12.30pm, Thursday 5th October 2017
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Sponsors:
Patricia Morgan Optician Julie West Solicitor Supported by: Leatherhead Concert & Arts Society
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Programme
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Melodia para violonchelo y piano (1897) Romanza (1898) Pieza en Do Mayor (1898) Cello solo: Written and arranged by Janos Starker (1924-2013) / Hans Bottermund (1892-1949) Theme and variation on Niccolo Paganini's Caprice No 24 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op 40 Allegro non troppo Allegro Largo Allegro Concert Duration: 40-45 minutes |
Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
Jacqueline Phillips
A brilliant ‘cellist from an early age, Jacqueline Phillips studied with legendary teachers including William Pleeth, Amaryllis Fleming, Aldo Perisot (at Canada's Banff Centre of Arts), Joan Dickson and has emerged as an extraordinarily versatile and well-rounded musician; undoubtedly one of the finest British ‘cellists of her generation, with a career that has taken her round the world.
Besides performances throughout London (with concerto appearances at the South Bank Centre) she has toured Russia, America, Canada, the Far East, Italy, France, Spain and Norway as a solo 'cellist including a trip to Italy to win the Rovera D’ore International competition in Genoa.
Back in England, she is in much demand as a free-lance chamber and orchestral musician, guest leading the Irish Chamber Orchestra, guest sub-principal of BBC Phil and guest co- leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Concert Orchestra, touring America with them as sub-principal.
The combination of a fearsome, phenomenally honed technique and an enquiring open-minded musical sensibility means she is as happy performing showy tunes as she is playing a Shostakovich Sonata. Over the last few years she has been working extensively with the highly acclaimed Marianne Olyver Gypsy Orchestra, notably Jacqueline’s breathtaking performance of Popper’s famous Hungarian Rhapsody, that is on their latest CD.
Jacqueline founded her own group, the Brook Ensemble. This special ensemble is the first small group to have continually given a portion of its fees to cancer charities, most recently Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Recently, in her efforts to push the boundaries of cello technique, Jacqueline has specialised in adapting known violin virtuoso solos. Performances include Saint-Saens Rondo Capriccioso and other violin virtuoso concert pieces ! And she continues with a schedule of performances in symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles around the country.
In 2016 Jacqueline accepted the challenge to perform all six of the Bach Cello Suites during three well-received lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead.
Jacqueline is currently on trial as sub-principal cellist for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and in October she begins a concert hall tour with Marc Almond's Shadows & Reflections Tour, opening at London's Royal Festival Hall on the 3rd.
Besides performances throughout London (with concerto appearances at the South Bank Centre) she has toured Russia, America, Canada, the Far East, Italy, France, Spain and Norway as a solo 'cellist including a trip to Italy to win the Rovera D’ore International competition in Genoa.
Back in England, she is in much demand as a free-lance chamber and orchestral musician, guest leading the Irish Chamber Orchestra, guest sub-principal of BBC Phil and guest co- leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Concert Orchestra, touring America with them as sub-principal.
The combination of a fearsome, phenomenally honed technique and an enquiring open-minded musical sensibility means she is as happy performing showy tunes as she is playing a Shostakovich Sonata. Over the last few years she has been working extensively with the highly acclaimed Marianne Olyver Gypsy Orchestra, notably Jacqueline’s breathtaking performance of Popper’s famous Hungarian Rhapsody, that is on their latest CD.
Jacqueline founded her own group, the Brook Ensemble. This special ensemble is the first small group to have continually given a portion of its fees to cancer charities, most recently Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Recently, in her efforts to push the boundaries of cello technique, Jacqueline has specialised in adapting known violin virtuoso solos. Performances include Saint-Saens Rondo Capriccioso and other violin virtuoso concert pieces ! And she continues with a schedule of performances in symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles around the country.
In 2016 Jacqueline accepted the challenge to perform all six of the Bach Cello Suites during three well-received lunchtime concerts in Leatherhead.
Jacqueline is currently on trial as sub-principal cellist for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and in October she begins a concert hall tour with Marc Almond's Shadows & Reflections Tour, opening at London's Royal Festival Hall on the 3rd.
Richard Black
Richard Black’s work as a pianist takes in opera, the symphony orchestra, chamber music and song recitals. He has helped rehearse operas from Purcell to the 21st century. He is a familiar face at opera auditions, and he frequently accompanies students of every voice and instrument at Goldsmiths College.
In performance, Richard has played for singers at Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, as well as in New York, Paris and Luxembourg. He has accompanied a wide range of instrumental works and played in a variety of chamber ensembles. He has accompanied on several CDs and has broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Richard is also an experienced recording engineer, producer and editor and a consultant on audio technology.
In performance, Richard has played for singers at Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, as well as in New York, Paris and Luxembourg. He has accompanied a wide range of instrumental works and played in a variety of chamber ensembles. He has accompanied on several CDs and has broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Richard is also an experienced recording engineer, producer and editor and a consultant on audio technology.
Jacqueline Phillips and Richard Black first met at Leatherhead for a July 2015 lunchtime concert. Their professional approach to that morning's rehearsal and the subsequent performance meant that the audience were amazed when Jacqueline's answer to the question 'so how long have you been working together as a duo ?' was 'just over two hours'.
Concert at Home
If you cannot be with us at the lunchtime concert
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the videos or recordings below:
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the videos or recordings below:
Our concert opens with three works by Manuel de Falla, known colletively as Tres Obras.
In this audio recording of his 1897 Melodia para violonchelo y piano we hear the viola of Emilio Mateu accompanied by pianist Menchu Mendizábal:
In this audio recording of his 1897 Melodia para violonchelo y piano we hear the viola of Emilio Mateu accompanied by pianist Menchu Mendizábal:
For the Romanza en sol mayor we hear again Emilio Mateu, here accompanied by Miguel Zanetti:
Here is another short de Falla piece for cello and piano, the second of his 7 Canciones populares Españoles, this is Asturiana. The musicians are Bion Tsang, cello, and Cecilia Lo-chien Kao, piano:
3. Asturiana
If you have a moment or two, let's listen to the same duo perform the full suite of popular Spanish songs, apart from the Seguidilla which is played by Petri Ceku, guitar and Aleksander Ramm, piano:
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1. El paño moruno
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5. Nana
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Jacqueline Phillips has next planned a solo item for cello. We hear the Starker/Bottermund variations on the theme of Paganini's 24th Caprice. Santiago Cañón Valencia is the soloist, in an April 2016 concert at the Fabio Lozano Hall, Bogota, Colombia:
As if the variations were not enough of a challenge, we now come to the major work in the programme.
Shostakovich's Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op 40 has four movements, Allegro non troppo, Allegro, Largo and a final Allegro. Here, from the Mixon Reital Hall, at the Cleveland Institute of Music, are cellist Tom Sullivan with pianist Ting Li:
Shostakovich's Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor Op 40 has four movements, Allegro non troppo, Allegro, Largo and a final Allegro. Here, from the Mixon Reital Hall, at the Cleveland Institute of Music, are cellist Tom Sullivan with pianist Ting Li:
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home.
