NUITS D’AFRIQUE: THE MUSIC OF

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

PATRICK BAILEY conductor DONNA BATEMAN

Friday 17 November 2017, 8.00pm St John’s Old Divinity School www.cums.org.uk

NUITS D’AFRIQUE: THE MUSIC OF JUDITH WEIR

Cambridge University New Music Ensemble Friday 17 November 2017, 8.00pm St John’s Old Divinity School Pre-concert talk at 7.00pm: Richard Causton in conversation with Judith Weir, Camden Reeves, Jeremy Thurlow and Patrick Bailey.

Judith Weir Three Chorales Camden Reeves Starlight Squid Judith Weir Nuits d’Afrique Richard Causton Phoenix Barbara White My barn having burned to the ground I can now see the moon Judith Weir Day Break Shadows Flee Jeremy Thurlow The Pedlar of Swaffham Judith Weir Blue-Green Hill

Patrick Bailey conductor Donna Bateman soprano Programme notes 2 Three Chorales (2016) Judith WeirJudith The trio trio piano The melody, Hildegard’s on the for ofvariations set elegiac acalm, is This which acarol from comes earth the near bending 1Angels ofNo. title The secular –personal, meditations are piano and cello for pieces three These Victoria and more recently Sir ). This melody provides provides Davies). melody This Maxwell Peter Sir recently more and Victoria Camden ReevesCamden Starlight Squid (2001) duced by the cello. by cello. the duced cinated numerous composers over the ages (including Josquin Des Près, Près, Des Josquin (including ages over the composers numerous cinated con human way (which of understanding one is property’ ‘emergent of an processes abstract more been ithas years recent In inorganic. and organic life ofhuman is here image evil”. The no fear Iwill ofdeath, shadow of the and musical – on images from religious poetry. poetry. religious from images –on musical and accompanied by mostly bright, optimistic reflections from the piano. the from reflections optimistic bright, by mostly accompanied sciousness and the self). In earlier pieces such sources of inspiration were were ofinspiration sources such pieces earlier In self). the and sciousness ofdifferent chords and motifs piano it, around whilst continuo, self-absorbed the central thread for the work’s structure, much in the manner of a cantus ofacantus manner the in much structure, work’s the for thread central the effect. to startling and rapidity withgreat colour and shape their transform idea the and entropy maths, chaotic like –things music the lay behind that with music, the for inspiration the is this and ofgold” harps their to touch plainchant ave maris stella(“Hail Star of the Sea”), a melody that has fas has that amelody Sea”), ofthe Star stella(“Hail ave maris plainchant that thing The squid. by fascinated really I was while, a For specific. more valley the through Iwalk though “yea, is quotation full the 23; ofPsalm nal) pro ofsound band central rich over down the swooping arpeggios piano poet, Much of my music has taken inspiration from natural phenomena, both both phenomena, natural from inspiration taken has of my music Much ofwisdom”. strength –“O sapientiae Ovirtus hymn ofBingen’s Hildegard original; amusical quotes which movement only the is Osapientia 3, No. hym aScottish (from paraphrase abrief is vale dark death’s In title, 2’s No. interested me about these beautiful animals was their miraculous ability to ability miraculous their was animals beautiful these about me interested height and depth create an evolving backdrop. backdrop. evolving an create depth and height and pastor by Massachusetts the clear’ midnight the upon came ‘It begins lived against the prospect of impending death. The cello plays a hasty, plays a hasty, cello The death. of impending prospect the against lived Sophia Ramnarine, E dmund Sears. The full reference is to “angels bending near the earth/ the near bending to is “angels reference full The Sears. dmund Peter Grishin, Grishin, Peter Joy Lisney,Joy Starlight Squid Starlight PROGRAMM ‘cello ‘cello takes as its main theme the 10th Century Century 10th the theme main its as takes E NOT Ursula Perks, Perks, Ursula Naomi Woo, Naomi E S piano piano © Judith Weir © Judith - - - - ‘Madagascar Songs’ were translations from folk sources, although he had had he although sources, folk from translations were Songs’ ‘Madagascar Judith WeirJudith The title refers to the mythical bird which was said to rise from the ashes of its ofits ashes the from to rise said was which bird mythical to the refers title The Fatou Tadjo Sow, Ndiaye Véronique here, represented writers three The of Words of casses Phoenix d’Afrique Nuits Phoenix (2006) d’AfriqueNuits (2015) own funeral pyre every five hundred years – a bright image of