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LA SERENISSIMA Saturday October 7th 2017 at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored anonymously “To become another Four Seasons recommendaon takes something special, and this absolutely is.” Editor’s Choice, Gramophone Magazine Programme A feast of rumbusous string music by some of the finest Italian composers of the Seecento Vivaldi Concerto for violin and cello in B flat, RV 547 Caldara Overture to ‘La Verità nell’Inganno’ Tarni Concerto for violin, strings & connuo in G Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins & cello, in A, RV 523 Vivaldi Concerto for violin & cello, strings in A, RV 546 Brescianello Ouverture ‘Con una Chiaccona’ in D Violin/Director - Adrian Chandler Violin – Agata Darashkaite Cello – Vladimir Waltham Established in 1994, La Serenissima is recognised as the UK’s leading exponent of the music of eighteenth century Venice. Nearly its enre repertoire is edited from manuscript or contemporary sources: a feat rendering it unique amongst its peers. La Serenissima has become synonymous with virtuosity, dynamism and accessibility. La Serenissima’s recordings aracted mulple award nominaons; Vivaldi: The ‘French Connecon’ won the 2010 Gramophone Award in the Baroque Instrumental category. Their hotly-ancipated interpretaon of The Four Seasons featured as Editor’s Choice (Gramophone Magazine) and Concerto Choice (BBC Music Magazine) amongst a multude of rave reviews. Their latest release The ‘Italian Job’ has been praised on Radio 3’s Record Review and on Classic FM as ‘Drive Discovery’ since it went on sale. La Serenissima has performed internaonally to great acclaim; recent highlights include concerts at Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead and Wigmore Hall, and fesvals Sablé, Swansea and Valea. During 2016-17 the ensemble gave its first residency at St John’s Smith Square. Programme Schumann Stucke im Volkston Schubert Arpeggione Sonata Chopin Introducon et Polonaise Chopin Sonata for Cello and Piano Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, Brish cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a uniquely varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. He appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, and gives recitals every season in major musical centres. As a chamber musician, he has curated concert series for many presgious venues, including Wigmore Hall, and the Salzburg and Verbier fesvals. Unusually, he directs chamber orchestras from the cello and has a strong interest in historical performance; giving recitals with harpsichord and fortepiano. Steven is a keen exponent of contemporary music having premiered many works, including John Tavener’s The Protecng Veil. Steven’s award-winning discography includes Bach’s complete Solo Cello Suites (Gramophone’s Instrumental Album of the Year); Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano; and the Elgar and Walton concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra. The recipient of many awards, his honours include a CBE. He plays the Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova) Stradivarius of 1726, kindly loaned to him by the Royal Academy of Music. His sensaonal technique, deep musicality, wide range of interest have made Dénes Várjon one of the most excing and highly regarded parcipants of internaonal musical life. He is a universal musician: excellent soloist, first-class chamber musician, arsc leader of fesvals and a highly sought–aſter piano pedagogue. Widely considered as one of the greatest chamber musicians, he works regularly with preeminent partners such as Steven Isserlis, Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, András Schiff ,Heinz Holliger and Joshua Bell. As a soloist he is a frequent guest at major concert series, from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Vienna’s Konzerthaus and London’s Wigmore and performs with many of the world’s leading symphony orchestras. He has recorded for the Naxos, Capriccio, Teldec and Hungaroton labels with crical acclaim and in 2015 recorded the Schumann Piano Concerto and all five Beethoven Piano Concertos. The Doric String Quartet has firmly established itself as the leading Brish string quartet of its generaon. Selected for representaon by YCAT in 2006,the Quartet went on to win several prizes including 1st prize at the 2008 Osaka Internaonal Chamber Music Compeon in Japan and 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani Internaonal String Quartet Compeon in Italy. The Quartet performs in leading concert halls throughout Europe including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Berlin Konzerthaus and Wigmore Hall. In 2010 the Quartet made its highly acclaimed American debut with recitals at the Frick Museum in New York and Library of Congress in Washington. The Quartet has collaborated with arsts including Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Alexander Melnikov, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien. A recent