Chamber Orchestra

ConcertFriday 8th April 2016

Conducted by Robert MaxKing’s College School

Wimbledon

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Sunday 12th June, 10am - 1pmEducation Programme

Amy Tress, Alessandro Ruisi, Katherine Tinker tutors

Beginning with private rehearsals at Marryat Road on Sunday morning, three young string quartets will then have a public masterclass from 11.45am to 1pm.

Admission to listen to the masterclass is free.

Sunday 12th June, 4pm

Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein

Hieronymus Quartet - Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Jenny Lewisohn, Vladimir Waltham

Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in E flat minor ‘Jacob’s Dream’Jörg Widmann String Quartet No.3 ‘Jagdquartett’ (Hunt Quartet)Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C major Op.59 No.3 ‘Razumovsky’

Long supper interval from 5.15pm

Sunday 12th June, 7.30pm

Alexander Sitkovetsky, Alessandro Ruisi, Bartosz Woroch, Amy Tress violins

Rosalind Ventris, Jenny Lewisohn violas

Bartholomew LaFollette, Vladimir Waltham cellos

Hieronymus Quartet - Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Jenny Lewisohn, Vladimir Waltham

Maurice Ravel Duo Sonata for Violin and Cello in C majorClaude Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op.10George Enescu String Octet in C major Op.7

We are pleased to offer the Friends of the Marryat Players ticket discounts as well as Priority Booking until Monday 18th April when General Booking will open. Friends are also invited to a drinks party to meet the artists after the concert on the opening night.

All audience members will receive a complimentary festival programme and a glass of wine in the interval of the evening concerts.

Evening concerts: Friends £14, full ticket price £16, student concessions £7 Afternoon concert/lecture: Friends £10, full ticket price £12.50, student concessions £5 Festival Pass for all four concerts and the lecture: Friends £50, full ticket price £60, student concession £25.

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at 3 Marryat Road, Wimbledon VillageFriday 10th to Sunday 12th June

Come and listen to four exceptional concerts by our award-winning musicians as well as a lecture by Dr Katy Hamilton.

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Friday 10th June, 7.30pm

Bartosz Woroch, Amy Tress, Clémence de Forceville, Matia Gotman, Alessandro Ruisi violins

Jenny Lewisohn, Francesca Gilbert violas

Vladimir Waltham, Bartholomew LaFollette cellos

Mei Yi Foo piano

Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein

Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat major Op.20Erich Wolfgang Korngold Piano Quintet in E major Op.15Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Op.66

Friends’ drinks party after the concert

Saturday 11th June, 4pm Dr Katy Hamilton lecturer

Musical hometowns: Vienna, Leipzig, and their composersBach, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Haydn… Vienna and Leipzig were cities rich in musical history by the early nineteenth century. Dr Katy Hamilton explores the experiences of four composers featured in the festival – Mendelssohn, Korngold, Enescu and Elgar – in these towns, from the nineteenth into the twentieth century.

Supported by MusicTalks — www.musictalks.org.uk

Long supper interval from 5.20pm

Saturday 11th June, 8pm

Boris Kucharsky violin

Bartholomew LaFollette cello

Students from the Yehudi Menuhin School

Busch Trio - Omri Epstein, Mathieu van Bellen, Ori Epstein

Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67 Edward Elgar Salut d’Amour Op.12 Edward Elgar La Capricieuse Op.17Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84

ProgrammeArcangelo Corelli 1653—1713Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No.4 in D Adagio - Allegro Adagio - Vivace Allegro

Dag Wirén 1905—1986Serenade for Strings Op.11 Praeludium: Allegro molto Andante espressivo Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio Marcia

Antonio Vivaldi 1678—1741Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor Allegro Largo Allegro

Nikos Skalkottas 1904—1949Five Greek Dances Epirotikos Kretikos Tsamikos Arkadikos Kleftikos

Johann Strauss 1825—1899Neue Pizzicato Polka

Welcome to this evening’s Spring concert with our young musicians aged from 10 to 18 and coming to us from 28 different schools.