rebirth which which of rebirth image bright – a years hundred five pyre every own funeral proceeds. note the as louder get but sustain, only not can instruments other the all aline); like whereas looks another, to one enough close are they if of points, a succession as (just repetitions rapid constant, advice about French prosody. Congo- and Coast Ivory Senegal, from Tsibinda come Marie-Léontine and anthology French-language d’Almeida’s Assiba Irène itin found and firmus gradually increases (that is, its tempo gets slower), such that it moves it slower), that gets such tempo its is, (that increases gradually firmus on the heard clearly is melody the work of the beginning At the firmus. Richard Causton semble whose notes die away as soon as they are played – and the four other other four the – and played are they as away soon die as notes whose semble warmly dedicated to . My thanks also to Michel Vallat for his his Vallat for to Michel also Tynan. thanks My to Ailish dedicated warmly In response to Ravel’s texts (by Évariste de Parny, who claimed that his his that Parny, to (by claimed de Ravel’s Évariste texts who response In further and further into the background. By the centre of the piece it is hard it is piece of the centre the By background. into the further and further tion which may recall the ending of Ravel’s composition. of Ravel’s composition. ending the may recall which tion work. ofthe conclusion the towards surface musical the poem, describing the continuity of village life, closes with a simple invoca asimple with closes life, ofvillage continuity the describing poem, women, African by contemporary poetry for there), Isearched been never cantus ofthis mensuration the progresses music the As strings. pizzicato Brazzaville respectively. All were born in the 1950s. The poems evoke local evoke local poems The 1950s. the in born were All respectively. Brazzaville instruments. The piano’s only hope of sustaining a single note is through through is note asingle ofsustaining hope only piano’s The instruments. hinges on the relationship between the piano – the only instrument in the en the in instrument only –the piano the between relationship the on hinges on again itemerges accelerates) until tempo its is, (that to decrease begins life: a lullaby, the sound of drums, the appearance of a crocodile. The final final The ofacrocodile. appearance the ofdrums, sound alullaby,life: the mensuration its and reverses process the whereupon all, at perceivable ly Donna Bateman, Andreas Wildner, and shares its instrumentation; soprano, , cello and piano. and cello flute, soprano, instrumentation; its shares and Catriona Bourne, Bourne, Catriona Ben Graves, Graves, Ben was composed between March and September 2006. The music music The 2006. September and March between composed was . was written as a companion piece to Ravel’s Chansons to Ravel’s Chansons piece acompanion as written was soprano piano flute Sophia Ramnarine, Andreas Wildner, Catriona Bourne, Bourne, Catriona Rachel Flint, Flint, Rachel Nuits d’AfriqueNuits © Camden Reeves © Camden ‘cello © Judith Weir © Judith piano flute ‘cello A Rain A Rain madé is is - - - -

Programme notes 3 4 Programme notes Judith WeirJudith The brief poem suggests not only personal sentiments but musical images images musical but sentiments personal only not suggests poem brief The When I began the piece, I was viewing Masahide’s imagery more poetically poetically more imagery Masahide’s viewing I was piece, the I began When Greenfield, and was written in memory of his wife Joanna (1940–2005). (1940–2005). Joanna wife his of memory in written was and Greenfield, Day Break Shadows Flee Shadows Break Day moon the see now Ican ground, to the burned having barn My decay of individual sounds. Day Break Shadows Flee (2014) My barn having burned to the ground co-ordination but independently. My intention was generally to avoid using to avoid using generally was intention My independently. but co-ordination and to resonance the attention an in of all most and obscurity, from emerge detours turns, and of twists years several Through least.) at translation, one of Henry support generous with the Sinfonietta by London the commissioned I can nowI can see the moon (2008) allowing both the right and left-hand lines to be free, mobile and expressive. expressive. and mobile free, to be lines left-hand and right the both allowing toward stillness, moving activity on focus work’s the in evident is This well. as quintet. ofthe music the informed also inform might they that hinting me, with stayed words these surprises, and Barbara White Barbara Invention, a Piano