Magnard Ensemble at Conway Hall, London on Sunday 27th October 2024

Magnard Ensemble

Part of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Autumn 2024 Series

Add to my Calendar 27-10-2024 18:30 27-10-2024 20:30 36 Magnard Ensemble The Magnard Ensemble‘s programme is made up of music by four twentieth-century British composers, book-ended by two works by Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013). The combination of solo voice and wind instruments is a challenging one, but the rarely-heard works by Ruth Gipps and Vaughan Williams demonstrate that such a challenge can produce naturally distinctive music that enhances the chosen texts. Malcolm Arnold’s early Three Shanties are relatively well-known, inhabiting that attractive vein of optimism that characterises much of his work, but it is Dodgson’s music that will command the most interest for many listeners. His imposing Sonata for wind quintet opens proceedings in stately fashion, and the concert ends with an ‘entertainment’ (Dodgson’s word) for four solo voices and wind quintet – Cadilly – uniquely-scored music, humorous and enlivening by turns. Conway Hall Sunday Concerts is extremely grateful to the Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust for their support of this evening’s performance. “A hugely gifted ensemble of the younger generation, the chemistry between the five players is magical, the maturity and sensitivity of their playing is a delight!” — Paul Patterson, composer Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Matthew-Walker at 17.30:In his pre-concert talk, Robert Matthew-Walker will illuminate the evening’s programme with background and anecdotes relating to the works of Stephen Dodgson, about whose music he has written extensively and which he feels has been unjustly neglected since the composer’s death in 2013. Conway Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England

Sunday 27th October 2024
6:30 PM

Tickets

Prices: £6-15, U26s Free
Season tickets: £82-167
Book Tickets

Programme

Stephen Dodgson – Sonata for Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – The Lady of the Lambs for soprano and wind quintet, Op.79
Ralph Vaughan-Williams – 10 Blake Songs
Malcolm Arnold – Three Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op.4
Stephen Dodgson – Cadilly

Performers

Natasha Page – soprano
Rebekah Jones – mezzo-soprano
Gareth Brynmor John – baritone
Jonathan Brown – Bass
James Day – Conductor

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Programme Note

The Magnard Ensemble‘s programme is made up of music by four twentieth-century British composers, book-ended by two works by Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013). The combination of solo voice and wind instruments is a challenging one, but the rarely-heard works by Ruth Gipps and Vaughan Williams demonstrate that such a challenge can produce naturally distinctive music that enhances the chosen texts. Malcolm Arnold’s early Three Shanties are relatively well-known, inhabiting that attractive vein of optimism that characterises much of his work, but it is Dodgson’s music that will command the most interest for many listeners. His imposing Sonata for wind quintet opens proceedings in stately fashion, and the concert ends with an ‘entertainment’ (Dodgson’s word) for four solo voices and wind quintet – Cadilly – uniquely-scored music, humorous and enlivening by turns.

Conway Hall Sunday Concerts is extremely grateful to the Stephen Dodgson Charitable Trust for their support of this evening’s performance.

“A hugely gifted ensemble of the younger generation, the chemistry between the five players is magical, the maturity and sensitivity of their playing is a delight!” — Paul Patterson, composer

Pre-Concert Talk with Robert Matthew-Walker at 17.30:
In his pre-concert talk, Robert Matthew-Walker will illuminate the evening’s programme with background and anecdotes relating to the works of Stephen Dodgson, about whose music he has written extensively and which he feels has been unjustly neglected since the composer’s death in 2013.

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