We have been privileged to work with our conductor Robert Max over the last five days at the orchestra’s home in Marryat Road. Robert first conducted the orchestra in 2002 and has returned regularly. We are also grateful to our team of music students and young professionals (some of whom were once young Marryat Players themselves) for their work as mentors and coaches to our current generation of young musicians.

Pottery has become a regular part of our rehearsal week, thanks to Cherry Tewfik who has been teaching how to use a potter’s wheel during the breaks of the rehearsals. Cherry’s pots, as well as those made by the orchestra, will be displayed at the Friends’ party after the concert.

Looking ahead to the summer, we are delighted to announce our second Chamber Music Festival will be held at 3 Marryat Road from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June. Full details are on the previous pages. The Friends of the Marryat Players have Priority Booking until 18th April when General Booking opens.

This evening we are grateful to Nick Williams of Chromavision for filming and lighting. To order a DVD of tonight’s concert, please contact Nick whose details are advertised in the programme.

As always, we remain indebted to our very many Friends who loyally support the orchestra and to our Sponsors who have generously advertised in this evening’s programme, as well as to our audience for their unstinting support.

We are delighted to welcome you all here and hope you enjoy the evening.

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The OrchestraFirst ViolinsAnna Brown Katerina Cabral Nicole Dunnet BestIoana Forna*Iain Gibbs*Sophia HerbertGiulia LovrecichFreya LyngesAlexander MilnerRemi NorrisCameron SooTudor Trita

Second ViolinsJoshua AlbuquerqueSophie BullSean Dunn*Ismael ForondaJimena ForondaCharlotte HarmanSophie HinsonLeo NorrisMax ReddySerena ReddyYohan RodasNathan SivanithyAmy Tress* Louis Whittell

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ViolasEstelle AllenBenjamin AramRachel AramGabriella Cabral Amy ClogstonLouisa ClogstonFrancesca Gilbert* Jenny Lewisohn*Alice TobinGeorge Tobin

CellosColin Alexander*Daniel BrandonTiger Braun-WhiteKatarina DaviesIndigo Hicks*Alice NunnGareth SiddleHarry Vaughan

Double BassesMax NgKaty Furmanski*

Robert Max — ConductorRobert Max conducted his first Marryat Players concert in 2002 and since then has selected music by a wide variety of composers including Tippett, Stravinsky, Elgar, Arensky and Tchaikovsky for their programmes. In 2009 they gave the premier of T. K. Murray’s “Elegy” for piano and strings with soloist Piers Lane and on two occasions they performed music by Bach with their greatly missed friend Jacob Barnes.

As Musical Director of the Oxford Symphony Orchestra, Robert has led performances of symphonies by Mahler, Bruckner, Liszt, Walton and Elgar as well as major orchestral pieces by Richard Strauss, Bloch, Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov. The distinguished soloists he has worked with include Natalie Clein, Jennifer Pike, Tom Poster, Tim Hugh, David Pyatt, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Rachel Nicholls, Tim Crawford and Mathilde Milwidsky.

Robert has visited Romania many times to conduct the Arad and Oradea Filharmonic Orchestras and Choirs, was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra at Royal Holloway, University of London between 2001 and 2014 and has conducted the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra on many occasions. He is the principal cellist of the London Chamber Orchestra and has been the cellist of the Barbican Piano Trio for more than a quarter of a century, playing a beautiful cello made by Antonio Stradivarius in 1726 known as the “Comte de Saveuse”.

Robert has performed at the Sangat music festival in Mumbai, coached and performed chamber music at Domaine Forget in Canada, is an Honorary Professor of the Rachmaninov Institute in Tambov, Russia and is President of the North London Festival of Music, Drama and Dance. He is also artistic director of the Frinton Festival.

