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PURBECK
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ART WEEKS Programme
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MAY 25 – JUNE 9 2019
For more information and to purchase tickets please visit
www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk
Welcome to the PAW Festival
The Purbeck Art Weeks (PAW) Festival embraces both the visual and Miranda Fulleylove and Manon Morris give a coffee concert at
performing arts. On many evenings throughout the Festival we aim Encombe House. We will show the film Prospero’s Books, offer an
to offer something for everyone through a wide range of interesting illustrated talk by renowned art expert Gwen Yarker, an evening with
events to complement what our visual artists offer during the day. local children’s book authors Rachel Bright and Beverley Naidoo,
poetry at the Globe in Swanage, a recital by local singers and a
Purbeck is a very special place – a land of light and colour that we
celebration of music making by some of our rising young musicians.
value and celebrate. Over 100 visual artists are exhibiting in this year’s
We hope you will be excited, challenged and of course enjoy the wide
Festival. Our artists’ forum is increasingly active throughout the year
range of events that are on offer.
and helps artists to network, to exchange ideas and opportunities and
to explore how they can together be even more creative – as well We could not provide this great programme or try and keep our
as enjoy the occasional party! For emerging artists our Festival and prices affordable without support from Trusts, Foundations, the
forum can be an important launch pad for their future art. Festival Friends and several generous individuals. We thank our main
supporters and list our Festival Friends later in this programme. We
We have for many years reached out to young people and run
offer priority booking to our Friends who also receive a bespoke
workshops in most schools across Purbeck. Our young people benefit
service as well as admission to our winter series of Chamber Music in
from the experience of our artists who lead these workshops and the
Purbeck Houses. To join: www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk/about-paw/
opportunity to be creative, innovative and have fun! We celebrate their
friends/
achievements, in particular at our central exhibition area at Rollington
Barn, near Corfe Castle. Our Bursaries
As a charity, we offer bursaries to aspiring artists in all art forms and
In 2019 we again offer a wide range of events. The Gabrieli Consort
of all ages. If you want to take the next step but cannot afford to do
open our Festival with a rousing celebration of English Coronations
that, or know someone who might benefit, do get in touch as we
with full brass accompaniment. I Fagiolini return with an innovative
may be able to help. Our bursaries range from £50 to £500 and we
approach mixing words, pictures and music to celebrate the 500th
have already helped painters, photographers, musicians and dancers.
anniversary of the death of one of Europe’s greatest artists – Leonardo
You can find more information on our website.
da Vinci. The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble give our Festival
a final flourish while Mark Chambers, supported by cornett and harp, For more information and to purchase tickets for all our events visit
explores the extraordinary range and art of the countertenor. our website www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk
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THE 2019 FESTIVAL EVENTS
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F H Saturday 25th May | 6.30pm | Lady St Mary Church, Wareham 04
D Langton SWANAGE
AN ENGLISH CORONATION recreated by the Gabrieli Consort with organ and brass.
Buy a ticket and also join them at their rehearsal.
Kingston
Monday 27th May | 7.30pm | St George’s Church, Langton Matravers 08
C COMPANIONS IN SONG: Roseanna Bowen and Grace Lovelass sing opera duets and solos
MAP KEY Wednesday 29th May | 7.30pm | Emmanuel Baptist Church, Swanage 09
CELEBRATING OUR MUSICIANS
Illustrated map by Tony Kerins | www.tonykerins.com
D St James’ Church, Kingston Thursday 30th May | 7.30pm | Harman’s Cross Village Hall 10
A The REX, Wareham G Emmanuel Baptist Church, Swanage
ARTHUR MEADE’S LANDING OF THE DANES IN DORSET: illustrated talk by Gwen Yarker
B Lady St Mary Church, Wareham E Harman’s Cross Village Hall H The Globe Inn, Swanage
C Encombe House, Nr Kingston F St George’s Church, Langton Matravers Friday 31st May | 7.30pm | St James’ Church, Kingston 11
THE ART OF THE COUNTERTENOR with Mark Chambers, cornett and harp
Saturday 1st June | 6.30pm | Lady St Mary Church, Wareham 12
I FAGIOLINI CELEBRATE LEONARDO DA VINCI IN MUSIC AND ART
Buy a ticket and also join them at their rehearsal.
Monday 3rd June | 8.00pm | The Globe Inn, Swanage 18
PURBECK POETS PERFORMING open event
Wednesday 5th June | 7.10pm | The Rex Cinema, Wareham 18
PROSPERO’S BOOKS a film based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest
We are delighted to support PAW again with our pop up vintage
cafe at Rollington Barn where we will serve delicious cakes, Thursday 6th June | 7.30pm | Harman’s Cross Village Hall 19
savoury treats, tea, coffee and refreshments. WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN’S BOOKS, with Rachel Bright and Beverley Naidoo
Love Cake offers beautiful bespoke catering for
weddings | celebrations | funerals | suppers | lunches Friday 7th June | 10.15 for 11.30am | Encombe House, nr Kingston 20
COFFEE CONCERT with Miranda Fulleylove (violin) and Manon Morris (harp)
picnics | venue hire
Love Cake at 42 High Street, Swanage T: 01929 475 664
www.lovecakecatering.co.uk Sunday 9th June | 6.30pm | Lady St Mary Church, Wareham 22
FLIGHTS OF FANCY performed by the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Buy a ticket and also join them at their rehearsal.
Coming in summer 2019...
