leicester international music festival 2015

Leicester International Music Festival Classical Chamber Music at its finestThursday 17 - Saturday 19 September 2015at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Artistic Director: Nicholas Daniel

and the French Connection

www.musicfestival.co.uk

Access at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

• automatic doors

• external and internal ramps

• disabled toilets on ground floor

• induction loop

• guide dogs welcome (please specify when booking)

• large print programmes available on the day of the concert

• wheelchair spaces available: can be reserved with a complimentary seat for a carer (please specify when booking)

• disabled parking

Design by mooli 01509 240040Leicester International Music Festival is aRegistered Charity Number 702670 Company registered in England: No. 02380796

NB Note: For all these events, artists, repertoire,times and venues may be subject to change

EnquiriesVisit our website www.musicfestival.co.ukor email [email protected]

AccommodationThe Belmont Hotel, a short walk from the mainFestival venue, is offering a special deal for theduration of the Festival. Ring 0116 254 4773 tobook, quoting Leicester International Music Festival.

New Walk Museum CaféOpen daily 10am - 4pm.Evening opening from 6pm until 7.15pm fromThursday17th to Saturday 19th September.

Evening ConcertsAll evening concerts last approximately 2 hours.Lunctime concerts and the Coffee Concert lastapproximately 1 hour.

Young Persons’ Free TicketsWith the support of the CAVATINA Chamber MusicTrust, the Festival is able to offer a limited number offree tickets to young people aged between 8 and 25inclusive for all concerts. Tickets should be booked inthe normal way and holders of free tickets will alsoneed to sign in at the special CAVATINA desk at theconcert. This offer will be very popular, so please besure to book early!

Friends of the FestivalFriends of the Festival receive 20% discount on ALL Festival tickets. Annual subscription £30 (double)£20 (single). Pick up a leaflet at New Walk Museumor apply online atwww.musicfestival.co.uk/jointhefriends

Reception for friends and sponsors A private Reception for Festival Friends andSponsors will be held after the SaturdayEvening Concert. If you would like to join us,join the Friends and help to keep ClassicalChamber Music alive in Leicester.

Festival Booking InformationTickets for all events at New Walk Museum & ArtGallery 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.

TicketsEvening concerts: £20Lunchtime Concerts and Coffee Concert: £10

Special offersBuy tickets for all 6 concerts: £80Buy tickets for all 3 evening concerts: £55Buy tickets for both the Lunchtime Concerts and the Coffee Concert: £27

Tickets for Phoenix film event can be booked: by phone 0116 242 2800www.phoenix.org.ukPhoenix Square, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE11TG

Audience2014 family concertArtistic Director,

Nicholas Daniel writes

I've long wanted to programme a Festival around indisputably one ofthe greatest examples of human achievement, Ludwig van Beethoven.Our 2015 Festival has a major survey of the huge variety and colour inhis Chamber Music in only 3 days and in 6 concerts.

I have placed him alongside great Romantic masterpieces byFrench/Belgian composers who would have been the first toacknowledge their debt to him. In many ways the huge waves ofRomantic release found in the French works are a direct result of theexplosive genius in Beethoven, which he always balanced with greatClassical sensibility; they took all the restraints off that Beethovenmaintained and the contrast is fascinating and satisfying.

The concerts will be performed by a dream team of master performers,including 3 great pianists, brought together by us and working for aweek in Leicester and playing all the concerts for a deeply attentiveaudience in the exquisite Victorian Art Gallery at Leicester’s New WalkMuseum, a venue and an event that we all treasure.

Nicholas DanielArtistic 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, NewWalk is unique in English urban planning. The Museum wasoriginally built as a school but later in 1849 converted into amuseum. Nicholas Pevsner described the entrance as a ‘dignified,somewhat heavy four-column portico of giant Tuscan columns’. The centrepiece of the Museum’s possessions is a significantcollection of Victorian Art housed in the splendid newly refurbishedmain gallery. New Walk Museum also has an important collectionof German Expressionist paintings and a unique display of Picassoceramics gifted to the Museum by the late Lord Attenborough.

The Victorian Art Gallery’s excellent acoustic and wonderfulSteinway Grand Piano has, over many years, hosted some of theUK’s finest classical chamber musicians. An annual season ofLunchtime Concerts has just completed 72 years and the morerecent Leicester International Music Festival is now in its 27th year.The Festival attracts musicians from all over Europe and is now oneof the UK’s leading festivals of classical chamber music.

The Festival’s Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel, is one of the mostsought-after virtuoso oboists in the world. He received the UK’shighest award for music, the Queens Medal for Music, in January2012.

BBC Music Magazine has repeatedly hailed the Festival as

“one of the 20 ‘unmissable’ events in September”.

