Chamber Orchestra Concert

Friday 8th April 2016 Conducted by Robert Max King’s College School Wimbledon

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marryat players Sunday 12th June, 10am - 1pm chamber music Education Programme

Amy Tress, Alessandro Ruisi, Katherine Tinker tutors

FESTIVAL Beginning with private rehearsals at Marryat Road on Sunday morning, three young string quartets will then have a public masterclass from 11.45am to 1pm. at 3 Marryat Road, Wimbledon Village Admission to listen to the masterclass is free. Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June Sunday 12th June, 4pm Come and listen to four exceptional concerts by our award-winning musicians as well as a lecture by Dr Katy Hamilton. Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein Hieronymus Quartet - Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Jenny Lewisohn, Vladimir Waltham

Friday 10th June, 7.30pm Piano Trio in E flat minor ‘Jacob’s Dream’ Jörg Widmann String Quartet No.3 ‘Jagdquartett’ (Hunt Quartet) Bartosz Woroch, Amy Tress, Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Alessandro Ruisi violins Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C major Op.59 No.3 ‘Razumovsky’ Jenny Lewisohn, Francesca Gilbert violas Long supper interval from 5.15pm Vladimir Waltham, Bartholomew LaFollette Mei Yi Foo piano Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein

Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat major Op.20 Sunday 12th June, 7.30pm Erich Wolfgang Korngold Piano Quintet in E major Op.15 Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Op.66 Alexander Sitkovetsky, Alessandro Ruisi, Bartosz Woroch, Amy Tress violins Friends’ drinks party after the concert Rosalind Ventris, Jenny Lewisohn violas Bartholomew LaFollette, Vladimir Waltham cellos Hieronymus Quartet - Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Jenny Lewisohn, Vladimir Waltham Saturday 11th June, 4pm Maurice Ravel Duo Sonata for Violin and in C major Dr Katy Hamilton lecturer Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op.10 George Enescu String Octet in C major Op.7 Musical hometowns: , Leipzig, and their composers Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Haydn… Vienna and Leipzig were cities rich in musical history by the early nineteenth century. Dr Katy Hamilton explores the experiences of four composers featured in the festival – Mendelssohn, Korngold, Enescu and Elgar – in these towns, from the nineteenth into the twentieth century. We are pleased to offer the Friends of the Marryat Players ticket discounts as well as Supported by MusicTalks ­— www.musictalks.org.uk Priority Booking until Monday 18th April when General Booking will open. Friends are also invited to a drinks party to meet the artists after the concert on the opening night. Long supper interval from 5.20pm

Saturday 11th June, 8pm All audience members will receive a complimentary festival programme and a glass of wine in the interval of the evening concerts.

Boris Kucharsky violin Evening concerts: Friends £14, full ticket price £16, student concessions £7 Bartholomew LaFollette cello Afternoon concert/lecture: Friends £10, full ticket price £12.50, student concessions £5 Students from the School Festival Pass for all four concerts and the lecture: Friends £50, full ticket price £60, Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein student concession £25. Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67 Salut d’Amour Op.12 Edward Elgar La Capricieuse Op.17 Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84 www.marryatplayers.com Programme

Arcangelo Corelli 1653—1713 elcome to this evening’s Spring concert with our young musicians aged from 10 to 18 Grosso Op. 6 No.4 in D Wand coming to us from 28 different schools. Adagio - Allegro Adagio - Vivace We have been privileged to work with our conductor Robert Max over the last five days at the orchestra’s home in Marryat Road. Robert first conducted the orchestra in 2002 and Allegro has returned regularly. We are also grateful to our team of music students and young professionals (some of whom were once young Marryat Players themselves) for their work Dag Wirén as mentors and coaches to our current generation of young musicians. 1905—1986 Pottery has become a regular part of our rehearsal week, thanks to Cherry Tewfik who has Serenade for Strings Op.11 been teaching how to use a potter’s wheel during the breaks of the rehearsals. Cherry’s Praeludium: Allegro molto pots, as well as those made by the orchestra, will be displayed at the Friends’ party after Andante espressivo the concert. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio Marcia Looking ahead to the summer, we are delighted to announce our second Chamber Music Festival will be held at 3 Marryat Road from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June. Full details are on the previous pages. The Friends of the Marryat Players have Priority Booking until Antonio Vivaldi 18th April when General Booking opens. 1678—1741 Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor This evening we are grateful to Nick Williams of Chromavision for filming and lighting. To order a DVD of tonight’s concert, please contact Nick whose details are advertised in the Allegro programme. Largo Allegro As always, we remain indebted to our very many Friends who loyally support the orchestra and to our Sponsors who have generously advertised in this evening’s programme, as well Nikos Skalkottas as to our audience for their unstinting support. 1904—1949 We are delighted to welcome you all here and hope you enjoy the evening. Five Greek Dances Epirotikos Anita Lewisohn Kretikos Tsamikos Arkadikos Kleftikos

