Duncan Honeybourne: Concert Pianist at Howden Minster, Howden on Saturday 26th March 2022

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Duncan Honeybourne

Concert Pianist

Add to my Calendar 26-03-2022 13:00 26-03-2022 15:00 36 Duncan Honeybourne Schubert composed 19 piano sonatas. Of these, five were composed in 1817, including this one. They were very much overshadowed by those of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and were neglected by recitalists until the great Artur Schnabel restored them to popularity.The spring and summer of 1817 were devoted by Schubert to an exploration of possibilities of the piano sonata in a wide range of styles and unusual keys. The A minor sonata, D 537, is in the three-movement form of the classical piano sonata.The opening movement in 6/8 time has the varying phrase lengths of a composer accustomed to setting music to words. The second group in F major is reached by way of a series of flattened sixths; the development section all springs from the last two notes of the exposition. The slow movement is in rondo form with a short lyrical theme and some surprising key changes. The episode in D minor has a curious staccato chordal accompaniment. The last movement is also a rondo, vigorous with a rather "spiky" opening theme, much repeated chord accompaniment but no great profundity. We're very excited to announce that he will also give the *world premiere* of a thrilling new Yorkshire-themed work by major composer Sadie Harrison  Portraits from the Place of the Yew Trees invites its listeners on a musical journey through ancient and modern Yorkshire. The yew tree theme is heard throughout the piece as the walker travels from one town to the next, encountering the people and places upon which the work’s Portraits are based. The work is dedicated to Duncan Honeybourne with much affection. The movements are entitled: * The Yew Trees Yorkshire Path * Sir George Cayley: weight, lift, drag, thrust, gravity (engineer, inventor, and aviator: Scarborough) * Blue Man-i-th’-Moss & Auld Wife’s Trod (prehistoric monuments: North York Moors) * Aelred of Rievaulx (Cistercian abbot) * Frederick Delius: The Last Cuckoo (composer: Bradford) * Mary Bateman The Yorkshire Witch: Her Lullaby (murderess: Asenby) * Flint Willy the Shirtless (archaeological forger: Sleights) * Amy Johnson: The Lone Girl Flyer (aviator: Kingston upon Hull) Howden Minster, Howden DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Howden Minster
High Bridge
Howden
East Yorkshire
DN14 7BS
England

Saturday 26th March 2022
1:00 PM

Programme

Sadie Harrison – Portraits from the Place of the Yew Trees
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata no.14 in A minor, D.784

Performers

Duncan Honeybourne – Piano

Howdenshire Music

Programme Note

Schubert composed 19 piano sonatas. Of these, five were composed in 1817, including this one. They were very much overshadowed by those of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and were neglected by recitalists until the great Artur Schnabel restored them to popularity.

The spring and summer of 1817 were devoted by Schubert to an exploration of possibilities of the piano sonata in a wide range of styles and unusual keys. The A minor sonata, D 537, is in the three-movement form of the classical piano sonata.

The opening movement in 6/8 time has the varying phrase lengths of a composer accustomed to setting music to words. The second group in F major is reached by way of a series of flattened sixths; the development section all springs from the last two notes of the exposition. The slow movement is in rondo form with a short lyrical theme and some surprising key changes. The episode in D minor has a curious staccato chordal accompaniment. The last movement is also a rondo, vigorous with a rather "spiky" opening theme, much repeated chord accompaniment but no great profundity.

We're very excited to announce that he will also give the *world premiere* of a thrilling new Yorkshire-themed work by major composer Sadie Harrison

Portraits from the Place of the Yew Trees invites its listeners on a musical journey through ancient and modern Yorkshire. The yew tree theme is heard throughout the piece as the walker travels from one town to the next, encountering the people and places upon which the work’s Portraits are based. The work is dedicated to Duncan Honeybourne with much affection.

The movements are entitled:

* The Yew Trees Yorkshire Path

* Sir George Cayley: weight, lift, drag, thrust, gravity (engineer, inventor, and aviator: Scarborough)

* Blue Man-i-th’-Moss & Auld Wife’s Trod (prehistoric monuments: North York Moors)

* Aelred of Rievaulx (Cistercian abbot)

* Frederick Delius: The Last Cuckoo (composer: Bradford)

* Mary Bateman The Yorkshire Witch: Her Lullaby (murderess: Asenby)

* Flint Willy the Shirtless (archaeological forger: Sleights)

* Amy Johnson: The Lone Girl Flyer (aviator: Kingston upon Hull)

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