70th Birthday Recital – flute & piano

St Ives-based flautist Will Sleath celebrates 60 years of flute-playing in this special birthday concert together with pianist Tim Carey.

70th BIRTHDAY RECITAL

Saturday 24 February 6:30pm, Townshend Village Hall

Will Sleath, flute
Tim Carey, piano

JB de Boismortier: Sonata in g minor for flute & obbligato op. 91 (1742)
Kent Kennan: Night soliloquy (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in D major op. 94 (1943)
JS Bach: Sonata in G major for flute & obbligato BWV 1027 (1730s)
Paul Taffanel: Andante Pastoral & Scherzettino (1907)
Bela Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances (1915)
Kurt Weill: Je ne t’aime pas (1934)
Adam Skoumal: The Abduction of Sheherazade (2001)

Tickets £15, children £10
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St Ives-based flautist Will Sleath celebrates 60 years of flute-playing in this special birthday concert together with pianist Tim Carey.

The colourful programme features five 20thC compositions: Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s brilliant opus 94 (arguably the finest contribution to the flute repertoire), the best-known work by American Kent Kennan, Bordeaux-born Paul Taffanel’s set piece for 1907 Paris Conservatory flute competition, a folksong-based sequence by the Hungarian Bela Bartók and a popular song by German American Kurt Weill.
The 21stC is represented by a virtuosic work by Czech composer Adam Skoumal.
The two Baroque sonatas – one German, one French – will be played on alto flute, to better reflect the traverso’s timbre/tessitura.

Will and Tim have performed together since the 90s.
Will is an experienced soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and ethnic-flutes specialist, having worked in Germany, Sweden & Britain. A member of Cornish ensemble Kevos, he also appears as a soloist.
Tim is the doyen of flute accompanists, performing with major flautists worldwide. He additionally works as a duo partner, plays orchestral piano and appears as a soloist.
Outside music, Tim and Will share an obsession for languages and Gewürztraminer wines.

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