highlight has seen the Quartet take on John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” for String Quartet and Orchestra with John Adams conducng. Highlights of the 2016/17 season include their debut appearance at Carnegie Hall. In Europe, the quartet will play at the Heidelberg String Quartet Fesval and tour Germany and other European venues. They also return to Israel for concerts in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv. UK highlights include Wigmore Hall and recitals in Edinburgh, Oxford and Brighton. They are also returning to Jersey and the West Cork Chamber Music Fesval. The quartet’s first CD was released to crical acclaim and was chosen as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone. Their recording of Korngold String Quartets, was featured as one of the 2010 Cric’s Choice discs in Gramophone and was followed by a CD of the Walton String Quartets which was nominated for a 2011 Gramophone Award. The Quartet’s release of the Schumann String Quartets was named CD of the Month in both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine and was shortlisted for a 2012 Gramophone Award. Their recording of Haydn’s Op 20 was named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone and their CD of Haydn Op 76 Quartets was praised for its “sense of clarity and precision” by The Sunday Times. EMMA JOHNSON (Clarinet) FINGHIN COLLINS (Piano) MAXIM RYSANOV (Viola) Sunday February 4th 2018 at 3.00 p.m. Programme Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy tales) Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano Op. 132 Weber Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano Brien Lachrymae: Reflecons on a song of John Dowland op. 48 for Viola and Piano Mozart Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E flat ‘Kegelsta’ “Britain’s favourite clarinest” (The Times) Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinests to have established a busy career as a solo performer which has taken her to major European, American and Asian venues as well as to Africa and Australasia. She is one of the UK’s biggest selling classical arsts, having sold over half a million albums worldwide. Her recent recording of sonatas by Brahms and Mendelssohn with John Lenehan was described as “definive . . . triumphant . . .a landmark disc” in The Observer and follows on from her Classical chart-topping successes: Voyage and The Mozart Album. Emma has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras in repertoire that includes all the major clarinet works as well as pieces wrien especially for her. At the age of 17 she won BBC Young Musician of the Year. She was made an M.B.E. in 1996. “warm-hearted, musically intelligent and tonally agreeable . . . breath- taking delicacy . . . aching beauty.” The Irish Times, 2017 One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Dubliner Finghin Collins was born in 1977 and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. He achieved major internaonal success by taking first prize at the Clara Haskil Compeon in Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has developed a flourishing internaonal career that takes him all over Europe, the United States and the Far East and Australia. Finghin has performed with many of the finest orchestras, garnering consistent praise from crics and public alike. He has recorded two double CDs of Schumann’s piano music (which won numerous awards including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice in 2006), and a recording a CD of works for piano and orchestra by Charles V. Stanford. He has recorded four Mozart piano concertos directed from the keyboard and a Chopin CD in 2017. “Maxim Rysanov is the kind of musician who can do the musical equivalent of reading from the phone book and making it excing.” American Record Guide 2015 Ukrainian-Brish violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov has established himself as one of the world’s most vibrant and charismac musicians. He is principally known for his performances as a violist, guest of the crème of the internaonal music scene such as BBC Last Night of the Proms, Verbier, Edinburgh and Salzburg Fesvals amongst others. Aſter having completed a conducng fellowship at The GSMD he started to combine his viola performance with a career as a conductor. Maxim’s recordings have connually gained awards including Gramophone Editor’s Choice and Gramophone and Grammy nominaons as well as reaching the top of the iTunes charts in the USA. His CD of Tobakova’s works reached number 2 in the UK classical charts and was shortlisted for a Grammy Award. In 2017 he will release a CD of music by and inspired by Schubert. Welcome to Internaonal Classical Concerts at Vinehall The Vinehall Concert Series, now in its 29th year, connues to bring the best of both Brish and internaonal musicians to East Sussex. Performances take place in a purpose-built 250 seat theatre with superb piano and inmate acousc which is ideal for chamber music. DORIC QUARTET Saturday November 11th 2017 