SUMMER 2019 EVENTS
WELCOME
It is my pleasure as Director of Music to introduce this Events Guide for my first Summer Term at Purcell. I always enjoy building any artistic programme, and I hope that there is something here for everyone.
We very much look forward to seeing you at any of the concerts and masterclasses in the booklet, either at school or in one of our prestigious London venues, including the Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall. In a particularly exciting new venture, we shall be live streaming a series of concerts online, bringing The Purcell School Recital Room to you; enabling you to attend virtually, from wherever you are in the world.
One of the joys of this place is the enormous range of work that happens every week, even in a term heavy with public exams. You will find every department of the school represented here, contributing to a rich menu of jazz, classical, romantic and 20th Century repertoire, alongside work by some of our many student composers. Solo recitals appear side by side with chamber ensembles, orchestras, choirs and many jazz ensembles. You will also see that we draw not only on the talents of our exceptional students: we also showcase some of our alumni, teaching staff, and world-renowned guest artists.
I am looking forward to working with Stephen Isserlis at the Deal Festival in what will be my first public performance here as a conductor. I am also excited about the visits of Cambridge Professor John Rink and LSO oboist Juliana Koch. New collaborations this term include the Hertfordshire Festival of Music, and we continue to welcome longstanding friends such as Guy Johnston and Remus Azoitei.
Every day at the Purcell School includes something extraordinary – please come and share it with us.
Paul Hoskins Director of Music APRIL
Wednesday 24 April Thursday 25 April ROSSETTI ENSEMBLE LIVE AT LUNCHTIME 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, 1:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School The Purcell School Free admission £10; £5 concessions Lutoslawski Paganini Variations (excerpt) On the door and in advance from Milda Daunoraite & Kasparas Mikuzis - piano rossettiensemble.eventbrite.co.uk McLearnon - Single Yellow Line Mozart - Piano Quartet No. 2 K493 Flute Ensemble: Francesca Biescas Rue Klughardt - Schilflieder, Op. 28 Sofiia Matviienko; Simone Qiu; Hannah Bridge - Phantasy Piano Quartet, H. 94 Capstick; Elise Furber; Lydia Cochrane Ravel - Tombeau de Couperin (arr. Messiter) Nihal - Ottmano Malcolm Messiter - oboe; Sara Trickey - violin Percussion Duo: Massimo Martone; Lewis Sarah-Jane Bradley - viola; Tim Lowe - cello Isaacs John Lenehan - piano Beethoven - Sonata No.8 for piano Formed in 2018 from long-standing and violin Op.30 (i) collaborations, the Rossetti Ensemble is Lina Jukneviciute - violin named after Dante Gabriel, the British poet Milda Daunoraite - piano and Pre-Raphaelite artist, and includes Purcell Watch live on the School’s YouTube channel. School viola teacher, Sarah-Jane Bradley.
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Thursday 25 April ALIM BEISEMBAYEV PIANO RECITAL 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, The Purcell School £10; £5 concessions On the door and in advance from alimbeisembayev.eventbrite.co.uk Former Purcell student, Alim Beisembayev, winner of the prestigious Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition (2015), and the Jaques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition (2018), performs a programme of works by Scarlatti, Schumann and Stravinsky. Sunday 28 April Monday 29 April PURCELL CHAMBER PURCELL CHAMBER SOLOISTS SOLOISTS 3:00pm I Stanborough Park Church, Watford 1:00pm I St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar WD25 9JL Square, London WC2N 4JJ Free admission Free admission Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1 (i) Yumeka Nakagawa - piano Chea Woom Lee - piano; Rhys Herbert - cello Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1 (i) Elgar - Piano Quintet A Minor (i) Chea Woom Lee - piano; Rhys Herbert - cello Lina Jukneviciute & Alexandra Peel – violins Elgar - Piano Quintet A Minor (i) Hugo Max – viola; Chian-Chian – cello Lina Jukneviciute & Alexandra Peel – violins Yumeka Nakagawa - piano Hugo Max – viola; Chian-Chian – cello Schumann - String quartet in F major (i) Yumeka Nakagawa - piano Anya Robins & Rebeca Lazar – violins Schumann - String quartet in F major (i) Catherine White – viola; Tianao Pan - cello Anya Robins & Rebeca Lazar – violins Piazzolla - Libertango arr. for brass quintet Catherine White – viola; Tianao Pan - cello Brinley Heywood-Snell & Tristan Boldy – Piazzolla - Libertango arr. for brass quintet trumpets; Joseph Longstaff – horn Brinley Heywood-Snell - trumpet Carl Davis – trombone Ramon Branch - tuba Tristan Boldy – trumpet Lotti - Crucifixus; Morley - April is in my Joseph Longstaff – horn mistress’ face; Farmer - Fair Phyllis I saw Carl Davis – trombone Morley - My bonny lass she smileth Ramon Branch - tuba Vocal Ensemble: Emily Price; Gayatri Nair Elissa Street; Jaison Jeyaventhan; Ka Youn Yoo
