AN INTERNATIONALFESTIVAL OF MUSICWEST MALLING, KENT21ST-30TH SEPTEMBER 2017

Tickets available online www.musicatmalling.com

And from Was Down Swan Street, 72 Swan Street, West Malling ME19 6LU

Booking information and form can be found on pages 14 & 15.

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Welcome to the seventh Music@Malling Festival - a festival that promotes outstanding artists in historical venues. The festival runs from 21st - 30th September and celebrates an eclectic mix of great music.

The festival kicks off at The Farmhouse - Lizzie Ball and friends perform music ranging from Bach to Bluegrass.

James Pearson - Artistic Director of Ronnie Scott’s - makes a welcome return performing Bachology with his legendary trio and as soloist in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the fabulous Callum Au Big Band.

Bach also features in seven concerts including the complete Violin Partitas and Sonatas with virtuoso violinist, Thomas Bowes, and a concert given by the internationally renowned organist Kevin Bowyer at the Chapel of St. Augustine, Tonbridge School.

Classic FM Artist, Craig Ogden, performs a guitar recital in Birling and Finnish flautist, Sami Junnonen performs Bach alongside the music of our time in the spectacular setting of St.Peter and St.Paul’s, Trottiscliffe.

We commemorate the First World War with concerts at Pilsdon Barn Chapel and The Control Tower, Kings Hill with works written during the conflict.

The outstanding cellist Richard Harwood performs the cello suites of Max Reger at Malling Abbey. These rarely heard works are a fascinating, modern take on Bach.

Richard Harwood is the soloist in Elgar’s Cello Concerto in a concert alongside works by Vaughan Williams including The Lark Ascending. Chamber Domaine perform side-by-side with musicians from across Kent.

The music of contemporary composers Alexander Goehr and Paul Patterson are programmed across the festival.

Hundreds of primary school children will be involved in a project based around Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. The concerts are the culmination of a groundbreaking education project engaging young people with creativity and performance. The concert includes a performance of Paul Patterson’s Little Red Riding Hood.

All Saints’ Church, Tudeley, with its Marc Chagall windows, will be the spectacular setting for a performance of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. James Pearson opens the concert with an improvisation and Chamber Domaine, with composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson, perform this iconic work which was written in a concentration camp.

Music@Malling are very grateful for the help of a wide range of national, regional and local supporters. The festival promises to be a memorable series of events!

Thomas Kemp - Artistic DirectorAlan Gibbins - Chairman

Classical Kicks!

8pm Classical Kicks at The Farmhouse, West Malling, ME19 6NA

Lizzie Ball - violin/vocalsMorgan Szymanksi - guitarGabriella Swallow - cello

To “Kick” off this year’s Music at Malling Festival, Lizzie is delighted to present a boutique version of the successful Classical Kicks series at Ronnie Scott’s famous jazz club in Soho in London, featuring two world class colleagues. Together they will present a programme that ranges from Bach to Bluegrass for you to enjoy with your glass of wine.

Tickets: £20 (includes prosecco and canapés)

Thursday 21st September

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Friday 22nd September

Reger - Forgotten Master

1pm Malling Abbey, West Malling, ME19 6JX

Richard Harwood - Cello

Reger - Cello Suite No.1 in GReger - Cello Suite No.2 in DReger - Cello Suite No.3 in A The complete cello suites of Max Reger performed by international cello soloist, Richard Harwood

Tickets: £10

Launch

6pm Launch - Went House, Swan Street, ME19 6LW

Tickets: Open to Season Ticket Holders and invited guests

Saturday 23rd September

Bach Pilgrimage II

3pm St.Peter and St.Paul’s Church, Trottiscliffe, ME19 5EE

Bach - Partita in A Minor, BWV.1013Debussy - SyrinxBerio - Sequenza ISciarrino - Song of ThanksgivingBach arr Sciarrino - Toccata and Fugue in D for Solo Flute

Finnish flute soloist Sami Junnonen performs a concert of old and new.

Tickets: £10

Bach Pilgrimage I

11am All Saints’ Church, Birling, ME19 5JF

Bach - Lute Suite No.3 in G Minor, BWV.995Dowland - Lachrimae PavaneBritten - Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op.70Albeniz - Asturias, Sevilla

World renowned guitarist and Classic FM artist, Craig Ogden, performs works by Bach, Dowland, Britten and Albeniz.