at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored anonymously Programme Mendelssohn String Quartet Op 12 Haydn String Quartet Op 20 No 4 Brahms String Quartet No 1 in C min Op. 51 “This is a superb ensemble, intelligent, technically brilliant and wonderfully balanced.” The Times 2016 STEVEN ISSERLIS (Cello) DÉNES VÁRJON (Piano) Saturday December 2nd 2017 at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored anonymously VINEHALL INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS BOOKING FORM Please complete as required. Bookings can be made by post, phone or email during the season. A FULL SEASON TICKET provides one seat at each of the seven concerts. The SIX CONCERT OPTION and the FIVE CONCERT OPTION allow you to select six or five different concerts of your choice. SINGLE TICKETS may also be booked for all concerts. Please indicate your choice on the form overleaf. Complimentary refreshments are served at each concert. We regret that we cannot exchange or refund ckets unless a concert is sold out. As concerts are booked many months on advance there may be changes in adversed details. We are able to offer assistance with transport throughout the area and have easy access/parking for the disabled. Please phone for details. Name …………………………………………………………………………...........…..... Address ………………………………………………………………………………………...…. …..……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ..………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Postcode ..............….….......…… Tel: ..................……………………..……….. e-mail ………………………………………………………………..........………............… Please return this form to A. G. Whitehead, Vinehall School, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5JL Telephone 01580 883092 (theatre and answerphone) 01580 880413 (school office hours) Email: geoff[email protected] Disnguished Clarinest Emma Johnson M.B.E. sends the following message: “I am very much looking forward to performing during the 29th season of concerts at Vinehall for what will be my fourth visit. The series has gone from strength to strength over the years, aracng great performers along with encouraging many talented young musicians. This season has some tremendous arsts such as the internaonally acclaimed cellist Steven Isserlis, pianist Yevgeny Sudbin and my partners Finghin Collins and Maxim Rysanov. I wish you all well during the new season and look forward to meeng you in February.” International Classical Concert Series 29th Season 2017 - 18 at Vinehall School, Robertsbridge TN32 5JL www.vinehallschool.com 01580 883092 Please send: ………….Full season cket(s) at £100 …………… Six-Concert Opon cket(s) at £95 ………… Five-Concert Opon cket(s) at £90 PLEASE SHOW YOUR CHOICE OF CONCERT(S) ON THE CHART BELOW CONCERT SIX-CONCERT OPTION FIVE-CONCERT OPTION INDIVIDUAL TICKET(S) CHILD/STUDENT TICKET(S) LA SERENISSIMA ………. at £20 ………..at £10 DORIC QUARTET ………. at £20 ………..at £10 ISSERLIS/VARJON ………. at £20 ………..at £10 JOHNSON/COLLINS/RYSANOV ………. at £20 ………..at £10 SUDBIN ………. at £20 ………..at £10 ENDYMION ………. at £20 ………..at £10 VOCES8 ………. at £20 ………..at £10 Total amount £…………….. Please make cheques payable to ‘Vinehall School Ltd’. Parents of children at Vinehall may pay on account. Please ck If you would like a map/parking guide please ck VOCES8 Saturday 9th June 2018 at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored by Phil Frost YEVGENY SUDBIN (Piano) Saturday March 17th at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored R.M and S.J. Arblaster Programme Haydn Piano Sonata in B minor Beethoven Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111 Scarla A selecon of Sonatas Medtner Sonata Tragica Mozart ‘Lacrimosa’ (arr. Sudbin) Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (arr. Sudbin, based on Liszt and Horowitz versions) “…the pianism was peerless…” The Financial Times, 2016 Yevgeny Sudbin has been hailed by The Telegraph as “potenally one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century”. All of Yevgeny’s recordings have met with crical acclaim and are regularly featured as CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine or Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. His Scriabin recording was awarded CD of the Year by The Telegraph. It was described by Gramophone as “a disc in a million” while the Internaonal Record Review stated that Yevgeny’s Rachmaninov recording “confirms him as one of the most important pianisc talents of our me”. His 10th anniversary disc of Scarla Sonatas hit No. 1 in the Classical Music Charts. Yevgeny was nominated for Gramophone Arst of the Year 2016. Yevgeny performs regularly in many of the world’s finest venues and concert series, both in recital and with orchestra, including Tonhalle Zurich; Royal Fesval Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London; Concertgebouw (Amsterdam); Avery Fisher Hall (New York) and Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco). His performance of Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 1 at the BBC Proms was described by The Telegraph as ‘sublime.’ Yevgeny has collaborated with some of the world’s most influenal conductors, such as Neeme Järvi, Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Yevgeny lives in London with his wife and three young children and, in his spare me, he is an avid photographer. ENDYMION Saturday May 5th 2018 at 7.30 p.m. Sponsored by Alan and Virginia Lynch Programme Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E Flat K493 Dvorak Terzeo Op. 72 for two violins and viola Dohnanyi Sextet in C major for clarinet, horn, piano and string trio “profound performances of the impossible” – The Guardian “The brilliant Endymion” (Sunday Times) exists to deliver world-class performances of chamber music throughout London, the UK and abroad. It nurtures the UK’s most dynamic and original composers, inspires younger and new audiences and champions mixed chamber music of all genres through performance, commissioning, recording and promoon. Since Endymion was formed in 1979 from a group of outstanding Naonal Youth Orchestra students, it has built a secure reputaon across a broad and oſten adventurous repertoire and won a strong following among audiences throughout the UK and abroad. Unusually for chamber groups so well established, Endymion retains most of its original players. These performers now number among the best soloists and chamber musicians in Europe, including Mark van de Wiel, Stephen Srling, Melinda Maxwell, Michael Dussek and Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE. Performing together for over thirty years, Endymion has been called one of the few chamber groups as much at home with Mozart as with Birtwistle. Endymion has appeared at most of the major Brish fesvals, giving its tenth Proms performance in 2014, and was in residence at Blackheath Concert Halls for several years. Endymion celebrated both its 30th and 35th birthdays at Kings Place. In 2009, the ensemble performed commissions by 20 Brish composers, and the celebraons in 2014 took the form of a weekend of concerts focused on Brahms, and a programme of music for flute, viola and harp. The 30th birthday commissions were recorded for NMC and joined a host of other discs by Endymion including works by Lutyens, Stravinsky, Brien and Magnus Lindberg and (with the Duon label) York Bowen, Edmund Rubbra, Thomas Dunhill, Lennox Berkeley, Erno Dohnanyi (the Sextet “This really is an outstanding chamber music disc and a truly worthy addion to the catalogue.” Classic CD) and Zdenek Fibich. Planning has already begun for Endymion’s 40th anniversary in 2019! Programme Choral Dances VOCES8 explores a rich and diverse collecon of choral music inspired by dance. From chapels and courts to cinemas and clubs, this rhythmically diverse and harmonically rich programme showcases the ensemble at its versale best. From Byrd to Berlin and Stanford to Swingle, there will be plenty to enthral and entertain! “The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meculous ming and tuning.” Gramophone Magazine “The slickest of the lot...fans of a cappella ought to hear this.” CD Review, BBC Radio 3 The Brish vocal ensemble VOCES8 is now established as one of the world’s most versale and best-loved singing groups. Touring extensively throughout Europe, North America and Asia, the ensemble performs a repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements. In recent seasons VOCES8 has performed at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Fesval Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Bozar Brussels, Tokyo Opera City, Naonal Concert Hall Taipei, Naonal Centre for the Performing Arts Beijing, the Shanghai Concert Hall, Tel Aviv Opera House and Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall. Arsc collaboraons have included the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and period ensembles such as Florilegium. The group commissions work from a number of composers and also performs bespoke arrangements wrien by Arranger in Residence, Jim Clements. From September 2017 Jonathan Dove will begin a 2-year period as Associate Composer to VOCES8 during which the group will sing his music extensively. Highlights of 2017 includes many European performances and they will tour the USA three mes. Other touring includes vising Croaa and Mexico for the first me. VOCES8 is a Decca Classics Arst and with whom their three albums, ‘Evende’, ‘Lux’ and ‘Winter’ have been at the top of the Classical Charts. Their next Decca Classics release is scheduled for the autumn of 2017. As the flagship ensemble of the charitable music foundaon VCM, VOCES8 has an enviable reputaon for its educaon work. In 2013 VCM established the Gresham Centre, a vocal Centre for Excellence at Sir Christopher Wren’s beauful St Anne & St Agnes Church in the City of London, in partnership with the Diocese of London. Photo: Peter Rigaud We are most grateful to The Floral Bouque for supplying and arranging our flowers this season Concertgoers are very welcome to picnic in the grounds before the concert and complimentary Pimms will be served at 6.40pm.