Robert greatly enjoys working with young musicians and as well as teaching at the Junior Academy for over twenty years, Robert coaches at MusicWorks chamber music courses.

SoloistsTudor Trita — Violin Tudor, aged 18, was born in Bucharest, and started playing the violin and piano at the age of three. He won 2nd Prize at the Valsesia Musicale competition and 3rd Prize at the Kocian Violin Competition. He played Bruch’s violin concerto with the National Theatre Orchestra in Mannheim, Germany at the age of 10 and with the National Radio Orchestra of Romania at the age of 11. He is currently a pupil of Jan Repko at Chetham’s School of Music and has been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.

Sophie Hinson — Violin Sophie is 18 years old and has studied the violin from the age of two with her mother Nadia. She is currently a student at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester where she is a pupil of Michael Gurevich. She also studies piano and voice. She has been a string finalist in Nottingham Young Musician of the Year, GDST Young Musician of the Year and was awarded a Gold Medal Award by ABRSM for her outstanding mark in grade 8 singing at the age of 15. She has been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 2016, under the tutorledge of Mateja Marinkovic.

Daniel Brandon — CelloDaniel is in Year 10 at Sutton Grammar School and has been learning the cello for seven years. He attends the Royal College of Music Junior Department on Saturdays where he studies with Michal Kaznowski. He has played in masterclasses and has a recital planned for June in Poole. He is a member of the Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra and is looking forward to going on tour with them to France in the Summer. He plays on an English cello kindly loaned by the Benslow Trust.

Katarina Davies — CelloKatarina, aged 13, lives in Woking and studies at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department under the instruction of Robert Max. Additionally, at JRAM, she is taught the piano by David Alexander and the oboe by Philip Harmer. Katarina has given solo recitals and is a member of Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, and a former member of the National Children’s Orchestra and the Surrey Youth Choir. In July 2016 she will give a recital at Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames. In August she will be moving to Cleveland, Ohio, USA where she will begin her musical studies with the Cleveland Institute of Music under Richard Weiss. Katarina is currently playing on a French 7/8th size cello, circa 1750.

Tiger Braun-White — CelloTiger is 11 years old and is a Music Scholar at Dunhurst, Bedales Prep school. He has been playing the cello for five years and studies at the Royal Academy of Music Junior Department with Robert Max. He has been principal cellist with the National Children’s Orchestra for the last two years and is very excited to be attending two residential courses with them this year. He also studies the piano with Julia Freeman, enjoys entering competitions and recently won the 2016 Woking Junior Musician of the Year.

Arcangelo CorelliConcerto Grosso Op.6 No.4 in D

Adagio – AllegroAdagio – VivaceAllegro Corelli was born near Bologna in Italy, but later settled in Rome where he was taken under the wing of music-loving Queen Christina of Sweden (who had abdicated her throne in favour of presiding over Rome’s cultural life). Conditions were precarious for musicians, but through the Queen’s patronage Corelli held some of the most prestigious posts in the city. His fame as a violinist, composer and teacher soon spread to the rest of Italy. Among his many students was the famed Antonio Vivaldi whose music we also hear this evening. The majority of Corelli’s works — trio sonatas, sonatas for solo violin and concerti grossi — were published in six volumes containing twelve pieces each. The last volume, a set of concerti grossi from which tonight’s work is taken, was not published until a year after Corelli’s death. Corelli would not allow these Opus 6 pieces to be published during his lifetime, although the concerti circulated in manuscript form and became some of the most popular music of the day. They show Corelli at the height of his creativity. Whilst Corelli did not invent the concerto grosso form, he developed the idea and became its champion, using echo effects, brilliant violin writing and walking bass lines. The concerto grosso is based on the principle of contrasting two differently sized instrumental groups within the orchestra to create a dialogue between a smaller group of soloists (or concertino), and the full orchestra (or ripieno). Tonight’s exuberant concerto grosso in D major has three movements. The first opens serenely with a few slow chords which give way to a dazzling Allegro full of sparkling violin figurations, almost as if Corelli was writing an étude. The Adagio movement that follows is a gravely beautiful processional in B minor. A short Vivace passage with lively dance rhythms comes next, before an energetic Allegro finale rounds out the concerto. After more joyful melodies and trills, an even faster virtuoso passage ensues before two chords bring the concerto to a sudden end.

