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Bliss in Bradfield

Sir Arthur Bliss 50th Anniversary Concert

Part of the Bradfield Festival of Music 2025

Add to my Calendar 24-06-2025 19:30 24-06-2025 21:30 36 Bliss in Bradfield We are delighted to be part of the “50 for 50” project being coordinated by the Arthur Bliss Society to bring attention to the 50th anniversary of the life of Arthur Bliss. As a composer Bliss had modernist and more traditional phases. He composed not only concert works, but also film scores and ballet accompaniments. In this concert, we can experience the range of his works in the context of his contemporaries and those who took inspiration from him. Mark Bebbington is a remarkable pianist with a keen interest in British music. He has recorded, performed and toured extensively and has received unanimous critical acclaim and awards for his recordings. Rebeca Omordia last performed in Bradfield in 2019 and is described by Julian Lloyd Weber as ''a pianist whose technique knows no bounds but, more importantly, she plays with a depth of insight and understanding which is all too rare today”. Chu-Yu Yang is a young Taiwanese violinist who is notable for his interest in British music. He will perform a Violin Sonata composed by Bliss in the trenches of the first world war. He is the artistic director of the British Music Festival in Taiwan. He freelances with the LPO, BBC NOW, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the CBSO St Nicholas' Church, Sheffield DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Nicholas' Church
Jane Street
High Bradfield

Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S6 6LG
England


Programme

Arthur BlissMasks
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsA Little Piano Book (1934)
Arthur BlissViolin Sonata, F.192
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on Greensleeves
John IrelandMai-Dun
Arthur BlissSuite, F.148 (1925)
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe Lark Ascending
Ian VenablesPastorale for piano and violin, Op.11 no.1 (1986)
William AlwynSonata alla Toccata (1946)

Performers

Rebeca Omordia – Piano
Mark Bebbington – Piano
Chu-Yu Yang – violin

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Programme Note

We are delighted to be part of the “50 for 50” project being coordinated by the Arthur Bliss Society to bring attention to the 50th anniversary of the life of Arthur Bliss.

As a composer Bliss had modernist and more traditional phases. He composed not only concert works, but also film scores and ballet accompaniments. In this concert, we can experience the range of his works in the context of his contemporaries and those who took inspiration from him.

Mark Bebbington is a remarkable pianist with a keen interest in British music. He has recorded, performed and toured extensively and has received unanimous critical acclaim and awards for his recordings.

Rebeca Omordia last performed in Bradfield in 2019 and is described by Julian Lloyd Weber as ''a pianist whose technique knows no bounds but, more importantly, she plays with a depth of insight and understanding which is all too rare today”.

Chu-Yu Yang is a young Taiwanese violinist who is notable for his interest in British music. He will perform a Violin Sonata composed by Bliss in the trenches of the first world war. He is the artistic director of the British Music Festival in Taiwan. He freelances with the LPO, BBC NOW, the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the CBSO

Mark Bebbington, Rebecca Omordia, Chu-Yu Yang

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