Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
1st December 2022
12.30 lunchtime
FINAL CONCERT OF 2022 SEASON
CarmenCo
Emily Andrews, flute & voice
David Massey, guitar
Francisco Correa, guitar
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet in D major K285 (1777) (arr CarmenCo)
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Rondo
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures Op 37 (1897-99) (arr CarmenCo)
Sea-Slumber Song (text: Roden Noel)
In Haven (Capri) (text: Caroline Alice Elgar, composer's wife)
Where Corals Lie (text: Richard Garnett)
Selection of Christmas Carols (arr Andrews Massey)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Silent Night, Holy Night
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Jingle Bells
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
CarmenCo
CarmenCo is an ensemble comprising Emily Andrews, flautist/mezzo; David Massey & Francisco Correa, guitars.
Formed in 2017, prizewinning trio CarmenCo have performed all over England, Scotland and Wales, honing their distinctive approach and performing their own arrangements of orchestral pieces, opera, folk & world music. They often perform from memory and incorporate movement, dance and storyline into their concerts, as well as varying instrumentation from solo guitar through to voice/flute and two guitars, making their concerts and shows as unique and colourful as the players in the trio.
In 2019, they won a generous grant from Arts Council England to develop a show called Creating Carmen. They commissioned writer Clare Norburn to write a concert-play about Prosper Merimee, the author who wrote the novella Carmen on which Bizet’s opera was later based. They added two actors, lighting, set and costumes, and toured the show to sell-out audiences in 2021 including at Buxton Festival, Brighton, Liverpool, Concerts in the West, and three Scottish venues: Peebles, Linlithgow and Stranraer.
Never ones to stand still, CarmenCo continues to expand their repertoire, and their latest concert additions include an ambitious arrangement of Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures (the two guitars take on the entire orchestra's parts and it sounds fantastic), and Mozart's virtuosic and playful flute quartet in D-major (the two guitars share the violin, viola and cello parts with dexterity).
CarmenCo grew out of the Andrews Massey flute and guitar duo (Emily and David) when they added extra guitarist Francisco (himself an internationally acclaimed soloist and chamber musician), enabling richer textures to accompany singing, and adding richer variety of instrumentation.
The Andrews Massey Duo was formed in 2009 and has won the Tunnell Trust Award 2012-2013; were Royal Overseas League Competition semi-finalists 3 times & have appeared at Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields andKings Place, as well as in Germany, Italy and Sweden. They have produced 3 CDs.
For more information please see our website www.carmenco.co.uk or follow CarmenCo Trio on social media.
Emily Andrews studied Maths at Cambridge University before following her heart and becoming a full time musician. She graduated in 2010 with Distinction from her Masters degree in flute performance at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Clare Southworth & Kate Hill.
Equally at home in the orchestra as performing recitals solo or in chamber groups, & with classical as with folk or world music; her career is varied. She studies singing with Neil Baker.
Emily is a passionate chamber musician, and alongside her work with Andrews Massey Duo and CarmenCo she also has a regular duo with French pianist Alice Rosset and has performed in France, Italy, and Colombia with husband Francisco Correa.
Alongside her busy touring schedule with her chamber groups, Emily is also much in demand as an orchestra musician: recent work includes touring two operas with Welsh National Opera, A Little Night Music with Opera North, and various concerts with the Oxford Philharmonia and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She has also worked as a freelancer with the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
“definitely one of Britain’s most promising young professionals” British Flute Society
David Massey began his studies with David Burden at his local music centre in Hertfordshire. In 2006 he was the strings finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition, performing Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre live on BBC2 from the Sage Gateshead.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Lewin, where he graduated with distinction in 2010 & undertaking an MMus in 2012. He has performed recitals at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead, King’s Place, St Martin in the Fields & expanded his musical experience in chamber music and orchestral playing, taking up instruments such as mandolin and banjo in orchestral, music theatre & opera from Mozart to John Adams.
His solo performances have been described as “intense and intimate”, marked by a “remarkable energy and range of tone and dynamics”. Julian Bream praised his sound & communication of musical structure. From performances in multi-storey carparks to art galleries, he is a musician willing to take risks and try new approaches.
Francisco Correa was born in Colombia, moving to Europe to study. He graduated in 2015 with a Masters from the Royal Academy of Music. Based in the UK he enjoys a busy varied freelance career. A multi guitar competition prize winner in Colombia, he was also awarded the "Médaille d’Or" & "Prix de Perfectionnement" in France.