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LA SERENISSIMASaturday October 7th 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Sponsored anonymously
“To become another Four Seasons recommendation takes something special, and this absolutely is.” Editor’s Choice, Gramophone Magazine
ProgrammeA feast of rumbustious string music by some of the finest Italian composers of the Settecento
Vivaldi Concerto for violin and cello in B flat, RV 547Caldara Overture to ‘La Verità nell’Inganno’Tartini Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins & cello, in A, RV 523Vivaldi Concerto for violin & cello, strings in A, RV 546Brescianello Ouverture ‘Con una Chiaccona’ in DViolin/Director - Adrian Chandler Violin – Agata Darashkaite Cello – Vladimir Waltham
Established in 1994, La Serenissima is recognised as the UK’s leading exponent of the music of eighteenth century Venice. Nearly its entire repertoire is edited from manuscript or contemporary sources: a feat rendering it unique amongst its peers. La Serenissima has become synonymous with virtuosity, dynamism and accessibility. La Serenissima’s recordings attracted multiple award nominations; Vivaldi: The ‘French Connection’ won the 2010 Gramophone Award in the Baroque Instrumental category. Their hotly-anticipated interpretation of The Four Seasons featured as Editor’s Choice (Gramophone Magazine) and Concerto Choice (BBC Music Magazine) amongst a multitude of rave reviews. Their latest release The ‘Italian Job’ has been praised on Radio 3’s Record Review and on Classic FM as ‘Drive Discovery’ since it went on sale. La Serenissima has performed internationally to great acclaim; recent highlights include concerts at Bridgewater Hall, Sage Gateshead and Wigmore Hall, and festivals Sablé, Swansea and Valetta. During 2016-17 the ensemble gave its first residency at St John’s Smith Square.
ProgrammeSchumann Stucke im VolkstonSchubert Arpeggione SonataChopin Introduction et PolonaiseChopin Sonata for Cello and Piano
Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a uniquely varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. He appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, and gives recitals every season in major musical centres. As a chamber musician, he has curated concert series for many prestigious venues, including Wigmore Hall, and the Salzburg and Verbier festivals. Unusually, he directs chamber orchestras from the cello and has a strong interest in historical performance; giving recitals with harpsichord and fortepiano. Steven is a keen exponent of contemporary music having premiered many works, including John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil. Steven’s award-winning discography includes Bach’s complete Solo Cello Suites (Gramophone’s Instrumental Album of the Year); Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano; and the Elgar and Walton concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra. The recipient of many awards, his honours include a CBE. He plays the Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova) Stradivarius of 1726, kindly loaned to him by the Royal Academy of Music.
His sensational technique, deep musicality, wide range of interest have made Dénes Várjon one of the most exciting and highly regarded participants of international musical life. He is a universal musician: excellent soloist, first-class chamber musician, artistic leader of festivals and a highly sought–after piano pedagogue. Widely considered as one of the greatest chamber musicians, he works regularly with preeminent partners such as Steven Isserlis, Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, András Schiff ,Heinz Holliger and Joshua Bell. As a soloist he is a frequent guest at major concert series, from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Vienna’s Konzerthaus and London’s Wigmore and performs with many of the world’s leading symphony orchestras. He has recorded for the Naxos, Capriccio, Teldec and Hungaroton labels with critical acclaim and in 2015 recorded the Schumann Piano Concerto and all five Beethoven Piano Concertos.