Monday 29 April Schumann Toccata in C, Op.7; Scriabin Etude in D FREDDY MORGAN PIANO sharp minor, Op.8 No.12; Schumann Novellette RECITALS in F sharp minor, Op.21 No.8; Liszt Grande étude 7:45pm I Purcell Room at Southbank Centre, de Paganini in E flat, S.141 No.2; Chopin Mazurka Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX in C sharp minor, Op.50 No.3; Scherzo No.4 in Tickets: £10 - £15. Booking fee: £3.00 (Members E, Op.54; Mendelssohn Variations serieuses in £0.00). Concessions 25% off (limited availability) D minor, Op.54; Albéniz El Albaicín from Iberia, southbankcentre.co.uk Bk.3; Chopin Berceuse in D flat, Op.57; Schumann No.1 (Des Abends); No.5 (In der Nacht) from Phantasiestücke, Op.12; Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1 Pianists: Joachim Lim Bradley Ng Chindanai Nukulvutthiopas Carmen Sánchez Labrador Yumeka Nakagawa MAY
Wednesday 1 May Wednesday 22 May MIDDLE SCHOOL LOWER SCHOOL CHOIR SOLOISTS AND SOLOISTS 7:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Free admission The Purcell School Programme to include Bach Partita No. 2 Free admission in C Minor and Glinka The Lark for piano, Programme to include Vieuxtemps Ballad and Falla Spanish Dance for violin, Schumann Polonaise Op.38 for violin, Brahms Rhapsody Fantasiestücke I & III for cello, Wieniawski No. 2 Op.79 for piano, and choral works: Légende Op.17 for violin Caccini/Vavilov Ave Maria, Morricone Nella Maddie Hunt - guitar Fantasia, and Rachmaninoff Spring Waters Anastasia Gould; Djordje Jovanovic; Alexandra Arunima Peshwe - bamboo flute Pereira - piano Hana Shah - violin; Tifany Rodas - viola Hana McDowell; Christine Amirashayeri - violin Adrian Eggleston and Shixin Zhang - piano Jennifer Baek - cello Rocca Dal Cin - guitar Freddie Faragher - trumpet Lower School Choir conducted by Irina Waters
Thursday 23 May Tuesday 7 May LIVE AT LUNCHTIME LIVE AT LUNCHTIME 1:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School 1:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School Free admission Free admission Grieg - Violin Sonata No.3 (i) A lunchtime concert performed by The Purcell Ilai Avni – violin Jazz Ensemble. Carmen Sanchez Labrador - piano Sasha Scott - Tiger Teeth Watch live on the School’s YouTube channel. Sasha Scott & Mikako Shimatani - violins Hugo Max - viola; Fiore O’Sullivan - cello The Purcell School Watch live on the School’s YouTube channel.
The Purcell School Wednesday 8 May LIFE GOES ON: Friday 24 May A CELEBRATION OF LOWER SCHOOL MUSIC AND DANCE ORCHESTRA, SOLOISTS & 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, COMPOSERS The Purcell School 2:30pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Free admission The Purcell School Featuring new works written by Purcell Free admission students, choreographed by Holly Penny. Programme to include Chopin Nocturne No.1 Performed by dancers from Momentum Op.33 for piano, Sarasate Romanza Andaluza Performing Arts Academy and musicians No.1 Op.22 for violin, and orchestral works from The Purcell School. written by composition students from Year 9. Antonia Zadrag - violin, Yazdi Madon - piano, Angelica Coupland - voice, Lower School Orchestra JUNE
Tuesday 4 June Wednesday 12 June LOWER SCHOOL LOWER SCHOOL SOLOISTS SOLOISTS 1:00pm I St. Mary’s Church, Watford 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Free admission The Purcell School Programme to include Mendelssohn Rondo Free admission Capriccioso Op.14, Kramer Dedication to Programme to include Hindemith Sonata for Peterson (Etude), Rachmaninoff Elegie No.1 flute and piano (i); Scarlatti - Piano Sonata in C Op.3 for piano; Cardoso Milonga and Dyens Major; Debussy - First Arabesque for piano Fern Brooks - harp; Elise Furber - flute Tango en skai for guitar; Popper Polonaise de Tianyu Zhou & Gabriella Delia - piano Concert Op.14 for cello Theadora Griffiths - viola; Rhea Jo - oboe Phoebe Papandrea - piano Kokoro Ryu - Cello; Elijah Tolefe - Violin Chloe Jiang - piano Louis Richardson - double bass Melody Jiang - piano Da In Kim- cello Rebecca Nicolas - violin Sunday 16 June Polina Matyusheva - violin Ashton Hunt - guitar LEES CHAMBER RECITAL 