florestan festival at peasmarsh
19 - 22 June 2008
| Welcome | The
Florestan Trio are thrilled to invite you to
an exciting eleventh Florestan Festival at Peasmarsh,
East Sussex. This year, we hope to entice you with a glorious feast of
chamber music featuring the piano quintets from Fauré and Franck,
a contemplative evening of solo Bach, and some of the greatest piano trios
in the literature.
We are delighted to be joined by violinist Laura Samuel and violist Krzysztof Chorzelski, the ‘inner voices’ of the brilliant Belcea Quartet, who will make several appearances throughout the festival. The Florestan Festival Orchestra makes a popular return with a dazzling concerto concert in St Mary’s Church in Rye under the baton of renowned conductor Douglas Boyd. We look forward to welcoming you in the summer at the 2008 Florestan Festival! |
1 |
Opening Concert - The Florestan Trio | Tickets |
|
| Thursday 19 June, 8.00pm | Hummel |
Piano Trio in G major, Opus 65 | £22
£15
£5
(concs) |
| Church of St Peter and St | Juon |
Piano Trio in A minor, Opus 17 | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | Brahms |
Piano Trio in B major, Opus 8 | |
| The Florestan Trio open the Festival with the touch of Viennese elegance that is Hummel’s Piano Trio in G major, followed by the Russian folk-inspired Piano Trio in A minor by Juon, and concluding with Brahms’ mighty Piano Trio No. 1. | |||
2 |
Concerto Concert -The Florestan Trio and The Florestan Festival Orchestra, with Douglas Boyd, conductor | Tickets |
|
| Friday 20 June, 8.00pm | Mozart |
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 | £26
£20
£13 |
| St Mary's Church | Tchaikovsky |
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Opus 33 | |
| Rye | Schumann |
Violin Concerto in D minor | |
| Douglas Boyd conducts the Florestan Festival Orchestra in our largest orchestral concert yet, including Mozart’s popular Piano Concerto in G, the charming Rococo Variations by Tchaikovsky and Schumann’s captivating Violin Concerto, amazingly first performed only 70 years ago. | |||
| 3 |
Playful Reflections - Susan Tomes, Laura Samuel, Krzysztof Chorzelski | Tickets |
|
| Saturday 21 June, 12.30pm | Mozart |
Duo for violin and viola in B flat major, K424 | £16
£5
(concs)
|
| Church of St Peter and St | Ravel |
Four piano pieces from ‘Miroirs’ | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | Mozart |
for violin, viola and piano in E flat major, K498, ‘Kegelstatt’ | |
| Special guests Laura Samuel and Krzysztof Chorzelski open this lunchtime concert with Mozart’s delightful Duo for violin and viola in B flat major. Susan Tomes plays four solo pieces from the intricate and insightful ‘Miroirs’ by Ravel, and our three performers come together for the famed ‘Kegelstatt’ trio, allegedly composed by Mozart whilst playing a game of skittles! | |||
4 |
Spirit and Colour - The Florestan Trio, Laura Samuel, Krzysztof Chorzelski | Tickets |
|
| Saturday 21 June, 6.30pm | Schubert |
Piano Trio in E flat major, D929 | £22
£15
£5
(concs) |
| Church of St Peter and St |
Fauré |
Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 89 | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | |||
| In this evening’s concert, the Florestan Trio perform the great Schubert Piano Trio in E flat. Dating from 1827, the trio was played at the only public concert of Schubert’s works to be held during his lifetime. Laura Samuel and Krzysztof Chorzelski then join the Florestans for Fauré’s exquisite and profound Piano Quintet in D minor. | |||
5 |
A Midsummer Night - Anthony Marwood and Richard Lester | Tickets |
|
| Saturday 21 June, 9.45pm | JS
Bach |
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 | £16
£5
(concs) |
| Church of St Peter and St | JS
Bach |
Two 2-part canons from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | JS
Bach |
Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 | |
| In the magical late-night setting of Peasmarsh Church, Anthony Marwood and Richard Lester treat us to an intimate experience of an all-Bach performance. The brilliant C major Cello Suite and the melancholic yet graceful Violin Partita No.1 frame two of the 2-part canons of the timeless ‘Art of Fugue’. | |||
6 |
Coffee Concert - The Karvay Karanovic Stroissnig Trio | Tickets |
|
| Sunday 22 June, 11.30am | Schumann |
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Opus 63 | £11
£5
(concs) |
| Church of St Peter and St |
Haydn |
Trio in G Major, Hob XV:25, 'Gypsy Rondo' | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | |||
| The outstanding Vienna-based Karvay Karanovic Stroissnig Trio from this year’s masterclasses has been invited to perform works by Schumann and Haydn. | |||
*********************************************************************************************
A drinks
party for the Friends of The Florestan Trio will follow this concert.
