Music on Thursdays
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2022 Mole Valley
Arts Alive Festival
Flutes & Frets Duo
Beth Stone, flutes
Daniel Murphy, theorbo/lute
Programme
Join the Flutes & Frets Duo on a journey through time featuring music by Robert White, JS Bach and Astor Piazzolla.
Robert White (1538-1574)
Christe Qui Lux Es Dies III Christ who art the light and the day
Pierre Attaingnant (c1494-1552)
Selected Works
I) Prelude
II) Amy Souffres
III) Secourez-Moi
IV) Basse Danse
V) Tourdion
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Si dolce è’l tormento So sweet is the torment
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in C Major BWV 1033
I) Andante
II) Allegro
III) Adagio
IV) Menuetto I
V) Menuetto II
Niel Gow (1727-1807)
Selected Scottish Folk Tunes
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sicilienne Op 78 (1893)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Invierno Porteño Buenos Aires Winter (1965)
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
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Flutes and Frets Duo
After first collaborating at the Royal College of Music, Beth Stone and Daniel Murphy founded the Flutes and Frets Duo in March 2021. They are an upcoming, unique ensemble passionate about showing the versatility of the flute and plucked instruments combination. Fundamentally, their aim is to play all types of
music on the instruments they were originally composed for. They achieve this by exploring a wide scope of repertoire ranging from medieval all the way through to contemporary.
The Flutes & Frets Duo have had the pleasure of performing recitals all over England. Notable concerts include the London International Early Music Festival, the Lichfield Festival and performing at the National Gallery. They were thrilled to be awarded the first prize for the 2021 La Follia Nuova International Chamber Music Competition, to be winners of the 2022 “22nd LAMS Matera Award” chamber music category scoring 98/100, and to be finalists in the Royal Overseas League Competition Mixed Ensembles Category 2022. They have recently been selected as a Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) Live! ensemble for the 2022/23 scheme, as well as both being members of the new BREMF Medieval Ensemble. They are DEBUT Horizon artists and work with the Alive Network agency.
One of the main aims of the duo is to bring awareness to diverse audiences of the wide possibilities that this combination of instruments provides and also the variety of sounds that composers of every era would have intended their audiences to hear. Through this, they produce a special sound palette by combining historically-informed performance with modern conventional performance.
music on the instruments they were originally composed for. They achieve this by exploring a wide scope of repertoire ranging from medieval all the way through to contemporary.
The Flutes & Frets Duo have had the pleasure of performing recitals all over England. Notable concerts include the London International Early Music Festival, the Lichfield Festival and performing at the National Gallery. They were thrilled to be awarded the first prize for the 2021 La Follia Nuova International Chamber Music Competition, to be winners of the 2022 “22nd LAMS Matera Award” chamber music category scoring 98/100, and to be finalists in the Royal Overseas League Competition Mixed Ensembles Category 2022. They have recently been selected as a Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) Live! ensemble for the 2022/23 scheme, as well as both being members of the new BREMF Medieval Ensemble. They are DEBUT Horizon artists and work with the Alive Network agency.
One of the main aims of the duo is to bring awareness to diverse audiences of the wide possibilities that this combination of instruments provides and also the variety of sounds that composers of every era would have intended their audiences to hear. Through this, they produce a special sound palette by combining historically-informed performance with modern conventional performance.
Beth Stone
After starting to play flute at age six, Beth Stone spent seven years studying at Chetham’s School of Music from age eleven, taking an interest in historical flutes in her final two years there. In 2022, she graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first class honours, where she studied historical flutes with Rachel Brown and modern flute with Gitte Marcusson and as part of the joint principal course.
As an orchestral player, Beth has had the pleasure of working with the Academy of Ancient Music, Ex-Cathedra, London Handel Orchestra, the Cambridge Handel Opera Company, the London Baroque Orchestra, Ebcorum Baroque and the London Choral Sinfonia among others. She is an avid player of all types of flutes, both historical and modern. Pursuing a career in both fields, Beth aims to gain experience, knowledge and understanding of the vast music she plays.
As an orchestral player, Beth has had the pleasure of working with the Academy of Ancient Music, Ex-Cathedra, London Handel Orchestra, the Cambridge Handel Opera Company, the London Baroque Orchestra, Ebcorum Baroque and the London Choral Sinfonia among others. She is an avid player of all types of flutes, both historical and modern. Pursuing a career in both fields, Beth aims to gain experience, knowledge and understanding of the vast music she plays.