He has performed many concertos with orchestra & has appeared on Colombian radio & television as a soloist in the Aranjuez Concerto with Grammy winning Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra. He is often invited abroad to give recitals in festivals (most recently in Mexico, France & Colombia). He works regularly as a multi-instrumentalist in orchestras, playing guitar, mandolin, banjo, and steel-stringed guitar. In 2015 he performed guitar on stage in Don Pasquale & in 2016 the mandolin solo in Don Giovanni - both for Glyndebourne.
Francisco's folk music interest led to touring Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Czech Republic & Poland with the folk ballet Tundama & Scotland with Colombian folk group "Familia Correa".
Francisco is guitar teacher at Prior Park College in Bath. In November 2019 Francisco performed the Latin-American premier of Steve Goss’s Guitar Concerto (2012) with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. His debut CD Musica de la Tierrita was released in 2019 to critical acclaim in world-renowned guitar publications “Soundboard Magazine”, “Classical Guitar Magazine” and “Guitare Classique”.
Formed in 2017, prizewinning trio CarmenCo have performed all over England, Scotland and Wales, honing their distinctive approach and performing their own arrangements of orchestral pieces, opera, folk & world music. They often perform from memory and incorporate movement, dance and storyline into their concerts, as well as varying instrumentation from solo guitar through to voice/flute and two guitars, making their concerts and shows as unique and colourful as the players in the trio.
In 2019, they won a generous grant from Arts Council England to develop a show called Creating Carmen. They commissioned writer Clare Norburn to write a concert-play about Prosper Merimee, the author who wrote the novella Carmen on which Bizet’s opera was later based. They added two actors, lighting, set and costumes, and toured the show to sell-out audiences in 2021 including at Buxton Festival, Brighton, Liverpool, Concerts in the West, and three Scottish venues: Peebles, Linlithgow and Stranraer.
Never ones to stand still, CarmenCo continues to expand their repertoire, and their latest concert additions include an ambitious arrangement of Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures (the two guitars take on the entire orchestra's parts and it sounds fantastic), and Mozart's virtuosic and playful flute quartet in D-major (the two guitars share the violin, viola and cello parts with dexterity).
CarmenCo grew out of the Andrews Massey flute and guitar duo (Emily and David) when they added extra guitarist Francisco (himself an internationally acclaimed soloist and chamber musician), enabling richer textures to accompany singing, and adding richer variety of instrumentation.
The Andrews Massey Duo was formed in 2009 and has won the Tunnell Trust Award 2012-2013; were Royal Overseas League Competition semi-finalists 3 times & have appeared at Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields andKings Place, as well as in Germany, Italy and Sweden. They have produced 3 CDs.
For more information please see our website www.carmenco.co.uk or follow CarmenCo Trio on social media.
Emily Andrews studied Maths at Cambridge University before following her heart and becoming a full time musician. She graduated in 2010 with Distinction from her Masters degree in flute performance at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Clare Southworth & Kate Hill.
Equally at home in the orchestra as performing recitals solo or in chamber groups, & with classical as with folk or world music; her career is varied. She studies singing with Neil Baker.
Emily is a passionate chamber musician, and alongside her work with Andrews Massey Duo and CarmenCo she also has a regular duo with French pianist Alice Rosset and has performed in France, Italy, and Colombia with husband Francisco Correa.
Alongside her busy touring schedule with her chamber groups, Emily is also much in demand as an orchestra musician: recent work includes touring two operas with Welsh National Opera, A Little Night Music with Opera North, and various concerts with the Oxford Philharmonia and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She has also worked as a freelancer with the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
“definitely one of Britain’s most promising young professionals” British Flute Society
David Massey began his studies with David Burden at his local music centre in Hertfordshire. In 2006 he was the strings finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition, performing Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre live on BBC2 from the Sage Gateshead.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Lewin, where he graduated with distinction in 2010 & undertaking an MMus in 2012. He has performed recitals at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead, King’s Place, St Martin in the Fields & expanded his musical experience in chamber music and orchestral playing, taking up instruments such as mandolin and banjo in orchestral, music theatre & opera from Mozart to John Adams.
