Sun 10 May | 3:00 PM The Great Barn
TICKETS: £15 / £40 with Sunday BBQ lunch
An afternoon of music inspired by the sounds, dreams, and spirit of childhood. Adapted from Munro Leaf’s children’s book The Story of Ferdinand (1936), Alan Ridout’s Ferdinand the Bull is an ode to innocence, simplicity, and to an epicurean way of living. With only a narrator and a violin, the composer tells a story, paints its picture, and gives sound to the victory of the will over the corrupting influences of the world. Leos Janáček’s Mládi represents a seventy-year-old man’s recollection of childhood, written in the playful mood that emerged in his later work and composed of melodies from his youth at the Brno Monastery, in the Czech Republic. Finally, Camille Saint-Säens’s Le Carnaval des animaux, with its variety of timbres and capricious gestures, takes us back to a time of boundless imagination.
PROGRAMME
Hellensmusic Young Artists Spotlight
A. Ridout Ferdinand the Bull, for speaker and violin
L. Janáček Mládí (‘Youth’)
Interval
C. Saint-Säens Le Carnaval des animaux: grande fantaisie zoologique
Maya Iwabuchi (violin), Charlotte Scott (violin), Adrien Boisseau (viola), Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Michael Cox (flute), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Julien Quentin (piano), Xiaowen Shang (piano), and Students from Hellensmusic Masterclass Course.
This programme will have a duration of approximately 80 minutes plus interval.
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Join us for Lunch at Hellens
We invite you to a BBQ lunch at Hellens with all musicians and students. Lunch includes BBQ (with vegetarian options available), salads + glass of wine/apple juice + desert.
Each Sunday concert is £15
BBQ lunch at Hellens £25