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Art & Music The Festival has always liked to forge links with other art formsand, now we are back in the gloriously refurbished Art Galleryat New Walk Museum, we have the opportunity to get to knowsome of Leicester Arts & Museum Service’s splendid collectionof Victorian art.

On the Thursday and Friday evenings of the Festival there willbe pre-pre-concert talks from 6pm to 6.20 pm by Simon Lake,Curator of Fine Art, to introduce the concert audience to someof the art work that surrounds them. Simon will walk us aroundthe gallery and discuss works by selected artists, includingDegas and Leighton.

Thursday 17th SeptemberThe depiction of the classical hero in contrast to the troubledcreative soul.

Friday 18th SeptemberNature wild and tamed; harnessing the changing moods ofnature through art.

These free events are open to all concert-goers and there is no need to book.

James Turnbulloboe

Marina Chicheviolin

Giovanni Guzzoviolin

Philip Dukesviola

Nicholas Danieloboe

Lynda Houghtondouble bass

Guy Johnstoncello

Book online (24hr) www.musicfestival.co.uk or by phone (11am-4pm) 0116 225 4920

Event 1 Thursday 17th September 1pm - 2pmNew Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Lunchtime Concert

Beethoven: Variations on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus for Cello and Piano (1796) WoO45 12’Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.1 in D Op.12 20’Milhaud: La Création du Monde arr. for Piano Quintet 20’

Tickets: £10 / Young Persons 8 to 25 FREE

Event 2 Thursday 17th September 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)New Walk Museum & Art Gallery6.00pm - 6.20pm Art Talk FREE6.45pm - 7.15pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE

Evening ConcertBeethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23 22’Beethoven: Variations on La Ci Darem for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais WoO28 10’Beethoven: String Trio No.2 in D major Op.9 No.2 21’INTERVAL

César Franck: Piano Quintet 40’


Pre Festival EventMonday 14th September 6.30pm

Festival FilmIn Search of Beethoven A film by Phil Grabsky“One of the finest movies about a musicianI’ve ever seen” ObserverSuperb... an ideal introduction to the manand his music” Telegraph

www.phoenix.org.ukBox Office: 0116 242 2800. Phoenix Square, 4 Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG

See inside cover for booking information.

Thursday 17th September

Monday 14th September

and the French Connection

Jennifer Brittlebankcor anglais

Chen Haleviclarinet

Martin Owenhorn

Amy Harmanbassoon

Katya Apekishevapiano

Charles Owenpiano

Tom Posterpiano

Book online (24hr) www.musicfestival.co.uk or by phone (11am-4pm) 0116 225 4920

Friday 18th September Saturday 19th September

Event 5 Saturday 19th September 11am - 12noon

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Coffee Concert Beethoven: Horn Sonata Op.17 15’Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintet Op.16 25’Fauré: Clarinet Trio Op.120 25’

Coffee and homemade cakes will be available forpurchase from the Museum café.


Event 6 Saturday 19th September 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)

New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE

Festival Finale Loeffleur: 2 Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano 22’Beethoven: Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano Op.11 21’Beethoven: Violin Sonata in G major Op.30 No.3 19’INTERVAL

Beethoven: Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass Op.20 42’


Post-Concert Reception for Friends and Sponsors

Event 3 Friday 18th September 1pm - 2pmNew Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Lunchtime Concert Beethoven: Trio for 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais Op.87 12’Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor Op.5 No.2 20’Franck: Violin Sonata 30’


Event 4 Friday 18th September 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (approx)New Walk Museum & Art Gallery6.00pm - 6.20pm Art Talk FREE6.45pm - 7.15pm Pre-Concert Talk FREE

Evening Concert Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major Op.12 No.2 16’Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in Bb Op.36 22’Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C major Op.102 No.1 16’INTERVAL

A Fauré Soirée:Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Piano Op.16 3’ 30”Fauré: Romance for Violin and Piano Op.28 5’ 30”Fauré: Pièce for Oboe and Piano 3’ 30”Fauré: Après un Rêve Viola and Piano 4’Fauré: Romance for Cello and Piano Op.69 3’ 30”Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1 30’


Things to do in Leicester King Richard III ExperienceIn August 1485 King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth,and buried by the Grey Friars, a Franciscan Holy order, in their friarychurch. In August 2012, Leicester City Council, the University ofLeicester, and the Richard III Society began a search underneath acar park in Leicester, to find King Richard III’s remains and the GreyFriars Church. Five months after the dig began, the University ofLeicester confirmed a skeleton unearthed by archaeologists was infact Richard III. Fast forward to the 26th March 2015 and the Kinghas been reinterred at Leicester Cathedral just 100 steps from theKing Richard III Visitor Centre and his original resting place. www.kriii.com