His solo performances have been described as “intense and intimate”, marked by a “remarkable energy and range of tone and dynamics”. Julian Bream praised his sound & communication of musical structure. From performances in multi-storey carparks to art galleries, he is a musician willing to take risks and try new approaches.
Francisco Correa was born in Colombia, moving to Europe to study. He graduated in 2015 with a Masters from the Royal Academy of Music. Based in the UK he enjoys a busy varied freelance career. A multi guitar competition prize winner in Colombia, he was also awarded the "Médaille d’Or" & "Prix de Perfectionnement" in France.
He has performed many concertos with orchestra & has appeared on Colombian radio & television as a soloist in the Aranjuez Concerto with Grammy winning Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra. He is often invited abroad to give recitals in festivals (most recently in Mexico, France & Colombia). He works regularly as a multi-instrumentalist in orchestras, playing guitar, mandolin, banjo, and steel-stringed guitar. In 2015 he performed guitar on stage in Don Pasquale & in 2016 the mandolin solo in Don Giovanni - both for Glyndebourne.
Francisco's folk music interest led to touring Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Czech Republic & Poland with the folk ballet Tundama & Scotland with Colombian folk group "Familia Correa".
Francisco is guitar teacher at Prior Park College in Bath. In November 2019 Francisco performed the Latin-American premier of Steve Goss’s Guitar Concerto (2012) with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. His debut CD Musica de la Tierrita was released in 2019 to critical acclaim in world-renowned guitar publications “Soundboard Magazine”, “Classical Guitar Magazine” and “Guitare Classique”.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Flute Quartet in D major K285 (arr CarmenCo)
1 Allegro • 2 Adagio • 3 Rondo
Ensemble Connect are performing in the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Manhattan:
Flute Quartet in D major K285 (arr CarmenCo)
1 Allegro • 2 Adagio • 3 Rondo
Ensemble Connect are performing in the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Manhattan:
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures Op 37 (1897-99) (arr CarmenCo)
Sea-Slumber Song (text: Roden Noel)
In Haven (Capri) (text: Caroline Alice Elgar, composer's wife)
Where Corals Lie (text: Richard Garnett)
Sea-Slumber Song is performed here by Niamh O'Sullivan, mezzo-soprano, and Chia-Lun Hsu, piano, at Munich's Hochschule für Musik und Theater.
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In this instrumental version of In Haven (Capri) Julian Lloyd Webber plays cello, John Lenehan is at the piano. |
Here is an historic recording of Where Corals Lie, with contralto Dame Clara Butt and an orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty (1920, before he was knighted).
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We are going to make the potentially rash assumption that you are up to speed with popular Christmas music.
Here are some less frequently heard parts of the repertoire, beginning with Buxtehude's lovely In Dulci Jubilo, performed in St Peter's Lutheran Cathedral, Hamburg, by Catherina Witting, soprano, Tiina Zahn, alto, Dávid Csizmár, bass, with Katharina Wulf, violin, Verena Fischer-Zernin, violin 2, and Lukas Henke, directing from the organ.
Standing under the Great Octagon is the Choir of Ely Cathedral. They will help us to cover one of the ethnic minorities we so rarely consider. How will they do so? By singing While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night, to a great Yorkshire tune. Please enjoy this familiar melody and this wonderful choir and organ:
For the next item, let's stay IN a church, but not with churchy music. Here is Thomas Trotter's arrangement for organ of Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. The organist in Waltham Abbey Church is Jonathan Lilley.
Here comes a lockdown special from our very own Jonathan Holmes, playing the Father Willis organ at St Mary's Ewell (on which he gives frequent recitals). It is Canadian composer Denis Bédard's Toccata on Il Est Né le Divin Enfant.
Georgi Muschel's Toccata from his Suite Ouzbèke builds to a proper bit of "chucking out music" - a less polite interpretation of the term "postlude". It does what is required quite nicely and fits well for Christmas.
The organist here is Marie-Agnès Grall-Menet, and the organ is in the church of St-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet Paris 5e. The instrument has had so many builders, rebuilders, and restorers that you are best watching the screen closely at the start if you want to know who has had a hand in it!
You are probably ready for a cup of tea by now. You should be able to get a table in this food court:
From all of us at Music on Thursdays,
we hope you have a wonderful Christmas
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Asaka String Quartet, from the RAM - click here
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AGM (2pm) & Piano Concert (3.30pm)
23rd February 2023 - click here (event page not yet available)
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