Meeting February 20th

Another great turnout on Saturday with some cracker solos along with a pretty decent stab at Senor Scarlatti's Sonatina for Four Guitars in D.

Under the capable baton of Maestro Butcher Esq the piece manages to actually take form and shape. We are now at the stage of playing it adagio although much to our dismay, Ray pointed out that the tempo has to be quick....very quick!! This wasn't helped by our initial 'starts' and 'finishes' in which the poor old Sonatina resembled the main event at the Grand National with the speed getting faster and faster towards the finish, despite our conductor's best efforts to keep the reins in. A friend of mine who indulges in horse riding once commented that her horse always picks up speed when she is riding back to the stable. That's because the stable means

1. dismounting of the rider
2. a rub down
3. a full belly of hay

Our playing seems to share similar traits when we get to the homestretch of the Sonatina although in our case the sanctuary of the 'stable' for us in a cup of coffee and a biscuit from Trevor!! No rub down or a full belly of hay though...oh well!!

After a break we went straight for the solos.

• Bagatelle 2 (William Walton) played by John Mann
• Sunburst (York)played by Will Punter
• Mertz's Nocturne (Kaspar Mertz) played by Trevor Pike
• Levantine Suite (Dusan Bogdanovich) played by Andrew Ferrier
• Prelude
• Dance
• Cantilena
• Postlude
• Preludio Triston (Pujol Maximo Diego) played by Miles Roberts
• Fandanguillo (Suite Castellana) [Moreno-torroba, Federico] played by Miles Roberts
• Senhorinha (Guinga) played by Steve Pearson

Click here to listen. Special thanks to all who contributed. And to Vince Chittenden for his excellent recording of the pieces

Thanks again to Ray Butcher for his leadership of the ensembles (and yes Ray...we'll promise to keep practicing!!) Thanks also to Denis for acting as MC for the evening and to Trevor for organising the refreshments!

Don't forget to contact Shirley so you can reserve your place for the Nora Buschmann Concert in April!

We have a video of the Scarlatti piece which shows how it SHOULD be performed. Click here to see for yourselves. (Thanks Dave for the link)......we have some serious work to do...!

Keep up the practice! Your correspondent will be missing out on the next meeting as he will be in Australia for three weeks. In the mean time Den and Steve will keep me updated. I'll bring you back a jar of vegemite if you are all good.....or two jars if you are not!!

Hoo Roo!

Guitar Workshop with Gerald Garcia

(From BGS Executive Member Trevor Pike )

Summer Music at Dunford House, Guitar Work shop with Gerald Garcia.

Midhurst West Sussex

GU29 0DG Tel 01730 812381

The course will be run by Gerald Garcia who has taught at numerous Summer schools in the UK, Europe and the USA. He is a regular visitor to the Iserlohn Summer School in Germany. His teaching activities also include work with the English National Opera, Kent Opera, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and conducting and teaching the teenagers in the National Youth Guitar Orchestra.

The course will concentrate on playing as a member of an ensemble. Parts will be of varying difficulties. You don’t have to be a very high standard provided you can read music, as Gerald will give you a part that suits your ability. He will also send out the music via email if you
are on line, if not I will try to send it out by post. The work and practice will be towards giving a performance on Sunday afternoon to an audience, made up of the singers from the other group who share the week end with us.

The course begins after dinner on Friday evening and ends on Sunday around 3.30pm. You will need to bring a music stand, and foot stand.

On Saturday there is a short period from lunch until 4pm when you can do what ever you like, some people go for a walk, practise or go into Midhurst. In the evening there will be an informal concert combined with the singing group, so you may like to play a piece of music, sing or recite a poem.

*Payment for Gerald’s tuition of £20 will be collected in cash at the Venue**

For more information download the attached flyer

Lute Society news...Got any spare cash?

Sunday 7th March,

7:30pm

Andrew Maginley Baroque Lute Gods, Mortals & Musketeers

• Ennemond Gaultier (1575-1651)Prélude- Gigue-Courante- Courante- Sarabande


• Denis Gaultier (1603-1672)Pavanne, Allemande, Ulisse, Minerve, Sarabande


• Denis Gaultier Orphée, Echo, L’Homicide, Apollon orateur, Diane au bois


• Jacques Gallot (c.1625-1695) Les Trois Mousquetaires


• Jacques Gaultier (fl. 1617-1652) Sarabande L’Espagnoletta


• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) Prelude, Allemande, Courante, Boureé, Sarabande, Menuet, Gigue


• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)Suite for violoncello transcribed for lute, BWV 1007 Prélude, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet I & II, Gigue

Andrew Maginley is hailed as the most dynamic lutenist of his generation. A native New Yorker and Fulbright Scholar, Andrew has since 1995 lived in Germany, and now in the UK, working as solo recitalist and high profile continuo player throughout Europe, the UK and North America. His second solo recording, Andrew Maginley – The Baroque Lute, on Avie Records, has been highly praised. He has given solo recitals at the Bachhaus in Eisenach, Germany, the Bloomington Early Music Festival and the New York City Early Music Series, as well as playing live on BBC Radio 3.

