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17 –30 May 2021 BARNES MUSIC FESTI VAL Barnes Music Festival Music & Theatre Orchestral, choral, instrumental, opera and film events from international artists and local groups www.barnesmusicfestival.com Barnes Music Festival 2021 Information Sunday 16 May Thursday 20 May Monday 24 May Friday 28 May For latest information on events 10am 6pm, 8pm 6pm, 8pm 6pm, 8pm and festival activities, go to St Michael’s St Mary’s St Mary’s St Mary’s www.barnesmusicfestival.com Parish Mass From Greek Drama to Modernity A Shakespeare Songbook Shakespeare Restored Schola Cantorum A Lecture-Recital Christopher Glynn, piano, Rowan Dramma per Musica for queries, email to Ibstock Place School Marc Jean-Bernard, guitar Pierce, soprano, Ed Lyon, tenor [email protected] Saturday 29 May or call 077 1971 5098 Monday 17 May Friday 21 May Tuesday 25 May 6pm, 8pm 6pm, 8pm 6pm, 8pm 1pm St Mary’s Tickets St Mary’s St Mary’s St Mary’s Music for Theatre and Ballet online from Cadilly — a Chamber Opera Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale Organ Recital Lucy Gould, violin, Robert Plane, www.barnesmusicfestival.com by Stephen Dodgson Barnes Festival Orchestra David Titterington clarinet, Benjamin Frith, piano [email protected] Magnard Ensemble Saturday 22 May Tuesday 25 May Sunday 30 May Tuesday 18 May in person from 6pm, 8pm 6pm, 8pm 10am 1pm Chestertons offices St Mary’s St Mary’s Olympic Studios St Michael’s A Dance of Love, Hope and Illusion Andrzej Panufnik – His Quest Stravinsky: Once, at a Border Organ Recital A modern retelling of S¯avitri for Peace a Tony Palmer film Chestertons Barnes Philip Berg by Gustav Holst A Lyric Drama 68-69 Barnes High Street Clare Hammond, piano Sunday 30 May Barnes SW13 9LD Tama Matheson, actor Tuesday 18 May Sunday 23 May 6pm 6pm, 8pm 12 noon Wednesday 26 May St Mary’s Chestertons North Barnes St Mary’s OSO Arts Centre 6pm, 8pm Festival Choral Evensong 192 Castelnau Violin & Piano Recital Barnes Young Musician of the Year and performance by the 2021 Barnes SW13 9DH Henry Chandler, violin Final Adjudication St Mary’s winner of the Barnes Young JP Ekins, piano Beethoven’s Immortal Musician of the Year Award words&music Chestertons East Sheen Sunday 23 May Jessica Duchen, author Programme subject to change 254a Upper Richmond Road Wednesday 19 May 2pm, 4pm Viv McLean, piano East Sheen SW13 8AG 6pm, 8pm St Mary’s St Mary’s Musical & Theatrical Anecdotes Thursday 27 May Albion Quartet with Gyles Brandreth 1pm Mendelssohn, Schubert, Waley-Cohen St Mary’s Sunday 23 May Lunchtime Recital 7pm Michael Butten, guitar Thursday 20 May St Michael’s 1pm Musical Gems from Bach and Thursday 27 May St Mary’s Barnes Music Festival Purcell 6pm, 8pm St Mary’s Barnes Lunchtime Recital English Chamber Singers Connaught Brass Ensemble Martin Neary, conductor St Mary’s Church Road Beethoven & Brahms Barnes SW13 9HL Daniel Kharitonov, piano 2 | BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 | 3 Friends of Barnes Music Festival 2021 Welcome to the Barnes Music Festival 2021 We are grateful to the Friends of Barnes Music Festival for their generous support. Alastair & Libby Aberdare Deborah Land We are delighted to present this year’s Festival programme Geoffrey & Fiona Barnett Charles & Julie Law which will explore connections between Music & Theatre. Margaret & David Barrie Stephen & Roxanna Macklow-Smith With a focus on small ensembles, solo recitals, duos, trios Stephen Beard Ben & Sue Mackworth-Praed and quartets and together with a socially-distanced audience, Gyles & Michèle Brandreth Rodney & Mary Milne-Day and two performances per evening, we hope that as many Alastair & Dawn Cameron Christopher & Diane Morcom people as possible will be able to enjoy our festival safely. Brian & Celia Cleave Christopher Morgan Over two weeks our events will cover a wide range of Miranda Corben Sebastian & Lis Munden musical genres, styles and periods with an emphasis on story- Pip Danby Kathy & Peter Owles telling. We will stage two chamber operas by Composers of Patricia Darke Katherine Passerieu Barnes Holst and Dodgson, recount the stories of musicians Eleanor Davison Chris & Lavender Patten and theatrical events including Shakespeare, Panufnik, David Devons Lindy Peartree Stravinsky and Brandreth, and showcase some of the world’s Giles & Annie Dimock Philip Pirie best musicians, amongst them Lucy Gould, Chris Glynn, Ed Jane Dodgson Paul Phillips Lyon and Daniel Kharitonov. With the Barnes Young Musician Anthony Figgis Jenny Pitman of the Year competition and our schools programme we hope Christabel Gairdner Tom Ridley to inspire the next generation. Susie Gaunt Alasdair & Joanna Saunders We are grateful to all our supporters, especially our major Pauline Gore Robert & Caroline Scallon partner Chestertons and the Friends of Barnes Music Festival, Judy & Nik Gowing Veronica Schroter Festival Committee: and above all to the musicians who share their music and their Robin Grant Esther Senhenn Andrew Summers passion with us. Jock & Susie Green-Armytage Gary & Sue Smith James Day Whether you are a long-standing follower or new to the John & Menna Harries Michael & Gill Spillane Jane Bennett-Powell festival, we hope you enjoy browsing through our programme. William & Fouki Heller Ron Sullam Eleanor Davison We look forward to welcoming you! Lowell Herbert Andrew & Frances Summers Kirsten Fehring Michael & Judy Hildesley Paul & Jo Teverson Angela Hoggarth Andrew Summers James Day Angela Hoggarth Judy & Simon Umfreville Charles Law Chairman Artistic Director Hugh Joslin Michael Whalley & Karen Goldie-Morrison Katherine Passerieu Juliet Kingsmill Joan Wheeler-Bennett Gary Smith Christine Thornton Orsi Torjak A big thank you to our inspiring patrons Lord Patten of Barnes, Partners and Sponsors Howard Goodall, BARNES Roxanna Panufnik and MUSIC SOCIETY Gyles Brandreth PRESIDENT STEVEN ISSERLIS 4 | BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 | 5 Sunday 16 May St Michael’s Barnes Sunday 23 May OSO Arts Centre Barnes Pre-Festival event 10am 12 noon PARISH MASS Free entry Barnes Young Musician Tickets free Schola Cantorum, Ibstock of the Year Place School FINAL ADJUDICATION James Bartlett Mass for Prague Max Wolhberg Yiheyu L’ratson (Psalm 19 v14) Jane Gordon adjudicator In this anniversary year we welcome violinist James Bartlett Director of Music David Syrus accompanist Jane Gordon as adjudicator. Jane played at the Festival with the award-winning Rautio Piano The Barnes Young Musician of the Year Trio in 2017. A wonderfully versatile musician, To be performed at a later date Award celebrates its 5th birthday in 2021. her musical activities span classical concerti, Presented in conjunction with the Barnes solo recitals, a wide variety of chamber music, Music Society, it provides an opportunity period instrument performance and play/ REVOLTING RHYMES & MARVELLOUS MUSIC for students of Grade 6 standard and above, directing orchestras from the violin. Jane is who either live, attend school or take their passionate about exploring musical freedom A Musical Celebration of Roald Dahl instrumental lessons in the historic borough in performance through a holistic approach. of Barnes (currently SW13 & SW14) to show with the Magnard Ensemble their talent to the community. David Syrus will again be accompanying the finalists as he has done since the Award The forest – strange, eerie, mysterious, This year’s Schools’ Project is based on began. David was Head of Music at the Royal magnificent… A place of magic and Revolting Rhymes and Marvellous Music. Opera House, Covent Garden between surprise, where nothing is ever quite what it Our partners, the Magnard Ensemble 1993 and 2017. As a conductor he led many seems… Join Magnard Ensemble to explore have devised a scheme of work for the productions at Covent Garden and all over the wonderful and whimsical world of local primary schools and – regulations the world, from France to Japan. David Roald Dahl through music and words, and permitting – will visit the children and studied music in Oxford and trained at the meet Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little lead fun-filled workshops in the schools London Opera Centre. Pigs and some Dirty Beasts! This whoopsy preceding the festival. You will find more Independent Music Retailer whiffling interactive show featuring a information on our website. for over 60 years BARNES wind quintet, piano and narrator will have Specialist Advice, Instruments (sale and hire),YOUNG Accessories, Sheet Music children and inner-children aged 5 to 100+ MUSICIAN OF roaring with laughter. THE YEAR Supported by Supported by BARNES © Benjamin Ealovega MUSIC and the John Colet Singers Fund SOCIETY 6 | BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 YOUTH PROGRAMME PRESIDENT STEVEN ISSERLIS BARNES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 | 7 Monday 17 May St Mary’s Barnes Tues 18 May St Michael’s Barnes Tues 25 May St Mary’s Barnes Opening Concert 6pm & 8pm 1pm C A DILLY Tickets £15 ORGAN RECITALS Tickets £10 Magnard Ensemble David Philip Berg Titterington James Day conductor Stephen Dodgson’s short opera Cadilly is WA Mozart, arr. Jonathan Scott Overture to’The C P E Bach Fantasie and Fugue in C minor Wq based on W. H. Barrett’s Tales from the Fens, Marriage of Figaro’ 119/7 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs (libretto David Reynolds). Set in Cambridge and the fens, the story tells the tale of the William Walton, arr. the composer Three pieces J S Bach Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV 643 Stephen Dodgson: Gypsy Songs promiscuous protagonist Anna Marie from ‘Richard III’ Petr Eben Student Songs, Gretchen Stephen Dodgson: Cadilly Cadilly’s escape from the gaol with the help of GF Handel Four pieces for the stage March from (from Faust, 1980) her crafty family and simpleton Silly Billy, the ‘Scipio’, Minuet from ‘Berenice’, Where’er you walk Franz Schmidt O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Gypsy Songs are settings of four Jacobean finest skater in the fens.