Johann Strauss 1825—1899 Neue Pizzicato Polka The Orchestra Robert Max — Conductor

First Violins Violas Robert Max conducted his first Anna Brown Estelle Allen Marryat Players concert in 2002 Katerina Cabral Benjamin Aram and since then has selected music Nicole Dunnet Best Rachel Aram by a wide variety of composers Ioana Forna* Gabriella Cabral including Tippett, Stravinsky, Elgar, Iain Gibbs* Amy Clogston Arensky and Tchaikovsky for their Sophia Herbert Louisa Clogston programmes. In 2009 they gave the Giulia Lovrecich Francesca Gilbert* premier of T. K. Murray’s “Elegy” for Freya Lynges Jenny Lewisohn* piano and strings with soloist Piers Alexander Milner Alice Tobin Lane and on two occasions they Remi Norris George Tobin performed music by Bach with their Cameron Soo greatly missed friend Jacob Barnes. Tudor Trita Cellos As Musical Director of the Oxford Colin Alexander* Symphony Orchestra, Robert has Daniel Brandon Second Violins led performances of symphonies by Joshua Albuquerque Tiger Braun-White Mahler, Bruckner, Liszt, Walton and Sophie Bull Katarina Davies Elgar as well as major orchestral Sean Dunn* Indigo Hicks* pieces by Richard Strauss, Bloch, Ismael Foronda Alice Nunn Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov. Jimena Foronda Gareth Siddle The distinguished soloists he has Charlotte Harman Harry Vaughan worked with include , Sophie Hinson , Tom Poster, Tim Hugh, Leo Norris Double Basses , Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Max Reddy Max Ng Rachel Nicholls, Tim Crawford and Serena Reddy Katy Furmanski* Mathilde Milwidsky. Yohan Rodas Nathan Sivanithy Robert has visited Romania many times to conduct the Arad and Oradea Filharmonic Amy Tress* Orchestras and Choirs, was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at Royal Holloway, Louis Whittell University of London between 2001 and 2014 and has conducted the Chamber Orchestra on many occasions. He is the principal cellist of the London Chamber * denotes section coach/mentor Orchestra and has been the cellist of the Barbican Piano Trio for more than a quarter of a century, playing a beautiful cello made by Antonio Stradivarius in 1726 known as the “Comte de Saveuse”.

Robert has performed at the Sangat music festival in Mumbai, coached and performed chamber music at Domaine Forget in Canada, is an Honorary Professor of the Rachmaninov Institute in Tambov, Russia and is President of the North London Festival of Music, Drama and Dance. He is also artistic director of the Frinton Festival.