Tickets £11 Including a glass of wine Plus a £1 donation to charity

BOX OFFICE 07967 481 625

THE DYSART ARMS 135 Petersham Road Richmond Surrey TW10 7AA

http://www.thedysartarms.co.uk/enquiries@thedysartarms.co.uk

2. LUTE WORKSHOP IN YORKSHIRE
Lute Workshop Day with Jacob Heringman 20th February, Richmond, North Yorks.

WHONEEMF (North East Early Music Forum) invites players of lute and other plucked instruments to a playing day. The format will be flexible, depending on numbers. It will include a session of ‘open lessons’ in which people come to the front and play something, and Jacob brings up points which will be relevant to the group as a whole. He has found that observing and discussing in this way is a really good way to learn.

There will be ensemble playing for three or four lutes, where we can use the different spaces in the Zetland Centre, and Jacob will circulate; music will be provided mostly in tab, with some in score (with figured bass). After lunch there will be a talk on a particular topic, such as playing counterpoint on the lute – bringing out the voices.

There will be time for questions, answers and discussions. Pitch for the ensemble playing will be A=440 Hz. Jacob Heringman has established himself as one of the world's most respected and most innovative solo lute players. He appears on over 50 CDs as a soloist, collaborator and ensemble player. WHENSaturday 20th February 2010. 10.00 am (tea, coffee, etc) for 10.30am start. It ends at 4.00 pm.Refreshments at breaks included. Please bring lunch, or use local cafés, etc.

WHERE Zetland Centre, Victoria Road, Richmond, N. Yorks. DL10 4AS.

Nearby is Richmond’s theatre, Britain’s most complete Georgian theatre.

During the lunch break, there is an optional tour of the theatre with one of the trustees.

COST£15; concessions £12 (state-only pensioners, unemployed); full time students £6.

BOOKING For more information and the booking form, see http://www.neemf.org.uk/, or contact Gill Knowles knowles.shadwell@ntlworld.com

3. LUTE SONG CONCERT
Musica Transalpina - a Mediterranean Musical Hour

Wednesday 10th February 2010

12:15pm with lunch - 1:10pm concert only Alessandra Testal (soprano) Robin Jeffrey (lute and guitar) at the Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on Thames

For details see http://www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/

4. IF YOU HAVE £850,000 POUNDS TO SPARE
A portrait of Nicholas Lanier, dating from 1613 is on show in the Weiss Gallery, in Jermyn Street. They are just in the process of publishing a book on the painting, with essays by Sir Roy Strong, Duncan Thomson, Tim Wiks, Peter Walls amongst others, which will be available at the end of the month. As for the price, the painting is going to be offered for sale at around £850,000.

With best wishes, Mark Weiss -The Weiss Gallery 59 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6LX+ 44 (0) 207409 0035

http://www.weissgallery.com/ http://www.weissgallery.com/>

5. GUITAR CONCERT

The Bromley Guitar Society (That's us Folks! Ed.) are pleased to announce a concert performance by Nora Buschmann for Saturday April 17th at St Marks Church (Westmoreland Road) in Bromley. Nora is an exciting and highly talented recitalist and teacher, receiving international accolades in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Spain, South America and the Ukraine. Her appearance for the Bromley Guitar Society marks her UK debut and we are eagerly anticipating a fantastic evening. Her performance program for Bromley consists of works by Villa Lobos, Domeniconi, Barrios Mangore and Mertz.

Tickets charges are set at £10 per adult , £5 per child/student, £25 per family (two Adults two children).

