”. The six pieces are intended to be performed as a set. This makes a beautiful opening to a recital that includes the dramatic Triptych by Bliss and the Bach-inspired music by César Franck.

A former music student under the royal patronage of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, Ning was the very first Thai piano student ever accepted to the prestigious and specialist music school, Purcell School, in the UK. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the International Music course at The Interlochen Academy of Arts in the US before he received the coveted Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London. He won many major prizes for solo piano performances and earned the Ian Fleming Trust award and the Myra Hess award. He has performed as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber music player in the UK, Russia, the US, Japan, Austria and Thailand.

Concert sponsored by John Wrigley

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Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)	Liederkreis Op.24 (1840) I Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage II Es treibt mich hin III Es treibt mich hin IV Lieb’ Liebchen V Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden VI Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann VII Berg und Burgen schaun herunter VIII Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen IX Mit Myrten und Rosen
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)	6 Lieder Op.13 (1843) 1 Ich stand in dunklen Träumen 2 Sie liebten sich beide 3 Liebeszauber 4 Der Mond kommt still gegangen 5 Ich hab’ in deinem Auge 6 Die stille Lotosblume
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)	Gesänge Op.43 (1857 - 1868) 1 Von ewiger Liebe Op.43 2 Die Mainacht Op.43
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856)	Liederkreis Op.39 (1840) 5 Mondnacht

Theo Perry is a nephew of the late Bruce Kershaw. We are delighted to welcome him back to give the second of the memorial concerts. The concerts are to be given by students at The Trinity Laban School of Music. Bruce studied at The Trinity College of Music and his dying wish was that a trust fund be set up to provide support and performance opportunities for young singers and their accompanists for years to come.

Concert sponsored by the Bruce Kershaw Memorial Fund

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Albinoni (1671 – 1751)	Concerto for two oboes in F Op. 9, No. 3 (1722) 1 Ich stand in dunklen Träumen 2 Sie liebten sich beide 3 Liebeszauber
Telemann (1681 – 1767)	Sonata for 2 oboes in E minor TWV40:102 (1727) 1 Largo 2 Allegro 3 Affettuoso 4 Vivace
Jean Françaix (1912 – 1997)	Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1994) 1 Adagio – Allegro moderato 2 Scherzo: Risoluto 3 Andante 4 Finale
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C Redgate	Three Folksongs for solo oboe The Green Wedding Fanny Blair The Trees They Do Grow High
Poulenc (1899 – 1963)	Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (1926) The Green Wedding Fanny Blair The Trees They Do Grow High
Zelenka (1679 – 1745)	Trio Sonata No. 1 in F ZWV181 (c.1722) 1 Adagio ma non troppo 2 Allegro 3 Larghetto 4 Allegro assai

A concert of dazzling, scintillating and virtuoso music for double reeds and piano. Opening with a charming Double Concerto by Albinoni, which includes one of his famous Adagios, the programme continues in Baroque mood with a short Duo sonata for two oboes by Telemann. Jean Françaix’s charming and witty Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano closes the first half. The concert continues with three traditional folk songs arranged for solo oboe before moving back to France and Poulenc’s Trio, a work which, while being early in his output, sounds so ‘Poulenc like’; full of charm and humour and beautifully written for the instruments. The last work is the Sonata in F by the Baroque composer Zelenka. Not a household name but if you don’t know his music a wonderful discovery awaits. Music which is in turn very Bach-like and yet so unique with folk music influences from his Czech homeland; virtuoso in style but with exceptional slow movements.

Christopher Redgate – oboe

Christopher Redgate studied at Chethams’ School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. He is the inventor of the Howarth-Redgate system oboe and is the Evelyn Barbirolli Research Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music. He works as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and has performed across the world with ensembles such as Quatuor Diotima, The Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Modern, Kreutzer Quartet, The Coull Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 10:10 ensemble. Many composers have written works for him and he has an extensive list of recordings on the Divine Art/Metier, NMC and Oboe Classics labels. He also writes extensively about the oboe in professional journals and has contributed a number of chapters to multi-authored books. In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM). An avid improviser, he also composes and plays the piano.

