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Last minute concerto

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:09 +0000

We are so grateful to John Gough for stepping in to play the Schumann Piano Concerto on 11th May with just 24 hours’ notice. Emmanuel Vass was scheduled to perform but became ill a couple of days beforehand. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Sunshine and romance

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:52:52 +0000

In a programme with a distinctly summery feel, Emmanuel Vass performs Schumann’s ever-popular piano concerto.

Don’t miss it – Saturday 11th May 2013!

New look for web site

admin — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:20:32 +0000

Take a minute to explore the new-look web site – and,while you’re at it, put some concert dates in your diary!

Getting ready for the Heswall Arts Festival

admin — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:57:51 +0000

Concert 26th May 2012 Heswall Church of Our Lady and St John

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:19:49 +0000

Sat 26th May 2012 will be a thrilling evening for music lovers with performances by Ian Tracey and Orchestra dell’Arte in the Heswall Church of Our Lady and St John.
The three items in this concert programme all feature the organ in some way; the Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 being the most famous and most frequently performed of all compositions for Orchestra with Organ. Several of the themes heard within the Symphony were later used in various film scores and in popular song. The grandeur of the original work will be evident during this very special evening right here in Heswall.
The Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra by Guilmant is another French work, written some ten years before the Saint-Saens and showing more of the traditional Baroque style and ecclesiastical origins of the organ.
The programme begins with the Festival Prelude composed in 1913 by Richard Strauss.
Professor Ian Tracey is one of Britain’s best known and most widely respected musicians, having been organist at the monumental Anglican Cathedral in his home town of Liverpool for over 30 years. His performances there on the famous ‘Willis’ organ – the largest in the UK – have thrilled the instrument’s thousands of fans around the world and met with praise from the critics. He holds several other official positions and combines them with a busy freelance career as a recitalist and conductor.
L’Orchestra dell’Arte is a group of highly talented musicians performing under the leadership of Edward Peak, who has conducted extensively with the RLPO and also with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and the Northern Chamber Orchestra. Edward is a frequent contributor as broadcaster and producer for BBC radio and television and is well known as a musicologist and arranger with many of his works being broadcast and recorded
The organ at Our Lady and St John was installed in 1984 off 19th century recovered pipe work with a specification inspired by the German Romantic school prevalent at the time. By 2007, following building work in the Church, it was in grave need of cleaning and, with the assistance of Messrs. Ellis-Scothon, Organ Builders of County Durham, extensive work was done. It has a staggering (for parish instruments) five layers of reeds, crowned with one of only two 8’ tuba stops on the Wirral. Because of the wide scaling of the 1984 pipe work and matching additions, the result is an English take on the French Romantic school, speaking with a thrilling voice, making a distinctive new contribution to the organ infrastructure of the Wirral and, aided by its west balcony position, generating a very “cathedral sound”.
Tickets £15 are available from April 28th at Linghams Booksellers, Telegraph Road, Heswall and after all weekend Masses at Our Lady & St John Catholic church, Telegraph Road, Heswall. Church pews can be rather hard – you might wish to bring a cushion.

Images from Concert

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:51:49 +0000

Images from the recent concert at Heswall Hall can be found here .

Our thanks to Sandy and Dave of Pixsmiths Creative Photography for taking the images.

“Essentially Viennese” Saturday 29th October

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:51:20 +0000

Saturday 29th October
7.30pm
Heswall Hall
Tickets £15 (senior citizens £14)

“Essentially Viennese”
with L’Orchestra dell’Arte
Conductor & Artistic Director Edward Peak
Soloist Laura Sheerin

STRAUSS, Johann II        Overture, Die Fledermaus
STRAUSS, Johann II        Waltz, Roses from the South
STRAUSS, Johann II        Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus)
ZIEHRER, Carl            Scale Song (Der Schatzmeister)
STRAUSS, Josef        Polka, Chatterbox
STRAUSS, Johann II        Polka, Eljen a Magyar!
STRAUSS, Johann II        Waltz, Wiener Blut
LEHAR, Franz            Faschingsmarsch (Count of Luxenbourg)
Interval:
STRAUSS, Johann II        Entrance March (Gypsy Baron)
MONTI, Victor            Czardas
STRAUSS, Johann II        Polka, Pizzicato
LEHAR, Franz            On My Lips Ev’ry Kiss (Giuditta)
LEHAR, Franz            Vilja (Merry Widow)
STRAUSS, Johann II        Polka, Im Krapfenwaldl
STRAUSS, Johann II        Galop, Thunder and Lightning
STRAUSS, Johann II        Waltz, Blue Danube

Cellist, Nick Byrne to perform in opening concert of Heswall Arts Festival 2011.

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:29:38 +0000

Nick Byrne

Nick is very well known to Wirral and Merseyside audiences having been born in Liverpool, now performing regularly as a free-lance cellist with the RLPO and Liverpool Session Orchestra and as the organiser of the Williamson Art Gallery Summer Serenade series of concerts.
It is very exciting that he will be playing as the concerto soloist with Orchestra dell’Arte on Saturday evening 15th October in Heswall Hall.
For this, the first event of our Arts Festival, Nick will perform the wonderfully lyrical Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra by Dvorak. For the rest of the concert, artistic director and conductor, Edward Peak, has chosen the well-known eighth Symphony by Dvorak for the second half of the evening and, very appropriately, the Festive Overture by Shostakovich to open this very special two week period of activities in and around Heswall.
Tickets for this concert are £15 and will be available after 1st September from Linghams Booksellers in Heswall or can be reserved by calling 0151 336 3618. Souvenir programme booklets covering all Festival events for the two weeks will also be for available for sale from September. Meanwhile do check the website regularly for the latest news and programme updates: www.heswallfestival.com

Saturday 15th October

7.30pm
Heswall Hall
Tickets £15 (senior citizens £14)
“The Opening Concert”
with L’Orchestra dell’Arte
Conductor & Artistic Director Edward Peak
Soloist Nick Byrne
Festive Overture                        Dmitry Shostakovich
Concerto for cello & orchestra in B minor        Antonin Dvorak
Interval
Symphony No. 8 in G major                Antonin Dvorak

Festive Fun Pictures

admin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:13:21 +0000