Patrons: Lord Birkett ● Alfred Brendel ● Rivka Golani ● Ian Partridge ● Raphael Wallfisch “Re-defining the Best” World-class musicians coming to Wimbledon 8 - 23 November 2014 The Borodin Quartet playing Beethoven and Borodin, and Mozart with Michael Collins; An original Festival Production of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale; Mozart and Beethoven Octets with London Winds; Anthems for Doomed Youth with Myrthen – Katherine Broderick, Clara Mouritz, Benjamin Hulett, Marcus Farnsworth, Joseph Middleton; ‘Five star’ Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin; Viola Day with Lawrence Power and Christopher Wellington; International jazz with Paris Washboard; “thrilling” piano duo York2; “astonishing” Hungarian guitar duo The Katona Twins; Mozart ‘Exultate Jubilate’, Haydn ‘Nelson’ Mass with Academy Choir and Baroque Players, and Joanne Lunn; The SIXTEEN and Harry Christophers; Players of the Globe Theatre; Schubertiade with Kathron Sturrock and The Fibonacci Sequence. Wimbledon International Music Festival ng our com rti m are proud to continue to support the o u p n p it u y Wimbledon S International Music Festival Surveyors, Valuers & Estate Agents Surveyors, Valuers & Estate Agents 35 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London35 High Street, Wimbledon Village, London Wimbledo n SW19 5BY Telephone: 020 8947 9833 SW19 5BY Telephone: 020 8947 9833 RH_Wimbledon Music Festival_A5_03.indd 1 23/05/2014 15:31 Wimbledon International Music Festival 3 ‘Anthems for Doomed Youth’, a moving collection of songs drawn from Russia, Germany, Welcome to Wimbledon for the 2014 Festival France, Spain, Britain and America, will be presented by four superb young singers, and Joseph Middleton, piano. I was most encouraged to receive such warm audience feedback after last year’s Festival which has spurred me on to raise the bar and continue to bring world-class artists The brilliant guitar duo, the Katona Twins, will bring a programme of Spanish music interwoven to Wimbledon. with the poems and prose of the famous international writers who responded to the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War. Last year we added nearly 500 people to our new ticket purchasers list, and we continue to fulfill our aim to extend awareness of the Festival well beyond SW19 to become the In their showcase concert The Yehudi Menuhin School will perform a variety of significant International Festival for South West London centered in Wimbledon. works by Debussy, Janacek, Bartok and Stravinsky, all composed during WW1. But above all we continue to have wonderful response from our loyal core of Friends whose The Festival ends with the Philharmonia Orchestra performing, in his 150th anniversary year, generous donations are a vital support for the Festival. Richard Strauss’s masterpiece ‘Metamorphosen’, composed in the final days of WW2 as a memorial in response to the destruction of his beloved Munich Opera House. New this year: There are some exciting new additions to the Festival this year. But not all is ‘War! The Festival offers ‘Peace’ with Mozart’s ‘Exsultate Jubilate’, the In response to the dozens of emails, CDs, invitations to concerts from budding young artists, Rachmaninov ‘Vespers’, Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, and Beethoven’s final quartet Op.135 – this year we will be starting a series of FREE lunchtime concerts giving a platform to and fun with ‘Death by Custard’ in the company of the Musicians of the Globe. brilliant new generation artists. On the final Saturday there will again be a double bill, a ‘Schubertiade’ - two concerts of For the first time we will be holding a public master class under the inspirational eye Schubert (seasoned with Mozart) with a Duo, a Trio, a Quartet, the ‘Trout’ Quintet, culminating of the great viola player Lawrence Power as part of a Viola Day supported by the with Schubert’s glorious Octet, performed by the celebrated Fibonacci Sequence Chamber Tertis Foundation again giving a platform to four talented young violists. Ensemble: and in between, a special themed Viennese Dinner at the Light House Restaurant - no prizes for guessing what might be on the menu! We will also be extending our jazz offerings in association with Maggie Black Jazz Promotions, with the added promotional opportunity of being under the umbrella of the Enjoy – food for the body, and nourishment for the soul. London Jazz Festival, which conveniently occurs during the Wimbledon Festival period. Anthony Wilkinson ‘War and Peace’: We are not alone in 2014 in our choice of theme - ‘War and Peace’. Coming Festival Director at the end of the year I have tried to find an imaginative way of commemorating the centenary of WW1. Haydn’s ‘Nelson’ Mass will feature in the opening concert given by The Academy Choir and Baroque Players. There will be a performance of Stravinsky’s iconic