*********************************************************************************************
7 |
Late-afternoon talk - Robert Philip | Tickets |
|
| Sunday 22 June, 5.00pm | Robert
Philip |
Ravel the Conjuror | £5 |
| Church of St Peter and St | |||
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | |||
| Robert Philip returns to Peasmarsh for another intriguing and enlightening talk. This year, Robert explores the techniques and influences that enabled Ravel to write some of the most evocative music of the early twentieth century. | |||
8 |
Finale - The Florestan Trio, Laura Samuel and Krzysztof Chorzelski | Tickets |
|
| Sunday 22 June, 7.00pm | Ravel |
Piano Trio | £22
£15
£5
(concs) |
| Church of St Peter and St |
Franck |
Piano Quintet in F minor | |
| Paul, Peasmarsh, E. Sussex | |||
| The Festival concludes with two of the greatest and reminiscent chamber music works; Ravel’s Piano Trio, of which the composer wrote to a friend just before he completed the piece, “I have never worked so hard, with such insane heroic rage”; and Franck’s sultry and passionate Piano Quintet, whose premiere saw pianist Camille Saint-Saëns storm off stage with disgust at such a blatant display of fervour! | |||
| Booking |
Friends and Patrons Priority Booking: 29 March – 12 April Booking open to general public: from 14 April To book tickets for the Festival, please print and complete the ticket application form and return it with your payment and a stamped addressed envelope to: Florestan
Festival at Peasmarsh |
| Enquiries | For further enquiries, please write to Florestan Festival at Peasmarsh at the above address. After 6pm from 13 May 2008, telephone enquiries can be made by calling 01233 733574. |
| Additional Information | Homemade
food will be available before Concert 1, between Concerts 4 and 5 and
before Concert 8, and a barbecue will be available after Concert 3. Further
information about the food available will be sent with tickets for the
appropriate concerts. A licensed bar will be available at all concerts.
The Festival is fortunate that its concerts take place in two very beautiful and atmospheric churches, full of character and idiosyncrasies. There may be a restricted view of the stage in some seats. Seating in Rye Church (concert 2) is on pews, and seating in Peasmarsh (all other concerts) is on wooden chairs. Both can be hard, so you are welcome to bring your own cushion. |
| Tickets and Seating | Seating for Concerts 6 and 7 is unreserved. All seating for Concerts 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 is numbered for all price bands. Seating in Rye Church (Concert 2) will be numbered by row only. Third price tickets for concerts in Peasmarsh are offered as concessions only. Third price tickets for the concert in Rye (Concert 2) are at the side of St Mary’s Church. A certain number of these seats offer a restricted view of the performance area. Concession tickets are offered to students and to patrons in receipt of state benefit support. |
Concerts by The Florestan
Trio are presented and supported by The Florestan Trust, a company limited
by guarantee. The Florestan Trust is registered company number 4625088 and
registered charity number 1095978.
Cover design: Camilla
Lilliesköld
Illustration: Petra Börner
Website design: Maya Feile Tomes