The Doric String Quartet has firmly established itself as the leading British string quartet of its generation. Selected for representation by YCAT in 2006,the Quartet went on to win several prizes including 1st prize at the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan and 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy.
The Quartet performs in leading concert halls throughout Europe including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Berlin Konzerthaus and Wigmore Hall. In 2010 the Quartet made its highly acclaimed American debut with recitals at the Frick Museum in New York and Library of Congress in Washington. The Quartet has collaborated with artists including Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Alexander Melnikov, Elizabeth Leonskaja, Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien. A recent highlight has seen the Quartet take on John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” for String Quartet and Orchestra with John Adams conducting.
Highlights of the 2016/17 season include their debut appearance at Carnegie Hall. In Europe, the quartet will play at the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival and tour Germany and other European venues. They also return to Israel for concerts in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv. UK highlights include Wigmore Hall and recitals in Edinburgh, Oxford and Brighton. They are also returning to Jersey and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
The quartet’s first CD was released to critical acclaim and was chosen as Editor’s Choice in Gramophone. Their recording of Korngold String Quartets, was featured as one of the 2010 Critic’s Choice discs in Gramophone and was followed by a CD of the Walton String Quartets which was nominated for a 2011 Gramophone Award. The Quartet’s release of the Schumann String Quartets was named CD of the Month in both Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine and was shortlisted for a 2012 Gramophone Award. Their recording of Haydn’s Op 20 was named Editor’s Choice by Gramophone and their CD of Haydn Op 76 Quartets was praised for its “sense of clarity and precision” by The Sunday Times.
EMMA JOHNSON (Clarinet)FINGHIN COLLINS (Piano)MAXIM RYSANOV (Viola)
Sunday February 4th 2018 at 3.00 p.m.
Programme Schumann Märchenerzählungen (Fairy tales) Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano Op. 132Weber Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano Britten Lachrymae: Reflections on a song of John Dowland op. 48 for Viola and PianoMozart Trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E flat ‘Kegelstatt’
“Britain’s favourite clarinettist” (The Times)
Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinettists to have established a busy career as a solo performer which has taken her to major European, American and Asian venues as well as to Africa and Australasia. She is one of the UK’s biggest selling classical artists, having sold over half a million albums worldwide. Her recent recording of sonatas by Brahms and Mendelssohn with John Lenehan was described as “definitive . . . triumphant . . .a landmark disc” in The Observer and follows on from her Classical chart-topping successes: Voyage and The Mozart Album. Emma has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras in repertoire that includes all the major clarinet works as well as pieces written especially for her. At the age of 17 she won BBC Young Musician of the Year. She was made an M.B.E. in 1996.
“warm-hearted, musically intelligent and tonally agreeable . . . breath-taking delicacy . . . aching beauty.” The Irish Times, 2017
One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Dubliner Finghin Collins was born in 1977 and studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with John O’Conor and at the Geneva Conservatoire with Dominique Merlet. He achieved major international success by taking first prize at the Clara Haskil Competition in Switzerland in 1999. Since then he has developed a flourishing international career that takes him all over Europe, the United States and the Far East and Australia. Finghin has performed with many of the finest orchestras, garnering consistent praise from critics and public alike. He has recorded two double CDs of Schumann’s piano music (which won numerous awards including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice in 2006), and a recording a CD of works for piano and orchestra by Charles V. Stanford. He has recorded four Mozart piano concertos directed from the keyboard and a Chopin CD in 2017.
