WELCOME TO THE EVENT 1 EVENT 2 LINCOLNSHIRE INTERNATIONAL Monday 10th August 2015, 7.30 pm Tuesday 11th August 2015, 11.00 am CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 County Assembly Rooms Lincoln Drill Hall 01522 873894 76, Bailgate 01522 520098 Free School Lane [email protected] Lincoln LN1 3AR www.countyassemblyrooms.co.uk Lincoln LN2 1EY www.lincolndrillhall.com Welcome to the 2015 Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival. This year’s Festival focuses Love Letters Children’s Corner its attention on the fascinating and Beethoven arr. Hummel – Debussy – complex relationship between music Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (40´) Children’s Corner (15´) and the written word. Poetry and prose have long been a source of “Be calm my life, my all. Only by calm consideration of our existence can we “Even before I could reason, I was overcome by the force of this strange achieve our purpose to live together. Oh continue to love me, never misjudge enthusiasm, and I turned all my thoughts and feelings towards music. And great inspiration for composers and the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine, Ever mine, Ever yours.” now, the burning desire to understand it possesses me, against my will, and our programme features a wealth day and night lovely melodies seem to sound all around me.” of wonderful music directly related to works of literature. Ludwig van Beethoven, letter to the Immortal Beloved. Johann Joseph Fux, “Gradus ad Parnassum.” Moreover, the words penned by composers themselves are Seabourne – often hugely revealing; we’ll explore a number of pieces that “accept these few roses.” (12´) Scott – are directly linked to letters and documents written by the likes Impressions from “The Jungle Book” (15´) “Accept these few roses as a token of my unbounded esteem for you. of Beethoven, Janácek and Schumann, thus divulging essential ˇ You are so lovely in character and appearance that in your company one’s “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” clues to the origins of artistic creation. spirits are lifted; you breathe warm-heartedness, you look on the world Rudyard Kipling. with such kindness that one wants to do only good and pleasant things for I’m especially delighted to be presenting a project that’s very you in return. You will not believe how glad I am that I have met you.” Poulenc – close to my own heart. Wonderland, created to raise funds The Story of Babar the Elephant, for piano duet and narrator (27´) Leoš Janácekˇ in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. for the Lenny Trusler Children’s Foundation and celebrate the “A lover of life, mischievous, “bon enfant”, tender and impertinent, 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Janácekˇ – melancholy and serenely mystical, half monk and half delinquent.” Adventures in Wonderland, has been by far the most rewarding String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” (27´) The critic Claude Rostand on Francis Poulenc. musical project with which I’ve ever been involved. It’s taken “You stand behind every note, you, living, forceful, loving. The fragrance of Ashley Wass - piano months of exhaustive planning and it’s terrific to be presenting your body, the glow of your kisses – no, really of mine. Those notes of mine Isata Kanneh-Mason – piano it at LICMF 2015 as part of an extensive tour. I’m especially kiss all of you. They call for you passionately….” Chris Jarvis - narrator thrilled to welcome Chris Jarvis - a man known to anyone with Leoš Janácekˇ in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. children, thanks to his work on CBeebies - to narrate. He’ll also join us for Children’s Corner, another concert featuring music Thomas Carroll – cello I that will appeal to the child in all of us. Matthew Trusler – violin I Trio Apaches Ashley Wass – piano I Our list of guest artists is as spectacular as ever and I’m grateful to all of them for giving their time and talent so graciously to Zara Benyounes – violin I Emily Holland – violin I Benyounes Quartet the music lovers of Lincolnshire. The BBC returns once again to Tetsuumi Nagata – viola I record two concerts and we’re delighted to have them onboard. Kim Vaughan – cello I Finally, I offer my thanks to you - our audience - for your Kathryn Thomas – flute continued support. I hope you’ll enjoy our programme as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it. I’m certain we’re in for another wonderful week of music, so please do spread the word! © Jean de Brunhoff, Babar the Elephant Level and ramped access | Hearing loop | Toilets | City parking Level access and ramped access | Toilets | City parking Artistic Director £10 unallocated seating U16 & students £5 Photograph: www.musicinteralia.com £17/£16 concessions U16 & Students £5 (£9 & £4 if bought together with Event 