WeLcOme ... to the third Southwold Concert Series Over the summer I’ve heard from many people that they enjoy the intimate, relaxed atmosphere of our concerts. The performers often say the same, commenting on their warm welcome and the opportunity to chat to the audience in the interval, with discussions often continuing over drinks afterwards! Yet this informal approach never compromises our high musical standards. We have strived to provide a programme at once varied, fresh and appealing, with an emphasis on the creative rather than the tried and tested, and presenting emerging as well as established artists. We are really proud that the concert series is now a firm part of the local calendar as support continues to increase from across the community. In particular, our Patrons, Southwold design and advertising agency, Spring, are key to the series’ stability, and our debt of thanks to them, as ever, is huge. You will notice we have introduced mid-week concerts, as well as some matinees to avoid the harshest winter evenings. We hope these changes will appeal to you, and we look forward to welcoming you to our events this season. Please continue to send in your feedback, and let us know what sort of music you would like to hear in Southwold. With your support we can do pretty much anything we want.
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Nathan Williamson, Artistic Director, August 2011
town is “inThis Nathan’s soul, and ours...” Erika Clegg, Spring
SprinG As the concert series enters its third full season, I am prouder than ever of Spring’s connection to this wonderful musical asset for Southwold. This year we are celebrating its success - 20 concerts in, with regular audiences of well over 100 people and a growing reputation across East Anglia - with a little revamp. Our new design celebrates Southwold and music in a colourful way and I’d be delighted to hear your thoughts! The first time I met Nathan, shortly into Spring’s life in 2006, he came to visit us as a client. It reinforced for me the surprising logic of setting up an ambitious creative agency in Southwold. Like Spring, Nathan works across the world - but this town is in his soul, and ours. So it made sense to work together to create this wonderful set of musical events. As I sat in a concert earlier in 2011, I considered what one gets from really good music somewhere as beautiful as St Edmund’s Church. Happiness, certainly; an education, even - but as night fell, and the quality of light changed, in the company of relaxed people enjoying the music performed for us that evening, the over riding sense I had was of contentment. It’s a hard thing to find in these turbulent times, and so we are delighted to invite the Southwold Concert Series’ audiences to ‘Discover Musical Contentment in Southwold’. I wish you all the best for a wonderful season 3. Erika Clegg, Managing Director
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must “beWord getting
around about how good these concerts really are...” David Bunkell, East Anglian Daily Times
SOUTHWOLD Southwold has long been a popular haunt for creative types: its huge sky, wild North Sea, pretty streets and ebullient character, not to mention its justifiably famous beer, are all great for stirring the creative juices. Not just for visitors, the town also has many permanent residents and companies who make a living from creative pursuits including art, architecture, graphic design, music and writing. In fact, this wonderful place has always managed to strike a good balance between leisure visitors and the working population, and is not one of these poor bedraggled seaside resorts which is empty on cold February afternoons and littered with abandoned Kiss Me Quick hats and KFC wrappers in the summer. The market town - proud of its Charter and its Town Council, and very much a town not a village - has a real and lively population, and so many layers of character that everyone’s experience of Southwold is different. It is a delight to bring music of the standard that will be exhibited at each of this season’s performances to the town. In fact, the concert series has now been dubbed ‘Wigmore Hall on Sea’ by its organisers; a tonguein-cheek reference to the various boroughs of London to which the national press bind this happily independent little town. The Concert Series is a consistent source of high quality music from some of the world’s most exciting emerging performers. Maybe before long the Wigmore Hall will return the compliment!
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new day
Tom Ellis
Laura Snowden
The Rhodes Piano Trio
Saturday September 24th 2011, 7:30pm Classical guitars - Tom Ellis and Laura Snowden
Thursday October 20th, 2011, 7:30pm The Rhodes Piano Trio
Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676-1754) Sonata in A major
Franz Joseph Haydn Trio in E minor, Hob.XV:15
Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) Nocturne, op. 143 no.2
Robert Schumann Trio in F major, op.80
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) Five Etudes
Antonin Dvorák Trio in F minor, op.65 (1883)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Nocturnal Colin Downs (b.1949) Letras de Humo Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Five pieces from Mikrokosmos Tom Ellis and Laura Snowden were the first guitarists to attend the Yehudi Menuhin School in a bursary scheme funded by the Rolling Stones. Their teacher was Richard Wright, with whom they are now studying at the Royal College of Music. They have performed as a duo at Kings Place, the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room and the Chacombe and Deal Festivals, and in 2008 at the National Youth Guitar Ensemble’s annual concert at London’s Bolivar Hall. They present a wonderfully varied programme of works for classical guitar from the Baroque and Romantic periods as well as some gems from the 20th century.