“Maxim Rysanov is the kind of musician who can do the musical equivalent of reading from the phone book and making it exciting.” American Record Guide 2015
Ukrainian-British violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov has established himself as one of the world’s most vibrant and charismatic musicians. He is principally known for his performances as a violist, guest of the crème of the international music scene such as BBC Last Night of the Proms, Verbier, Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals amongst others. After having completed a conducting fellowship at The GSMD he started to combine his viola performance with a career as a conductor. Maxim’s recordings have continually gained awards including Gramophone Editor’s Choice and Gramophone and Grammy nominations as well as reaching the top of the iTunes charts in the USA. His CD of Tobakova’s works reached number 2 in the UK classical charts and was shortlisted for a Grammy Award. In 2017 he will release a CD of music by and inspired by Schubert.
Welcome to International Classical Concerts at Vinehall
The Vinehall Concert Series, now in its 29th year, continues to bring the best of both British and international musicians to East Sussex. Performances take place in a purpose-built 250 seat theatre with superb piano and intimate acoustic which is ideal for chamber music.
DORIC QUARTETSaturday November 11th 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
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ProgrammeMendelssohn String Quartet Op 12Haydn String Quartet Op 20 No 4Brahms String Quartet No 1 in C min Op. 51
“This is a superb ensemble, intelligent, technically brilliant and wonderfully balanced.” The Times 2016
STEVEN ISSERLIS (Cello)DÉNES VÁRJON (Piano)
Saturday December 2nd 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
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VINEHALL INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS BOOKING FORMPlease complete as required. Bookings can be made by post, phone or email during the season.
A FULL SEASON TICKET provides one seat at each of the seven concerts. The SIX CONCERT OPTION and the FIVE CONCERT OPTION allow you to select six or five different concerts of your choice. SINGLE TICKETS may also be booked for all concerts. Please indicate your choice on the form overleaf. Complimentary refreshments are served at each concert.
We regret that we cannot exchange or refund tickets unless a concert is sold out. As concerts are booked many months on advance there may be changes in advertised details. We are able to offer assistance with transport throughout the area and have easy access/parking for the disabled. Please phone for details.
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Distinguished Clarinettist Emma Johnson M.B.E. sends the following message:
“I am very much looking forward to performing during the 29th season of concerts at Vinehall for what will be my fourth visit. The series has gone from strength to strength over the years, attracting great performers along with encouraging many talented young musicians. This season has some tremendous artists such as the internationally acclaimed cellist Steven Isserlis, pianist Yevgeny Sudbin and my partners Finghin Collins and Maxim Rysanov. I wish you all well during the new season and look forward to meeting you in February.”
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VOCES8Saturday 9th June 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
Sponsored by Phil Frost
YEVGENY SUDBIN (Piano)Saturday March 17th at 7.30 p.m.
Sponsored R.M and S.J. Arblaster
ProgrammeHaydn Piano Sonata in B minor Beethoven Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111Scarlatti A selection of SonatasMedtner Sonata TragicaMozart ‘Lacrimosa’ (arr. Sudbin)Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (arr. Sudbin, based on Liszt and Horowitz versions)
“…the pianism was peerless…” The Financial Times, 2016
Yevgeny Sudbin has been hailed by The Telegraph as “potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century”. All of Yevgeny’s recordings have met with critical acclaim and are regularly featured as CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine or Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. His Scriabin recording was awarded CD of the Year by The Telegraph. It was described by Gramophone as “a disc in a million” while the International Record Review stated that Yevgeny’s Rachmaninov recording “confirms him as one of the most important pianistic talents of our time”. His 10th anniversary disc of Scarlatti Sonatas hit No. 1 in the Classical Music Charts. Yevgeny was nominated for Gramophone Artist of the Year 2016.
Yevgeny performs regularly in many of the world’s finest venues and concert series, both in recital and with orchestra, including Tonhalle Zurich; Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London; Concertgebouw (Amsterdam); Avery Fisher Hall (New York) and Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco). His performance of Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 1 at the BBC Proms was described by The Telegraph as ‘sublime.’ Yevgeny has collaborated with some of the world’s most influential conductors, such as Neeme Järvi, Charles Dutoit and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Yevgeny lives in London with his wife and three young children and, in his spare time, he is an avid photographer.
