Will Sleath - flute / piccolo / alto flute.
Craig Ogden - guitar.

Works for flute and guitar influenced by and incorporating musical traditions from across the world.

Friday 20th April 2012
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Tickets: £13.00
01736 794 477
williamsleath@hotmail.com

PROGRAMME
Eugène Bozza: Three Pieces
Joaquín Rodrigo: Serenade to the Dawn
Judith Weir: Gentle Violence
Peter Sculthorpe: From Kakadu
Joan Tower: Snow Dreams
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Distribution of Flowers
Elizabeth Brown: Antarctica
Michio Miyagi: The Sea in Spring
Michael Parkin: Elegy
Ástor Piazzolla: History of the Tango

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Expanding on the international theme of Concert XXI, this recital presents music from all seven continents. Europe is represented by Eugène Bozza (France), Joaquín Rodrigo (Spain) and Judith Weir (Scotland). The Weir is based on Tai Chi postures, and is for the unusual scoring guitar & piccolo. Distribution of Flowers by Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos is a short, poetic piece comprising a lyrical flute part accompanied by chordal guitar writing. The four movements of History of the Tango by Argentinian composer and bandoneón player Ástor Piazzolla contrast the styles of four historical periods of tango. Snow Dreams by New Yorker Joan Tower may suggest the many different forms of snow, though Tower feels that music should speak for itself and requires no description or explanation. From Kakadu for solo guitar by the Australian Peter Sculthorpe is an intimate work expressing the composer's deep contentment when visiting Kakadu National Park in northern Australia. The Sea in Spring – originally for koto and shakuhachi – is the most famous work by Japanese composer and koto player Michio Miyagi, and recalls his childhood memories of the sea, before he lost his eyesight. Michael Parkin's Elegy to the lost and disappearing tribes of Africa is based on a recording of African pygmy singing, the beauty of which so haunted him that he 'exorcised' his feelings by writing these variations on the vocal material, scored for solo alto flute. Elizabeth Brown's Antarctica for alto flute & prerecorded sounds chillingly conjures up the world of the frozen continent, and features idiomatic flute writing and atmospheric recorded material.

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Australian guitarist Craig Ogden studied at the University of Western Australia and the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). He was subsequently made a Fellow of the RNCM, and he is now Senior Lecturer in Guitar at the college. Craig's recital, radio and TV work have taken him all over the world, and his recordings for Virgin/EMI, Chandos, Nimbus, Hyperion, Naxos and Sony have been widely acclaimed. BBC Music Magazine described Ogden as 'a worthy successor to Julian Bream' and The Guardian called his playing 'brilliant and persuasive'. Craig has performed concertos with all the major London orchestras and a host of orchestras worldwide. He regularly appears as a soloist at the major London venues and UK festivals, and is much sought after for chamber music, having performed with the Brodsky Quartet, London Tango Quintet, Mark Padmore and Ian Bostridge. Many composers, including Mark Anthony Turnage, have written works for Craig. He also frequently records for film, and his playing featured in Notting Hill.
See also www.craigogden.com

Will Sleath studied at London University and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and has lived and worked in Germany, Sweden and England, specialising in period and ethnic flutes and contemporary music. He has played with Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Östgöta Blåsarsymfoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, The English Concert, Music Projects/London and Gemini, and in the West End production of Lion King, and has recorded for radio, TV and CD. Will has transcribed many ethnic pieces, creating a wealth of new material that he regularly includes in programmes. He plays in duo with pianist Tim Carey, and together they recently performed Morton Feldman's three-hour epic For Christian Wolff at University College Falmouth. He is also a member of trios together with cellist Rohan de Saram and bassoonist Julie Andrews, both with Tim on piano, and has a traverso & harpsichord duo with James Johnstone.

More Info:

www.cornwallmusic.co.uk/events/music-seven-continents-guitar-flute

www.rhythmpassport.com/event/796

Rafael Montilla - Flamenco Guitar.

Friday 18th November 2011
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.
Tickets: £13.00

Rafael Montilla is known to the St Ives audience from his appearance in duo with Paco Peña at the 2010 St Ives September Festival.

