After a month’s enforced lay-off, the end of June saw our group pick up with the programme intended for the very day after the lockdown came into effect. The major study was Schumann’s one and only cello concerto - a work deemed so difficult at the time that no publisher wanted it. Consequently, it wasn’t published until some years after Schumann’s death – and even this with some amendments. Today, happily, it’s part of the standard concert repertoire.
Supporting works by Handel (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba), Vierne (Napoleon Centenary March), Charpentier (Te Deum) and a flash back to childhood with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (narrated and all) made up the rest of the programme.
Next month will start off with music covering a similar time span – from Bach to Schreker (who’s he?) and a couple of points in between. Intrigued? Why not join us? – 2nd and 4th Fridays at 10am – Covid and all that permitting.
Bill Squire
Convenor.
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Class Notes (pdf) 25 June: Schumann's Cello Concerto; Handel, Charpentier, Peter & the Wolf
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For your listening enjoyment, here are the video links to the music items.
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vierne - Napoleon Centenary March
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Charpentier - Te Deum
Next month will start off with music covering a similar time span – from Bach to Schreker (who’s he?) and a couple of points in between. Intrigued? Why not join us? – 2nd and 4th Fridays at 10am – Covid and all that permitting.
Bill Squire
Convenor.
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Class Notes (pdf) 25 June: Schumann's Cello Concerto; Handel, Charpentier, Peter & the Wolf
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For your listening enjoyment, here are the video links to the music items.
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vierne - Napoleon Centenary March
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Charpentier - Te Deum
