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The Elgar Connection 1 with the Fibonacci Sequence
The first of two concerts in which the Petworth Festival celebrates the music of Elgar and founding Festival Director, Robert Walker, both of whom lived and composed at Brinkwells near Fittleworth.
Part of the Petworth Festival 2018
Add to my Calendar 23-07-2018 19:30 23-07-2018 21:30 36 The Elgar Connection 1 with the Fibonacci Sequence The first of two concerts in which the Petworth Festival celebrates the music of Elgar and founding Festival Director, Robert Walker, both of whom lived and composed at Brinkwells near Fittleworth. Of his 1984 Piano Quintet - first performed at the 1984 Petworth Festival - Walker says “the fugue came out of a performance I heard of Stephane Grapelli and Nigel Kennedy having a jam-session. Thesecond movement is a set of variations on a fascinating chord relationship which is helped along by afolk-song.” Walker’s work is paired with Elgar’s Piano Quintet said to have been “influenced by the quiet andpeaceful surroundings [of Brinkwells] during a wonderful summer”. The opening John McCabe piecemakes reference to John Donne’s poem A Nocturnal upon St Lucie’s Day - the mood of which is reflected in the quintet. The Fibonacci Sequence celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 and is considered one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber ensembles with a wide-ranging discography and impressive reviews. “...no praise can be too high for the Fibonacci Sequence’s polished and dashingly committed performances...” Gramophone St Mary the Virgin Church, Petworth DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Street
Petworth
West Sussex
GU28 0AE
England
Programme
John McCabe – Nocturnal (1986)
Robert Walker – Piano Quintet (1984)
Edward Elgar – Piano Quintet, Op.84
Performers
Fibonacci Sequence
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Programme Note
The first of two concerts in which the Petworth Festival celebrates the music of Elgar and founding Festival Director, Robert Walker, both of whom lived and composed at Brinkwells near Fittleworth.
Of his 1984 Piano Quintet - first performed at the 1984 Petworth Festival - Walker says “the fugue came out of a performance I heard of Stephane Grapelli and Nigel Kennedy having a jam-session. Thesecond movement is a set of variations on a fascinating chord relationship which is helped along by afolk-song.”
Walker’s work is paired with Elgar’s Piano Quintet said to have been “influenced by the quiet andpeaceful surroundings [of Brinkwells] during a wonderful summer”. The opening John McCabe piecemakes reference to John Donne’s poem A Nocturnal upon St Lucie’s Day - the mood of which is reflected in the quintet.
The Fibonacci Sequence celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 and is considered one of the UK’s most distinguished chamber ensembles with a wide-ranging discography and impressive reviews.
“...no praise can be too high for the Fibonacci Sequence’s polished and dashingly committed performances...” Gramophone