Tudor Trita, Sophie Hinson — violins, Daniel Brandon — cello

Antonio VivaldiConcerto for two cellos in G minor

AllegroLargo Allegro

After training as a priest, Vivaldi’s first musical post was as a violin teacher at the Conservatorio dell’Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage for girls in Venice. The Pietà focussed on music education and had a celebrated orchestra of extremely talented young musicians for whom Vivaldi composed a vast amount of music.

Vivaldi’s productivity was prodigious, but it is for his 500 concertos that he is best known. To appease the governors of the Pietà over his frequent absences on concert tours, Vivaldi provided them with two concertos each month. Vivaldi influenced the concerto as Haydn did the string quartet – while neither invented the form, they gave each its classic ‘ground plan’.

Despite the number of concertos that Vivaldi wrote for the Ospedale musicians, tonight’s is the only one for two cellos. The cello was an unusual concerto instrument in the Baroque era. Viola da gamba dominated the solo repertoire for low strings and the cello remained mostly relegated to a supporting role until the end of the eighteenth century. Tonight’s concerto, which was probably written in the 1720s, is one of Vivaldi’s best. The low notes of the paired cellos and the G minor key make the work relatively dark and brooding. But the bravura, energetic opening of the Allegro heralds bold roles for both soloists, sometimes in dialogue, sometimes in duet.

The soulful Largo which follows has a grave beauty. The solo parts answer each other as they did in the first movement, but here the prevailing mood is sadness, though not without sweetness. The work concludes with an extroverted Allegro with a lively off-beat theme. The soloists dance with sequences of octave runs, rapid repeated notes and other dazzling figurations.

Although Vivaldi was paid well during his life, his great extravagance caused him to die poor in Vienna, where he was buried in a pauper’s grave in 1741.

Katerina Davies, Tiger Braun-White — cellos

Dag Ivar Wirén

Serenade for Strings, Op 11Praeludium: Allegro moltoAndante espressivoScherzo. Allegro Vivace – Trio. Poco meno moltoMarcia. Tempo di marcia, molto ritmico

Although he wrote numerous works in many musical genres both serious and popular, Dag Wirén remained relatively unknown outside his native Sweden until after his death. His compositions include five symphonies, three concertos and other orchestral works, chamber music, music for the stage, film scores and ballet suites. But he is best known for tonight’s Serenade, a work which has brought him international recognition. It is a rhythmically joyous piece which he wrote for the Stockholm Chamber Orchestra in 1937.

Dag Wirén often said that his music was intended to ‘entertain and please’ and that he wanted to create ‘listener friendly modern music’. This rang true from his neo-classical symphonies to his 1965 Eurovision song entry. But he could also be serious and profound, as in the slow movement of tonight’s Serenade.

Wirén, who once said “I believe in God, Mozart and Carl Nielsen”, was especially influenced by Mozart when he wrote the Serenade. The music is melodic, energetic and high spirited. A critic at its premiere in Stockholm wrote that it was “…music gliding forward on a light fantastic toe and full of bubbling good humour and healthy mischief.”

The opening movement, Praeludium, has a flowing theme with an expansive melody. The movement evokes the pastoral setting of Wirén’s childhood in the Swedish countryside.

The Andante espressivo which follows is a yearning melody with an occasionally darker tone. It is at once nostalgic and elegiac with a distinctive pizzicato bass line. The spirited Scherzo of the third movement is lively and rhythmic while the wistful Trio has moments of turbulence.