Maddy Aldis-Evans – oboe

Maddy Aldis-Evans was born in Leicester, England. She studied Oboe and composition at the Birmingham Conservatoire obtaining a Postgraduate Diploma in professional studies, BA(Hons) degree, ABSM in Composition (merit) and winning the BA Course prize. She was also awarded the college prize for Orchestral Composition, and the college Sinfonia, conducted by Andrew Mogrelia, premiered her Four pieces for orchestra. Maddy continued her studies at the Royal Northern College of music where she gained a post-graduate diploma in advanced performance and Composition studying Oboe with Jonathon Small (Principal Oboe RLPO) and composition with Dr. Anthony Gilbert. Following a performance of Claudia, Maddy was awarded the Rawsthorn Prize for composition. From 2004-2013 Maddy held the position of Sub-Principal oboist and Cor Anglais player with the Anhaltische Philharmonie in Dessau, Germany and from 2000-2004 was Solo Oboist with Kammerensemble Cologne. Maddy is now Principal Oboist with Sinfonia Viva and Cor Anglais with the Bath Philharmonia. She also performs as a guest with many orchestras including BBCNOW, BBC Philharmonic, Birmingham Royal Ballet, CBSO, Halle, Longborough Opera and WNO. Recent solo performances include the Bach Double Concerto, Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe and Copland’s The Quiet City with Sinfonia Viva and Mozart’s Oboe Concerto and Klughardt’s Konzertstück with the Trinity Camerata. Always active as a composer, Maddy was commissioned by the IMPULS festival for new music in Saxon-Anhalt and the Anhaltische Philharmonie premiered War-Torn and the Angel for string orchestra, solo flute and trumpet and actor in 2012. River was commissioned by TrevesPunkt Reed quintet based in Trier, Germany and premiered at the OPENING 2015 festival. Ascendant in Taurus was premièred in November 2015 as part of the IMPULS Festival for new music. The Enchanted Forest was premièred at the 2019 St. Endellion Festival.

Rachel Edmonds – bassoon

Rachel Edmonds has been a professional Bassoon player since 1990 after graduating from RCM and UCLA. Her professional work has included playing in orchestras such as the Halle, theatre work in the Sondheim run at the National Theatre, chamber music at Snape Maltings plus being a finalist in the Royal Overseas League competition. She is an external examiner for Trinity Laban University and enjoys leading music projects for under-privileged children in East London as part of the Apollo Chamber Orchestra.

Helen Davies – piano

Helen Davies was born in Southport, Lancs. She studied at the Academy of Music in Vienna and at the RNCM. She has appeared many times on Radio and TV. As resident accompanist at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and Congress for 25 years, she accompanied competitors and gave recitals with many of the world’s leading violists. In 2006 Helen gave a performance of Gareth Leyshon’s Three Preludes in Salle Pleyel in Paris, which won the composer the coveted Prix de Concours. Helen’s hands feature as a double for Dame Maggie Smith’s in Nick Hytner’s film of Alan Bennett’s play “The Lady in the Van”.

Concert sponsored by the Sandra and Bill Truscott

Beethoven	32 Variations on an original theme in C minor
Mendelssohn	Three Fantaisies Op.16
Liszt	Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt	Les jeux d’eaux à la villa d’Este

Helen Davies was born in Southport, Lancs. She studied at the Academy of Music in Vienna and at the RNCM. She has appeared many times on Radio and TV. As resident accompanist at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and Congress for 25 years, she accompanied competitors and gave recitals with many of the world’s leading violists. In 2006 Helen gave a performance of Gareth Leyshon's Three Preludes in Salle Pleyel in Paris, which won the composer the coveted Prix de Concours.

Helen’s hands feature as a double for Dame Maggie Smith’s in Nick Hytner’s film of Alan Bennett’s play “The Lady in the Van”.

Concert sponsored by Lesley MacCarthy

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Tristram Cooke and Peter Martin will perform songs by John Dowland, Philip Rosseter and Thomas Campion. Peter will play lute pieces by John Johnson and Edward Collard.

