.. Max Beckmann

 

"Delius Inspired" Festival
1st-8th July 2006
Bradford

 
December 2nd 2005
 
Tasmin is now able to publish the major outline of the Festival concerts:
Saturday 1st July

Opening Concert at St George's Hall:

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Rumon Gamba
Soloist Tasmin Little
Leeds Festival chorus
Baritone James Rutherford

Fenby Rossini on Ilkla' Moor
Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden
Delius Violin concerto
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Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Delius Sea Drift

Sunday 2nd July

Lunchtime jazz and Reception to Open the Photographic Exhibition at the National Museum of Photography

Early Evening choral event with Bradford Festival Chorus (tbc)

Evening viewing of BBC "The Works" film - The Lost Child

Late night Asian folk event

Monday 3rd July

Evening of Song and Piano at St George's Hall:
Yvonne Kenny and Piers Lane

ELGAR Like to the Damask Rose
QUILTER Now sleeps the Crimson Petal
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Silent Noon
QUILTER Love's Philosophy

RAVEL Cinq mélodies poulaires grecques:

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales (piano solo)

DELIUS Il pleure dans mon Coeur
Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit
Young Venevil
So white, so soft, so sweet she is
Love's Philosophy

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DELIUS Irmelin
Twilight Fancies
I-Brasil
The Bird's Story

GRAINGER Rosenkavalier Ramble (piano solo)

CANTELOUBE Baïlèro
HAHN Si mes vers avaient des ailes
SATIE La Divà de LEmpire

GRAINGER The Sprig of Thyme
GRAINGER Died for Love
QUILTER Over the Mountains

Tuesday 4th July

Recital at St George's Hall:
Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe

Grieg Sonata in G major
Delius Sonata No. 3
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Delius Sonata No. 1
Ravel Sonata

Wednesday 5th July

Evening viewing of YTV film - Eric Fenby's return to Grez

followed by Ken Russell's film: Song of Summer

Thursday 6th July

Lunchtime concert by Yehudi Menuhin School Junior Orchestra in Bradford Cathedral

Evening cello recital at St George's Hall:
Julian Lloyd Webber and John Lenehan

Debussy Sonata (1915)
Faure Elegie
Delius Sonata (also 1915)
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William Lloyd Webber In the Half Light and Nocturne
Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor op. 19 (1902)

Friday 7th July

Orchestral concert at St George's Hall:

BBC Philharmonic
Conductor David Atherton
Soloists Tasmin Little and Guy Johnston


Grainger Handel in the Strand (orch Henry Wood)
Warlock Serenade for Frederick Delius' 60th Birthday
Delius Double concerto for violin and cello
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Delius Two Pieces from "Hassan" (arr Beecham)
Elgar Enigma Variations

Saturday 8th July

Finale of Festival:
An Evening with Tasmin Little and Wayne Marshall

Grieg Sonata in C minor
Delius 2nd sonata
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Wayne Solo Improvisation
Delius Sonata in B major op posth
Ravel Tzigane


LINKto the "Delius Inspired" Festival programme from the BBC.
LINK to an article in Bradford's Telegraph and Argust about the festival.
 
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