Beethoven’s sublime G major classic has a special place in the working relationship of Madeleine Mitchell and Geoffrey Poole. It is the work that first brought them together as a performing duo. Hawkwood’s beautiful Cotswold location with its fine 250 year-old sycamore is the setting for this concert of music by Severnside composers whose work draws inspiration from a variety of spiritual sources. Trevor Jones At Ganina Yama uses Russian Orthodox plainchants. David Greenhorne draws on the writings of the Buddhist teacher Guan Yin, venerated as the personification of compassion. Geoffrey Poole’s piano miniatures are inspired by texts from the ancient Chinese “Book of Changes”. Jolyon Laycock’s “Persistence of Memory” is named after Salvador Dali’s famous Surrealist painting. Clement Jewitt’s music tends towards the condition of silence.
Eclectic virtuoso of the violin Madeleine Mitchell, has inspired living composers to a staggering degree. (BBC Radio 3)
Plus 2.00pm Composers’ workshops (bring an instrument if you want to join in) plus discussions focussing on the spiritual dimension in music and the role of the unconscious in musical creativity. Contributors include Geoffrey Poole, David Greenhorne, Clement Jewitt, Jolyon Laycock and Trevor Jones. Timetable to be announced.
From 4.00pm, weather permitting, you are invited to picnic in the gardens before the concert starts at 6.00pm
Severnside Composers Alliance (SCA) was formed in 2002 by a group of composers based in the Bristol, Bath and Gloucestershire area to promote performances of their own music and to stimulate a wider interest in the composition and performance of new music in the region.
www.severnsidecomposersalliance.co.uk
www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk