HARP, GUITAR AND DOUBLE BASS FESTIVAL Sunday 17 October from 12pm
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Today will lift the curtain on the amazing harp, guitar and double bass departments at the Royal College of Music. Together we will be exploring the world of contemporary techniques with RCM composers, our professors will be on hand to give lessons and lead workshops. Solo and chamber music performances will be presented continuously throughout the day in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. We welcome remotely bassist Joel Quarrington from Canada, guitarist John Williams here in the UK and harpist Stephen Fitzpatrick from Germany. Alexander Technique specialist and double bass player Peter Buckoke will be presenting a session on pain-free playing. Harpists, guitarists and double bassists will come together in ensembles to present music from the baroque period to the present day, and our festival will end with a performance by internationally renowned guitar duo Chris Stell and Mark Eden. Mark Messenger Head of Strings
HARP, GUITAR AND DOUBLE BASS FESTIVAL TIMETABLE Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 1.00–1.50pm | Lunchtime concert 2.00–5.00pm | Performances 5.00–5.50pm | Eden Stell Guitar Duo Performance Hall | Harp 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Harp Music featuring RCM Composers with Ieuan Jones 2.00–2.50pm | Harp Performance Class with Daphne Boden Performance Studio | Harp 3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with Stephen Fitzpatrick Inner Parry Room | Guitar 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Guitar Music featuring RCM Composers with Gary Ryan 2.00–2.50pm | Guitar Performance Class with Carlos Bonell 4.00–4.50pm | Jack Hancher East Parry Room | Guitar 3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with John Williams Recital Hall | Double Bass 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Double Bass Music featuring RCM Composers with Enno Senft 2.00–2.50pm | Double Bass Performance Class with Enno Senft 3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with Joel Quarrington 4.00–5.00pm | Brilliant Pain-Free Bass Playing with Peter Buckoke Please note that seating for all events will be on a first come first served basis. The RCM Café will be open 10am to 4pm for refreshments. RCM Museum You are able to drop into the RCM Museum between 2 and 6pm. If the capacity has been reached you may be asked to wait until space becomes available. Last entry will be 30 minutes before closing time.
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 1.00–1.50pm | Lunchtime concert Glinka (arr. Balakirev) (1804–1857)
The Lark
6’
Agnese Contadini harp
S Assad (b1952)
Uarekena
8’
Sacha Bistany, Joe Orme, Jerome Ness, Arie Dakesian guitar quartet
Weill (arr. W Marz) (1900–1950)
Mack the Knife
4’
Yuning Sun, Haley Kwai, Tannaz Beigi Jouinani, Dian Yi harp quartet
J Lauber (1864–1952)
Bass Quartet
13’
Alexander Heather, Will Duerden, Ketan Curtis, Daniil Margulis double bass quartet
S Reich (b1936)
Electric Counterpoint
5’
Fast
Joe Orme guitar
Gossec Symphonie concertante du ballet de Mirza (arr. E Degli Esposti) (1734–1829) Ieuan Jones, Agnese Contadini, Liza Rakovska, Hei Tung Kan, Ian Lim, Diane Yi harp ensemble
15’
2.00–3.00pm | Performances Tippett (1905–1998)
The Blue Guitar
i ii
9’
Transforming Juggling
Picasso’s The Old Guitarist projected on screen Axel Krogness guitar
Tournier (1924–2016)
Sonatine for harp op 30
6’
I
Federica Campos harp
Piazzolla (arr. Assad) (1921–1992)
Invierno Porteño
7’
Arie Dakesian guitar
X Foley (b1995)
Irish Fantasy
5’
Alexander Heather double bass
Grandjany (1891–1975)
Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn op 31
Annest Davies harp
8’
Schubert (1797–1828)
Nacht Und Träume D 827
2’30”
Tabakov (1935–2018)
Motivy
4’30”
Will Duerden double bass
Lauro (1917–1986)
Suite Venezolana
Dodgson (1924–2013)
Partita no 1
3’
Danza Negra
ii
3’
Molto Vivace
Sacha Bistany guitar
Judith Weir (b1954)
What sound will chase elephants away?