Rafael's love of flamenco music developed at a very early age, inspired by his father, the singer El Chaparro, whose performances he heard from the age of three. He soon began taking an interest in the flamenco guitar, and by the age of six he was training with the guitarist Antonio Murillo from the 'Zoco' tablao. His studies continued a year later with Paco Serrano as his professor. He continues to play with Serrano both as a student and as a fellow performer, and he trains at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Córdoba.

Lucy Landymore, percussion.

The brilliant young percussionist Lucy Landymore won the percussion category in BBC Young Musician 2010 and is now studying at the Royal College of Music.

The focus of this recital will be on Latin American music, but the programme will also include other works from the solo percussion repertoire, including Frank Zappa's The Black Page. Lucy will perform on a wide variety of tuned and untuned percussion instruments.

Friday 6th May 2011
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Tickets: £13.00

Hyelim Kim, taegum (flute) & Simon Barker, drums plus guest Kiku Day, shakuhachi.

Taegum player Hyelim Kim is a master of the traditional Korean repertoire, and will play solo items in the classical style on this transverse flute.

Australian drummer Simon Barker is the subject of the highly recommended film Intangible Asset No. 82, Dir. Emma Franz 2009 (watch a clip at www.intangibleasset82.com). It tells the story of this respected drummer and his search for an elusive Korean shaman and master musician, and is part road movie, part philosophical encounter, part showcase for some fascinating musicians. In this concert Simon will play and interpret rhythms learnt from this shaman on the drum kit.

Japanese/Danish shakuhachi player Dr Kiku Day (who played Concert 5 in January 2008) will be guesting, playing traditional Japanese shakuhachi music and a new work written for her by Frank Denyer.

The three musicians are giving this concert in conjunction with attending the British Forum in Ethnomusicology at University College Falmouth.

Wednesday 6th April 2011
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Tickets: £13.00

More Info - Video - Music Of Korea

Hyelim Kim Website

Hyelim Kim, taegum (flute).

Simon Barker, drums.

Kiku Day, shakuhachi.

Hari Vrndavn Sivanesan, vina & Pirashana Thevrajah, mridangam.

The brilliant young vina player Hari Vrndavn Sivanesan is the current BBC Radio 3 World Routes mentee. World Routes has this year decided to focus on the 'Carnatic' music of South India, which has hitherto been eclipsed by the better known North Indian tradition. The leading South Indian vocalist Aruna Sairam has been appointed Hari's mentor for the year.

28-year-old Hari was born in London to parents from Sri Lanka. As a 13-year-old he was invited to tour with Ravi Shankar, and he subsequently played and sang on the Chants Of India album, produced by George Harrison.

Hari has toured extensively, both as a soloist and as a dance accompanist, and has continued to work with Ravi Shankar, playing in his 40-concert Festival Of India US tour in
2004 / 2005.

The vina - the foremost South Indian classical instrument - is a plucked lute, with a sound as beautiful as its appearance. The double-headed mridangam is the most popular drum of the Carnatic tradition.

Friday 11th February 2011
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Tickets: £13.00

Hari Sivanesan, vina.

Pirashanna Thevrajah, mridangam.

Five musicians from Afghanistan - the ensemble performed classical and traditional Afghan music.

Featuring rubab (plucked short-necked lute), dutar (strummed/plucked long-necked lute), harmonium, tabla and voice.

This concert was a very rare opportunity to hear music from this part of the world.

Monday 20th September 2010
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Will Sleath- flute.
Tim Carey - piano

Works for flute and piano influenced by and incorporating musical traditions from across the world.

The programme featured compositions by John Mayer, Astor Piazzolla and Béla Bartók, traditional music and pieces from the standard repertoire.

Friday 16th July 2010
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Farshad Mohammadi - santoor.

Farshad played solo music for santoor, a hammered zither and one of the chief instruments of the Persian classical tradition.

Santoor featured in a 2008 St Ives September Festival recital of North Indian music; though now a popular instrument in North India, it originated in Persia.

Friday 18th June 2010
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

Accordian duo Miloš Milivojević and Živorad Nikolić.

They played traditional music from Serbia and other Balkan countries, plus works from the classical repertoire.

Friday 23rd April 2010
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.

William Butt - cello.

The programme featured works by Benjamin Britten, Johann Sebastian Bach and Zoltán Kodály.

Saturday 6th Feburary 2010
Doors 7.00 pm. Performance 7.30 pm.