work ‘The Soldier’s Tale’ in a setting inspired We thank all our Patrons, Benefactors, Friends, and Sponsors for keeping WIMF alive. by another iconic work, Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. At the time of going to press it is hoped this will indeed be a fully staged version with narrator, actors, and dancers, but this depends on a production grant yet to be confirmed. Whatever the outcome the music will be performed by artists of the highest rank, including members of the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Robin O’Neill. In the event that a concert performance only is possible (an exciting event in itself) there will be other glorious music to complete a full programme. Watch this space - or rather consult the web site for details. Prokofiev’s celebrated ‘War Sonata’ No.7 will feature in the recital by Denis Kozhukhin, the young Russian pianist described as being the “leader of the pack of young Russians under forty”. 4 Wimbledon International Music Festival Music Scholarships at Whitgift Now with boarding places from 13+ Music at Whitgift provides an eclectic and enriching ‘an impressive environment, in which all young musicians can and varied develop and thrive line-up’ The Guardian Michael Palin at Wimbledon BookFest 2013 Wimbledon BookFest Wimbledon est 3-12 October 2014 n Royal Philharmonic Orchestra partnership BookF n Oxbridge Choral Scholarships regularly won n Masterclasses with world-renowned chamber 10 Magical Days on Wimbledon Common ensembles and soloists 2014 Line-up includes: Simon Schama, David Starkey, n Biennial International Music Competition Colm Toibin, poetry readings, sports nights, music and much more including Les Miserables & Il Postino For further details, please contact the Director film screenings in our Festival Tent. of Music Development, Mrs Rosanna Whitfield Whitgift School [email protected], tel: +44 (0)20 8688 9222 Haling Park For more information and to book tickets visit South Croydon Information on visiting Whitgift can be found CR2 6YT www.wimbledonbookfest.org at www.whitgift.co.uk/opendays United Kingdom Programmes will be available in Wimbledon Library from July 2014. Whitgift. An outstanding education. www.whitgift.co.uk Registered charity: 1120297 Wimbledon International Music Festival 5 Marcus Beale Architects Ltd and Indigo Planning Ltd are pleased to support the Wimbledon International Music Festival and the Philharmonia Orchestra so we can hear here dazzling impressionist textures and atmospheres of music. Is music an antidote to the city or is the city itself music? Luigi Russolo, writing in 1913, in Milan said [1]: ‘Let us wander through a great modern city with our ears more alert than our eyes, and enjoy distinguishing between the sounds of water, air, or gas in metal pipes, the purring of motors which breathe and pulsate with indisputable animalism, the throbbing of valves, pounding of pistons, screeching of gears, clatter of street cars on their rails, cracking of whips, flapping of awnings and flags. We shall enjoy fabricating the mental orchestrations of the banging of shop shutters, the slamming of doors, the hustle and bustle of crowds, the din of railroad stations, foundries, spinning mills, printing presses, electric power stations, and underground railways. Nor should the newest noises of war be forgotten… We want to give pitches to these diverse noises, regulating them harmonically and rhythmically…. Every noise has a pitch, some even a chord, which predominates among the whole of its irregular vibrations’ He identified six families of noises: - Roars, thunderings, explosions, hissing roars, bangs, booms - Whistling, hissing, puffing - Whispers, murmurs, mumbling, muttering, gurgling - Screeching, creaking, rustling, humming, crackling, rubbing - Beating on: metals, woods, skins, stones, pottery, etc. - Voices of animals and people: shouts, screams, shrieks, wails, hoots, howls, death rattles, sobs. He then built an orchestra of machines to reproduce these sounds on stage, mostly by turning handles. In 1914 he toured the major capitals of Europe, meeting Stravinsky in Paris and performing at the London Palladium until his show was cut short by the beginning of the Great War. A century later, musical performance includes voicing, beating and screeching, and the audience whispering, whistling, beating, and only occasionally roaring thunder or explosions. Marcus Beale 2014 [1] Luigi Russolo - The Art of Noises 1913.] 6 Wimbledon International Music Festival Wimbledon International Music Festival 7 Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Donohoe PIANO / Valery Polyansky CONDUCTOR Karl Jenkins / Tchaikovsky Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Olga Scheps PIANO / Matthias Foremny CONDUCTOR Zurich International Mozart / Chopin / Strauss / Tchaikovsky Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra