Leicester International Music Festival Classical Chamber Music at its finest Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 September 2016 at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Artistic Director: Nicholas Daniel
Landscapes A Celebration of British Chamber Music
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Festival Booking Information Tickets for all events at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery can be booked: on-line (24hr): www.musicfestival.co.uk by phone 11am - 4pm: 0116 225 4920 or in person from the New Walk Museum Shop, 53 New Walk, Leicester LE1 6TP 11am - 4pm VISA, Mastercard, Delta and Switch cards accepted.
Tickets Evening concerts: £20 Lunchtime Concerts and Coffee Concert: £11
Special offers Buy tickets for all 6 concerts: £85 Buy tickets for all 3 evening concerts: £55 Buy tickets for both the Lunchtime Concerts and the Coffee Concert: £30
Tickets for Phoenix film event can be booked: by phone 0116 242 2800 www.phoenix.org.uk Phoenix Square, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE11TG
Young Persons’ Free Tickets
Reception for friends and sponsors A private Reception for Festival Friends and Sponsors will be held after the Saturday Evening Concert. If you would like to join us, join the Friends and help to keep Classical Chamber Music alive in Leicester.
Enquiries Visit our website www.musicfestival.co.uk or email limf@live.co.uk
Accommodation The Belmont Hotel, a short walk from the main Festival venue, is offering a special deal for the duration of the Festival. Ring 0116 254 4773 to book, quoting Leicester International Music Festival.
New Walk Museum Café Open daily 10am - 4pm. Evening opening from 6pm until 7.15pm from Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th September.
Evening Concerts All evening concerts last approximately 2 hours. Lunctime concerts and the Coffee Concert last approximately 1 hour.
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large print programmes available on the day of the concert
guide dogs welcome (please specify when booking)
induction loop
disabled toilets on ground floor
external and internal ramps
automatic doors
Access at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
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With the support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, the Festival is able to offer a limited number of free tickets to young people aged between 8 and 25 for all concerts. Tickets should be booked in the normal way and holders of free tickets will also need to sign in at the special CAVATINA desk at the concert. This offer will be very popular, so please be sure to book early!
Friends of the Festival
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NB Note: For all these events, artists, repertoire, times and venues may be subject to change
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• wheelchair spaces available: can be reserved with a complimentary seat for a carer (please specify when booking)
Friends of the Festival receive 20% discount on ALL Festival tickets. Annual subscription £30 (double) £20 (single). Pick up a leaflet at New Walk Museum or apply online at www.musicfestival.co.uk/jointhefriends Design by mooli 01509 240040 Leicester International Music Festival is a Registered Charity Number 702670 Company registered in England: No. 02380796
Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel writes
Audience 2014 family concert
National pride does not always sit easily with the English. The Scottish and Welsh do rather better, but as British people we often don't seem to want to fly the flag for our great composers as do, say, the Germans and Austrians. In focussing centrally on Elgar's highly unjingoistic Chamber Music, in the company of 20 other composers, 7 of them living, I think it's perfectly fair to be very proud of him, and of all of them.
Elgar apparently felt like an outsider for much of his life, he was basically selftaught, and a middle class Catholic in a predominantly Protestant, highly classconscious country. Despite this he achieved pinnacles of personal expression and refined technique.
Although Elgar is our primary focus, we've examined Britten fairly recently, we are looking at a broad sweep of British Composers from Delius to Lennox Berkeley via Finzi and Howells, and in each programme there is a great short piece by a living British composer, placed there in order to show that the legacy of Elgar and Britten is alive and thriving, and that we live in a time when new British Music is as brilliant and varied as it has ever been, and now it's understood and appreciated more abroad than it was in Elgar or Britten's lifetimes.
Performing these works is a team of some of the most stunningly brilliant musicians I know, coming together in Leicester for a whole week in order to concentrate on British Music at its best for an audience they love.
Nicholas Daniel Artistic Director
The Venue New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
The New Walk Museum & Art Gallery is situated along New Walk, a leafy footpath leading from Leicester city centre to Victoria Park. Laid out in the early 18th Century as a pedestrian alleyway, New Walk is unique in English urban planning. The Museum was originally built as a school but later in 1849 converted to a museum. Nicholas Pevsner described the entrance as a ‘dignified, somewhat heavy fourcolumn portico of giant Tuscan columns’.
The centrepiece of the Museum’s possessions is a significant collection of Victorian Art housed in the splendid newly refurbished main gallery. New Walk Museum also has an important collection of German Expressionist paintings and a unique display of Picasso ceramics gifted to the Museum by the late Lord Attenborough.
The Victorian Art Gallery’s excellent acoustic and wonderful Steinway Grand Piano has, over many years, hosted some of the UK’s finest classical chamber musicians. An annual season of Lunchtime Concerts has just completed 72 years and the more recent Leicester International Music Festival is now in its 27th year. The Festival attracts musicians from Europe and beyond and is now one of the UK’s leading festivals of classical chamber music.
The Festival’s Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel, is one of the most sought-after virtuoso oboists in the world. He received the UK’s highest award for music, the Queens Medal for Music, in January 2012.
BBC Music Magazine has repeatedly hailed the Festival as
“one of the 20 ‘unmissable’ events in September”.
Elgar.... a Life Celebrated. The Elgar Touring Exhibition
Thanks to the kind loan of an anniversary touring exhibition from the Elgar Birthplace Museum, Elgar’s musical life will be celebrated during the Leicester International Music Festival with a temporary exhibition featuring his music, family life, musical education, travel and recordings.
Marina Chiche (MC) violin
Giovanni Guzzo (GG) violin
Philip Dukes (PD) viola
Landscapes A Celebration of British Chamber Music
15th to 17th September 2016 Event 1
Guy Johnston (GJ) cello
Chen Halevi (CH) clarinet
Nicholas Daniel (ND) oboe / cor anglais
Charles Owen (CO) piano
Katya Apekisheva (KA) piano
Carducci String Quartet Matthew Denton violin
Friday 16th September
Event 4
Thursday 15th September
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 6.45 pm - 7.15 pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE
Event 2 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery 6.45 pm - 7.15 pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE
Evening Concert
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)
Evening Concert
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)
Elgar: Andante and Allegro for oboe and string trio 10’ (ND, GG, PD, GJ) Lennox Berkeley: String Trio, Op.19 14’ (MC, PD, GJ) Leighton: Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune for clarinet, cello and piano 20’ (CH, GJ, CO)
Carducci String Quartet Emma Denton cello
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm (approx)
Carducci String Quartet Carducci String Quartet Eoin Schmidt-Martin Michelle Fleming viola violin
Event 6
Saturday 17th September
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Carducci Quartet Family Concert
Fun and musical interaction for families with children 5 and over.
7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)
Tickets: £5 / £15 family ticket up to 4 people
Event 7
Saturday 17th September
6.45 pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Festival Finale
Knussen: Elegaic Arabesques for cor anglais and clarinet 5’ (ND, CH) Finzi: Interlude for oboe and string quartet 12’
(ND, MC, GG, PD, GJ)
INTERVAL
Holst: 4 movements from The Planets for piano 4 hands 30’ (CO, KA)
(MC, GG, PD, GJ, KA)
Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84 40’
Tickets: £20 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE
Tickets: £20 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE Saturday 17th September 11am - 12noon New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Coffee Concert
Bax: Red Autumn, piano duet 10’ (CO, KA) Finzi: Prelude and Fugue, string trio 12’ (MC, PD, GJ) Helen Grime: 10 miniatures for solo piano 5’ (KA) Bliss: Clarinet Quintet 26’ (CH, CSQ)
Tickets: £11 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE
Coffee and homemade cakes will be available for purchase from the Museum café.
Book online (24hr) www.musicfestival.co.uk or by phone (11am-4pm) 0116 225 4920
Post-Concert Reception for Friends and Sponsors
Event 5
Romance for cello and piano (GJ, CO) Fugue in D minor for oboe and violin (ND, MC) Salut d'amour violin and piano (GG, KA) Chanson de nuit viola and piano (PD, KA) Soliloquy for oboe and piano (ND, KA) La Capricieuse (MC), Adieu for piano (CO) Serenade for piano (KA)
An Invitation to Elgar's Music Room A sequence of salon pieces alongside less well known but delightful miniatures.
INTERVAL
Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba piano duet 8’ (CO, KA) James Macmillan: Kiss on Wood for violin and piano 10’ (MC, CO) Howells: Rhapsodic Clarinet Quintet, Op.31 14’ (CH, CSQ) Benjamin Ashby: New commission for string quartet (CSQ)
INTERVAL
Michael Berkeley: Snake for solo cor anglais 5’ (ND) Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op.83 30’ (CSQ)
1pm - 2pm
Tickets: £20 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE Event 3
Friday 16th September
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Lunchtime Concert
Mark Simpson: Night Music Thursday 15th September 1pm - 2pm for cello and piano 15’ (GJ, KA) New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Rebecca Clark: Morpheus for viola and piano 6’ (PD, KA) Lunchtime Concert Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 30’ (GG. CO) Delius: Late Swallows 10’ (CSQ) Tickets: £11 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE Huw Watkins: Dream for violin, clarinet and piano 7’ (GG, CH, KA ) York Bowen: Oboe Sonata, Op.85 18’ (ND) Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet 16’ (CSQ, PD)
Tickets: £11 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE
Book online (24hr) www.musicfestival.co.uk or by phone (11am-4pm) 0116 225 4920
Things to do in Leicester King Richard III Experience
In August 1485 King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth, and buried by the Grey Friars, a Franciscan Holy order, in their friary church. In August 2012, Leicester City Council, the University of Leicester, and the Richard III Society began a search underneath a car park in Leicester, to find King Richard III’s remains and the Grey Friars Church. Five months after the dig began, the University of Leicester confirmed a skeleton unearthed by archaeologists was in fact Richard III. On 26th March 2015, the King was reinterred at Leicester Cathedral just 100 steps from the King Richard III Visitor Centre and his original resting place. www.kriii.com
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Sponsors-in-kind Glebe Garden Centre (Countesthorpe) Limited, The Belmont Hotel, Rowleys Partnership Ltd
Corporate Sponsors Clements Limited, Tarratt
Supporting Trusts and Foundations CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust The Alan and Jean Gayton Charitable Trust T.S. Shipman Trust, Britten Pears Foundation, Friends of Leicester and Leicestershire Museums
Personal Sponsors Louise Smith, Neil Roberts Friends of the Leicester International Music Festival
Principal Sponsors Leicester City Council
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Jewry Wall You can discover the archaeology of Leicester’s past and find out about the people of Leicester from prehistoric times to the medieval period. Complementing our Roman archaeology collections, there are fascinating artefacts from other eras. From ancient stone tools to striking medieval decorated tiles from Leicester Abbey, there's something to interest the whole family. www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-andgalleries/our-venues/jewry-wall-museum National Space Centre The National Space Centre, located just two miles north of Leicester City Centre, is an all-weather attraction, sure to keep the whole family entertained. The Space Centre has plenty to offer, from the iconic Rocket Tower, to the UK’s largest domed planetarium. These must-see attractions are accompanied by six further inspiring