Daniel Murphy
Daniel Murphy studied classical guitar at the Royal College of Music with Carlos Bonell before transitioning to the historical performance department in his third
year, becoming RCM’s first ever undergraduate principal-study theorbo player, studying with Jakob Lindberg.
Daniel’s freelance work includes collaborating with ensembles such as Ex-Cathedra, Fiori Musicali, London Baroque Orchestra and Dowland Works among others. As a lutenist, he regularly performs lute song with numerous singers including Emma Kirkby, Mary Bevan and Hugh Cutting. Career highlights include performing with the Tavernor Consort, conducted by Andrew Parrott in Frauenchiemsee, Germany, and featuring on Radio 3’s Early Music Show in Windsor Castle performing "music for Charles II".
year, becoming RCM’s first ever undergraduate principal-study theorbo player, studying with Jakob Lindberg.
Daniel’s freelance work includes collaborating with ensembles such as Ex-Cathedra, Fiori Musicali, London Baroque Orchestra and Dowland Works among others. As a lutenist, he regularly performs lute song with numerous singers including Emma Kirkby, Mary Bevan and Hugh Cutting. Career highlights include performing with the Tavernor Consort, conducted by Andrew Parrott in Frauenchiemsee, Germany, and featuring on Radio 3’s Early Music Show in Windsor Castle performing "music for Charles II".
2022 Mole Valley
Arts Alive Festival
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Robert White (1538-1574)
Christe Qui Lux Es Dies III
Christ who art the light and the day
Robert White is known to have set this text five times, hence the indication that we will hear his third setting. As in this example, each setting is for 5 voices - SATTB:
Christe Qui Lux Es Dies III
Christ who art the light and the day
Robert White is known to have set this text five times, hence the indication that we will hear his third setting. As in this example, each setting is for 5 voices - SATTB:
Pierre Attaingnant (c1494-1552)
Selected Works
I) Prelude
II) Amy Souffres
III) Secourez-Moi
IV) Basse Danse
V) Tourdion
The aim in the selection below is to present a flavour of Attaignant's work. You will appreciate the term Prelude, for example, will apply to several compositions. The same is true of the terms Basse Danse and Tourdion.
Selected Works
I) Prelude
II) Amy Souffres
III) Secourez-Moi
IV) Basse Danse
V) Tourdion
The aim in the selection below is to present a flavour of Attaignant's work. You will appreciate the term Prelude, for example, will apply to several compositions. The same is true of the terms Basse Danse and Tourdion.
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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Si dolce è’l tormento So sweet is the torment
Si dolce è’l tormento is a song of unrequited love, sung here by the Italian tenor and musicologist Marco Beasley.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in C Major BWV 1033
I) Andante II) Allegro III) Adagio IV) Menuetto I V) Menuetto II
A refreshing performance here by Sponte Sua: Pablo Sosa, flute, and Asako Ueda, theorbo.
Niel Gow (1727-1807)
Selected Scottish Folk Tunes
Is it just the Englsih who haven't heard of Niel Gow?
First let's have an intro to the man's own fiddle.
Following that is possibly his most well-known piece "Niel Gow's Lament on the Death of his Second Wife".
Selected Scottish Folk Tunes
Is it just the Englsih who haven't heard of Niel Gow?
First let's have an intro to the man's own fiddle.
Following that is possibly his most well-known piece "Niel Gow's Lament on the Death of his Second Wife".
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Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Sicilienne Op 78 (1893)
A familiar tune, heard generally on cello and piano, here on flute and harp.
Sicilienne Op 78 (1893)
A familiar tune, heard generally on cello and piano, here on flute and harp.
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Invierno Porteño Buenos Aires Winter (1965)
This original recording is matched with period photos of Buenos Aires, the "port" referred to in the title.
Invierno Porteño Buenos Aires Winter (1965)
This original recording is matched with period photos of Buenos Aires, the "port" referred to in the title.
Previous concert
Incantati - Rachel Stott,viola d'amore, Ibrahim Aziz, gamba - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Xander Croft, violin & Keelan Carewe, piano - click here
