A HundRED Violins Workshop at Leeds Conservertoire:
9.30 - 11am of a new five minute piece by James Gerard for violinists of all ages and abilities.
Followed by three Flashmob performances in Trinity Leeds shopping centre 12 - 1 pm.
Both film screenings of The Red Violin (at 2.45pm and 6pm) are preceded by 15 minute live performance of Corigliano's virtuosic Red Violin Caprices, taken from the composer’s film score, by outstanding young Royal College of Music violinist, Shing Hong Chow.
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David Greed - violin, Director
Tom Greed - violin
*Madeleine Mitchell - violin
Anthony Kraus - conductor
Sir Kamalbir Singh - violin
Sir Vijay Venkat - violin
Madeleine Mitchell - violin
Gordon MacKay - violin
Nigel Clayton - piano
Programme:
Brahms - Violin Sonata no.2 in A (Allegro Amabile)
Judith Weir - Atlantic Drift Violin Duos
Béla Bartók - Duos for Two Violins
James B. Wilson - My Love is Sleeping (world premiere, supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation)
Antal Zalai – violin
Adam Heron – piano
A unique musical partnership between a classical violin virtuoso of Roma (gypsy) background, and a brilliantly talented and thoughtful pianist of Nigerian-Filipino descent, sharing their friendship and heritage through music.
Programme:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Unpublished Violin Sonatas (selection)
Pablo de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
A range of In Harmony Opera North, Young Musicians Studio, and Youth Orchestra students perform works for young violinists in ‘Celebration of the Violin’ presented by Madeleine Mitchell, with slides of great violin paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Dufy, Chagall and others alongside the performances.
Also featuring 21-year-old Royal College of Music violinist Shing Hong Chow performing Virtuosic pieces*
Programme:
Peter Maxwell Davies - Sanday Tunes
Malcolm Singer - Suite from the Shtetl
Akiko Ono - violin
Alison Rhind - piano
Strauss's virtuosic and romantic early work of 1887 is paired with Erich Korngold's incidental music for Shakespeare's comedy, premiered in 1920 in Vienna.
Programme:
Erich Korngold - Much Ado About Nothing op. 11
Richard Strauss - Violin Sonata op. 18
CAERUS Quartet:
Jonian Ilias Kadesha - violin
Pablo Hernán Benedi - violin/viola
Lily Francis - viola/violin
Vashti Hunter - cello
London to Paris - A Journey of Contrasts
The CAERUS Quaret presents highly contrasting music from France and England. The programme focuses on Benjamin Britten's epic second string quartet whihc is paired with Henry Purcell's Fantasias whose influence can be heard in the Britten.
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