galleries to discover. Crammed full of space suits, rockets, satellites, meteorites and everything you would expect of a world class attraction, these galleries will make sure you have a full day of breathtaking discovery and interactive fun. www.spacecentre.co.uk Leicester Market Leicester Market is situated in the heart of the city centre and is open for six days a week, Monday to Saturday, every week of the year. The largest and finest market of its type in Europe, we have a tradition for quality and service stretching back seven hundred years. Next to the Outdoor Market there is also an Indoor Market which offers a further seventy nine stalls. Within the Indoor Market (Tuesday – Saturday) is one of the finest fish markets in the country. www.leicestermarket.co.uk www.goleicestershire.com
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Patrons: Thea Musgrave CBE, Sir James MacMillan CBE Paul McCreesh, Lars Tharp
Festival Board Members: Gary Lee (Chair), Angela Finch, Michelle Goodchild, Chris Jones, Dr Lutz Luithlen, Chris Marshall, Kevin Rush, Keith Stubbs
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Thursday 9 February 2017 1-2pm
Mozart: String Quartet in Bb, K.589 Britten: String Quartet No.3
Alex Redington Wijzenbeek violin Jonathan Stone Zilliacus violin Hélène Clément Macleod viola John Myerscough cello
Doric Quartet
Thursday 23 March 2017 1-2pm
Mahler: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade Gretchen's Bitte Der König in Thule Jonathan Dove: 5 Am'rous Sighs Nights not spent alone Purcell: Music for a while The fatal hour comes on apace From silent shades (Bess of Bedlam) There’s not a swain Horowitz: Lady Macbeth- A Scena
Kitty Whately soprano Julius Drake piano
Thursday 9 March 2017 1-2pm
Suk: Elegy Op.8 Tchaikovsky: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op.50
Omri Epstein piano Mathieu van Bellen viola Ori Epstein cello
Busch Trio:
Thursday 23 February 2017 1-2pm
Mahan Esfahani
Thursday 1 December 2016 1-2pm Bach: Goldberg Variations
Schumann: Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Alexander Sitkovetsky violin Wu Qian piano
Thursday 12 January 2017 1-2pm
Poulenc: Sonata for Piano, 4 Hands Debussy: Petite Suite Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Katya Apekisheva & Charles Owen piano 4 hands
Thursday 15 December 2016 1-2pm
Paul Dukas: Fanfare la peri Henry VIII Arr. Elgar Howarth: Suite: Rose Without a Thorn Jean-Claude Debussy Arr. O.Haines: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Victor Ewald: Quintet No.1 in Bb Minor Maschwitz/Sherwin Arr. Jack Gale: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square George Gershwin Arr. O.Haines: A Foggy day Malcolm Arnold Arr. Denis Wick: Three Shanties Op.4
Guildhall Elysium Brass Quintet
Lunchtime Concerts 2016/17 at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
Thursday 6 October 2016
Chiaroscuro Quartet Alina Ibragimova violin Pablo Hernan Benedi violin David Quiggle viola Claire Thirion cello Mozart: String Quartet in G major, K. 387 Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D.804 ‘Rosamunde
Thursday 20 October 2016 1-2pm
Nicholas Daniel oboe / cor anglais Charles Owen piano Bach (attrib.): Sonata in Eb, BWV 1031 Schumann: 3 Romances Op.94 Rubbra: Sonata in C, Op.100 Bach: Sonata in A, BWV 1032
Thursday 3 November 2016 1-2pm
Lendvai String Trio Nadia Wijzenbeek violin Ylvali Zilliacus viola Marie Macleod cello Schubert: Trio in Bb, D.581 Beethoven: Trio in Eb, Op.3
Thursday 17 November 2016 1-2pm
Chroma
David le Page violin Thursday 26 January 2017 1-2pm Clare O’Connell viola Natalie Clein cello Helen Sharp cello Bach Cello Suites: Saint-Saëns: Fantasie for violin and harp No.2 in D minor Ibert: Trio for violin, cello and harp Henriette Renié: Trio for violin, cello and harp No.6 in D major
Friends and mailing list members receive priority booking
For further information see www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office opens 1st July 2016