Tickets: £10

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Hall of Fame Favourites

7.00pm St.Mary’s Church, West Malling, ME19 6NE

Chamber Domaine Richard Harwood - CelloTom Pigott-Smith - ViolinThomas Kemp - Conductor

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas TallisGoehr - Broken LuteVaughan Williams - The Lark AscendingElgar - Cello Concerto in E, Op.85 Chamber Domaine perform works by Vaughan Williams, Elgar and Alexander Goehr including the Nation’s favourite classics The Elgar Cello Concerto and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. This concert features professional musicians playing side-by-side with young musicians from across Kent and their teachers.

Tickets: £15

Sunday 24th September

Monday 25th September

Go Compose!

10am - 5pm St.Benedict’s Centre, West Malling Abbey, ME19 6JX

A chance for budding composers from across Kent to compose a piece mentored by leading composer, Simon Speare, and members of Chamber Domaine. Ten young musicians will write a piece in a day which will be performed and recorded in the wonderful setting of The Pilgrim Chapel at 4pm. This event is run in conjunction with Sound and Music - the National hub for new music.

Tickets: FREE EVENT

Bach Pilgrimage III

1pm Malling Abbey, West Malling, ME19 6JX

Steven Devine, Harpsichord, and Kate Semmens, Soprano, perform music from Anna Magdalena Bach’s notebooks.

Tickets: £10

Saturday 23rd September

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Tuesday 26th September Wednesday 27th September

Little Red Riding Hood I

11am St.Mary’s Church, West Malling, ME19 6NE

Chamber DomaineThomas Kemp - ConductorMatthew Sharp - Narrator

Come and hear new works performed by local schools: the result of a series of workshops inspired by Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. The concert culminates with a performance of Paul Patterson’s Little Red Riding Hood.

Tickets: £5

Bach Pilgrimage IV1pm Malling Abbey, West Malling, ME19 6JX

Thomas Bowes - Violin

Bach - Sonata No.1 in G Minor, BWV.1001 Bach - Sonata No.3 in C Major, BWV.1005

Three concerts explore the complete solo Partitas and Sonatas of JS Bach.

Tickets: £10

Little Red Riding Hood II2pm St.Mary’s Church, West Malling, ME19 6NE

Tickets: £5

Bach Pilgrimage V1pm Malling Abbey, West Malling, ME19 6JX

Thomas Bowes - Violin

Bach - Partita No.2 in B Minor, BWV.1002 Bach - Sonata No.2 in A Minor, BWV.1003

The second concert that explores the wonderful Bach Partitas and Sonatas with leading British violinist, Thomas Bowes.

Tickets: £10

Little Red Riding Hood III

10am The Discovery School, King’s Hill, ME19 4GJ

Chamber DomaineThomas Kemp - ConductorMatthew Sharp - Narrator

Come and hear new works performed by local schools: the result of a series of workshops inspired by Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. The concert culminates with a performance of Paul Patterson’s Little Red Riding Hood.

Tickets: £5

Little Red Riding Hood IV2pm The Discovery School, King’s Hill, ME19 4GJ

Tickets: £5

Friday 29th September

L’Ascension

1.30pm Chapel of St. Augustine, Tonbridge School, TN9 1JP

Kevin Bowyer - Organ

Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV.582Alexander Goehr - Chaconne, Op.34a Olivier Messiaen - L’Ascension

Kevin Bowyer performs on the spectacular organ of Tonbridge School including works by Olivier Messiaen and his pupil Alexander Goehr who plans to attend the recital.

Tickets: £10

Quartet for the End of Time

7pm All Saints’ Church, Tudeley, TN11 0NZ

Mark Simpson - ClarinetThomas Kemp - ViolinAdrian Bradbury - CelloSophia Rahman - Piano

Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time was written and premiered in a concentration camp. This performance is in the atmospheric surroundings of All Saints’ Church, Tudeley with its Marc Chagall windows commissioned by the D’Avigdor-Goldsmid family as a memorial to their daughter who died in a sailing accident. James Pearson opens the concert with an improvisation inspired by these special surroundings.

Tickets: £10

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Thursday 28th September

Bach Pilgrimage VI

1pm Malling Abbey, West Malling, ME19 6JX

Thomas Bowes - Violin

Bach - Partita No.3 in E Major, BWV.1006 Bach - Partita No.2 in D Minor, BWV.1004

The final concert of the Bach Pilgrimage series completes a journey through some of the most outstanding instrumental music ever written.