The finale, Marcia, conjures an approaching marching band which bursts into an effervescent melody. Many years ago it became the signature tune of the BBC’s cultural programme, Monitor, and from there its popularity spread. A jaunty interlude precedes a vigorous climax before the music fades away as quickly as the marching band first appeared.

Nikos Skalkottas Five Greek Dances

Epirotikos (I, 4) Kretikos (I, 2) Tsamikos, An Eagle (I, 1) Arkadikos (III, 10) Kleftikos (III, 3) A student of Schoenberg, Greek violinist-turned-composer Nikos Skalkottas wrote prolifically. Yet his numerous atonal and twelve-tone orchestral works and concerti were not understood by the Greek musical establishment during his lifetime and the vast bulk of his work remained unknown, unpublished and unperformed.

It was not until after his untimely death at the age of 45 (the result of a neglected hernia) that his music began to be played and critically acclaimed. In the last few decades he has become recognised as one of Greece’s foremost composers of the first half of the twentieth century.

Throughout his life Skalkottas loved Greek folk music and was an avid collector of folk and dance tunes from the different regions of Greece. He professionally transcribed and analysed the melodies and began to integrate them into his atonal compositions. Unusually, Skalkottas composed twelve-tone, atonal and tonal works simultaneously throughout his composing career.

Between 1933 and 1936 he composed a series of 36 Greek Dances for symphony orchestra in which he combined authentic folk tunes with original material. From this series of 36, he arranged different groups of dances for various other instruments and ensembles, such as string orchestra, string quartet and violin and piano. Tonight’s arrangement of Five Greek Dances is for string quartet with a bass part arranged by Walter Goehr. The set of five shows the variety to be found in the folk dances.

With their rustic, roughly hewn style and robust vigour and expressiveness, the dances bring to mind village revelry. The first dance, Epirotikos, comes from Epirus, the second, Kretikos, from Crete. The third, Tsamikos, is a popular traditional folk dance in 3/4 time.

The fourth dance, Arkadikos, has a reflective mood and yearning melody before the final dance, Kleftikos, brings the work to a close with a whirling dervish.

Johann Strauss Neue Pizzicato Polka

Johann Strauss ‘the Younger’ was a violinist, conductor and prolific composer who became known as ‘The Waltz King’. Together with his family of composers and conductors he transformed the waltz from a lowly peasant dance into a sparkling form of entertainment for the royal Habsburg Court in the nineteenth century.

His father, Johann Strauss ‘the Elder’, had been strongly opposed to his son following in his footsteps and had encouraged him to become a banker instead. But the younger Strauss was not to be put off. With the encouragement of his mother he studied the violin secretly and developed a far more distinctive style as a composer than his father. His waltzes such as The Blue Danube, Tales from the Vienna Woods and the Emperor Waltz are acknowledged masterpieces of their genre. He also wrote many operettas including Die Fledermaus.

To be fully appreciated, his waltzes, polkas and marches need to be performed in their correct and often exceptionally delicate orchestration — Tales from the Vienna Woods, for example, requires a zither. Tonight’s Neue Pizzicato Polka — no longer just a Bohemian peasant dance but a piece performed in serious musical societies in Vienna — has a few notes to be played on a glockenspiel.

The Marryat Players are grateful to King’s College School for the loan of their glockenspiel.

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Fine quality fitted Kitchen Furniture & appliances

63 High StreetWimbledon Village

SW19 5EETel: 020 8946 3855Fax: 020 8288 0204

www.kitchensetcetera.co.uk

Cherry Tewfik Pottery

Cherry has been teaching pottery to the young musicians of the Marryat Players

in between rehearsals this week. Her own pots will be on display at the

Marryat Players Friends party after the concert this evening.

www.cherrytewfik.comT. 01227 767 896

E. cherrytewfik@hotmail.com

CHROMAVISIONW O R L D W I D EVISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION

www.chromaww.com

For Marryat Players DVDs past and present contact

NICK WILLIAMS Producernick@chromaww.com

Tel: +44 (0)20 8488 8800 Mob: +44 (0)7973 419076

16 Brookwood Road, London SW18 5BP

Linden Lodge Charitable Trust raises funds to support the pupils at Linden Lodge School, all of whom have a visual impairment and many other complex needs.  Amongst other projects, we are raising money to build a Sensory Support Family Centre to provide support, training and counselling for the families of children and young people with sensory impairments. 

