Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 10th July 2025
12.30 lunchtime
Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church KT22 8AY
Parking: Swan Centre multi storey KT22 7RH
Eleftheria Kotzia
classical guitar
Programme
Maximo Diego Pujol (b1957)
from Cinco Preludios (1985)
3 Tristango en vos Sadness in you
2 Preludio tristón Melancholy prelude
5 Candombe en mi Candombe dance in me
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-1925)
from Trois Gymnopédies Three nude dances
1 Lent et douloureux Slow and sorrowful (1888)
Barbara, Monique Andrée Serf (1930-1997)
Gottingen (1964) "a hymn to Franco-German reconciliation"
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (1925-2021)
Two Epitaphs (from the 2013 album of the same name)
A day in May
You have set my star
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
Farewell to Stromness (1980)
Angel Cabral (b Angel Amato) (1911-1997)
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir Let no-one know my suffering (1936)
aka Amor de mis amores Love of my loves
new French text by Michel Rivgauche (1923-2005)
popularised by Édith Piaf (1915-1963)
La Foule
Greek Traditional
Sousta Spring trad wedding dance
Concert duration approx: 55+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Maximo Diego Pujol (b1957)
from Cinco Preludios (1985)
3 Tristango en vos Sadness in you
2 Preludio tristón Melancholy prelude
5 Candombe en mi Candombe dance in me
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-1925)
from Trois Gymnopédies Three nude dances
1 Lent et douloureux Slow and sorrowful (1888)
Barbara, Monique Andrée Serf (1930-1997)
Gottingen (1964) "a hymn to Franco-German reconciliation"
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (1925-2021)
Two Epitaphs (from the 2013 album of the same name)
A day in May
You have set my star
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
Farewell to Stromness (1980)
Angel Cabral (b Angel Amato) (1911-1997)
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir Let no-one know my suffering (1936)
aka Amor de mis amores Love of my loves
new French text by Michel Rivgauche (1923-2005)
popularised by Édith Piaf (1915-1963)
La Foule
Greek Traditional
Sousta Spring trad wedding dance
Concert duration approx: 55+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Musician
Described by USA Review as doing for the Greek soul what flamenco does for the Spanish, Eleftheria Kotzia has toured regularly in Europe, Canada, the United States, South America, North Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Far East.
She has given recitals at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including the Merkin Concert Hall and the Carnegie Recital Hall, the Herbst Theatre, The Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre, the Athens Concert Hall, Les Halles, and the Amphitheatre Richelieu in the Sorbonne, the Jubilee Hall - Raffles Hotel, The Rudolfinum.
Composers Domeniconi, Bogdanovic, Dodgson, Duarte, McGuire, Vasquez influenced by the Greek musical heritage have dedicated works to Eleftheria. She has presented numerous works by Greek composers and has recorded René Eespere’s guitar concerto.
Eleftheria has an impressive list of 7 solo recordings to her credit. Her CD ‘The Blue Guitar’ was selected by Gramophone magazine as a Critic's Choice Recording of the Year.
Winner of the International Guitar Competition in Milan, Eleftheria has been on the cover of the major guitar magazines.
Eleftheria is the writer of the Guitar Method ‘le cahier de ma
guitare’ (3 vols). Professor of Guitar in the Conservatoire National of Cardiff, Wales (2000- 2016) she teaches and gives classes all over the world.
Since 2007 Eleftheria Directs the Course & Guitar Festival
‘Guitarenfrance’ at the Chateau de Celon.
www.eleftheria.info
She has given recitals at some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including the Merkin Concert Hall and the Carnegie Recital Hall, the Herbst Theatre, The Wigmore Hall and the South Bank Centre, the Athens Concert Hall, Les Halles, and the Amphitheatre Richelieu in the Sorbonne, the Jubilee Hall - Raffles Hotel, The Rudolfinum.