solo composition in which the two hands work in close close in work hands two the which in composition solo aPiano Invention, It poignant. yet more became poem the and with cancer, diagnosed I was having barn “My by Masahide, poem the Iencountered 2005, January, In thick chords (although octaves and other clear sonorities are included) while while included) are sonorities clear other and octaves (although chords thick the caught I draft, afirst Icompleted as 2008, January in literally, but than piece, this writing 2007, In Ibegan as to just write soon. due Iwas quintet the missioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School. It bears a dedication to adedication bears It School. and Festival Music by Aspen the missioned moon. of the by light the piece ofthe sections several last the composing myself Ifound and score, the up lighting into my studio, shining moon full nearly Deborah Barnekow, my friend and colleague in Aspen. in colleague and my friend Barnekow, Deborah in the revelation of materials that are ever-present but take some time to time some take but ever-present are that ofmaterials revelation the in burned to the ground, I can now see the moon.” (That’s the entire poem!—or poem!—or entire the (That’s moon.” the see now Ican ground, to the burned passages. final ofthe one on Iworked as to mind coming kept Catriona Bourne, Bourne, Catriona Peter Grishin, Grishin, Peter Naomi Woo, Naomi Rachel Flint, Flint, Rachel piano ‘cello violin flute , written for , is a Two-Part aTwo-Part is Grosvenor, Benjamin for , written ERVALINT Ben Graves, Graves, Ben Ursula Perks, Perks, Ursula

© Richard Causton © Richard clarinet © Barbara White © Barbara piano Phoenix was com was was was - The Pedlar of Swaffham (2007) Jeremy Thurlow Judith WeirJudith This is the second of my folktale settings, written in 2007 for Lesley-Jane Lesley-Jane for 2007 in written settings, ofmy folktale second the is This often and contrasted clearly are keyboard of the sectors bass and treble The 17th-century cleric who knew Pepys and Newton, among others, and had a had and others, among Newton, and Pepys knew who cleric 17th-century delightful way with words. I have always enjoyed the sounds of this partic ofthis sounds Ihave the always enjoyed way words. with delightful a Pryme, la de ofAbraham diary the from comes news ofgood dreams Blue-Green Hill (2013)Blue-Green of two-part invention, contrasting bright, upwards-arching phrases (heard (heard phrases upwards-arching bright, contrasting invention, of two-part at the opening and evoking the arrival of light at the beginning of the day) ofthe beginning the at of light arrival the evoking and opening the at and thought how interesting it would be to reassemble some of these cells cells ofthese some to reassemble be itwould interesting how thought and with veiled, mysterious scurryings, suggesting the stranger, more nervous nervous more stranger, the suggesting scurryings, mysterious veiled, with kind another is music the expression and atmosphere In separated. widely I then mostly forgot about it for the next decade, until Richard Pittman Pittman Richard until decade, next the itfor about forgot mostly I then cells oftiny repeated up made gestures melodic by its fascinated I became tently tonal intervals of folk music. music. offolk intervals tonal tently folk of Scottish suite ashort assembled Ihastily needed, was programme the together. them (and fun) to was the tangle challenge the turns; and twists own to gave their rise narrative the and ideas musical the both piece this music from memory. Hearing this material repeatedly within a short period, period, ashort within repeatedly material this Hearing memory. from music to overture asimple that moment last the at Realising 2000. in musicians Blue-Green Hill has its origins in a tour of India I made with a small group of group asmall with Imade ofIndia atour in origins its has Hill Blue-Green E Bergamo the and Rogers ular instrumental group combining with the soprano voice. When writing writing When voice. soprano the with combining group instrumental ular invited me to write a new work for his venerable group, Boston Musica Musica Boston group, venerable his to for invitedwork me write a new consis the using but ofserialism, version asimple –in structures into new life lived at night and in the early morning. early the in and night at lived life Constant tradition says that there lived in former times in Swaffham, in Swaffham, in times former in lived there saysthat tradition Constant Norfolk, a certain pedlar, who dream’d that if he went to London Bridge, Bridge, to went London if that he