5) EVENT 3 EVENT 4 EVENT 5 Tuesday 11th August 2015, 7.30 pm Wednesday 12th August 2015, 7.30 pm Thursday 13th August 2015, 2.30 pm Market Rasen Methodist Church St. Wulfram’s Church Lincoln Drill Hall 01522 873894 Chapel Lane Church Street Free School Lane [email protected] Market Rasen LN8 3AG Grantham NG31 6RR Lincoln LN2 1EY www.lincolndrillhall.com The Last Word Tea with Tolstoy Wonderland Beethoven – Beethoven – Free pre-concert talk about project at 1.45 pm in Drill Hall. String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 (25´) Sonata for violin & piano in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (35´) “They said a few words to each other, and the music began. They played “Here, my dear friend, is my last quartet. It will be the last; and indeed it “Wonderland” is a brand new project created by Ashley Wass and Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata”. Do you know the first presto? Do you has given me much trouble, for I could not bring myself to compose the Matthew Trusler in order to raise money for and build awareness of the know it? Ah!...A terrible thing is that sonata, especially the presto! And a last movement.” Lenny Trusler Children’s Foundation – a Foundation started by Matthew terrible thing is music in general. What is it? Why does it do what it does? and of which Ashley is a trustee. The foundation is dedicated to providing Ludwig van Beethoven in a letter to his publisher. They say that music stirs the soul. Stupidity! A lie! relief from suffering and illness in very sick babies and children. Leo Tolstoy, “The Kreuzer Sonata.” Haydn – 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51 (65´) in Wonderland, one of the great works of children’s literature, by Lewis Janácekˇ – “The story of the end, of the last word of the end, when told, is a String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” (18´) Carroll. Thirteen different composers have been commissioned to each story that never ends.” write a short piece inspired by the book’s preface and 12 chapters. They “ I was imagining a poor woman, tormented and run down, just like the will be performed in order, such that the story’s narrative is told through Mark Strand, “Poem After the Seven Last Words.” one the Russian writer describes in his Kreutzer Sonata.” music, and will be interspersed by a narrator reading a specially written Leoš Janácek in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. script by Louis de Bernières (author of Capt. Corelli’s Mandolin.) Some of Zara Benyounes – violin I the world’s most renowned composers have committed to the project, Emily Holland – violin I Benyounes Quartet Chopin – all of them writing voluntarily. A series of new illustrations for the story Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 (26´) have also been commissioned by Emily Carew Woodard which will be Tetsuumi Nagata – viola I “That is music! It gives me complete artistic satisfaction.” projected onto a screen during the performance along with some of the Kim Vaughan – cello I original drawings by John Tenniel. Leo Tolstoy commenting on Frédéric Chopin, his favourite composer Thomas Carroll – cello I Matthew Trusler – violin Matthew Trusler – violin I Trio Apaches Ashley Wass – piano Ashley Wass – piano I Chris Jarvis - narrator Zara Benyounes – violin I Emily Holland – violin I Benyounes Quartet Tetsuumi Nagata – viola I Kim Vaughan – cello I Level and ramped access | Hearing loop | Toilets | City parking Steps & level access | Toilets | Hearing Loop | Free town parking Level & Ramped access | Toilets | Town parking £10 unallocated seating U16 & students £5 £15/£14 concessions U16 & Students £5 £15/£14 concessions U16 & Students £5 (£9 & £4 if bought together with Event 2) EVENT 6 EVENT 7 THIS YEAR’S ARTISTS Friday 14th August 2015, 7.30 pm Saturday 15th August, 2015 7.30 pm LISE BERTHAUD – is a French violist unanimously praised as an outstanding rising figure on the music scene. She is a guest of various prestigious concert venues and festivals throughout St. Mary’s Church Lincoln Drill Hall 01522 873894 Europe and was a prize winner of the European Young Instrumentalists Competition in 2000. In Church Lane Free School Lane [email protected] 2005 she won the Hindemith Prize at the Geneva International Competition and since Horncastle LN9 5HW Lincoln LN2 1EY www.lincolndrillhall.com September 2013 has been part of the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists’ Scheme. THOMAS CARROLL – studied with Melissa Phillips at the Yehudi Menuhin School and The Mirror of Life Ode to Freedom with Henrich Schiff in Austria. As an exceptionally gifted cellist he is one of only two artists who auditioned successfully for Young Concert Artist’s Trust in London and Young Concert Schumann – Free pre-concert talk – An introduction to Beethoven’s 9th Artists’, inc in New York.