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Peter Donohoe
Associate Artist
Stratford-upon-Avon
2014-15 Season
Discovery
Concerts
Incorporating Spring Sounds
at Stratford ArtsHouse
Peter
Donohoe
April
Fredrick
Tamsin
Waley-Cohen
Raphael
Wallfisch
Craig
Ogden
Box Office:
01789 207100
www.stratfordartshouse.co.uk
Tuesday 10 February 2015 7.30pm
Tuesday 10 March 2015 7.30pm
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Pre-concert talk: 6.45pm
Pre-concert talk: 6.45pm
Pre-concert talk: 6.45pm
Pre-concert talk: 7.15pm
Peter Donohoe
and Beethoven’s
C minor Concerto
Shostakovich
with
Peter Donohoe
April sings
for Spring
and Summer
Fauré’s Requiem,
a Meditation and
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Beethoven’s concerto is modelled closely
on Mozart’s own C minor and this is a
wonderful opportunity to hear this work
performed by a supreme master. Haydn’s
Symphony no101, ‘The Clock‘ shows this
genial composer at the very height of his
powers.
For Peter’s final concert with OOTS this
season he has chosen a 20th century
masterpiece, Shostakovich’s second
concerto. Composed in 1957 for his son’s
19th birthday, it is an uncharacteristically
cheerful piece, with a tender and
subdued slow movement.
April ushers in spring and summer with an
all-American programme which includes
some less well-known gems alongside
justifiably popular stalwarts of the classical
repertoire - Barber’s sublime Adagio and
Copland’s bucolic Appalachian Spring.
Fauré’s Requiem is a perfect foil to
Dobrinka Tabakova’s glittering work for
chamber choir and orchestra Centuries of
Meditations. We are delighted to
welcome back Tamsin Waley-Cohen as
soloist in another work from Dobrinka,
High Line, composed as a companion to
The Lark Ascending.
Haydn
Haydn
Barber
Adams
Barber
Beethoven
Haydn
Symphony no7 in C
‘Le Midi’
Piano Concerto no3
in C minor
Symphony no101 in D
‘The Clock’
Peter Donohoe piano
David Curtis
conductor
Shostakovich
Mendelssohn
Symphony no8 in G
‘Le Soir’
Piano Concerto
no2 in F
Symphony no4 in D
‘Italian’
Peter Donohoe piano
David Curtis
conductor
7.30pm
Gershwin
Copland
Adagio for Strings
Shaker Loops
Knoxville:
Summer of 1915
Summertime
Appalachian Spring
April Fredrick
David Curtis
soprano
conductor
Friday 22 May 2015
Tabakova
Tabakova
Fauré
8.00pm
High Line *
Centuries of Meditations
Requiem
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Choir
David Curtis
conductor
* world premiere
Tickets: £23.50, £19.50, £17.50, £15.50 and £9.50 • Save 20% when you book to see 3 or more concerts.
Enjoy the complete concert experience … Pre-concert talks with David Curtis - free to ticket holders
Friday 29 May 2015
8.00pm
Friday 5 June 2015
8.00pm
Friday 12 June 2015
8.00pm
Pre-concert talk: 7.15pm
Pre-concert talk: 7.15pm
Pre-concert talk: 7.15pm
Shakespeare
Sonnets
and Tchaikovsky
Raphael Wallfisch
plays
John Ireland
Tamsin Waley-Cohen,
Craig Ogden & some
Spanish Sunshine
We’re pleased to welcome back April
Fredrick as soloist in Dobrinka’s Sonnets to
Sundry Notes, a jaunty song-cycle that
complements Tchaikovsky’s delightful
Serenade. Kristina Arakelyan won the OOTS
Shakespeare 400 Composition Competition
and we’re proud to premiere her new work,
generously funded by the Boltini Trust
Stacy Garrop is an award-winning
American composer and Love’s Philosophy
is a luminous setting of poems by Shelley,
Coleridge, Keats and Byron. We welcome
back Raphael Wallfisch to premiere a
new version of the Ireland cello sonata
arranged for string orchestra and cello.
Our final concert sees two outstanding
soloists collaborating in the premiere of
a new work for violin and piano and
Albeniz’s Suite Española brings the season
to a glittering conclusion.
John Ireland
Stacy Garrop
John Ireland
Villa-Lobos
Arakelyan
Tabakova
Tchaikovsky
Sonnet no115 *
Sonnets to Sundry
Notes of Music
Serenade
April Fredrick
David Curtis
soprano
conductor
* world premiere
“you won’t hear much better
than this anywhere”
Classic Fm Magazine
“a vivid sense of an excellent,
up-for-it orchestra”
BBC Music Magazine
“Crisp, alert playing from
the splendid
Orchestra of the Swan”
Gramophone Magazine
The South Downs Suite
Love’s Philosophy**
Sonata for Cello
arr. Forbes
and Strings*
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Choir
David Curtis
conductor
** UK premiere - The Sorel Organization Medallion
1st Prize * world premiere
Lovelady
Vivaldi
Albeniz arr. Chivers
Bachianas
Brasileiras no9
Concerto for Guitar
and Violin*
Concerto for Guitar
Suite Española
Craig Ogden
guitar
Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin
David Curtis
conductor
“Orchestra of the Swan
does a fine job”
New York Times
“an atmosphere
of joyous creativity”
Birmingham Post
* world premiere
Box Office: 01789 207100 or buy online: www.stratfordartshouse.co.uk
www.orchestraoftheswan.org
“… From start to finish it’s hard not to be swept up
in the abundant power of Tabakova’s music… ”
The Strad
“Nothing defines the Orchestra of the Swan
better than its commitment to new repertoire.”
Friday 10 July 2015
The Guardian
Mason Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon
7.15pm
A Summer
Sound of Music
Dobrinka Tabakova
Resident Composer 2014-16
Following OOTS’ prestigious Composer-in-the-House award from the Royal Philharmonic Society and PRS for Music
Foundation, we are delighted to announce that the Sorel Organization, New York, has given substantial grant aid to
enable us to appoint the Grammy nominated Dobrinka Tabakova as OOTS’ Resident Composer 2014-16.
The Sorel Organization grant will support Dobrinka’s work as OOTS’ Resident Composer which will include several
commissions, including a major work for the Shakespeare 400 anniversary in 2016 and close involvement with OOTS’
Learning and Participation Programme which will see Dobrinka encouraging young composers of the next generation in
OOTS‘s ‘4 Shorts’ project. Dobrinka will also be giving pre-concert talks and introductions to her own music and that of
other major influences on her own work.
During her residency Orchestra of the Swan also plans a CD of Dobrinka’s work.
www.orchestraoftheswan.org
Charity number 1068570
Orchestra of the Swan is a member of the Association of British Orchestras
Design: CWGD - www.chriswheeler.co.uk
Friends of Orchestra of the Swan
Fundraising Summer Soirée in
collaboration with Stratford-upon-Avon
Chamber Music Society.
Come and enjoy a relaxing summer
evening with a selection of light classics
and summer fizz within the beautiful hall
and gardens of Mason Croft.
Naomi Rump
Owen Rump
Rosie Tompsett
Simon Howes
Bryony James
violin
bass
violin
viola
cello
Tickets: £17 including a glass of fizz
and canapés on arrival.
For tickets, call the orchestra office
on 01789 267567.
To pay by credit/debit card go to:
www.orchestraoftheswan.org/shop
Multi-concert discounts do not apply to this event.