Music of the EU – For Flute & Piano

This recital of Music of the EU showcases works for flute and piano from France and Germany, plus short pieces by UK and Australian composers.

MUSIC OF THE EU

Saturday 22 February 6:30pm, Townshend Village Hall
Will Sleath – concert, alto & bass flutes
Tim Carey – piano

Henri Büsser: Prelude & Scherzo (1908)
Hans Werner Henze: Sonatina (1947)
Elena Kats-Chernin: Eliza Aria (2003)
JS Bach: Sonata in g minor for flute & obbligato BWV 1030b (1736)
Georges Hüe: Fantasy (1913)
Paul Hindemith: Sonata (1936)
Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth (2006)
Guillaume Connesson: Sarah’s Laughter (2002)

Tickets £15, children £10
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St Ives-based flautist Will Sleath and Chelmsford-based pianist Tim Carey celebrate 30 years of collaboration in a programme focusing on music of the EU.
JS Bach’s magnificent b minor sonata will here be performed on alto flute, in an earlier g minor version of the work, as well as two sonatas by the 20th-century German composers Paul Hindemith and Hans Werner Henze – one pre-WWII, the other post-war.
France is represented by two competition pieces for the Paris Conservatory by Henri Büsser and Georges Hüe – works designed to show off the flute both technically and tonally – plus a more recent composition by Guillaume Connesson, inspired by the description of Sarah’s laughter in Genesis.
Two short (non-EU!) pieces for bass flute complete the programme: by the Uzbek-born Australian Elena Kats-Chernin and the Belize-born British musician Errollyn Wallen, Master of the King’s Music.

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.
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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