Kevin Leomo is a Glasgow-based composer who writes primarily for acoustic instrumental forces. He graduated with an MMus in composition from the University of Glasgow under the supervision of Professor Bill Sweeney and Dr. Jane Stanley. Kevin is currently undertaking doctoral studies with Jane Stanley, focussing on cross-cultural composition.
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Elias String Quartet
The first of Schumann’s string quartets (1842) is heard alongside a new companion piece written by Sally Beamish – herself a viola player whose music the Elias Quartet has previously championed.
- Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
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- Fantasias (selection)
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- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
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- String Quartet in G Op. 77 No. 1
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- INTERVAL
- Sally Beamish (b.1956)
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- Nine Fragments (world première) [1]
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- Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
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- String Quartet in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
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A woman’s life and love? For Milton Court Artist-in-Residence Roderick Williams, Schumann’s great song cycle opens up some remarkably modern perspectives on identity and the human heart.
‘The joy is the love, the love is the joy’ declares the (supposedly) female narrator of Frauenliebe und-leben. ‘I have said it, and won’t take it back!’ And since human emotion acknowledges no gender, Williams has assembled an entire recital that explores the limitlessly fluid ways in which two souls can merge.
It’s an inspired idea for a song recital: since every song is itself an encounter of words and music, singer and pianist – each enriched by the other. Brahms is a natural complement to Schumann, but songs by Sally Beamish, Herbert Howells and a new cycle by Ryan Wigglesworth all offer an utterly distinctive perspective. For Roderick Williams, though, it’s simply about communication: ‘I’d love audiences to think, “What an amazing juxtaposition of music and poetry this is”.’
A double bill of two fascinating instrumental combinations brings you a multi-award winning trio of harp, viola and flute, Trio Anima, alongside an accordion and cello duo, Park Lane Group Artists Duo Bayanello.
Duo Bayanello, created by accordionist Iosif Purits and cellist Cecila Bignall, will be performing works from Martin?, to John Cage, to NightMusic associate composer Freya Waley-Cohen.? Described as “daring, audacious and simply magnificent?, Trio Anima will bring us works by Rory Boyle, Toru Takemitsu and Th?odore Dubois. The programme will also feature a new commission from T??Cerdd.
PERFORMERS
Roderick Williams (Baritone) and Andrew West (Piano)
PROGRAMME
- SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und Leben Op.42 (A Woman’s Love and Life)
- WIGGLESWORTH: New work
- and additional songs by BRAHMS, CLARA SCHUMANN, HOWELLS AND BEAMISH
The Godolphin Vocal Ensemble will premiere Gemma McGregor’s Love Was His Meaning for SSA Chorus with harp at the Salisbury International Women’s Day service on 8 March 2019 at 6pm at St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury. This piece was commissioned by the Multitude of Voyces as one of a set of four choral pieces by women composers that set text by 14th century mystic, Dame Julian of Norwich.