Jewry Wall You can discover the archaeology of Leicester’s past and find outabout the people of Leicester from prehistoric times to the medievalperiod. Complementing our Roman archaeology collections, thereare fascinating artefacts from other eras. From ancient stone toolsto striking medieval decorated tiles from Leicester Abbey, there'ssomething to interest the whole family.www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums-and-galleries/our-venues/jewry-wall-museum

National Space CentreThe National Space Centre, located just two miles from LeicesterCity Centre, is an all-weather attraction, sure to keep the wholefamily entertained. The Space Centre has plenty to offer, from theiconic Rocket Tower, to the UK’s largest domed planetarium. Thesemust-see attractions are accompanied by six further inspiringgalleries to discover. Crammed full of space suits, rockets, satellites,meteorites and everything you would expect of a world classattraction, these galleries will make sure you have a full day ofbreathtaking discovery and interactive fun.www.spacecentre.co.uk

Leicester MarketLeicester Market is situated in the heart of the city centre and isopen for six days a week, Monday to Saturday, every week of theyear. The largest and finest market of its type in Europe, we have atradition for quality and service stretching back seven hundredyears. Next to the Outdoor Market there is also an Indoor Marketwhich 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

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Principal SponsorsLeicester City Council

Personal Sponsors Louise Smith, Neil RobertsFriends of the Leicester International Music Festival

Supporting Trusts and Foundations CAVATINA Chamber Music TrustThe Alan and Jean Gayton Charitable TrustT.S. Shipman Trust, The Helen Jean Cope CharityFriends of Leicester and Leicestershire Museums

Corporate Sponsors Clements Limited, Tarratt, The Friends of New Walk,Glynis Wright & Co

Sponsors-in-kind Glebe Garden Centre (Countesthorpe) Limited, The Belmont Hotel, Rowleys Partnership Ltd

and, not least, all the staff at the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery

Festival Board Members: Peter Baker (Chair), Angela Finch, Chris Jones, Gary Lee, Dr Lutz Luithlen, Chris Marshall, Alysoun Morgan, Kevin Rush, Keith Stubbs ,Catherine Watt, Alec Templeman (Company Secretary)

Patrons: Thea Musgrave CBE, James MacMillan CBEPaul McCreesh, Lars Tharp

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at New Walk Museum & Art GalleryLunchtime Concerts 2015/16

For further information see www.musicfestival.co.uk Box Office opens 1st June 2015

Friends and mailing list members receive priority booking

Thursday 1 October 2015 1-2pmRachel Podger baroque violinBach: Partita in G minor BWV 1013 (arranged from Flute Partita in A minor) Tartini: Giuseppe: Sonata in B minor, No.13, B:h1Biber: Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin from theMystery Sonatas "The Guardian Angel" Bach: Partita for solo violin No.2 D minor

Thursday 15 October 2015 1-2pm

Escher String Quartet Mendelssohn: Quartet No.4 in E minor Op. 44, No.2Brahms: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op.51, No.2

Thursday 29 October 2015 1-2pm

Leonore Piano TrioLalo: Piano Trio Op. 26 No.3Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, Op.1 No.1

Thursday 12 November 2015 1-2pm

Michael Collins clarinetMichael McHale pianoBurgmüller: Duo in E flat für Klarinette und Klavier Op.15 Debussy: Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No.1Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata

Thursday 26 November 2015 1-2pm

Natalie Clein celloBach Suites: No.2 in D minorNo.6 in D major

Thursday 10 December 2015 1-2pm

Fauré Piano Quartet Mozart: Klavierquartett g-Moll KV 478Strauss: Piano Quartet Op.13

Thursday 7 January 2016 1-2pm

Philip Dukes violaAnna Tilbrook pianoSchumann: Adagio and AllegroBritten: LachrymaeBrahms: Sonata in E flat, Op.120 No.2

Thursday 21 January 2016 1-2pm

Vienna-Mozart TrioMozart: Divertimento à 3 in B flat major (piano trio no.1), KV 254, comp. 1776F. Mendelssohn: Piano trio no.1 in D minor, Op. 49

Thursday 4 February 2016 1-2pm

Allegri String QuartetSchubert: "Quartettsatz” D703Roth: String Quartet No.3 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat Op.67

Thursday 18 February 2016 1-2pm

Aronowitz Ensemble:Magnus Johnston violinTom Hankey violaGuy Johnston celloTom Poster piano

Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante for piano quartet, D. 487 Fauré: Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor, Op. 45

Thursday 3 March 2016 1-2pm

Noam Greenberg pianoBach: Partita No.1 B flat Major Brahms: Two Rhapsodies Op.79 Bartok: Out of Doors Suite Chopin: Ballade No.4 F minor

Thursday 17 March 2016 1-2pm

Dame Emma Kirkby sopranoJacob Lindberg luteCreation, Metamorphosis, Heroines, Lyric poets, Venus and Cupid

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