John Dowland	I saw my lady weep Flow my tears Sorrow stay
John Johnson	Quadro Pavan
Phillip Rosseter	Shall I come if I swim?
John Dowland	Sweet stay a while In darkness let me dwell
John Johnson	Carman’s whistle
Thomas Campion	Fair if you expect admiring Mistress, since you so desire
John Dowland	A shepherd in a shade
Edward Collard	Walsingham
Phillip Rosseter	When Laura smiles
John Dowland	Say love if ever
Thomas Campion	It fell on a summer’s day I care not for these ladies

Tristram Cooke is a lay vicar at Westminster Abbey. After graduating from Kings College London, he was awarded a scholarship to the two-year MA in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, from where he graduated with Distinction in 2016. At RAM he was a soloist for the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series; he continues a commitment to Bach Vespers with the City Bach Collective. Solo work includes both Bach Passions, Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas BWV 170 Vergnügte Ruh and 82 Ich habe genug, and the Mass in B Minor, Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus, Handel’s Athalia, and Israel in Egypt, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and Scarlatti's Totus amore languens, as well as the role of 'Matto' in the rarely performed opera Lo Spedale by an anonymous C17 Italian composer.

Peter Martin started playing the guitar as a child living in Spain and took up the lute at sixteen. He studied music at the Royal College of Music junior department and as an undergraduate at Cambridge. Performing highlights have included solo concerts for the national lute societies of England, France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain, and a tour of Japan as a member of the Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet. In 2019 he played the Vivaldi D major concerto with orchestra on his newly acquired 1830s guitar in the Buckingham Summer Festival. He is now a director of the classical music agency Intermusica and gives regular concerts on lute and theorbo with the London-based group Musica Antica Rotherhithe, including several live-streamed concerts over the last year.

Concert sponsored by Andrew Rudolf and family in loving remembrance of Juliet Rudolf, née Pritchett, 1938-2018

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Tristram Cooke will sing arias by Handel including Ombra mai fu, Yet can I hear that dulcet lay, Cara sposa and Such haughty beauties.

The concert also includes Toccata by Kapsberger from his Libro Quarto (1640) for solo theorbo and Dall’Abaco Concerto à più istrumenti plus works by Vivaldi and Corelli.

Concert sponsored by an anonymous donor

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Chopin	Nocturne in B flat minor Op.9, No.1 Nocturne in F sharp Op.15, No.2 Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47
Tchaikovsky	Valse-Scherzo No.1 in A Op.7 Valse-Scherzo No.2 in A
Chopin	Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64, No.2 Waltz in A flat Op.42
Tchaikovsky	Valse-Caprice in D Op.4
Ravel	La Valse

Described ‘exquisite’ by the Sunday Times, Mami Shikimori has performed at major venues including the Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and has broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 and US, Canadian and Japanese radio stations. Her recordings have received international critical acclaim and her latest CD with the Wihan Quartet, Franck and Faure’s Piano Quintets was given ‘Chamber Choice’ and 5-star review by the BBC Music Magazine.

Concert sponsored by Brian and Elizabeth Pankhurst

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Beethoven

Piano Trio in B flat major 'Archduke' Op.97

Japanese-born violinist Tamaki Higashi is a passionate chamber musician and the founding member of the Villiers Quartet. Tamaki’s chamber music career started with the Degas Quartet in the USA and she performed and toured across the nation. With the Degas Quartet, Tamaki has appeared at Aspen Music Festival and has studied the string quartet with members of Juilliard, Cleveland, Takacs, Fine Arts Quartets. Tamaki genuinely enjoys all aspects of collaboration. She has worked with many distinguished musicians such as jazz bassist Christian McBride, Indian tabla specialist Kuljit Bhamra, pianist Wu Han, cellist Steven Doane amongst others. Tamaki studied violin with Lewis Kaplan and Muneko Otani, and viola with Jerry Horner and has graduated from Mannes College of Music in New York.

Concert sponsored by Hugo and Belinda Morley-Fletcher

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A programme of music and words inspired by style and fashion in sixteenth-century England, from fine lace and dainty slippers to garters and petticoats.

The Hexachordia trio offers a fresh approach to early music. They recreate the instrumental flexibility that was a key feature in music-making at the time. The ability to play a number of different musical instruments along with the possession of a good singing voice was essential for professional musicians. Each of them, therefore, specialises in a range of instruments of this period, allowing them to perform a wide repertoire of ensemble music in a number of different instrumental and vocal combinations.

Concert sponsored by Nila Monckton

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