Click here for flyer

Iberian and Latin American Music Society (ILAMS)

ILAMS, the UK's leading Society for the promotion of Iberian and Latin American Music, invites you to our forthcoming concerts and others we recommend:

Wednesday 17 February 2010 1.05pm
Solo Guitar Recital: Morgan Szymanski
Museum of London 150 London Wall, London EC2
Nearest tube: Barbican, St Paul’s (Central line), Moorgate (Metropolitan/Hammersmith & City/Circle Lines)

‘A player destined for future glories’ Classical Guitar Magazine Antonio Lauro Venezuelan WaltzesAgustín Barrios Mangoré Vals Op.8, No.4Agustín Barrios Mangoré Una limosna por el amor de DiosAgustín Barrios Mangoré MaxixePaulo Bellinati JongoJoão Pernambuco Sons de CarilhõesHeitor Villa-Lobos Chôros No. 1
Part of the Winter Concert Series of the City of London Festival
www.morganszymanski.co.uk
Tickets: Admission freewww.colf.org__


Friday 19 February 2010 7.30pm
An Evening of Spanish and Latin American Song
Marina Karagianni, mezzo-soprano & Neus G. Ritort, piano
Bolívar Hall
54 Grafton Way,
London W1T 5DL
Nearest tube: Warren Street (Northern and Victoria Lines)

An evening of Spanish and Latin American 20th-century art songs for voice and piano with Marina Karagianni, mezzo-soprano and Neus G. Ritort, piano. This programme traces the links between the art songs of Spain and Latin America and explores the relationship between the 'popular' or 'folk' music and poetry, and music as an expression of nationalism. The concert also showcases a range of nanas (lullabies) composed in different styles.

Montsalvatge Obradors
Mompou Juan B. Plaza
Antonio Estévez Modesta Bor
Eduardo S. de Fuentes
www.marinakaragianni.co.uk

Tickets: Admission free

Friday 26 February 2010 7.30pm

'Ayre Español': Spanish Repertoire from Medieval to Baroque

Il Festino Ensemble
Bolívar Hall
54 Grafton Way,
London W1T 5DL

Nearest tube: Warren Street, (Northern/Victoria Lines)

The concert 'Ayre Español' will present extracts from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Cancioneiro de Upsala, the Ladino/Sephardic influence, as well as pieces by Antonio de Cabezón, Diego Ortiz, José Marín and others performed on period instruments, by the early music ensemble Il Festino. Il Festino consists of musicians who have gained their reputation on the Early Music Scene. Its contrasting yet complementary personalities and cultural backgrounds, combined with their outstanding talent, make this group very appealing and dynamic. The Ensemble has great passion and interest in exploring less-well-known Spanish and Latin American baroque composers. Cancionero de Upsala Yéndome y viniendo Anonymous Las tres fuentes José Marín No piense Menguilla Diego Ortiz Recercadas Santiago de Murcia Pieces from Codex 4 Francisco José de Castro Sonata prima José de Torres Cantata Bosques umbrosos

www.il-festino.comwww.gabrieladilaccio.com

Tickets: £10 (available on the door and online)www.wegottickets.com (type 'Ayre Español' in the search box)

Friday 5 March 2010 7.30pm
An Introduction to: Iberican Classical Music*

Morgan Szymanski, guitar; Maya Sapone, soprano and Helen Glaisher-Hernández, piano

Schott Recital Room
The Schott Music Shop,
48 Great Marlborough Street,
London, W1F 7BB

Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus (Bakerloo/Victoria/Central Lines)

If you are new to the classical music of Spain and Latin America this concert is for you. This is classical music infused with colour, rhythm, verve, machismo, passion, violence, seduction and sensuality... And for the seasoned enthusiast we also have a few new rare gems that we guarantee you will love. Three of the moment's leading young Iberican specialists, Morgan Szymanski (guitar), Maya Sapone (soprano) and Helen Glaisher-Hernández (piano) will be performing: Federico Mompou Charmes Heitor Villa-Lobos Forest of the Amazon Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 Joaquín Rodrigo Tres canciones españolas Alberto Ginastera Canción al árbol del olvido Antonio Lauro Venezuelan Waltzes (selection)

We hope you will join us for this informal ILAMS event in the intimate setting of the Schott Recital Room to sit back with a glass of wine and enjoy some rare musical treats. This is also the perfect opportunity to meet the ILAMS team and find out more about the Society and what we do, Iberian and Latin American classical music, and - meet the artists!

www.morganszymanski.co.uk

www.mayasapone.comwww.ilams.org.uk

Tickets (including a glass of wine): £10 / £8 concessions / £5 ILAMS members (please email us for the discount code)Bookings: 020 7534 0710, londonshop@schott-music.com, www.schott-music.co.uk/shop

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ILAMS The Iberian and Latin American Music Society Registered Charity No. 10927494ilams.org.uk