5’
Will Duerden, Phoebe Clarke double bass duo
3.00–4.00pm | Performances Albéniz (1864–1909)
Suite española
7’
Sevilla
Mark Dangerfield guitar
F Rabbath (b1931)
Iberique Peninsulaire
4’
Daniil Margulis double bass
F Rabbath
Chasse à Cour’
Ketan Curtis double bass
4’
Strauss (1864–1949)
Morgen op 27 no 4
3’
Greta Roberts harp Dafydd Jones tenor
Couperin (1669–1733)
The Mysterious Barricades
4’
Seungyeon Lee guitar
De Falla (1876–1946)
Tus Ojillos Negros
4’
Tom Bennett guitar Ceferina Penny soprano
Britten
The Sally Gardens
2’30”
Britten
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
2’30”
Tom Bennett guitar Sam Hird bass-baritone
J S Bach
Prelude BWV 997
3’
Prelude BWV 997
3’
Walton (1902–1983)
Five Bagatelles for Guitar
6’
Ponce (1882–1948)
Sonata no 3
Yuting Wu guitar
J S Bach Ian Lim harp
Zoe Barnett guitar
Bagatelle no 2
i
Allegro moderato
2’
4.00–5.00pm | Performances – Harp Tournier (1924–2016)
Etude de Concert
D Watkins (b1938)
Petite Suite
4’30”
Au Matin 2’30”
Fire Dance
Claudia Membery harp
Grandjany
Children’s Hour Suite
11’
Into Mischief Little Angel Giddap Pony Playing in the Garden Parade The Sandman Yuning Sun harp
Walter-Kuhne
Fantasie on a theme from Tchaikovsky's Opera "Eugene Onegin"
10’
Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn op 31
8’
(1685–1757) Dian Yi harp
Grandjany
Tannaz Beigi Jouinani harp
Trad. Ian Lim harp
Amid Flowers Beside the River Under a Spring Moon?
6’
Glinka (arr. Balakirev)
The Lark
6’
Agnese Contadini harp
Weill (arr. W Marz)
Mack the Knife
Yuning Sun, Haley Kwai, Tannaz Beigi Jouinani, Dian Yi harp quartet
4’
Harp Events Performance Hall 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Harp Music featuring RCM Composers with Ieuan Jones Jan Pospisil (b2001)
… a caged sakura blossom…
Liza Rakovska Tannaz Beigi Jouinani *** 2.00–2.50pm | Harp Performance Class with Daphne Boden Tannaz Beigi Jouinani
Performance Studio 3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with Stephen Fitzpatrick
Guitar Events Inner Parry Room 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Guitar Music featuring RCM Composers with Gary Ryan Molly Frances Arnuk Meditation on Flight (b2003) Karl Guhl (b2002)
A Theme of a Thought
Ethan Lieber (b2002)
October Festival
Hangrui Zhang
Seeing Through
(b1989) Touko Niemi (b1997)
Horse Music
Jerome Ness Joe Orme *** 2.00–2.50pm | Guitar Performance Class with Carlos Bonell Lucian Kolar
East Parry Room 3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with John Williams
Inner Parry Room 4.00–4.50pm | Jack Hancher Recital J S Bach (1685–1750)
Violin Partita no 1 in B minor BWV 1002 arr. for guitar Sarabande /Double Bourree /Double
Rowallan/Straloch (arr. S Shibe)
Scottish Lute Manuscripts
Swit Sant Nikola The Canaries I The Canaries II A Scots Tune J Dowland (1563–1626)
Praeludium
J Dowland
Fantasia in G major P 73
Britten (1913–1976)
Nocturnal after John Dowland op 70
Musingly Very Agitated Restless Uneasy March–Like Dreaming Gently Rocking Passacaglia Slow and Quiet
Jack Hancher is an award winning classical guitarist. He completed his Master in Performance at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London in 2018 where he studied with Gary Ryan and Chris Stell and won the RCM Guitar Award 2014 while still in his second year as an undergraduate. In 2020, Jack won First Prize at both the Zagreb Guitar Festival Competition and the Plovdiv GuitArt Festival Competition. He was also awarded Second Prize at the Altamira International Guitar Competition 2021 and Fourth Prize at the Changsha International Guitar Competition 2020. In 2015, in