Music on Thursdays
Timothy Ridout, viola
Amiran Zenaishvili, piano courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music |
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Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society |
Programme
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Étude de Concert Op16 (1845) Élégie in F minor Op 30 (1854) Sonate Inachevée (Unfinished) in Bb major Op 60 (1884) Félicien-César David (1810-1876) Arr Vieuxtemps La Nuit, Thème de l'Ode-symphonie Le Désert Op 24 (1847) Henri Vieuxtemps Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations burlesques sur Yankee Doodle Please click the button below to read about Henri Vieuxtemps, on wikipedia:
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7.30pm Sunday 15th November 2015
Timothy Ridout, viola, and accompanist Ke Ma are performing at London's Wigmore Hall Hummel: Violin Concerto Schumann: Märchenlieder Edwin York Bowen: Rhapsody in G minor Vieuxtemps: Bb Viola Sonata Hindemith: F major Sonata Buses: Any route along Oxford Street Nearest Tube: Bond Street, Oxford Circus |
Timothy Ridout, viola
Born in 1995, Timothy has been praised for ‘the warmth and eloquence of his tone’ (the Strad). He made his concerto debut in 2011 with Martinu’s Rhapsody-Concerto and has since appeared as soloist with the Baden Baden Philharmonic, the Zagreb Soloists, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Strings, the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Academy of Music Soloists Orches-tra and the Birmingham Conservatoire String Orchestra.
Recent concert highlights include Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, Walton’s Viola Con-certo at St John’s Smith Square in an evening sponsored by the William Walton Trust and recitals at the Colston Hall, Bristol and the 42nd International Viola Congress in Porto.
Timothy has been a prize winner in several International Competitions. In 2014 He won the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition, There he was also awarded the Britten-Pears Prize and the Bishop Instruments Prize. Also that year at the 21st International Johannes Brahms Competition he won the prize of the European String Teachers Association. Most recently he won second prize at the 5th Windsor Festival International String Competition.
A passionate chamber musician, Timothy has played at many festivals around Europe including Open Chamber music at IMS Prussia Cove UK, Musique a Marsac in France, Accademia dei Cameristi in Italy and ‘Next Generation’ Classic Festival Bad Ragaz in Switzerland. This year he looks forward to playing at the Brighton Festival and then at the Schubertiade in Austria. Timothy was a member of the Celan Quartet between 2011 and 2014. They had residencies at the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival and Musikdorf Ernen, with appearances at the Cheltenham, Peasmarsh, Lewes and Frinton Festivals: they also collaborated with members of The London Haydn Quartet, and the Barbican and Kungsbacka Trios and recorded Berg’s op.3 on the Music Works Label.
Timothy began playing the viola aged 8 and now studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Mar-tin Outram, having previously studied with Jonathan Barritt. He has participated in master classes with Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Hartmut Rohde and Thomas Riebl.
Future plans include concertos with the Orchestra of the Swan, the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, the Bedford Symphony Orchestra, as well as premiering a new work at Milton Court with the Melos Sinfonia. In 2015/16 he will make his debut at the Wigmore Hall as an award of the Kirkman Concerts Society and will release a disc of Vieuxtemps’s viola works for Champs Hill.
Timothy is grateful for support from Ian Stoutzker and the Albert and Eugine Frost Music Trust. He plays a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, kindly on loan from the Royal Academy of Music, with generous support from the Amarylis Fleming Foundation.
Recent concert highlights include Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, Walton’s Viola Con-certo at St John’s Smith Square in an evening sponsored by the William Walton Trust and recitals at the Colston Hall, Bristol and the 42nd International Viola Congress in Porto.
Timothy has been a prize winner in several International Competitions. In 2014 He won the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition, There he was also awarded the Britten-Pears Prize and the Bishop Instruments Prize. Also that year at the 21st International Johannes Brahms Competition he won the prize of the European String Teachers Association. Most recently he won second prize at the 5th Windsor Festival International String Competition.
