Burnside PIANIST Liebeck VIOLIN Pendlebury CELLO
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Burnside PIANIST Liebeck VIOLIN Pendlebury CELLO
Ailish and Tynan Jack with Iain SOPRANO Liebeck Sally VIOLIN Burnside Pendlebury PIANIST CELLO Recital programme 5th March 2008 7.30pm -- St. John’s Smith Square First Part Romances by Aleksandr Blok D. Shostakovich Op.127 Pesnja Ofelii Gamajun ptica veshchaja My byli vmeste Gorod spit Burja, Tajnyje znaki Muzyka J. Canteloube Songs from Chantes d'Auvergne Bailèro Obal,din lou limouzi Oï, ayaï Per l'èfon Tchut, tchut Second Part Arranged by Herbert Hughes Irish folk songs The Spanish Lady The Gartan Mother's lullaby I know where I'm going Rain on Rahoon When through life unblessed we rove Tigaree Torum Orum The sun whose rays Sorry her lot …Josephine’s aria The Mikado HMS Pinafore Gilbert & Sullivan Chi il bel sogno di Doretta? La rondine G.Puccini Quel guardo il cavaliere Don Pasquale G. Donizetti 1 Ailish Tynan Ailish Tynan was born in Mullingar, Ireland, and studied at Trinity College and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. In 2003 Ailish represented Ireland in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, winning the BBC Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize. Other awards include the Maggie Teyte Competition, Miriam Licette Award and the RTE Millennium Singer of the Future. Whilst a member of the former Vilar Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ailish performed the roles of Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, First Niece in Peter Grimes, Xenia in Boris Godunov and Second Wood Nymph in Rusalka. Roles elsewhere include Valencienne in The Merry Widow and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro for Welsh National Opera, Euridice in Orfeo and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte for Opera Ireland, Flora in The Knot Garden with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, Aenchen in Der Freischütz at the Edinburgh International Festival conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and Marzelline in Fidelio with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in Dublin. In the 2006/7 season Ailish made her US debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni for the Seattle Opera and returned to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to perform the role of Marzelline in Fidelio. Highlights on the concert platform include a televised programme of music by Mozart with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Roger Norrington at the 2006 BBC Proms, Carmina Burana with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Gatti, Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins at the Cheltenham Music Festival, Canteloube’s Songs of the Auvergne with 2 SOPRANO the Ulster Orchestra and Ravel’s Scheherazade with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. As a recitalist, Ailish has collaborated with distinguished accompanists including Malcolm Martineau, Graham Johnston, Julius Drake, Iain Burnside and Barry Douglas, giving recitals at the Edinburgh International Festival, City of London Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, West Cork Music Festival, Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, London. In the 2006/7 season Ailish joined the Nash Ensemble on a concert tour of Sweden and gave recitals in Tokyo, Barcelona, Valloires Festival, France and Bryn Terfel’s Faenol Festival. As a former BBC New Generation Artist, Ailish is a regular contributor on BBC Radio 3. Recent recordings include Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock on the Wigmore Hall Live label, Irish Songs by Herbert Hughes and Songs of Judith Weir both on the Signum Classics label. This season’s highlights include her European debut as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier for the Royal Swedish Opera, Woodbird in Siegfried for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and recitals at the Wigmore Hall, London, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, National Gallery Dublin, St John’s Smith Square, London, a concert tour with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and a series of Viennese concerts with Bournemouth Symphony orchestra. Future plans include Héro in Béatrice et Bénédict for Houston Grand Opera and a series of concerts with Camerata Pacifica, Santa Barbara. Iain Burnside enjoys a unique reputation as pianist and broadcaster, forged through his commitment to the song repertoire and his collaborations with leading international singers. In recent seasons such artists have included Galina Gorchakova, Lisa Milne, Rebecca Evans, Joan Rodgers, Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Bickley, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore and Andrew Kennedy, Roderick Williams, Christopher Maltman and Bryn Terfel. Iain Burnside Pianist His recording work shows Iain’s passion for British music. For Signum he has recorded Tippett with John Mark Ainsley, Judith Weir with Ailish Tynan, Susan Bickley and Andrew Kennedy, and FG Scott with Lisa Milne and Roderick Williams. Forthcoming Signum releases included Herbert Hughes with Ailish Tynan, Britten with Susan Gritton and Mark Padmore and Korngold with Sarah Connolly and Christopher Maltman. Naxos CDs include the complete songs of Gerald Finzi with John Mark Ainsley and Roderick Williams, together with Vaughan Williams and William Alwyn. More Vaughan Williams will be released on the new Albion label. Black Box recordings feature Debussy, Schoenberg and an acclaimed disc of Copland with the late Susan Chilcott. Jack Liebeck was born in 1980 in London. From 1989-1999 he attended the Purcell School of Music and then the RAM, where he studied with Professor Mateja Marinkovic, graduating in 2003. Performing concertos and recitals since the age of eleven, Jack’s appearances have taken him around the world. Since making his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra, he has performed with many orchestras of international repute including the London Philharmonic and has appeared under the baton of several renowned conductors including Sir Neville Marriner. In 2002 Jack made his acclaimed London recital debut in a sold-out Wigmore Hall. Jack Liebeck Violinist Last season’s appearances included concertos with the Philharmonia under Alexander Lazarev, the Moscow State Symphony with Pavel Kogan, the RSNO with Garry Walker and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Petrenko. In 2008, Jack will perform the Magnus Lindberg concerto with both the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra in Spain, the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony and Douglas Boyd, will give recitals in Liverpool and at the Bath International Festival and return to the Australian Chamber Music Festival. Sally Pendlebury attended the Chetham's School of Music in Manchester and then went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music and whilst there, won the Capital Radio Prize and was also a prize winner in the Shell/LSO competition. She is a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and has performed and recorded with many of the great soloists and conductors of today. She was a founder member of the Vellinger String Quartet who won The London International String Quartet Competition in 1994 and with them, toured regularly throughout Europe, Japan and the USA. The quartet performed at many festivals such as Mostly Mozart at the Lincoln Centre, Edinburgh, Bath, Cheltenham, Klangboden in Vienna and Mondsee. She is a regular participant in chamber music festivals in Britain Europe and the USA. Sally Pendlebury Cellist Later this year she will be performing in Chamber Music series in New York, San Francisco and Graz. Sally plays guest principal cello with many British Orchestras such as the London Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. 3