Composers Domeniconi, Bogdanovic, Dodgson, Duarte, McGuire, Vasquez influenced by the Greek musical heritage have dedicated works to Eleftheria. She has presented numerous works by Greek composers and has recorded René Eespere’s guitar concerto.
Eleftheria has an impressive list of 7 solo recordings to her credit. Her CD ‘The Blue Guitar’ was selected by Gramophone magazine as a Critic's Choice Recording of the Year.
Winner of the International Guitar Competition in Milan, Eleftheria has been on the cover of the major guitar magazines.
Eleftheria is the writer of the Guitar Method ‘le cahier de ma
guitare’ (3 vols). Professor of Guitar in the Conservatoire National of Cardiff, Wales (2000- 2016) she teaches and gives classes all over the world.
Since 2007 Eleftheria Directs the Course & Guitar Festival
‘Guitarenfrance’ at the Chateau de Celon.
www.eleftheria.info
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Maximo Diego Pujol (b1957)
from Cinco Preludios (1985)
3 Tristango en vos Sadness in you
2 Preludio tristón Melancholy prelude
5 Candombe en mi Candombe dance in me
We have the complete set of preludes for you, performed by Sara N Pinto, in the teatro Caixa Preta (Black Box Theatre) in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, part of Arts Center of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Here is the complete list of the preludes:
I Preludio Rockero
II Preludio Tristón
III Tristango en vos
IV Curda Tangueada
V Candombe em mi
from Cinco Preludios (1985)
3 Tristango en vos Sadness in you
2 Preludio tristón Melancholy prelude
5 Candombe en mi Candombe dance in me
We have the complete set of preludes for you, performed by Sara N Pinto, in the teatro Caixa Preta (Black Box Theatre) in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, part of Arts Center of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Here is the complete list of the preludes:
I Preludio Rockero
II Preludio Tristón
III Tristango en vos
IV Curda Tangueada
V Candombe em mi
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-1925)
from Trois Gymnopédies Three nude dances
1 Lent et douloureux Slow and sorrowful (1888)
The soloist here is Ilona Skowrońska:
Barbara, Monique Andrée Serf (1930-1997)
Göttingen (1964) "a hymn to Franco-German reconciliation"
Ah! How did we British miss Barbara, this wonderful sound and talent our French neighbours so loved?
It is certainly worth looking up the story of this song on wikipedia. English wiki • wiki Français
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Of course it’s not the Seine
It’s not the Bois de Vincennes But it’s so lovely, all the same, in Göttingen, in Göttingen. There are no quais, no old melodies lamenting, crawling about, But love blooms, nonetheless, in Göttingen, in Göttingen. Herman, Peter, Helga and Hans, They know better than we do, I think, The history of our French kings, In Göttingen And, no offense intended, But the fairy tales of our childhood, those “once upon a times” begin In Göttingen Of course, we have the Seine And we have the Bois de Vincennes too, But, my God, the roses are beautiful in Göttingen, in Göttingen We have our pallid mornings And Verlaine’s gray spirit They have same melancholy in Göttingen, in Göttingen When they don’t know what to say to us, They stand there just smiling at us, But we understand them, even so, The blond children of Göttingen |
And too bad for those who are shocked
And may everyone else forgive me But children are the same in Paris or Göttingen Oh, may they never return, Those days of blood and hatred For there are people that I love in Göttingen, in Göttingen And should the alarm sound and we’re forced to take up arms again My heart will shed a tear For Göttingen, for Göttingen But it’s so lovely, all the same, in Göttingen, in Göttingen. Italic verse repeats French text appears on screen |
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (1925-2021)
Two Epitaphs (from the 2013 album of the same name)
A day in May
You have set my star
First we hear a recording of "A day in May" by Miloš Karadaglić.
Following that is a recording of two more Epitaphios, the second of which is "You have set my star." The recording was made the evening following the death of Theodorakis in September 2021. The speaker and guitarist is Antigoni Goni.