dream’d pedlar, who acertain Norfolk, and stood there, he should hear very joyfull newse, which he at first at first he which newse, joyfull very hear should he there, stood and sleighted, but afterwards, his dream being dubled and trebled upon upon trebled and dubled being dream his afterwards, but sleighted, him, he resolv’d to try the issue of it, and accordingly, went to went London. accordingly, and it, of issue the to try resolv’d he him, Donna Bateman, Sophia Ramnarine, Sophia Ramnarine, Catriona Bourne, Bourne, Catriona Peter Grishin, Grishin, Peter Peter Grishin, Grishin, Peter violin violin soprano soprano flute ‘cello ‘cello nsemble. The story of the poor pedlar who who pedlar poor ofthe story The nsemble. Freddie Redding, Jeremy Thurlow, Thurlow, Jeremy Catriona Bourne, Bourne, Catriona Ben Graves, Graves, Ben Ben Graves, Graves, Ben © Jeremy Thurlow © Jeremy clarinet clarinet piano © Judith Weir © Judith piano flute flute - -

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“ Judith Weir was born into a Scottish family in 1954, but grew up near London. London. near up grew but 1954, in family into a Scottish Weir born was Judith de been has music His pianist. and writer acomposer, is Thurlow Jeremy Starlight Squid Starlight was ; and in 1975 attended summer school at Tanglewood, Tanglewood, at school summer attended 1975 in and Holloway; Robin was –was D192 NMC Scenes –Millennium disc portrait whose NMC, on as well Great Britain, and studied composition with during her school Tavener her with John during composition studied and Britain, Great concert for music vocal and ofinstrumental acomposer is Reeves Camden ofCambridge. University the at Composition in Reader currently is Causton include works recent more Causton’s Sunday Times’ 100 Best Records of the Year 2014(Contemporary Composers Composers Year ofthe 2014(Contemporary Records Best 100 Times’ Sunday She was an player, performing with the National Youth Orchestra of Youth Orchestra National with the player, performing oboe an was She others, among Kevin York), Bowyer and (New Hind Rolf Sequitur Skaerved, He has held a position as House Composer at E at Composer House as aposition held has He Competition, Composition Sincronie’ ‘Nuove International the Prize in First BBC Singers, E Singers, BBC tral music (including a Piano Concerto) and works for solo instruments. In In instruments. solo for works and Concerto) aPiano (including music tral Scholarship, Mendelssohn the Awards include Noseda. ofGianandrea tion the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, The Schubert E Schubert The Quartet, String Fitzwilliam the and was awarded the George Butterworth Prize. Recent works include string string include works Recent Prize. Butterworth George the awarded was and Award. Society Philharmonic aRoyal Award and Composer a British E and Concertgebouw Amsterdam the at for almost two decades now...this is an invaluable release that anyone with anyone that release invaluable an is now...this decades two almost for quartets for The Schubert E Schubert The for quartets days. She went on to Cambridge University, where her composition teacher teacher composition her where University, to on Cambridge went She days. scribed as ‘seductive, innovative, full of freshness’ by . It Dutilleux. by Henri of freshness’ full innovative, ‘seductive, as scribed by E published is sic to acquire. –needs otherwise or –British music contemporary in interest an that stated Review Record International in release Areview ofthis section). is available through commercial recordings. Reeves is currently Professor Professor currently is Reeves recordings. commercial through available is commissioned as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and premièred premièred and Olympiad Cultural 2012 London ofthe part as commissioned concerto for Abigail Dolan and Symphonova. and Dolan Abigail for concerto aflute and ensemble chamber SCO the and Williams Bede for concerto 2002. since taught has he where ofManchester, University the at of Music first, (the trios piano two and quartets string three –including music chamber BBCSO. the for piece orchestral anew on working currently has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Kreutzer Quartet, the the Quartet, Kreutzer the Philharmonic, by BBC the performed been has mu His music. piano his for renown particularly become has he years recent of amount alarge includes catalogue His educator. amusic and performance, listed as ‘Outstanding’ in International Record Review and was No.1 in the the in No.1 was and Review Record International in ‘Outstanding’ as listed Judith WeirJudith