Forthcoming SCA events - all welcome
This page lists future concerts, composer talks, meetings and social events.
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22nd, 24th and 25th September 2010, 7.30pm
Opera - A Foreign Field
The premiere of Eric Wetherell's 3-act opera.
The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, Bristol
Based on the Ben Macintyre book, A Foreign Field, the opera tells the true story of a group of British soldiers who were trapped behind German lines on the Franco/Belgian border early in World War 1.
Unable to rejoin their comrades, the soldiers were sheltered, fed and clothed by the villagers of Villeret, assuming the guise of peasant farmers. One of the soldiers, Robert Digby, fell in love with a peasant girl and fathered her child.
Eventually, the Germans were tipped-off about the hiding soldiers and the German Commandant offered the men a fair trial if they would surrender. The men gave themselves up, but were executed and the whole village destroyed as a punishment to the villagers for harbouring fugitives.
The opera has been cast, the orchestra arranged and rehearsals are due to begin during this summer. Part of the project includes a special educational partnership with South Gloucestershire Schools which will culminate in a schools performance on the afternoon of 23rd September.
More information and ticket sales at: www.aforeignfieldopera.co.uk
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Friday 12 November, time tbc
Concert - Landscape Studies, and other music for solo piano
Bristol Music Club
Jolyon Laycock - 12 Landscape Studies
John Pitts - An Autumn Evening
David Simmonds - Ashleworth
Frank Harvey - Deserted Cinema
and pieces by Andre Shlimon and...
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Saturday 11 September 2010
Concert - Kiev Music Festival, Kiev Philharmonic Hall, Ukraine
Concert to include:
John Pitts's "Changes for 20 nifty fingers" to be performed by the Kiev Piano Duo (Oleksandra Zaytseva & Dmytro Tavanets) - click here for last year's performance...
and
Are You Going? for 30 nifty fingers (world premiere concert performance) – the Kiev Piano Duo and Antoniy Baryshevkiy (recent winner of the Jaen Piano Competition.
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Friday 5 November 2010, 7.30pm
Concert - East Clevedon Community Arts Festival
Landscape Studies and other music
@ Clevedon Court, Clevedon, North Somerset
Now celebrating its seventh year, the Severnside Composers Alliance was formed to perform and promote the music of living composers from around Bristol and Bath, and stimulate a wider interest in new music in the region.
This evening concert, in the beautiful setting of the National Trust's Clevedon Court, will feature selections from Dr Jolyon Laycock's pyrotechnical Landscape Studies and more peaceful River Preludes for solo piano, plus songs and piano music by Sulyen Caradon, John Pitts and Andre Shlimon. Also featuring mezzo-soprano Dr Clare Griffel.
Seating is limited so early booking is advised.
Tickets £9 (£6 concessions) - 01275 872723 or IanCorbett123@btinternet.com
Sulyen Caradon - 3 Lowland Airs, sung by Clare Griffel
John Pitts - An Autumn Evening - solo piano
Andre Shlimon - Saturation Point - piano and vocals
Sulyen Caradon - 3 more Lowland Airs, sung by Clare Griffel
Jolyon Laycock - A selection from Landscape Studies and River Preludes for solo piano
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