A passionate chamber musician, Timothy has played at many festivals around Europe including Open Chamber music at IMS Prussia Cove UK, Musique a Marsac in France, Accademia dei Cameristi in Italy and ‘Next Generation’ Classic Festival Bad Ragaz in Switzerland. This year he looks forward to playing at the Brighton Festival and then at the Schubertiade in Austria. Timothy was a member of the Celan Quartet between 2011 and 2014. They had residencies at the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival and Musikdorf Ernen, with appearances at the Cheltenham, Peasmarsh, Lewes and Frinton Festivals: they also collaborated with members of The London Haydn Quartet, and the Barbican and Kungsbacka Trios and recorded Berg’s op.3 on the Music Works Label.
Timothy began playing the viola aged 8 and now studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Mar-tin Outram, having previously studied with Jonathan Barritt. He has participated in master classes with Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Hartmut Rohde and Thomas Riebl.
Future plans include concertos with the Orchestra of the Swan, the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, the Bedford Symphony Orchestra, as well as premiering a new work at Milton Court with the Melos Sinfonia. In 2015/16 he will make his debut at the Wigmore Hall as an award of the Kirkman Concerts Society and will release a disc of Vieuxtemps’s viola works for Champs Hill.
Timothy is grateful for support from Ian Stoutzker and the Albert and Eugine Frost Music Trust. He plays a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, kindly on loan from the Royal Academy of Music, with generous support from the Amarylis Fleming Foundation.
Amiran Zenaishvili, piano
Amiran Zenaishvili studied piano since the age of five at the Gnessin Special Music College, Moscow under the guidance of Professors Ada Traub and Tatiana Vorobieva, and performed publicly from an early age.
In 2003 Amiran performed at Cambridge University in the Young Russian Talents programme. In 2006 he received 1st Prize at the VIIth Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica juniors (Varallo, Italy). In 2007 he débuted as a soloist with the orchestra of the St Petersburg State Academic Capella and went on to receive 3rd Prize at the VIth International Competition A Step toward Mastery in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In 2008 Amiran received the Grand Prix and special Diploma for the best performance of Classical composition at the VIIIth International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists in Vilnius, Lithuania.
From 2009 Amiran continued his studies at the Central Music School (College) of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a student of Professor Alexander Mndoyants. In 2011 he was awarded a scholarship by The Yuri Rozum International Charitable Foundation and in the same year he won 1st Prize at the International Carl Filtsch competition in Hermannstadt, Romania.
In September 2012 he was awarded a special scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation. In June 2013 he graduated from Central Music School with Highest Honours and was accepted for the Royal Academy of Music with a full scholarship from the Future of Russia foundation, where he studies under the guidance of Professor Christopher Elton. In October 2014 he went on to become a finalist of The Jacques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition and to perform in Wigmore Hall, London.
Amiran frequently appears as solo performer and in chamber music ensembles in public recitals and concerts in Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, USA, and the United Kingdom. He is fond of conducting and reading.
In 2003 Amiran performed at Cambridge University in the Young Russian Talents programme. In 2006 he received 1st Prize at the VIIth Concorso Internazionale Valsesia Musica juniors (Varallo, Italy). In 2007 he débuted as a soloist with the orchestra of the St Petersburg State Academic Capella and went on to receive 3rd Prize at the VIth International Competition A Step toward Mastery in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In 2008 Amiran received the Grand Prix and special Diploma for the best performance of Classical composition at the VIIIth International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists in Vilnius, Lithuania.
From 2009 Amiran continued his studies at the Central Music School (College) of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a student of Professor Alexander Mndoyants. In 2011 he was awarded a scholarship by The Yuri Rozum International Charitable Foundation and in the same year he won 1st Prize at the International Carl Filtsch competition in Hermannstadt, Romania.
In September 2012 he was awarded a special scholarship from the Government of the Russian Federation. In June 2013 he graduated from Central Music School with Highest Honours and was accepted for the Royal Academy of Music with a full scholarship from the Future of Russia foundation, where he studies under the guidance of Professor Christopher Elton. In October 2014 he went on to become a finalist of The Jacques Samuel Pianos Intercollegiate Piano Competition and to perform in Wigmore Hall, London.
Amiran frequently appears as solo performer and in chamber music ensembles in public recitals and concerts in Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, USA, and the United Kingdom. He is fond of conducting and reading.
A concert of quite stunning virtuosity from two players who had never performed together before, inspired this work from our resident poet's pen:
Vieuxtemps
Rippling waves of dreamy melody
in elegiac mood enfold our ears.
