Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 4th July 2024
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Phil Hopkins
classical harmonica
Andy Massey
piano
classical harmonica
Andy Massey
piano
Programme
Leonard Bernstein ( born Louis 1918-1990)
West Side Story suite (c1960)
America/Tonight/Cool/Somewhere/Gee Officer Krupke
Two French songs
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963)
La Grenouillère The Froggery FP 96 (1938)
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924)
Apres un Rêve After a Dream Op 7/1 (1877)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Flute sonata in Eb major BWV 1031
Allegro moderato
Siciliano
Allegro
Lawrence Cecil "Larry" Adler (1914-2001)
Genevieve (1953)
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Oblivion (1982)
Libertango (1974)
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
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Phil Hopkins
classical harmonica
Phil Hopkins was a music scholar at King’s School Canterbury, graduated from Oxford University and studied chromatic harmonica with the great classical harmonica player, Tommy Reilly.
In a thirty-eight year career as a professional musician playing percussion and/or harmonica, Phil has played for more than 120 London theatre productions spanning over 4500 performances across the West End, Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chromatic harmonica performances include: the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta at St John Smith’s Square, and West End musicals such as The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Sir Tim Rice’s From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and Gone With The Wind (New London Theatre).
Phil has toured the USA many times with various artists including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall, Boston. In 2018 he played the percussion part in the worldwide cinema broadcast of the Broadway production of The King and I from the London Palladium. He has recently been working on the Broadway production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
Other West End shows Phil has played for include The Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Matilda, Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. He has been performance musical director for 21 productions at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Phil has recorded for films such as Iris, Anonymous, The Merchant of Venice and Dance of the Steel Bars, as well as many TV productions including Only Fools and Horses, Wolf Hall and Allo Allo, along with a harmonica solo on This Morning with Phillip Schofield on live TV.
Phil’s harmonica recording of the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy has had more than 127,000 plays on the streaming service Spotify.
Phil has coached many actors to play harmonica for London theatre shows including The Night of the Iguana, Peter Pan, Girl from the North Country, and Assasins. He has played harmonica at many private parties for celebrities including Cameron Mackintosh, Victoria Wood and Sir Mark Rylance.
In a thirty-eight year career as a professional musician playing percussion and/or harmonica, Phil has played for more than 120 London theatre productions spanning over 4500 performances across the West End, Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Royal Shakespeare Company.
Chromatic harmonica performances include: the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Sinfonietta at St John Smith’s Square, and West End musicals such as The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Sir Tim Rice’s From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), the London premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and Gone With The Wind (New London Theatre).
Phil has toured the USA many times with various artists including performances at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and Symphony Hall, Boston. In 2018 he played the percussion part in the worldwide cinema broadcast of the Broadway production of The King and I from the London Palladium. He has recently been working on the Broadway production of Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre.
Other West End shows Phil has played for include The Phantom of the Opera, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Matilda, Oklahoma!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. He has been performance musical director for 21 productions at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Phil has recorded for films such as Iris, Anonymous, The Merchant of Venice and Dance of the Steel Bars, as well as many TV productions including Only Fools and Horses, Wolf Hall and Allo Allo, along with a harmonica solo on This Morning with Phillip Schofield on live TV.
Phil’s harmonica recording of the theme from the film Midnight Cowboy has had more than 127,000 plays on the streaming service Spotify.
Phil has coached many actors to play harmonica for London theatre shows including The Night of the Iguana, Peter Pan, Girl from the North Country, and Assasins. He has played harmonica at many private parties for celebrities including Cameron Mackintosh, Victoria Wood and Sir Mark Rylance.
Andy Massey
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Andy Massey studied at the Royal College of Music where he won major prizes as a pianist. His concert career has taken him throughout the UK and Europe as a soloist with orchestras and a recital player.
In 1996 he went to English National Opera and a year later joined the music staff at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where he stayed for four years, working with some of the worlds great conductors, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Elder OBE, and Mark Wigglesworth to name a few, before moving into musical theatre.
Andy was the associate musical director of Billy Elliot from 2007 and was on the music teams of Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Porgy and Bess (Trevor Nunn, Savoy Theatre), From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), and Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre).
Conducting and Md’ing credits include The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, La Cage Aux Folles, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, and The King and I.
Andy regularly performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra in live broadcasts, proms and recordings. Recent musical director/conductor credits include: Disneys ‘The Lion King’ (International Tour MCG) 2019-21, Sunset Boulevard (Danish National Opera) 2022. In addition his playing is featured on numerous film and television soundtracks notably for Max Richter, Disney, Marvel, Netflix and AppleTV
In 1996 he went to English National Opera and a year later joined the music staff at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, where he stayed for four years, working with some of the worlds great conductors, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Mark Elder OBE, and Mark Wigglesworth to name a few, before moving into musical theatre.
Andy was the associate musical director of Billy Elliot from 2007 and was on the music teams of Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Porgy and Bess (Trevor Nunn, Savoy Theatre), From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), and Guys and Dolls (Savoy Theatre).
Conducting and Md’ing credits include The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, La Cage Aux Folles, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot, and The King and I.
Andy regularly performs with the BBC Concert Orchestra in live broadcasts, proms and recordings. Recent musical director/conductor credits include: Disneys ‘The Lion King’ (International Tour MCG) 2019-21, Sunset Boulevard (Danish National Opera) 2022. In addition his playing is featured on numerous film and television soundtracks notably for Max Richter, Disney, Marvel, Netflix and AppleTV
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Leonard Bernstein ( born Louis 1918-1990)
West Side Story suite (c1960)
America/Tonight/Cool/Somewhere/Gee Officer Krupke
From the Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas comes this medley of show tunes from West Side Story, conducted by Yunior Lopez.
West Side Story suite (c1960)
America/Tonight/Cool/Somewhere/Gee Officer Krupke
From the Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas comes this medley of show tunes from West Side Story, conducted by Yunior Lopez.
Two French Songs
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (1899-1963)
La Grenouillère The Froggery FP 96 (1938)
Here is the baritone Philippe Cantor accompanied by Sophie Rives:
La Grenouillère The Froggery FP 96 (1938)
Here is the baritone Philippe Cantor accompanied by Sophie Rives:
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924)
Apres un Rêve After a Dream Op 7/1 (1877)
Here is an instrumental version of this familiar melody, played on the flutes of the 1895 Debierre organ of Vannes' St Peter's Cathedral, Brittany, by Anne-Isabelle de Parcevaux:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Flute sonata in Eb major BWV 1031
Allegro moderato • Siciliano • Allegro
Here is a recording closer to the sounds Bach himself would have heard. We have Guido Hulsens on recorder-flute, with Sayuri Nagoya, harpsichord.
Lawrence Cecil "Larry" Adler (1914-2001)
Genevieve (1953)
At last a piece originally written for the harmonica! The celebrated British film Genevieve of 1953. It starred John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples comedically involved in a car rally.
The director was Henry Cornelius, with music by Larry Adler. This recording has been matched with pictures to remind us of a film made 71 years ago!
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Oblivion (1982)
Libertango (1974)
The Richard Galliano Sextet perform Oblivion in the first video. Learning accordion and piano since the age of four, Galliano's career includes a period in the 1980s working alongside Piazzolla which gives this recording a certain authentic feel.
For Libertango we go to the composer himself, with his quintet. Just as he is considered the master of New Tango, so he encouraged Galliano to develop a New Musette style in his compositions.
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