12.30 lunchtime, Thursday 30th June 2016
Timothy Ridout viola student of the Royal Academy of Music Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church |
Sponsor: 2016 Season Sponsor: Patricia Morgan Optician Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society 
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Programme
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
from 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin TWV 40 Fantasia 10 in D major (1735) Presto - Largo - Allegro David Philip Hefti (b1975) Con anima, Mosaic for solo viola (2015) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cello Suite No 4 in Eb major BWV 1010 Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Galanteries: 2 Bourrées Gigue |
Telemann's Fantasia 10 in D major
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Timothy Ridout, viola
Born in London in 1995, Timothy is currently completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Martin Outram, having previously studied with Jonathan Barritt at the Junior Academy.
He has participated in masterclasses with Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Hartmut Rohde and Thomas Riebl, and since 2013 worked intensively at the International Musikakademie in Furstentem Liechtenstein as a scholarship holder.
In 2016 Timothy was the first ever British winner of the 12th Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Prior to this he won 1st Prize at the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition at the age of 19, and 2nd Prize at the 2015 Windsor Festival International String Competition.
Recent highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall and the International Viola Congress in Porto, performances of Walton’s Concerto at St. John’s Smith Square supported by the Walton Trust, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music. Earlier this year he recorded his first CD of music by Vieuxtemps for Champs Hill Records.
As a soloist Timothy has appeared with the Baden-Baden Philharmonie, Zagreb Soloists, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Strings, Orchestra of the Swan, Young Musicians Symphony and Birmingham Conservatoire Orchestras, performing works including Martinu’s Rhapsody Concerto, Bruch's Double Concerto, Forsyth's Viola Concerto and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Earlier this year he gave the premiere of a new work by Desmond Clarke with the Melos Ensemble at Milton Court in London.
A keen chamber musician, Timothy has taken part in Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove, the Bad Kissinger Sommer Festival (Germany), Schubertiade Festival (Austria), Musique à Marsac (France), Accademia dei Cameristi (Italy), and the Next Generation Festival in Bad Ragaz (Switzerland). He was a member of the Celan Quartet between 2011-14, undertaking residencies at the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival and Musikdorf Ernen (Switzerland).
Other awards during his studies include the European String teachers Association Prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria, and a Special Prize at the Max Rostal International Competition in Berlin in 2015.
Timothy is very grateful for support from the Bowerman Charitable Trust.
Timothy plays a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, kindly on loan from the Royal Academy of Music, with generous support from the Amarylis Fleming Foundation.
He has participated in masterclasses with Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov, Hartmut Rohde and Thomas Riebl, and since 2013 worked intensively at the International Musikakademie in Furstentem Liechtenstein as a scholarship holder.
In 2016 Timothy was the first ever British winner of the 12th Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Prior to this he won 1st Prize at the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition at the age of 19, and 2nd Prize at the 2015 Windsor Festival International String Competition.
Recent highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall and the International Viola Congress in Porto, performances of Walton’s Concerto at St. John’s Smith Square supported by the Walton Trust, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music. Earlier this year he recorded his first CD of music by Vieuxtemps for Champs Hill Records.
As a soloist Timothy has appeared with the Baden-Baden Philharmonie, Zagreb Soloists, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Strings, Orchestra of the Swan, Young Musicians Symphony and Birmingham Conservatoire Orchestras, performing works including Martinu’s Rhapsody Concerto, Bruch's Double Concerto, Forsyth's Viola Concerto and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Earlier this year he gave the premiere of a new work by Desmond Clarke with the Melos Ensemble at Milton Court in London.
A keen chamber musician, Timothy has taken part in Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove, the Bad Kissinger Sommer Festival (Germany), Schubertiade Festival (Austria), Musique à Marsac (France), Accademia dei Cameristi (Italy), and the Next Generation Festival in Bad Ragaz (Switzerland). He was a member of the Celan Quartet between 2011-14, undertaking residencies at the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival and Musikdorf Ernen (Switzerland).
Other awards during his studies include the European String teachers Association Prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria, and a Special Prize at the Max Rostal International Competition in Berlin in 2015.
Timothy is very grateful for support from the Bowerman Charitable Trust.
Timothy plays a 1677 viola by Giovanni Grancino, kindly on loan from the Royal Academy of Music, with generous support from the Amarylis Fleming Foundation.
Viola (Acrostic Tanka)
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Vivaciously Inward reflection Overflows Largo or Allegro Ancient instrument strings free Peter Horsfield 2/7/2016 |
Inspired by the lunchtime solo viola concert performed at Leatherhead Methodist Church on
30th June 2016, by violist Timothy Ridout.
30th June 2016, by violist Timothy Ridout.
Timothy Ridout's earlier concert, a concert of quite stunning virtuosity, from two players who had never performed together before (Timothy was accompanied by pianist Amiran Zenaishvili), 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.
Timothy Ridout opens his concert today with Telemann's virtuosic Fantasia 10 in D major.
The performer here is Rachel Podger:
Timothy Ridout opens his concert today with Telemann's virtuosic Fantasia 10 in D major.
The performer here is Rachel Podger:
Swiss composer David Philip Hefti's Con anima was written in 2015 for the Max Rostal Competition, held in Berlin.
While we have not found the work online, here is a recording of Hefti rehearsing another of his works Gegenklang (in English: Contrast Chord), with the Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin, in the Great Studio of RBB Berlin:
In three concerts this year we are hearing the six JS Bach Suites for Solo Violoncello,
played by Jacqueline Phillips on a superb 18th century instrument.
This week Timothy Ridout brings us Suite No 4 in Eb major, adapted for the viola.
Here is a recording of violist Jodi Levitz, Chair of the Julliard strings department and
violist of the Ives Quartet, performing the same work.
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home