Robert greatly enjoys working with young musicians and as well as teaching at the Junior Academy for over twenty years, Robert coaches at MusicWorks chamber music courses. Soloists Arcangelo Corelli Tudor Trita — Violin Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.4 in D Tudor, aged 18, was born in Bucharest, and started playing the violin and piano at the age of three. He won 2nd Prize at the Valsesia Musicale competition and 3rd Prize at the Adagio – Allegro Kocian Violin Competition. He played Bruch’s violin concerto with the National Theatre Adagio – Vivace Orchestra in Mannheim, Germany at the age of 10 and with the National Radio Orchestra Allegro of Romania at the age of 11. He is currently a pupil of Jan Repko at Chetham’s School of Music and has been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. Corelli was born near Bologna in Italy, but later settled in Rome where he was taken under the wing of music-loving Queen Christina of Sweden (who had abdicated her throne in Sophie Hinson — Violin favour of presiding over Rome’s cultural life). Conditions were precarious for musicians, but through the Queen’s patronage Corelli held some of the most prestigious posts in the Sophie is 18 years old and has studied the violin from the age of two with her mother city. His fame as a violinist, composer and teacher soon spread to the rest of Italy. Among Nadia. She is currently a student at Chetham’s School of Music in where she his many students was the famed Antonio Vivaldi whose music we also hear this evening. is a pupil of Michael Gurevich. She also studies piano and voice. She has been a string finalist in Nottingham Young Musician of the Year, GDST Young Musician of the Year and The majority of Corelli’s works — trio sonatas, sonatas for solo violin and concerti grossi was awarded a Gold Medal Award by ABRSM for her outstanding mark in grade 8 singing — were published in six volumes containing twelve pieces each. The last volume, a set of at the age of 15. She has been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in concerti grossi from which tonight’s work is taken, was not published until a year after 2016, under the tutorledge of Mateja Marinkovic. Corelli’s death. Corelli would not allow these Opus 6 pieces to be published during his lifetime, although the concerti circulated in manuscript form and became some of the Daniel Brandon — Cello most popular music of the day. They show Corelli at the height of his creativity. Daniel is in Year 10 at Sutton Grammar School and has been learning the cello for seven years. He attends the Junior Department on Saturdays where he Whilst Corelli did not invent the concerto grosso form, he developed the idea and became studies with Michal Kaznowski. He has played in masterclasses and has a recital planned its champion, using echo effects, brilliant violin writing and walking bass lines. The for June in Poole. He is a member of the Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra and is looking concerto grosso is based on the principle of contrasting two differently sized instrumental forward to going on tour with them to France in the Summer. He plays on an English cello groups within the orchestra to create a dialogue between a smaller group of soloists (or kindly loaned by the Benslow Trust. concertino), and the full orchestra (or ripieno).

Katarina Davies — Cello Tonight’s exuberant concerto grosso in D major has three movements. The first opens serenely with a few slow chords which give way to a dazzling Allegro full of sparkling Katarina, aged 13, lives in Woking and studies at the Royal Academy of Music Junior violin figurations, almost as if Corelli was writing an étude. The Adagio movement that Department under the instruction of Robert Max. Additionally, at JRAM, she is taught the follows is a gravely beautiful processional in B minor. A short Vivace passage with lively piano by David Alexander and the oboe by Philip Harmer. Katarina has given solo recitals dance rhythms comes next, before an energetic Allegro finale rounds out the concerto. and is a member of Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, and a former member of the National After more joyful melodies and trills, an even faster virtuoso passage ensues before two Children’s Orchestra and the Surrey Youth Choir. In July 2016 she will give a recital at chords bring the concerto to a sudden end. Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames. In August she will be moving to Cleveland, Ohio, USA where she will begin her musical studies with the Cleveland Institute of Music under Tudor Trita, Sophie Hinson — violins, Daniel Brandon — cello Richard Weiss. Katarina is currently playing on a French 7/8th size cello, circa 1750.

Tiger Braun-White — Cello Tiger is 11 years old and is a Music Scholar at Dunhurst, Bedales Prep school. He has been playing the cello for five years and studies at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department with Robert Max. He has been principal cellist with the National Children’s Orchestra for the last two years and is very excited to be attending two residential courses with them this year. He also studies the piano with Julia Freeman, enjoys entering competitions and recently won the 2016 Woking Junior Musician of the Year. Dag Ivar Wirén Antonio Vivaldi