Tickets: £10

Bachology

7pm St.Mary’s Church, West Malling, ME19 6NE

James Pearson Trio

James Pearson and his legendary trio perform jazz inspired by Bach’s Two-Part Inventions. A highly entertaining evening with one of the great jazz musicians of our time.

Tickets: £20

Saturday 30th September

Gypsy Fire!

8.30pm The Poacher and Partridge, Tudeley, TN11 0PH

Lizzie Ball - ViolinMorgan Szymanski - Guitar Milos Milivojevic - Accordion Una Palliser - Violin, Viola and Vocals

Lizzie Ball is delighted to present special guests Milos, Morgan and Una for a glorious romp through music of Eastern Europe, Slovenia, the Balkans, and beyond. Music includes works by Bartok and Brahms.

Tickets: £15 (includes prosecco and nibbles)

1914 - 1918

11am Pilsdon Chapel Barn, West Malling, ME19 6HH

Chamber DomaineThomas Kemp - ViolinAdrian Bradbury - CelloSophia Rahman - Piano

Bridge - Cello Sonata in D Minor H.125Stravinsky - Valse pour les enfantsNielsen - Chaccone, Op.32Gershwin - Rialto RagIreland - Piano Trio No.2

Chamber Domaine perform works, written in 1917, in the atmospheric surroundings of Pilsdon Chapel Barn.

Tickets: £10

1914 - 1918

2pm The Control Tower, Kings Hill, ME19 4RG

Chamber DomaineThomas Kemp - ViolinAdrian Bradbury - Cello

Kodály - Cello Sonata Op.8Kodály - Duo for Violin and Cello Op.7

Chamber Domaine perform two works written during the First World War by the Hungarian composer, Zoltán Kodály.

Tickets: £10

Rhapsody in Blue

7pm St.Mary’s Church, West Malling, ME19 6NE

Callum Au Big Band

James Pearson - Piano

The outstanding Callum Au Big Band return to Music@Malling with an evening of music by George Gershwin - including Rhapsody in Blue with James Pearson.

Tickets: £20

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Booking information

All evening concert tickets include a glass of wine.

Tickets can be booked online at www.musicatmalling.com and paid for via PayPal and by e-mail: tickets@musicatmalling.com.

Concertgoers may purchase a season ticket to cover all events for £80 except Classical Kicks!

Season tickets come with an invitation to the launch party at Went House, West Malling on Friday, 22nd September at 6pm.

They are valid for all events except Classical Kicks! at The Farmhouse, West Malling and The Poacher and Partridge at Tudeley.

Cheques should be made payable to MusicatMalling and sent with the booking form to: Peter Rutland, 2, Diana Walk, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4EN. Tickets can be collected at the door or please send an SAE for tickets to be posted to you before the concert.

All under 21 can attend for free except for Classical Kicks!

Tickets and programmes can also be purchased from: Was Down Swan Street, 72 High Street, West Malling, ME19 6LU.

Event No. Ticket Price TotalThursday 21st September

Classical Kicks! £20

Friday 22nd September Reger - Forgotten Master £10

Friday 22nd September Launch

Season ticket holder or by invitation

Saturday 23rd September Bach Pilgrimage I – Birling £10

Saturday 23rd September Bach Pilgrimage II – Trottiscliffe £10

Saturday 23rd September Hall of Fame Favourites £15

Sunday 24th September Go Compose! FREE

Monday 25th September Bach Pilgrimage III £10

Tuesday 26th September Little Red Riding Hood I £5

Tuesday 26th September Bach Pilgrimage IV £10

Tuesday 26th September Little Red Riding Hood II £5

Wednesday 27th September Little Red Riding Hood III £5

Wednesday 27th September Bach Pilgrimage V £10

Wednesday 27th September Little Red Riding Hood IV £5

Thursday 28th September Bach Pilgrimage VI £10

Thursday 28th September Bachology – James Pearson £20

Friday 29th September L’Ascension £10

Friday 29th September Quartet for the End of Time £10

Friday 29th September Gypsy Fire! £15

Saturday 30th September 1914-1918 – at Pilsdon Barn Chapel £10

Saturday 30th September 1914-1918 – Kings Hill Control Tower £10

Saturday 30th September Rhapsody in Blue £20

Season Ticket to all Events £80

TOTAL

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