duo with guitarist Haydn Bateman, he performed for the IGF Aspire Stage Concert at Kings Place, performing music by Rodrigo, Piazzolla and Houghton. In 2017, he was accepted onto the International Guitar Foundation (IGF) Young Artists Platform and performed at the IGF London Guitar Festival at Kings Place in October that year. In 2018, Jack made his debut at Wigmore Hall, London, performing his arrangements of Albeniz’s piano music and at the Cheltenham Contemporary Arts Festival with music by Arnold, Britten and Dowland. He has performed across Europe in venues such as the Großer Ehrbar Saal, Vienna and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Turin.
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall 5.00–5.50pm | Eden Stell Guitar Duo Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
Les Guitares Bien Tempérées
Hume (c1579–1645)
Sweet Music
C Stell (b1968)
Poems in music (after Yeghishe Charents)
Prelude and Fugue no 1 in G minor Prelude and Fugue no 4 in E major
The Earl of Salisbury’s Favourite The Earl of Sussex’ Delight
The flowers gently bend Invisible Guests Red Sonnet My Morning Star Here I stand Again
Scarlatti (arr. M Eden) Sonatas (1685–1757) Sonata in E flat major K 475
Sonata in E flat major K 474 Sonata in B flat major K 545 Eden–Stell Guitar Duo Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breath-taking virtuosity the Eden–Stell Guitar Duo have ‘breathed new life into the world of the classical guitar.’ (Rotterdam Dagblad). Likened to a ‘miraculous single guitarist blessed with an impossibly wonderful technique and an exceptionally delicate touch’ (The Observer), the Eden–Stell Guitar Duo have been invited to perform at venues and music festivals around the world; including Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, Turkey, USA, Canada, Mexico, South and Central America and Australia, plus numerous radio and TV appearances on ITV, BBC and European and North American networks. Soon after, the Duo were selected to perform for the Park Lane Group’s Young Artists’ Concert Series and won the South East Musicians’ Platform competition, giving them debut concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre where they have since become regular artists, performing at both venues for music organisations such as ‘Live Music Now!’, the Kirckman Concert Society, Classical Guitar Magazine, and the International Guitar Foundation. Mark's and Chris’ concerto engagements have included performances with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and International Philharmonic at some of Europe’s largest venues including the Beethovenhalle and Stuttgart Liederhalle, with recent international recitals for prestigious events such as Guitar Foundation of America (2009), Omni Foundation Concert Series in San Francisco (2010), Wigmore Hall London (2009), London Guitar Festival at Kings Place (2008-9), The Sage Gateshead (2008-9), Alla Grande Festival in Canada (2009) and Uppsala Kongress Hall Sweden (2010), and making their debut in the Changsha festival in China 2017. www.edenstell.com
Double Bass Events Recital Hall 12.00–12.50pm | Contemporary Double Bass Music featuring RCM Composers with Enno Senft Gwydion Powel Rhys Passacaglia (b2003) Delyth Field (b2001)
Droplet
Phoebe Clarke Will Duerden *** 2.00–2.50pm | Double Bass Performance Class with Enno Senft Ketan Curtis
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3.00–3.50pm | Ask Me Anything with Joel Quarrington
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4.00–4.50pm | Brilliant Pain–Free Bass Playing with Peter Buckoke