The Rhodes Piano Trio recently returned from Australia where they were awarded Second Prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. The group was formed in 2003 at the Royal Northern College of Music under the guidance of the late Dr. Christopher Rowland and last year were hosen for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust. This season’s engagements include recitals at the Purcell Room, Bridgewater Hall, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, and Wigmore Hall.
‘…a performance of suave brilliance by the Rhodes Trio, a fine ensemble, of whom one needs to hear more.’ The Guardian
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
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new TIME
Olivia Castle
Elinor Jane Moran Richard Knight
Nathan Williamson
The Sacconi Quartet
Saturday December 3rd 2011, 7.30pm Christmas Extravaganza
Saturday February 18th 2012, 3.00pm The Sacconi Quartet - Nathan Williamson, piano
Elinor Jane Moran soprano
Franz Joseph Haydn Quartet in G major, op.77 no.1
Richard Knight tenor
Béla Bartók String Quartet no.3 (1927)
Olivia Castle soprano
Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84
Nathan Williamson piano Southwold Concert Series provides the musical entertainment for the Christmas Lights ‘Switch-On’ weekend, with a welcome return for special guests Elinor Moran and Richard Knight, who have both frequented the stages of London’s West End and classical opera scene in the past few months. They are joined by young local soprano Olivia Castle, a BBC chorister of the year finalist, in a programme sure to warm up the festive mood!
The brilliant Sacconi Quartet, one of the UK’s finest young chamber ensembles, makes a welcome return to Southwold. Since their formation in 2001 they have become recognized for their performances of style and commitment and consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach. They perform a highly contrasting programme of quartets by Haydn and Bartok, as well as Elgar’s epic Piano Quintet, on which they collaborate with the series’ Artistic Director, Nathan Williamson.
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
‘A quartet of genuine substance.’ The Daily Telegraph ‘Great power and sweetness…intimate closeness.’ The Spectator
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
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Nathan Williamson
Charles Watt
Saturday April 7th 2012, 7:30pm Nathan Williamson, piano
Saturday May 12th 2012, 7:30pm Charles Watt, cello & Thomas Beijer, piano
Liszt Variations on a theme by Bach (Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen)
Janácek Pohádka (A Fairy Tale)
Mozart Fantasy and Fugue in C major, K.394
Brahms Sonata in F major, op.99
Harrison Birtwistle Harrison’s Clocks (excerpts)
Nathan Williamson Sonata (2011)
Liszt Four Transcendental Etudes: Eroica, Wilde Jagd, Harmonies du Soir, Chasse-Neige
Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor, op.19
Beethoven Sonata in A flat, op.110
Two outstanding prize-winning artists from Holland, Charles Watt and Thomas Beijer have recently performed at venues across Europe, Scandanavia, and North America. The duo’s desire to develop new contemporary repertoire for cello has lead to a major new commission from Nathan Williamson, included here on its premiere tour alongside the romantic favourites by Brahms and Rachmaninov and the lyrical sounds of Janácek’s story-telling in music.
One of the UK’s most versatile and individual young artists, Nathan Williamson has a reputation for bold programming and dramatic performances. This recital juxtaposes works of great compositional and pianistic virtuosity, from Liszt’s wild, animal instincts, Mozart in improvisatory mood, the modernistic challenges of Birtwistle, and the heroism and peace of late Beethoven.
‘Superbly musical and technically masterly.’ Bryce Morrison ‘An effective twin of technical display and interpretative insight.’
Thomas Beijer
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
Classical Source.
Tickets - £12.00 (including interval refreshments)
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PAtrons The Patron of the concert series is Spring, which also donates design, marketing and box office. 4 Church Street, Southwold IP18 6JG 01502 726 161 www.springadvertising.co.uk Thanks to Adnams for their generous support and our interval refreshments. www.adnams.co.uk 01502 723 761
SPONSORS We are indebted to businesses in the town which support the concert series. If you are interested in joining them please call Lucy on 01502 726 161.
Friends of the Southwold Concert Series Join the Friends of the Southwold Concert Series for just £5 per annum and help to secure world-class performances in Southwold for years to come! Although numbers at our concerts are healthy and steadily growing, the cost of bringing world-class performers to Southwold is only partly offset by income from ticket sales. Donations from our friends and sponsors are an essential part of our budget. By joining the Friends, you will receive our annual concert brochure by post, and quarterly updates and news from the Artistic Director. But most importantly you will be contributing towards the whole community by enabling us to continue staging these wonderful concerts in Southwold. Please fill in your contact details on the form below and return it to Spring with your donation. Thank you for your support!
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