Wednesday 3 August 2011

Wednesday 3 August 2011


Place – Temple of St Germain-de-Calberte [photo] [how to get there?]


5 p.m. – Beethoven, Shostakovich, Fauré, Strauss. Piano and cello

Musicians

Momo Kodama, piano. Momo has established an extraordinary career performing with the foremost orchestras and since her US debut in 1991 with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, been invited – and re-invited – by al large number of European and American orchestras.         [find out more]

Rohan de Saram, cello. « Dazzling technical wizadry » – Sydney Telegraph. » Rohan de Saram is a Cello phenomenon, one of the greatest cellists of our time» – Kolnische Rundshau.  [find out more]


Programme detail

  • Sonata n°3 for cello and piano, op.69, in A major   –   Beethoven
  • Sonata for cello and piano, op.40, in D minor  –   Shostakovic

*interval*

  • Elégie, op.24  -   Fauré
  • Sonata for cello and piano, op.6 in F major  -  Strauss


6.30 p.m. – Extended interval

Drinks and a country buffet in the gardens and environs of  La Capelle.
A meal specially devised for the Musical Festival in the village restaurant “ Le Recantou”. [how to get there].


9 p.m. – Piano, cello, marimba and drumkit

Musicians

Rohan de Saram, cello et piano [find out more]

Suren de Saram, marimba, drumkit [find out more]

David Morecroft, piano [find out more]


Programme detail

  • Sonate n°5 for cello and basso continuo in E minor, RV 40  – Vivaldi 
    (arr. marimba & piano by Suren and Rohan)
  • A Little Prayer for marimba solo  -  Evelyn Glennie
  • Spanish folk songs -  Manuel de Falla
    1. n°2 « Nana » (Lullaby) (arr. marimba & cello by Suren and Rohan)
    2. n°4 « Polo » (Rohan, cello and David, piano)
    3. n°5 « Asturias » (arr. marimba & cello by Suren and Rohan)
  • First improvisation (Suren, David and Rohan)
  • « Intermezzo » from Goyescas (Rohan, cello and David, piano)   
    (Arr. Enrique Granados)
  • Funf Stucke im Volkston, n°s 1 et 2 – Schumann
    (arr. marimba & piano by Suren and Rohan)
  • Second improvisation Suren (marimba)  David (piano) and Rohan (cello)

*interval*

  • Ghanaia for marimba solo – Matthias Schmitt
  • Piece en forme de Habanera, cello and piano  – Ravel
  • Three birdsongs as notated by Olivier Messiaen in the Traité   – Messiaen
    (adapted for cello, marimba and piano by the players)
  • « Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus »,  from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (cello and piano, Rohan and David)  – Messiaen
  • Carnival de Venice, op 78 for marimba et piano (Suren and David)         (solo arr. by Scott R. Meister)  -  Giulio Briccialdi
  • Third improvisation (Suren, David and Rohan)
  • “Yellow After The Rain”   -   Mitchell Peters
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