Jeremy Thurlow Richard Causton has been a significant figure in contemporary British music music British contemporary in figure asignificant been has Causton Richard Camden ReevesCamden , has received over thirty performances world-wide), orches performances over thirty received , has ndymion, the Aronowitz E Aronowitz the ndymion, dition Peters and Composers’ E Composers’ and Peters dition nsemble and the Kreutzer Quartet, a atrumpet Quartet, Kreutzer the and nsemble Twenty-Seven Heavens Twenty-Seven dinburgh Festival under the direc the under Festival dinburgh nsemble, Matthew Schellhorn, Schellhorn, Matthew nsemble, nglish National and is is and Opera National nglish nsemble, Peter Sheppard Sheppard Peter nsemble, dition, and a great deal deal agreat and dition, for orchestra, ” - - - - - 9 Biographies 10 Biographies As resident composer with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Symphony ofBirmingham City the with composer resident As Advanced Study, three awards from the American Academy of Arts and and of Arts Academy American the from awards Study, three Advanced 2011, and then staged at House Covent Garden in 2012. in Garden Covent House Opera Royal the at staged then and 2011, Orchestra ( Orchestra working in schools and adult education in rural southern E southern rural in education adult and schools in working years several spent she this After Schuller. with Gunther worked she where Bridegroom Forest Bridegroom Saga Harald’s Spitalfields Music Festival; and in recent years has taught as a visiting pro visiting as a taught has years in recent and Festival; Music Spitalfields with association along had has she where London, in lives now She Symphony Orchestra ( fessor at Princeton, Harvard and Cardiff universities. Honours for her work work her for Honours universities. Cardiff and Harvard Princeton, at fessor During this time she began to write a series of (including (including of operas to write aseries began she time this During Letters, and a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship. White’s fourth solo CD, are CD, solo White’s fourth Fellowship. Guggenheim a2003 and Letters, for Institute Radcliffe the from aFellowship include awards and Honors Breton guitarist Charles MacDonald. of releases were there 2014-15 In labels. Signum and Delphian NMC, the on available is and recorded, been has music ofher Much Singers. BBC to the Composer Associate became she 2015 January In Davies. Maxwell then Music Director, . She has been commissioned by the Boston Boston by the commissioned been has She Rattle. Simon Director, Music then in Bregenz at premiered Fortune, Miss is opera recent most The USA. the the wonders of the sounding breath through a kinship with the solo Zen Zen solo the with a kinship through breath sounding ofthe wonders the In addition to being a prolific composer of , Barbara White Barbara music, chamber of composer aprolific to being addition In and onstage ceremony. She is also an idiosyncratic clarinetist, exploring exploring clarinetist, idiosyncratic an also is She ceremony. onstage and aCB awards, 2015. May in Orchestra Aurora the and under theunder Table she was appointed Master of The Queen’s Music in succession to Sir Peter Peter to Sir succession in Music Queen’s ofThe Master appointed was she in the 1990s, she wrote several works for orchestra and chorus (including (including chorus and orchestra for works wrote several she 1990s, the in is published by Chester Music and Novello & Co. She blogs about her expe her about blogs She &Co. Novello and Music by Chester published is Show, E Bank South Circle, Critics’ the include Her Coote. Alice and Norman Jessye Upshaw, Dawn Manning, Jane including cording of the opera opera of the cording video, movement, words, incorporating performances theatrical creates projects include duos with shakuhachi performer Riley Lee and with Cape Cape with and Lee Riley performer shakuhachi with duos include projects composing/performing Current flute. bamboo Japanese ofthe repertoire judithweir.com. at UK the in life of cultural riences and Belgium Netherlands, the Austria, Germany, UK, the in performances RSAMD. and University Glasgow at teaching Scotland, in based by aperiod latest vocal work is is work vocal latest Barbara White Barbara , Storm The Welcome Arrival of Rain of Arrival Welcome The (NMC) and and (NMC) and and and , (1995) and the Queen’s Medal for Music (2007). In 2014 2014 In (2007). 