If you are interested in knowing more about the school or becoming a Friend of Linden Lodge, please contact Anita Lewisohn on 020 8947 1305.

Linden Lodge Charitable Trust, Linden Lodge School, 61 Princes Way, London SW19 6JB tel 020 8788-0107 www.lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.ukRegistered charity number: 280982

Maison Liedberg is a specialist importer of French Wines and Champagne established in 2001

We deal direct with small producers in France, ensuring the best value for the consumer

Tastings offered

Free home delivery / consultation

www.maisonliedberg.com or email info@maisonliedberg.com

m: +44 (0) 7557 347 790 p: +44 (0) 1483 284 667

Al Clogston

Jazz Pianist

Performance & Tuition

t. 020 8947 1305

www.alclogston.co.uk

Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital has been serving Wimbledon since 1874

As part of the Goddard Veterinary Group, we are proud to be privately owned, and believe in offering an individual service to you and your pet. As the hub for our practices across SW London and Surrey, the Stone Lion Hospital is superbly equipped to offer the highest clinical standards. We believe our team are the most

caring you will find, whether your pet simply needs an annual vaccination, or state of the art medical and surgical care; our team is on hand 24hrs a day, 365 days per year. We offer complimentary health-checks to all newly registered patients, and hope that our newly refurbished reception area will make your visit even

more welcoming.

We are always pleased to welcome new clients. If you would like more information please contact us on 0208 946 4228 or email us at

stonelionvets@goddardvetgroup.co.uk

Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital, 41 High Street, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5AU

Finding the answers we need through autism research

A long, happy, healthy life for everyone with autism Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person relates to others and makes sense of the world. Many face daily struggles and require a lifetime of specialist support. A quarter of people with autism speak few or no words, only 15% will ever work full-time and people with autism die on average 18 years earlier than typical adults.

Research finds answersThere is so much we still don’t know about how to support people with autism. The costs associated with autism are £32 billion a year in the UK – that’s more than cancer or dementia. Yet as a nation, we only spend £4m a year on research. We have to change that.

Autistica funds research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of autism. Families and individuals with autism shape our research, so that we know the money we spend will make the greatest difference to their lives.

With your help, we can: • help families by speeding up diagnosis and getting them the support they need much faster

• understand and treat epilepsy and mental health issues that cast a shadow over so many with autism

• tackle the unacceptably high rates of early death in autism and understand how to support autistic adults as they age.

Help us save lives and change futuresYou can help fund our research in any way you want. Make a donation, get sponsored in a fundraising event or offer your skills. Together we will give everyone with autism the long, happy, healthy life they deserve.

Registered with the Charity Commission in England No. 1107350. Company No. 5184164.

Get in touch at friends@autistica.org.uk or call 0203 857 4340.Give today. Head to autistica.org.uk

Donate now by texting

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(up to £10) to 70070.

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Beyond your expectations

Hamptons International are delighted to support the Marryat Players Concert.

A noteworthy performance comes as standard.

Hamptons WimbledonHampton House, High StreetWimbledon village SW19 5BA

Sales. 020 8946 0081wimbledon@hamptons-int.comwww.hamptons.co.uk

Ideal for parties or receptionsLarge balcony overlooking the riverUp to 110 guestsBring your own caterersCash bar

Contact: KCS Enterprises020 8255 5401ents@kcs.org.uk

King’s College School BoathouseThe EmbankmentPutney SW15 1LB

Boathouse Function Room & BarPutney Embankment