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Richard III
A concert of beautiful, striking and powerful works inspired by the enigmatic monarch
Part of the EM Records Theme
Add to my Calendar 25-02-2016 19:00 25-02-2016 21:00 36 Richard III A generous-minded leader; a superb military strategist; or an opportunistic villain: all these interpretations – and more – may be brought to bear on Richard III, one of the most controversial monarchs in British history. The English Music Festival has recently commissioned four new works for solo violin from some of the UK’s foremost composers which use as their inspiration the life and historical perspectives of Richard III; and, following their World Première performances at the EMF’s Autumn Yorkshire Festival, EM Records presents a concert of these works in the history-steeped surroundings and glorious acoustic of The Temple Church, London. The concert is also a fund-raising event for the recording and DVD of the works that EM Records plans to make in September 2016. Temple Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Temple Church
Temple
City of London
London
EC4Y 7BB
England
Programme
Lionel Sainsbury – Soliloquy for solo violin
Paul Carr – Sonatina: On the Reburial of King Richard III
Francis Pott – Tenebrae
Richard Pantcheff – Suite for Solo Violin: King Richard III, op.94
Paul Lewis – Threnody for Violin: The Most Famous Prince of Blessed Memory
Performers
Rupert Marshall-Luck – violin
Em Marshall-Luck – reciter
Programme Note
A generous-minded leader; a superb military strategist; or an opportunistic villain: all these interpretations – and more – may be brought to bear on Richard III, one of the most controversial monarchs in British history. The English Music Festival has recently commissioned four new works for solo violin from some of the UK’s foremost composers which use as their inspiration the life and historical perspectives of Richard III; and, following their World Première performances at the EMF’s Autumn Yorkshire Festival, EM Records presents a concert of these works in the history-steeped surroundings and glorious acoustic of The Temple Church, London.
The concert is also a fund-raising event for the recording and DVD of the works that EM Records plans to make in September 2016.