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(BBC , A Night at the Chinese Opera Chinese at the A Night ) which have subsequently received many many received have subsequently ) which ) which were premiered by the orchestra’s orchestra’s by the premiered were ) which and ) and the London Sinfonietta ( Sinfonietta London the ) and Natural History , premiered by Sarah Connolly Connolly by Sarah , premiered lise L Stoeger and Ivor Novello Novello Ivor and LStoeger lise ngland; followed followed ngland; ) the Minnesota Minnesota ) the , The Vanishing The VanishingThe Tiger Tiger King King - - - The Gentle Giant Gentle The Associate of the . Of Academy Royal ofthe Associate and projects led has Patrick presenter, and leader workshop acomposer, As world premieres, including her debut for The Royal Opera House, ROH2 in in ROH2 House, Opera Royal The for debut her including premieres, world London Proms, BBC , BBC for concerts presented and written Piano Tuner Piano Smalley and others. 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-16 season after having played with the orchestra since 2011. She continues continues She 2011. since orchestra the with played having after season -16 After completing her A-levels, Sophia took a gap year to study cello with with cello to study year agap took Sophia A-levels, her completing After Alderney Performing Arts Festival. Festival. Arts Performing Alderney Andreas Wildner 17 and has performed her own compositions in venues including St. John’s John’s St. including venues in own compositions her performed has 17 and (RAM). She was principal cellist of the CBSO Youth Orchestra in their 2015 2015 their in Youth CBSO Orchestra ofthe cellist principal was She (RAM). Gates Cambridge Scholar, Naomi holds degrees in mathematics & philosophy, &philosophy, mathematics in degrees holds Naomi Scholar, Cambridge Gates Cambridge of the member a and Holder Award Instrumental an as year first fourth Beethoven’s performing be will she 2018 February In Orchestra. Gala E across concerts solo several performed recently has She Cambridge. Sussex College. Over the past year he has taken a gap year, during which which year, a gap during taken has he year past the Over College. Sussex Seraphin Chamber Orchestra. ofthe conductor and founder is She Hall. Wigmore the and Square Smith Sophia Ramnarine University Chamber Orchestra (CUCO). Orchestra Chamber University Music with Ann Martin-Davis. He has taken part in both solo and chamber chamber and solo both in part taken has He Martin-Davis. Ann with Music of Music Academy Royal the at teacher) current (her Strange David Professor numerous performed has Ursula (Valencia). Música la de Palau and Berlin to enjoy playing with some of the finest musicians in Cambridge and has has and Cambridge in musicians finest of the some with playing to enjoy and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He won numerous first first numerous won He Bratislava. in Arts of Performing Academy the and and performance piano in studies distinction with completed He ofsix. age Konzerthaus the Hall, Menuhin The Hall, Wigmore The as such venues at Ursula Perks Ursula Naomi Woo Freddie Redding solo-recitals as well as with orchestra and as chamber musician. musician. chamber as and with orchestra as well as solo-recitals ing the CUMS Conducting Scholar position. Currently a PhD candidate and and candidate aPhD Currently position. Scholar Conducting CUMS the ing concertos including Beethoven’s second piano concerto with the London London the with concerto piano second Beethoven’s including concertos piano performance, and musicology. www.naomiwoo.com musicology. and performance, piano Tom hold pianist Poster, and alongside Animals ofthe Carnival performing Savitri, Holst’s conducting include highlights 2017-2018, In music. porary in performed and competitions piano international and national at prizes Vienna in Arts Performing and of Music University the at education piano at and Abbey Bath in recitals year, the including throughout performances of College Royal ofthe Department Junior the at piano studied has he her during to her presented opportunity performing of every most the made Philharmonic. Surrey the with concerto piano is a pianist, conductor, and researcher specialising in contem in specialising researcher and conductor, apianist, is is reading for a degree in Music at Gonville and Caius college, college, Caius and Gonville at Music in adegree for reading is was born in Vienna and began playing the piano at the the at piano the playing began and Vienna in born was is a first year Undergraduate reading Music at Sidney Sidney at Music reading Undergraduate year a first is is a second year undergraduate reading Music at Newnham. Newnham. at Music reading undergraduate year a second is urope urope - - 13 Biographies