Exquisite viola vibration,
from Grancino instrument,
resonates from depth of centuries;
fills the air as if suspended
by timeless moment.
Eyes closed, chin inclined skyward,
yet still gripping the curved wood which sings,
he glides and strokes his bow,
long-phrased, across the strings.
Now his fingers move apace
in passionate exhilaration;
body dances, eyes light up,
mercurial in fleeting facial
humour and sheer joy.
His pianist integrates perfectly,
expands full range of feeling –
musical expression
which takes our breath away.
Who would believe that this duo
has not played together before?
Intuitive synchrony speaks
without need for conscious control.
Natural wholeness emanates
from this untried combination;
and through them channels
a little-known Belgian composer,
creating two-fold novelty
of melodious delight
which rivets our attention
in one magnificent performance.
Peter Horsfield 29/10/2015
in elegiac mood enfold our ears.
Exquisite viola vibration,
from Grancino instrument,
resonates from depth of centuries;
fills the air as if suspended
by timeless moment.
Eyes closed, chin inclined skyward,
yet still gripping the curved wood which sings,
he glides and strokes his bow,
long-phrased, across the strings.
Now his fingers move apace
in passionate exhilaration;
body dances, eyes light up,
mercurial in fleeting facial
humour and sheer joy.
His pianist integrates perfectly,
expands full range of feeling –
musical expression
which takes our breath away.
Who would believe that this duo
has not played together before?
Intuitive synchrony speaks
without need for conscious control.
Natural wholeness emanates
from this untried combination;
and through them channels
a little-known Belgian composer,
creating two-fold novelty
of melodious delight
which rivets our attention
in one magnificent performance.
Peter Horsfield 29/10/2015
Inspired by the lunchtime concert performed at Leatherhead Methodist Church on 29th October 2015 by
Timothy Ridout, viola; and Amiran Zenaishvili, piano. Their programme featured music by Henri Vieuxtemps, 1820-1881.
Timothy played on a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, Amiran on our 1970s Schiedmayer baby grand piano.
Timothy Ridout, viola; and Amiran Zenaishvili, piano. Their programme featured music by Henri Vieuxtemps, 1820-1881.
Timothy played on a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, Amiran on our 1970s Schiedmayer baby grand piano.
Concert at Home
If you are unable to come along to today's concert, here instead is a selection of links to recordings of the same or similar works for your listening enjoyment.
Sometimes we cannot match precisely the works that appear in the day's concert and that is going to be the case with this concert of Vieuxtemps. So instead we offer similar pieces to give you the flavour of this Belgian composer.
In that vein, we open with violinist Sophie Langdon playing Étude No 2 from Vieuxtemps' Opus 16:
Sometimes we cannot match precisely the works that appear in the day's concert and that is going to be the case with this concert of Vieuxtemps. So instead we offer similar pieces to give you the flavour of this Belgian composer.
In that vein, we open with violinist Sophie Langdon playing Étude No 2 from Vieuxtemps' Opus 16:
There are several recordings of the Elegy in F minor. Here is Simonide Braconi with Monaldo Braconi at the piano:
Vieuxtemps wrote two movements for a sonata that was published posthumously as his 'Unfinished Sonata'.
The viola here is played by Pierre Lénert and the pianist is Jeff Cohen. The movements are:
1 Allegro con fuoco, in Bb major, and 2 Scherzo, grazioso, in F minor.
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Inspired by visits to the Middle East, Félicien David wrote his Ode-symphonie Le Désert in 1844,
originally for tenor and orchestra. In the recording below, and at the concert, we hear the
Vieuxtemps arrangement of the work's theme, for viola and piano:
Timothy Ridout has chosen an exciting finish to his concert today, the burlesque variations on Yankee Doodle.
In this recording you can see every movement made by the 18-year old Polish violinist
Krzysztof Rucinski,as he performs in the home of opera singer Luana DeVol.
The event was the launch of the Foundation to Assist Young Musicians and you can read about this young talent,
the Foundation's first protegé, who had been discovered on youtube, here:
In this recording you can see every movement made by the 18-year old Polish violinist
Krzysztof Rucinski,as he performs in the home of opera singer Luana DeVol.
The event was the launch of the Foundation to Assist Young Musicians and you can read about this young talent,
the Foundation's first protegé, who had been discovered on youtube, here:
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home
