TheBowermanCharitableTrust

AUTUMNPROGRAMME2019

CONCERTS

IMSPrussiaCoveThursday3rdOctober

AConcertCelebrating20yearsofChampsHillMusicRoomSaturday12thOctober

LeonMcCawleyFriday18thOctober

RoderickWilliams&IainBurnsideWednesday30thOctober

GouldPianoTrioFriday8thNovember

PierreDoumenge&YuliaChaplinaCoffeeConcert-Wednesday13thNovember

StudentsfromtheYehudiMenuhinSchoolFriday22ndNovember

SepturaBrassFriday13thDecember

EVENTS

ArtOpenMorningTuesday8thOctober

CharityEvent–VocalFusion&CitiUKChoirSaturday30thNovember

Tobookticketspleasevisitwww.thebct.org.uk/concertsandevents

CONCERTS

IMSPrussiaCoveSachaRattle-ClarinetIrèneDuvalandWilliamHagen-ViolinWilliamColemanandClareFinnimore–ViolaZlatomirFung–CelloShaiWosner–PianoThursday3rdOctoberEvery year, following Open ChamberMusic, a group ofmusicians specially invited by IMS’s ArtisticDirectorStevenIsserlis,takepartinanationaltour,bringingtheworkdoneatIMStoawideraudience.ThemusicianstakingparteachyearhaveeitherhadalongassociationwithIMSPrussiaCove,orhavecome through theMasterclassesmore recently, bringing together an ensemble of young andmoreexperiencedmusicians. Theprogrammewill includeSchumann’s Fairy TalesOp. 132,Fauré’s PianoQuintet No. 2 Op. 115, Kurtág’s Hommage to Robert Schumann, Op. 15d, andMozart’s ClarinetQuintet.6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

AConcertCelebrating20YearsofChampsHillMusicRoomSaturday12thOctober Following thesuccesscelebrating the first10yearsof theMusicRoom in2009,wehavedecided tonowcelebratethelast10years–2009-2019,inasimilarway,byinvitingmusicianswhohavebeenpartof this “music making”. We are delighted to be welcoming Benjamin Frith (piano), with ZaraBenyounes and FenellaHumphreys (violins), TimRidout (viola), and Jamal Aliyev (cello), to performBrahmsPianoQuintet.James Turnbull (oboe), Sophie Rosa (violin), Ivana Gavric (piano) and Jun Lin Wu (piano) will beperformingmusicof theirownchoice (RichardRodneyBennett,Grieg,ElgarandKapustin),with the‘grandfinale’toincludeeachofthemusiciansinafunpiececomposedbythehighlysoughtafter,andwellrecognisedCherylFrances-Hoad.6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine&Canapés7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

LeonMcCawley-PianoFriday18thOctoberLeonMcCawley contrasts and interweaves early and lateworks of great keyboard composers. TheprogrammealsoincludesthefirstpianoworkoftheVienneseemigrécomposerHansGál(1890-1987)whosecompletepianomusicMcCawleyhaschampionedandrecorded.The programmewill includeHaydn’s Sonata in Gmajor Hob. XVI/40, Schubert’s Sonata in CminorD958, Schumann’s ‘Abegg’ Variations Op. 1, Hans Gál’s Three Sketches, Op. 7 (1910), Brahms’s 4KlavierstückeOp.119andChopin’sPolonaise-FantasieOp.61.

6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

RoderickWilliams&IainBurnsideRoderickWilliams-BaritoneIainBurnside-PianoAVoyageAroundHardyWednesday30thOctober

Roderick Williams writes:- most singers and pianists who specialise in art song would have littledifficulty inagreeingthatFranzSchubert is theapotheosisofLiederwriting;hissongsmanagetobemoving, profound, intellectually rigorous and, above all, disarmingly humble, all at the sametime.GreatBritainoverthecenturieshasalsoproducedsomeheavyweightsintheworldofartsongandyet thesuspicion lingers that this country’s composers somehowdon’tmatchup to the ‘goldenstandard’.It hasoften struckme that the combinationof ThomasHardy’s extraordinary anddistinctivepoetrywithGeraldFinzi’spowerfulempatheticmusiccanholditsownagainstanyothermusicinthisgenre.Iwanted to construct a programme that would showcase some of Finzi’s masterpieces alongside asympatheticchoiceofSchubert’ssongs;arhapsodic,freeassociationofpoeticthoughtsandimages.Inthefirsthalfoftheprogramme,afewsongsfromFinzi’sBefore&AfterSummertriggeragroupofSchubertsongsthatresonatewiththemesfromHardy’spoems.Thispreparesthewayforthesecondhalf,acompleteperformanceofFinzi’sEarth,AirandRain,concernedwithsomeofHardy’sfavouritetropes–TimeandtheSeasons.

