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THE BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND
in association with
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
and
The Department of Music, Queen's University
SEVENTH RECITAL
DREAM TIGER
Margaret Field (soprano)
Elizabeth Perry (violin)
Rohan de Saram (cello)
Peter Hill (piano)
Douglas Young (piano)
Thursday 1 June, 1978, 7.30 p.m.
Members' Rooms, Balmoral
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Trio in F major
Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
This short trio in two movements was one of three
originally composed for flute, cello and keyboard, but
with the option of using violin instead of flute. The
second movement has a minuet-like quality.
Menu propos enfantins
Erik Satie arr. Douglas Young
(1866-1925)
The War Song of the King of the Beans
What the little Princess of the Tulips said
Waltz of the Almond Chocolates
Little Prelude for the Morning
Lullaby ce
x yaboll
March of the Great Staircase
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On being Jealous of his Comrade with a Swollen Head
On Eating up your Friend's Piece of Bread
Taking advantage of the Corns on his Feet to grab
his Hoop
These nine miniatures were originally composed as
children's piano pieces. In these arrangements I have
'recomposed' them to show off the virtuosity of the
violin and cello.
Cabaret Songs
Erik Satie:
(03891)
Arnold Schoenberg:
anava b Francis Poulenc: sai
Kurt Weill: As
bae Arnold Schoenberg:
La Diva de l'Empire
Je te veux
Jedem das Seine
Mahnung
Hotel
Lovely House
Gigerlette
These songs will be introduced by the singer.
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Duo for violin and cello, Op.7 (1914)
Zoltán Kodály
(1882-1967)
Allegro serioso, non troppo
Adagio
Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto
Though an early work, the Duo already shows clearly
the characteristics of Kodály's mature style.
With Bartók,
Kodály was responsible for the collection and study of
vast amounts of the folk music of Hungary, and both com-
posers draw on this experience for the distinctive sound
of their music. The Duo contains freely evolving
melodies related to the improvised instrumental style
of Hungarian folk musicians, and, in the final Presto,
introduces the more metrical rhythm of a children's song
As a composer Kodály retained a lasting reverence for
classical models. The opening Allegro is in sonata form,
whilst the Adagio is fantasia-like, with fugal elements.
The final movement refers to the Adagio in its intro-
duction, which leads to a ternary movement with coda.
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Four songs
To Blossoms (Herrick)
Ful Fadom Five (Shakespeare)
bae nifoly
Douglas Young
(b1947)
The Cat and the Moon (Yeats) a
The Wild Swans at Coole (Yeats)
The first two songs in this collection were written
when I was sixteen in the spring of 1964. 'The Wild Swans
at Coole' was composed in the autumn of 1976 following a
holiday in the West and North of Ireland; 'The Cat and
the Moon' followed in the spring of 1977.
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The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
Stravinsky's own version of 'The Rite of Spring' for
piano duet is almost a new composition. Although the
musical substance corresponds closely to the orchestral
version, the smaller medium reveals how essentially
pianistic Stravinsky's musical imagination was in 1912.
The opening of Part II is particularly transformed.
The sections of the ballet are:
Part I: Adoration of the Earth 8A ed
bed sed
Introduction
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The Augurs of Spring
Ritual of Abduction
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Spring Rounds toda to nemiraqs ofasdf
Ritual of the Rival Tribes
sd of aneb Procession of the Sage
The Sage
Dance of the Earth
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Part II: The Sacrifice
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Introduction
Mystic Circles of Young Girls
Glorification of the Chosen One
Evocation of the Ancestors
Ritual Action of the Ancestors
Sacrificial Dance
Programme notes by Douglas Young and
Anthony Carver (Kodály)
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TONIGHT'S ARTISTS
(EFQ1-9881)
Australian-born Margaret Field made her London debut
in a 1973 Wigmore Hall Recital. Since then she has estab-
lished herself as a soloist with music and choral societies
throughout Britain and has performed sev al times in
London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Royal
Festival Hall. She has sung in major festivals, and
broadcasts frequently with the BBC. Recent engagements
have been with the Northern Sinfonia, Barber Institute,
South Yorkshire Arts, London Bach Society, and as guest
artist with the New London Ballet. She returned to
Australia in 1975 for concerts and recording engagements
with the ABC, and again in 1976 to sing Euridice for the
Victoria State Opera. At home in a repertoire that
ranges from Bach to the avant-garde, she has had enor-
mous success with her idiomatic singing of works from the
French repertoire, especially songs of Ravel and Fauré.
A graduate of Melbourne University, she teaches singing
in the Music Department of Sheffield University.
Elizabeth Perry was one of the first students to be
taken by the Menuhin School, where she studied violin for
several years. She continued her studies at the Julliard
School in New York, and has given many concerts with
Mr Menuhin himself. She recently premièred a new work
by the distinguished American composer Christian Wolff.
Rohan de Saram was born in Ceylon, but came at an
early age to Europe, studying cello in Italy.
His highly
successful concert career has included several world tours.
In 1975 he was invited by Xenakis to play 'Nomos Alpha'
at the Bonn Festival. The use of micro-intervals in this
work inspired Henri Pousseur to write a new cello compo-
sition for Mr de Saram which divides the octave into 19
exactly equal divisions. He will shortly première a new
work by Christian Wolff and new concertos by Jeremy Dale
Roberts and Douglas Young. In addition to contemporary
work, Mr de Saram is in demand the world over for classi-
cal recitals. This year he will be visiting Australia
and Indonesia in addition to work throughout Europe.
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Peter Hill was a pupil of Cyril Smith and recipient
of the Chappell Gold Medal while studying at Oxford
University and the Royal College of Music. For two years
he was research fellow at Royal Holloway College,
University of London, during which time he studied
Xenakis's piano music with the composer in Paris. Since
January 1976 he has been a Lecturer in Music at Sheffield
University where he has founded a thriving series of lunch-
time concerts. He combines his position there with rapidly
multiplying concert and broadcasting commitments for both
contemporary and classical music. In the autumn of this
year, Mr Hill will be establishing a piano trio (with
Fosemary Furniss and Colin Carr), which will be in residence
at Sheffield University for the 1978/1979 season.
Douglas Young, was born in London in 1947 and studied
music at the Royal College of Music with Antony Hopkins,
Steven Savage and Anthony Milner. Since 1969 he has
worked with several ballet and dance companies in Britain
and Germany, collaborating with Ronald Hynd on the crea-
tion of the ballets 'Pasiphae' (Munich State Ballet 1970)
and 'Charlotte Brontë' (Royal Ballet 1974). In 1971,
Mr Young won the first Karl Rankl Prize with his orches-
tral work 'Departure', and in the following year he ful-
filled two commissions from the English Chamber Orchestra.
From 1973-1975 he was a recipient of a Fellowship at
Trinity College, Cambridge, during which time he founded
the ensemble Dreamtiger and began a performing career as
pianist and conductor organising a season of concerts in
London which featured the music of Xenakis and Pousseur.
From 1975-1977, he was Composer in Residence for the
Leicestershire Education Authority, working with children
and amateurs in industrial areas of the county. He is
currently working in the Department of Cultural and
Community Studies at Sussex University, and is a Trustee
of the Riverside Studios, London.