HUNGARIAN DANCES: THE CONCERT OF THE NOVEL
DAVID LE
PAGE (VIOLIN), ANTHONY HEWITT (PIANO),
JESSICA DUCHEN (NARRATOR)
JESSICA DUCHEN (NARRATOR)
Tuesday 11 June, 8pm
Tickets:
£15. Book here: http://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/events/hungarian-dances/
St James Theatre Studio, 12 Palace Street, London
SW1
(a short walk from Victoria Station)
(a short walk from Victoria Station)
Saturday 8 June, 11am
Ulverston International Music Festival, Cumbria
Ulverston International Music Festival, Cumbria
http://www.ulverstonmusicfestival.co.uk/main-events/17-summer-festivals/101-hungarian-dances-the-story-of-a-gypsy-violinist.html?layout=event
‘A saga
whose passion for music, Hungary and history sings out on every page.’
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent, on
Hungarian Dances by Jessica Duchen
Mimi, a Hungarian Gypsy girl, is determined to play the violin, in defiance of family
traditions. She becomes a classical virtuoso, but at a terrible personal
price...
Alternating narration and music, this emotional roller-coaster traverses 90 years, richly illustrated with music of irresistible beauty that blurs the boundaries between the classical and Gypsy styles.
DOHNANYI: Andante rubato alla zingaresca
DINICU: The Lark
MONTI: Czardas
KREISLER: Marche Miniature Viennoise
DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata
VECSEY: Valse Triste
BARTOK: Romanian Dances
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No.2 (arr. Joachim)
RAVEL: Tzigane
HUBAY: Hejre Kati
Alternating narration and music, this emotional roller-coaster traverses 90 years, richly illustrated with music of irresistible beauty that blurs the boundaries between the classical and Gypsy styles.
DOHNANYI: Andante rubato alla zingaresca
DINICU: The Lark
MONTI: Czardas
KREISLER: Marche Miniature Viennoise
DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata
VECSEY: Valse Triste
BARTOK: Romanian Dances
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No.2 (arr. Joachim)
RAVEL: Tzigane
HUBAY: Hejre Kati
DAVID LE PAGE, born in
Guernsey, is the leader of the Orchestra of the Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon, and
of the Adderbury Ensemble. He trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School and in Bern
with Igor Ozim and Sidney Griller. He was a prizewinner in BBC Young Musician
of the Year and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition. He plays the living daylights
out of this repertoire.
ANTHONY HEWITT won top
prize at the William Kapell International Piano Competition in 1992 and studied
at the Menuhin School, the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and the Franz Liszt
Academy, Budapest. He is artistic director of the Ulverston International Music
Festival, Cumbria.
JESSICA DUCHEN writes
about music for The Independent and is the author of four novels, two
biographies and a number of stage works mingling words and music. Plus JDCMB, of course.
HUNGARIAN DANCES is published by Hodder.
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS FOR 11 JUNE ARE VERY LIMITED
IN NUMBER. EARLY BOOKING IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
http://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/events/hungarian-dances/
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