She writes:
His songs for me are my grandfather's smile when he was telling me his Makronisos stories, when he was in exile with Mikis for years and years.
His songs are the sound and the perfumes of my childhood; the very reason I ever wanted to play the guitar.
His music is the quintessence of the concept of freedom and of higher ideals and has helped me shape who I am today.
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Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
Farewell to Stromness (1980)
A protest piece and yet not a work to be rushed. LAGQ take it at a thoughtful pace. Their name stands for Los Angeles Guitar Quartet:
Angel Cabral (b Angel Amato) (1911-1997)
Que nadie sepa mi sufrir Let no-one know my suffering
aka Amor de mis amores Love of my loves
new French text by Michel Rivgauche (1923-2005)
popularised by Édith Piaf (1915-1963)
La Foule
Here comes something we have never done before! This rendition comes from the TV programme The Voice: La Plus Belle Voix, 2016 edition, and its the finals. The singer is called simply "Antoine". In case anyone cares, we should name the coaches: Florent Pagny, Mika, Zazie et Garou !
If it helps to have the text and/or a translation here they come. But first time you listen, perhaps just enjoy the show!
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Je revois la ville en fête et en délire
Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie I see again the city in celebration and delirious frenzy suffocating under the sun and the joy Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires Qui éclatent et rebondissent autour de moi And I hear through the music the joyous cries, the laughter that explodes and bounces around me Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent Étourdie, désemparée, je reste là And lost among the people who jostle me dizzy, off-balance, I stay there Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras When suddenly, though, I turn around, he steps back and the crowd throws me into his arms Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne Nous entraîne, écrasés l'un contre l'autre Nous ne formons qu'un seul corps Carried away by the crowd who pull us along, squeezed against each other we become just one single body Et le flot sans effort nous pousse, enchaînés l'un et l'autre Et nous laisse tous deux épanouis, enivrés et heureux and the effortless flow of the crowd pushes us, chained to each another, and lets us blossom, drunk and happy together Entraînés par la foule qui s'élance Et qui danse une folle farandole Nos deux mains restent soudées Pulled along by the throbbing crowd who dance a crazy farandole [quick dance], our two hands stay welded together Et parfois soulevés, nos deux corps enlacés s'envolent Et retombent tous deux épanouis, enivrés et heureux And sometimes lifted, our two bodies, entwined, float up and fall back down blossoming, drunk and happy together Et la joie éclaboussée par son sourire Me transperce et rejaillit au fond de moi And joy splashes out through his smile, piercing me and bursting again deep inside me Mais soudain je pousse un cri parmi les rires Quand la foule vient l'arracher d'entre mes bras But suddenly, I force out a scream among the laughter when the crowd tears him from my embrace Emportés par la foule qui nous traîne Nous entraîne, nous éloigne l'un de l'autre Je lutte et je me débats Carried away by the crowd who pull us, drag us far from one another, I fight and I argue Mais le son de ma voix s'étouffe dans les rires des autres Et je crie de douleur, de fureur et de rage et je pleure but the sound of my voice is smothered by the laughter of others And I scream in distress, in fury, in rage, and I cry Et traînée par la foule qui s'élance Et qui danse une folle farandole Je suis emportée au loin and dragged by the crowd that rushes along, that danced a crazy farandole I am taken further away Et je crispe mes poings, maudissant la foule qui me vole L'homme qu'elle m'avait donné et que je n'ai jamais retrouvé and I clench my fists, damning the crowd who stole from me the man it gave me and that I´ll never find again |
Greek Traditional
Sousta Spring trad wedding dance
Traditional dances can take many forms, so here we present two Soustas, the first come from the a wedding at the Royal Chase, Enfield, Middlesex, and the second seems to be somewhere in Belgium. You may notice the word Xapá. It means Joy, Greek.
Previous concert
3 July 2025 - Nicola Hands, oboe/cor anglais, Jonathan Pease, piano, click here
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17 July 2025 - Yair Avidor, lute/theorbo - click here