6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

GouldPianoTrioLucyGould–ViolinRichardLester-CelloBenjaminFrith-PianoFriday8thNovember Wemuchlookforwardtoareturnvisitfromthispianotrio–withanewcellist,RichardLester.TheirprogrammewillbeHaydn’sTrioAHob.XV:9,Saint-SaënsNo.1andSchubert’sTrioinBFlat. 6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

PierreDoumenge&YuliaChaplinaPierreDoumenge-CelloYuliaChaplina-PianoCoffeeConcert-Wednesday13thNovemberA lovelymixof cello–piano French-Russianmusic shoulddelightus all. Itwill beperformedby twopassionatemusiciansofchambermusic,andwillincludesomeTchaikovsky,Rachmaninov,Chausson,FauréandFranck. 10.15amDoorsOpen/Coffee11.00amConcert(nointerval)Suggesteddonation£12perticket.

StudentsfromtheYehudiMenuhinSchoolFriday22ndNovemberWenever fail tobe impressedby the talentof theseyoungmusicians, startingouton their careers.Comeandenjoythemintheirearlyyears,andwatchthemdevelopinfutureyears.6.45pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

SepturaBrassFriday13thDecemberThe seasonal celebration of Christmas has been the inspiration for so many great musicalmasterpieces, and brass instruments are a vital part of this festive musical fabric. In this concertSeptura focus on some of the highlights of the rich Christmas canon – including Bach’s ChristmasOratorio,Handel’sMessiahandTchaikovsky’sNutcracker.Whereyearsofrepetitionhavedulledtheimpactofthesewonderfulworks,Septura—describedbyBBCMusicMagazineas“dazzlinglypolished”—illuminatethemafresh,castingtheminabrandnewlightthroughtheuniqueandupliftingsoundofthebrassseptet. 6.45pmDoorsOpen/MulledWineandMincePies7.30pmConcertSuggesteddonation£15perticket.

EVENTS

ArtOpenMorningTuesday8thOctober

AnArtOpenMorninghasbeenplannedagain.PleasecomealongtoChampsHillatsomepointduringtheopeninghoursandviewtheexhibition–aselectionofBritishArt.Weatherpermitting,pleasedoalsoenjoyawalkaroundthegardensandviewthesculptures.

10.00am-12.00pmTea/Coffeeavailablebetween10.00amand11.00am.Suggesteddonation£8perticket.

CHARITYCONCERT

InaidofTheMalawiSchoolsProjectandPlace2Be

JointConcertwithVocalFusion&CitiUKChoirSaturday30thNovemberTwoawardwinningchoirs-VocalFusionandCitiUKChoir–willshowcasetheacapellasingingofVocalFusion,thediverserepertoireofCitichoirandthecombinedchoirvoicesofnearly40singers.

Thechoirsareperformingthisconcertinaidoftwocharitieswhichbenefitchildren-Place2Be,whichistheUK’sleadingnationalchildren'smentalhealthcharityandTheMalawiSchoolsProject,aSussexbasedcharitywhichsupportschildren’seducationinSouthernMalawi.

VocalFusion,ledbyZoëPeate,isbasedinSteyning,andwasformedin2015.IthasrecentlywontheSmall Chorus Award at the BABS (British Association of Barbershop Singers) – and the four partharmonywillsingmodernandwellknownsongs.

CitiUKChoirwasformedin2013byGarethMaloneforhispopularBBCtelevisionseriesTheChoir:SingWhileYouWork.TheymadeittothefinalandsincethentheChoirhascontinuedtothriveundertheleadership of Dan Ludford-Thomas. Theywill perform a selection of classical, pop, gospel and folkrepertoire.

6.15pmDoorsOpen/Wine7.00pmConcertTickets£20

Ticketsinadvanceonly–fromeither:On-lineatTickettailorhttp://buytickets.at/msp/277084Oremailfeakster@aol.comforpaymentbybanktransferorchequeRegisteredCharityNo.1040756(Place2Be)&1179434(TheMalawiSchoolProject)