ENDYMIONSaturday May 5th 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
Sponsored by Alan and Virginia Lynch
ProgrammeMozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E Flat K493Dvorak Terzetto Op. 72 for two violins and violaDohnanyi Sextet in C major for clarinet, horn, piano and string trio
“profound performances of the impossible” – The Guardian
“The brilliant Endymion” (Sunday Times) exists to deliver world-class performances of chamber music throughout London, the UK and abroad. It nurtures the UK’s most dynamic and original composers, inspires younger and new audiences and champions mixed chamber music of all genres through performance, commissioning, recording and promotion.
Since Endymion was formed in 1979 from a group of outstanding National Youth Orchestra students, it has built a secure reputation across a broad and often adventurous repertoire and won a strong following among audiences throughout the UK and abroad. Unusually for chamber groups so well established, Endymion retains most of its original players. These performers now number among the best soloists and chamber musicians in Europe, including Mark van de Wiel, Stephen Stirling, Melinda Maxwell, Michael Dussek and Chi-chi Nwanoku MBE. Performing together for over thirty years, Endymion has been called one of the few chamber groups as much at home with Mozart as with Birtwistle.
Endymion has appeared at most of the major British festivals, giving its tenth Proms performance in 2014, and was in residence at Blackheath Concert Halls for several years. Endymion celebrated both its 30th and 35th birthdays at Kings Place. In 2009, the ensemble performed commissions by 20 British composers, and the celebrations in 2014 took the form of a weekend of concerts focused on Brahms, and a programme of music for flute, viola and harp. The 30th birthday commissions were recorded for NMC and joined a host of other discs by Endymion including works by Lutyens, Stravinsky, Britten and Magnus Lindberg and (with the Dutton label) York Bowen, Edmund Rubbra, Thomas Dunhill, Lennox Berkeley, Erno Dohnanyi (the Sextet “This really is an outstanding chamber music disc and a truly worthy addition to the catalogue.” Classic CD) and Zdenek Fibich. Planning has already begun for Endymion’s 40th anniversary in 2019!
ProgrammeChoral Dances
VOCES8 explores a rich and diverse collection of choral music inspired by dance. From chapels and courts to cinemas and clubs, this rhythmically diverse and harmonically rich programme showcases the ensemble at its versatile best. From Byrd to Berlin and Stanford to Swingle, there will be plenty to enthral and entertain!
“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.” Gramophone Magazine
“The slickest of the lot...fans of a cappella ought to hear this.” CD Review, BBC Radio 3
The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is now established as one of the world’s most versatile and best-loved singing groups. Touring extensively throughout Europe, North America and Asia, the ensemble performs a repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements.
In recent seasons VOCES8 has performed at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Bozar Brussels, Tokyo Opera City, National Concert Hall Taipei, National Centre for the Performing Arts Beijing, the Shanghai Concert Hall, Tel Aviv Opera House and Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall. Artistic collaborations have included the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and period ensembles such as Florilegium. The group commissions work from a number of composers and also performs bespoke arrangements written by Arranger in Residence, Jim Clements. From September 2017 Jonathan Dove will begin a 2-year period as Associate Composer to VOCES8 during which the group will sing his music extensively.
Highlights of 2017 includes many European performances and they will tour the USA three times. Other touring includes visiting Croatia and Mexico for the first time. VOCES8 is a Decca Classics Artist and with whom their three albums, ‘Eventide’, ‘Lux’ and ‘Winter’ have been at the top of the Classical Charts. Their next Decca Classics release is scheduled for the autumn of 2017. As the flagship ensemble of the charitable music foundation VCM, VOCES8 has an enviable reputation for its education work. In 2013 VCM established the Gresham Centre, a vocal Centre for Excellence at Sir Christopher Wren’s beautiful St Anne & St Agnes Church in the City of London, in partnership with the Diocese of London.
Photo: Peter Rigaud
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Concertgoers are very welcome to picnic in the grounds before the concert and complimentary Pimms will be served at 6.40pm.