3:00pm I The Ballroom, Lees Court, So-Hee Han - clarinet Sheldwich Lees, Faversham, ME13 0NQ Tickets: £15 including champagne. To reserve tickets, please call 01923 331109, or email [email protected] Wednesday 5 June Schubert - Piano Trio No.1, D.898 MIDDLE SCHOOL Alexander Gonzalez Pavlova - violin Anna McClean - cello; Bradley Ng - piano SOLOISTS Rachmaninoff - Trio élégiaque No.2, Op.9 7:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School Iohan Coman - violin; Chian-Chian Hsu - cello Free admission Joachim Lim - piano Programme to include: Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella for violin; Mark Glentworthh Blues for Gilbert for marimba; Beethoven Thursday 20 June Piano Sonata in B-flat Major; Vivaldi Sonata HERTFORDSHIRE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC No.3 in A Minor, Chopin Nocturne in B-flat Minor No. 1 Op 9 and Prokofiev Suggestion FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Diabolique for piano COMPOSING FOR PIANO Eric Wei - piano WITH FLORIAN MITREA Alexander Traykov - piano Constance Pilkington Hall, The Purcell School Tristan Vermeulen - piano 11:00am - 1:00pm Composer Masterclass Bertie Beaman - trombone 3:00pm - 5:00pm Piano Masterclass Beste Gurkey - percussion 7:00pm Recital Maria Noskova - violin Tickets £15 hertsmusicfest.org.uk Henrietta Dalgleish - violin Florian Mitrea - Piano; Hertfordshire Festival Bethany Higgs - double bass of Music Featured Living Composers: James Francis Brown, Alan Mills, Peter Fribbins; Purcell School Composers: Chelsea Becker, Asli Emre, Juliana Niu Friday 21 June Monday 24 June CHAMBER ENSEMBLES WOODWIND AND AT ST. JAMES’ PICCADILLY SINGERS’ SOIRÉE 1:10pm I St. James’ Church, Piccadilly 6:30pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School Free admission Free admission Beethoven - Sonata for Piano and Violin, An early evening soirée, with a selection of No.8 Op.30 (i) music performed by the school’s singers and Milda Daunoraite – piano wind players. Lina Jukneviciute – violin Schumann - Piano Quintet Op 55 (i, ii) Eugenie Dalgleish & Mine Ibrahim – violin Tuesday 25 June Alex Papp – viola COMPOSERS’ CONCERT Jasmine Blackshaw Britton – cello 7:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School Kasparas Mikuzis – piano Free admission Bartok - Contrasts (iii) An evening of new music written by Purcell Lily Payne – clarinet; Laura Koscielska - violin School composers. Magdalene Ho – piano Kodaly - Duo for Cello and Violin Mikako Shimatani – violin Chian-Chian Hsu – cello Dvorak - Piano Trio in F Minor Alpay Inkalip – violin; Emily Henderson – cello Magdalene Ho - piano
Wednesday 26 June Poulenc - Sonata for Flute and Piano (i) CHAMBER ENSEMBLES AT Chindanai Nukulvutthiopas – piano WIGMORE HALL Sofiia Matviienko - flute Grieg - Violin Sonata No.3 in C (i) 1:00pm I Wigmore Hall, London, W1U 2BP Ilai Avni – violin Tickets: £10. Transaction fees apply Carmen Sanchez Labrador – piano wigmore-hall.org.uk Alex Papp - new work for wind quintet Francesca Biescas Rue – flute, Ellen Wilkinson – oboe, Elissa Street – clarinet; Joseph Longstaff – horn, Verity Burcombe – bassoon Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No.2 in C Minor (i) Ioan-Octavian Pirlea – violin, Rhys Herbert – cello, Radu Stoica – piano Singelée Premier Quator (i, iii, iv) Saxophone Quartet: Ivan Varchenko, Lucia Breslin, Lydia Cochrane, Fiore O’Sullivan Ottmano Nihal Schmitt Flow Massimo Martone & Lewis Isaacs – Marimba Wednesday 26 June Sunday 30 June JAZZ ENSEMBLES WITH SOLO COMPETITION BRANDON ALLEN FINALS 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Constance Pilkington Hall, The Purcell School The Purcell School Free admission Free admission 10:30am - 11:40am Purcell jazz ensembles perform with tenor 12.00pm - 1:10pm saxophonist Brandon Allen. Described in 1:45pm - 2:45pm Jazzwise magazine as “arguably the most exciting tenor player in Britain today”, Allen has Verity Burcombe - bassoon performed with Eric Clapton, Mica Paris, Jools Milda Daunoraite - piano Holland, and Paloma Faith, among others. He Cherry Ge - piano is a Professor at Guildhall School of Music and Joseph Longstaff - horn Drama. Sofiia Matviienko - flute Olwen Miles - violin Thursday 27 June Yumeka Nakagawa - piano Bradley Ng - piano LOWER SCHOOL Ioan-Octavian Pirlea - violin
COMPOSITION The final of a new solo competition for senior HIGHLIGHTS Purcell students, adjudicated by conductor 7:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School and pianist, Chris Hopkins Free admission, refreshments provided A programme in three acts! New music written by composers in the Lower School.