Serenade for Strings, Op 11 Concerto for two cellos in G minor Praeludium: Allegro molto Allegro Andante espressivo Largo Scherzo. Allegro Vivace – Trio. Poco meno molto Allegro Marcia. Tempo di marcia, molto ritmico After training as a priest, Vivaldi’s first musical post was as a violin teacher at the Although he wrote numerous works in many musical genres both serious and popular, Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage for girls in Venice. The Pietà Dag Wirén remained relatively unknown outside his native Sweden until after his death. focussed on music education and had a celebrated orchestra of extremely talented young His compositions include five symphonies, three and other orchestral works, musicians for whom Vivaldi composed a vast amount of music. chamber music, music for the stage, film scores and ballet suites. But he is best known for tonight’s Serenade, a work which has brought him international recognition. It is a Vivaldi’s productivity was prodigious, but it is for his 500 concertos that he is best known. rhythmically joyous piece which he wrote for the Stockholm Chamber Orchestra in 1937. To appease the governors of the Pietà over his frequent absences on concert tours, Vivaldi provided them with two concertos each month. Vivaldi influenced the concerto as Dag Wirén often said that his music was intended to ‘entertain and please’ and that he Haydn did the string quartet – while neither invented the form, they gave each its classic wanted to create ‘listener friendly modern music’. This rang true from his neo-classical ‘ground plan’. symphonies to his 1965 Eurovision song entry. But he could also be serious and profound, as in the slow movement of tonight’s Serenade. Despite the number of concertos that Vivaldi wrote for the Ospedale musicians, tonight’s is the only one for two cellos. The cello was an unusual concerto instrument in the Wirén, who once said “I believe in God, Mozart and Carl Nielsen”, was especially Baroque era. Viola da gamba dominated the solo repertoire for low strings and the cello influenced by Mozart when he wrote the Serenade. The music is melodic, energetic and remained mostly relegated to a supporting role until the end of the eighteenth century. high spirited. A critic at its premiere in Stockholm wrote that it was “…music gliding Tonight’s concerto, which was probably written in the 1720s, is one of Vivaldi’s best. The forward on a light fantastic toe and full of bubbling good humour and healthy mischief.” low notes of the paired cellos and the G minor key make the work relatively dark and brooding. But the bravura, energetic opening of the Allegro heralds bold roles for both The opening movement, Praeludium, has a flowing theme with an expansive melody. The soloists, sometimes in dialogue, sometimes in duet. movement evokes the pastoral setting of Wirén’s childhood in the Swedish countryside. The soulful Largo which follows has a grave beauty. The solo parts answer each other The Andante espressivo which follows is a yearning melody with an occasionally darker as they did in the first movement, but here the prevailing mood is sadness, though not tone. It is at once nostalgic and elegiac with a distinctive pizzicato bass line. The spirited without sweetness. The work concludes with an extroverted Allegro with a lively off-beat Scherzo of the third movement is lively and rhythmic while the wistful Trio has moments theme. The soloists dance with sequences of octave runs, rapid repeated notes and other of turbulence. dazzling figurations.

The finale, Marcia, conjures an approaching marching band which bursts into an Although Vivaldi was paid well during his life, his great extravagance caused him to die effervescent melody. Many years ago it became the signature tune of the BBC’s cultural poor in Vienna, where he was buried in a pauper’s grave in 1741. programme, Monitor, and from there its popularity spread. A jaunty interlude precedes a vigorous climax before the music fades away as quickly as the marching band Katerina Davies, Tiger Braun-White — cellos first appeared. Nikos Skalkottas Johann Strauss Five Greek Dances Neue Pizzicato Polka

