Weekend Music Events
Two upcoming music events at Queens' to mark the death centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford
Queens' College is delighted to be hosting two music recitals this weekend, to mark the centenary of the death of composer and former Organ Scholar Charles Villiers Stanford.
On Saturday 2nd March at 13.15 – Dr Anthony Gritten from the Royal Academy of Music will present a programme on the chapel organ that combines Stanford’s First Organ Sonata with music by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
This is the first of a series of five concerts he’s giving in England and Wales in March, in which he will perform all of Stanford’s sonatas.
Dr Anthony Gritten
Anthony is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, and studied with Harry Gabb, David Sanger, and Anne Page. He gave the first complete performance of Daniel Roth’s magnum opus, Livre d’Orgue pour le Magnificat, and has performed four times in St. Sulpice, Paris, including a recital for Roth’s 70th birthday.
He has also premiered various works, including Richard Francis’ four-movement symphony on themes by Lefébure-Wély, Laurence Caldecote’s Variations on Victimae Paschali Laudes, and David Loxley-Blount’s Toccata ar St Denio. Projects have included anniversary performances of the complete works of Tunder, Buxtehude (a 6½ hour recital), Homilius (2½ hours), Brahms, and Mendelssohn, and an ongoing series resurrecting forgotten French music from the early 20th century.
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sonata no. 1 in A major op. 65 no. 3 (1845)
I Con moto maestoso
II Andante tranquillo
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Vier Skizzen op. 58 (1845)
I Nicht schnell, C minor
II Nicht schnell, C major
III Allegretto, Db major
IV Lebhaft, F minor
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Sonata no. 1 in F major op. 149 (1917)
I Allegro molto moderato
II Tempo di Menuetto
Celebrating Queens' Composers
On Sunday 3rd March at 18.00 in the College Chapel, we will be presenting Celebrating Queens’ composers.
To mark the centenary, Stanford’s Magnificat in G is combined with choral music otherwise entirely written by seven current members of the Chapel Choir, most of which is being performed for the first time. The preacher, Michael Habashi, is a Queens’ PhD Student in the faculty of divinity.
Our student composers for this event are:
Matthew Mayes
Zane Soonawalla
Katja Ruda
Caleb Richards
Stelios Sycallides
Nathaniel Gunn
Jack McCabe
These events are open to all members of the College, University and the public. Please enter the College via the Porter's Lodge on Silver Street if you will be attending. We hope to see you then for a weekend of fantastic music!
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