Friday 28 June DEAL MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL STEVEN ISSERLIS THE PURCELL SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR: PAUL HOSKINS 7:30pm I St.George’s Church, Deal, Kent Tickets: £22 - £28 dealmusicandarts.com
Steven Isserlis joins The Purcell School Orchestra to open the Deal Festival. Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations Boccherini - Cello Concerto No.6 Copland - Appalachian Spring Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante Ellen Wlikinson - oboe; Elissa Street - clarinet Verity Burcombe - bassoon Joseph Longstaff - horn JULY
Tuesday 2 July Wednesday 3 July THE ARTHUR ALDA DIZDARI: FELSENSTEIN LEAVERS’ A MEMOIR OF ELGAR 7:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School AWARD RECITAL £10; £5 concessions on the door and in 11:00am I Constance Pilkington Hall, advance from aldadizdari.eventbrite.co.uk The Purcell School Tickets include a glass of Pimms. Free admission Alda Dizdari discusses her book ‘Kiss me Again - A competition, adjudicated by an external A Memoir of Elgar in Unusual Places’ The evening musician, open to members of the Upper will include a performance of Elgar’s Violin Sixth who are proceeding to music college or Sonata with pianist Deborah Shah, and a book university to read music. Designed to support signing. Both Alda and Deborah are members of the winner’s musical career, the award is the instrumental teaching faculty at Purcell. a generous monetary prize, presented to the winner once they commence their undergraduate studies Thursday 4 July STRAVINSKY SOLDIER’S Tuesday 2 July TALE 6:00pm I Recital Room, The Purcell School BUSHEY FESTIVAL Free admission PURCELL SCHOOL A narrated performance of Stravinsky’s theatrical Soldier’s Tale CHAMBER CHOIR AND Conductor: Alicja Herma ORCHESTRA 7:00pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Thursday 4 July The Purcell School purcellchamberorchestra.eventbrite.co.uk SOUND IMAGE MOVEMENT Copland - In The Beginning 7:30pm I Constance Pilkington Hall, Copland - Appalachian Spring The Purcell School Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Free admission Ellen Wlikinson - oboe; Elissa Street - clarinet Electronic music, film scores, multi-media and Verity Burcombe - bassoon improvisation. Joseph Longstaff - horn Conductors: Paul Hoskins & Edward Longstaff Free Admission MASTERCLASSES All classes held at The Purcell School
Wednesday 1 May Thursday 27 June 2:00 - 5:00pm 4:00 - 6:00pm I 6:30 - 7:30pm GUY JOHNSTON AMY DICKSON CELLO SAXOPHONE
Wednesday 8 May Saturday 29 June 2:00 - 5:00pm 9:30am - 12:30pm GILLIAN DIBDEN ANA SAGALOVA AND MARK GRIFFITHS PIANO
CHOIRS Monday 1 July 2:00 - 6:00pm Monday 13 May 4:00 - 6:00pm JULIANA KOCH JOHN RINK OBOE
CHOPIN LECTURE Wednesday 3 July 2:00 - 5:00pm Wednesday 22 May 2:00 - 5:00pm REMUS AZOITEI CRAIG OGDEN VIOLIN GUITAR
Thursday 23 May 4:00 - 6:00pm I 6:30 - 7:30pm BARBARA SZCZEPANSKA PIANO
AUTUMNe TERM 2019 - SAVE THE DATES! Wednesday 16 October Sunday 20 October DARKNESS ILLUMINATED PURCELL SYMPHONY 7:30pm I St. John’s, Smith Square Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Tchaikovsky, ORCHESTRA Scriabin, Stanchinsky 3:00pm I Watford Colosseum The Purcell School Chamber Orchestra Programme to include Stravinsky Symphony Nafis Umerkulova - piano in Three Movements Paul Hoskins - conductor The Purcell School Symphony Orchestra Paul Hoskins - conductor / indo HOW TO FIND US
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