Epirotikos (I, 4) Johann Strauss ‘the Younger’ was a violinist, conductor and prolific composer who became Kretikos (I, 2) known as ‘The Waltz King’. Together with his family of composers and conductors he Tsamikos, An Eagle (I, 1) transformed the waltz from a lowly peasant dance into a sparkling form of entertainment for the royal Habsburg Court in the nineteenth century. Arkadikos (III, 10) Kleftikos (III, 3) His father, Johann Strauss ‘the Elder’, had been strongly opposed to his son following in his footsteps and had encouraged him to become a banker instead. But the younger A student of Schoenberg, Greek violinist-turned-composer Nikos Skalkottas wrote Strauss was not to be put off. With the encouragement of his mother he studied the prolifically. Yet his numerous atonal and twelve-tone orchestral works and concerti were violin secretly and developed a far more distinctive style as a composer than his father. not understood by the Greek musical establishment during his lifetime and the vast bulk His waltzes such as The Blue Danube, Tales from the Vienna Woods and the Emperor Waltz of his work remained unknown, unpublished and unperformed. are acknowledged masterpieces of their genre. He also wrote many operettas including Die Fledermaus. It was not until after his untimely death at the age of 45 (the result of a neglected hernia) that his music began to be played and critically acclaimed. In the last few decades he To be fully appreciated, his waltzes, polkas and marches need to be performed in their has become recognised as one of Greece’s foremost composers of the first half of the correct and often exceptionally delicate orchestration — Tales from the Vienna Woods, twentieth century. for example, requires a zither. Tonight’s Neue Pizzicato Polka — no longer just a Bohemian peasant dance but a piece performed in serious musical societies in Vienna — has a few Throughout his life Skalkottas loved Greek folk music and was an avid collector of folk notes to be played on a glockenspiel. and dance tunes from the different regions of Greece. He professionally transcribed and analysed the melodies and began to integrate them into his atonal compositions. The Marryat Players are grateful to King’s College School for the loan of their glockenspiel. Unusually, Skalkottas composed twelve-tone, atonal and tonal works simultaneously throughout his composing career.

Between 1933 and 1936 he composed a series of 36 Greek Dances for symphony orchestra in which he combined authentic folk tunes with original material. From this series of 36, he arranged different groups of dances for various other instruments and ensembles, such as string orchestra, string quartet and violin and piano. Tonight’s arrangement of Five Greek Dances is for string quartet with a bass part arranged by Walter Goehr. The set of five shows the variety to be found in the folk dances.

With their rustic, roughly hewn style and robust vigour and expressiveness, the dances bring to mind village revelry. The first dance, Epirotikos, comes from Epirus, the second, Kretikos, from Crete. The third, Tsamikos, is a popular traditional folk dance in 3/4 time.

The fourth dance, Arkadikos, has a reflective mood and yearning melody before the final dance, Kleftikos, brings the work to a close with a whirling dervish. ince October 2000 the Marryat Players have held nearly fifty courses of orchestral and more recently chamber music, under the guidance of Sdistinguished musicians , Tim Boulton, Matthias Feile, Robert Max, Susan Tomes and Leandro Silvera. By becoming a Friend you will help to secure the future of the Marryat Players.

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Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital has been serving Wimbledon since 1874

As part of the Goddard Veterinary Group, we are proud to be privately owned, and believe in offering an individual service to you and your pet. As the hub for our practices across SW London and Surrey, the Stone Lion Hospital is superbly equipped to offer the highest clinical standards. We believe our team are the most caring you will find, whether your pet simply needs an annual vaccination, or state of the art medical and surgical care; our team is on hand 24hrs a day, 365 days per year. We offer complimentary health-checks to all newly registered patients, and hope that our newly refurbished reception area will make your visit even more welcoming.

We are always pleased to welcome new clients. If you would like more information please contact us on 0208 946 4228 or email us at [email protected]

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A long, happy, healthy life for everyone with autism

Autism is a lifelong developmental Research finds answers disability that affects how a person There is so much we still don’t know about how to support people with autism. relates to others and makes sense of The costs associated with autism are £32 billion a year in the UK – that’s more than cancer or dementia. Yet as a nation, we only spend £4m a year on research. the world. Many face daily struggles We have to change that. and require a lifetime of specialist Autistica funds research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of autism. support. A quarter of people with Families and individuals with autism shape our research, so that we know the autism speak few or no words, only money we spend will make the greatest difference to their lives. 15% will ever work full-time and With your help, we can: people with autism die on average • help families by speeding up diagnosis and getting them the support they need much faster 18 years earlier than typical adults. • understand and treat epilepsy and mental health issues that cast a shadow over so many with autism • tackle the unacceptably high rates of early death in autism and understand Donate now by texting how to support autistic adults as they age. AUTI15 Help us save lives and change futures and an amount You can help fund our research in any way you want. Make a donation, get (up to £10) to 70070. sponsored in a fundraising event or offer your skills. Together we will give everyone with autism the long, happy, healthy life they deserve.

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