Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and pianist Nikolai Medvedev perform Stephen Dodgson’s Five Occasional Pieces and Violin Sonata No. 1 in a concert that explores and celebrates works by English Masters. The pair are going on to record a complete album of Stephen Dodgson works this summer.
Nikolai Medvedev – ”a mesmerizing combination of technical mastery and emotive depth” – Berliner Morgenpost
Harriet Mackenzie “A knock-out from start to finish” – Guardian
Programme: English Masters
Dowland – Flow my Tears & Now Oh now
Eccles – Mad Lover’s Suite, Ground (Aire V)
Dodgson – Five Occasional Pieces
Elgar – Chanson de Nuit
Dodgson – Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
(Supported by the Francis Routh Trust and Music in Action Events)
On the eve of the longest day of the year, London chamber choir Vivamus present a special programme which celebrates light in all its forms, from pale morning rays to gleaming stars at night including Stephen Dodgson’s three-song cycle Canticle of the Sun.
Beginning with Macmillan’s O Radiant Dawn, they explore musical manifestations of sunlight with Ešenvalds Rivers of Light, Dodgson’s Canticle of the Sun, and organ solo Lumière by Demessieux. Via Saari’s Sunset they then journey through dusk to the lights of the night sky, including piano solos Moon over Westminster by Bingham and Clair de Lune by Debussy, alongside Time, an original composition by Vivamus musical director, Rufus Frowde.
As music mirrors nature, the concert will begin in daylight and proceed through twilight, ending as night falls.
Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and pianist Nikolai Medvedev perform Stephen Dodgson’s Ten Variations & Violin Sonata No. 2 in a Berlin concert which sets the works aside those of other masters, Bach, Mozart and Grieg. The duo are also going on to record a complete album of Stephen Dodgson works this summer.
Nikolai Medvedev – ”a mesmerizing combination of technical mastery and emotive depth” – Berliner Morgenpost
Harriet Mackenzie “A knock-out from start to finish” – Guardian
Programme
JS Bach – Sonata in G major BWV 1021
Stephen Dodgson – Ten Variations
Mozart – Sonata in E minor , no 21, K304
Stephen Dodgson – Sonata no. 2
Grieg – Sonata no. 3 in C minor
(Supported by the Francis Routh Trust and Music in Action Events)
In a second German concert, violinist Harriet Mackenzie and pianist Nikolai Medvedev perform Stephen Dodgson’s Ten Variations & Violin Sonata No. 2 in Bamberg, setting the works aside those of other masters, Bach, Mozart and Grieg. The duo are also going on to record a complete album of Stephen Dodgson works this summer.
Nikolai Medvedev – ”a mesmerizing combination of technical mastery and emotive depth” – Berliner Morgenpost
Harriet Mackenzie “A knock-out from start to finish” – Guardian
Programme
JS Bach – Sonata in G major BWV 1021
Stephen Dodgson – Ten Variations
Mozart – Sonata in E minor , no 21, K304
Stephen Dodgson – Sonata no. 2
Grieg – Sonata no. 3 in C minor
(Supported by the Francis Routh Trust and Music in Action Events)