LoveCake at The Bear, Wareham Tickets for all events can be purchased from our website www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk
and at the Wareham and Swanage Tourist Information Offices
ROOMS • RESTAURANT • BAR • DELI THE
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Gabrieli Consort | An English Coronation
AN ENGLISH CORONATION
RECREATED BY THE GABRIELI CONSORT ENTRANCE INTO THE ABBEY Handel Zadok the priest, | 1 Kings 1:38-40
with the PAW Festival Choir
WITH ORGAN & BRASS EVENT VENUE B Fanfare
Parry I was Glad | Psalm 122:1–3, 6 & 7
Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet,
anointed Solomon King.
Saturday 25th May | 6.30pm Rehearsal: Those who have bought tickets for the evening I was glad when they said unto me,
And all the people rejoic’d, and said:
Priory Church of Lady St Mary, Wareham BH20 4ND performance can sit in on part of the rehearsal in the church we will go into the house of the Lord.
God save the King! Long live the King!
Tickets: £20 adults, £2 students from 3.00pm. Please bring your ticket to gain admittance. Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.
May the King live for ever!
Jerusalem is builded as a city,
Amen! Allelujah!
Buffet Supper: a pre-concert buffet supper provided by that is at unity in itself.
The Salt Pig is available at the nearby Community Café Vivat Regina decora!
from 5.45pm. A vegetarian quiche, two salads, a pudding Long live our gracious Queen CROWNING
and drink can be booked only on-line for just £11. Vivat Rex nobilis!
Parratt Be strong and play the man | 1 Kings 2:2b–3a
Long live our noble King
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
The four coronations of the 20th century THE SEQUENCE Be strong and play the man:
they shall prosper that love thee.
were enormous and extravagant. Replete keep the commandments of the Lord thy God,
The Entrance into the Abbey | Fanfare Peace be within thy walls,
with festive pageantry, these ceremonies were and walk in his ways.
Hubert Parry (b 1848 in Bournemouth, d 1918) I was glad and plenteousness within thy palaces.
joyful celebrations of British music, employing Be strong and play the man.
tremendous forces. Choirs from across London with the PAW Festival Choir
and beyond were marshalled to provide a chorus RECOGNITION
HOMAGE
of over 400 voices; a full-size symphony orchestra The Recognition | Acclamation and Fanfares
Acclamations and fanfares
was squeezed into Westminster Abbey, whilst fanfare Anon. Rejoice in the Lord
trumpets and drums heralded the celebrations. Philippians 4:4–7
Communion Pt. One
COMMUNION pt. one
Ahead of the release of a new recording recreating Edward Elgar (1857–1934) O hearken thou
Rejoice in the Lord alway:
these vast musical forces, Paul McCreesh and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Creed from Mass in G minor Elgar O hearken Thou | Psalm 5:2
and again I say rejoice.
Gabrieli bring the history, ceremony and liturgy
Let your moderation be known unto all men.
of these four extraordinary coronations to life in O hearken Thou unto the voice of my calling,
The Anointing | Accompanied plainsong: The Lord is e’en at hand.
a programme for choir, organ and brass ensemble, my King, and my God:
Arr. Ernest Bullock (1890 – 1979) Be careful for nothing;
shedding new light on beloved works of the for unto Thee will I make my prayer.
but in all prayer and supplication
Anglican cathedral tradition. Attrib. Rabanus Maurus (c. 776–856) Come Holy Ghost
let your petitions be manifest unto God
Georg Handel (1685–1759) Zadok the priest Vaughan Williams Creed from Mass in G minor
The Gabrieli Consort under their Director Paul with giving of thanks.
with the PAW Festival Choir Book of Common Prayer 1662
McCreesh are world renowned interpreters of And the peace of God,
exciting music from across the ages. They have which passeth all understanding,
I believe in one God,
inspired Purbeck audiences over many years. For The Crowning | Acclamation and Fanfare keep your hearts and minds
the Father Almighty, etc
2019, they bring with them a full brass ensemble. Walter Parratt (1841–1924) Be strong and play the man through Christ Jesu. Amen.
Matthew Martin (organ) is Director of Music
ANNOINTING Wesley Thou Wilt keep him
and a Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He has The Homage
Isaiah 26:3a; Psalm 139:11; 1 John 1:5b;
written compositions for a range of internationally Anon Rejoice in the Lord always Arr. Bullock Come Holy Ghost
Psalm 119:175a & Matthew 6:13
acclaimed choirs including Gabrieli, The Tallis
Samuel Wesley (1810–1876) Thou wilt keep him
Scholars and the choirs of Westminster Abbey, Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
Homage Acclamation and Fanfare Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
St Paul’s Cathedral and Cambridge College Choirs. and lighten with celestial fire.
whose mind is stayed on thee.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
The darkness is no darkness with thee,
Communion Pt. Two who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart.
but the night is as clear as the day.
Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) The Old Hundredth Thy blessed unction from above,
The darkness and the light to thee are both alike.
Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Sanctus from Mass in G minor is comfort, life, and fire of love.
God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
Enable with perpetual light
Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) O taste and see O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee,
the dullness of our blinded sight.
arr. John Merbecke (1510–1585) The Lord’s Prayer for thine is the kingdom,
Anoint and cheer our soilèd face
Charles Stanford (1852–1924) Coronation Gloria the power and the glory, for evermore.
with the abundance of thy grace.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) Threefold Amen Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
whose mind is stayed on thee.
where thou art guide, no ill can come.
Te Deum Teach us to know the Father, Son,
William Walton (1902–1983) Coronation Te Deum
and thee, of both, to be but one; COMMUNION pt. 2
that, through the ages all along
Vaughan Williams The Old Hundredth,
this may be our endless song;
The Recessional William Kethe (Daye’s Psalter, 1560 – 61)
Praise to thy eternal merit,
with the congregation
National Anthem Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
All people that on earth do dwell,
Matthew Martin sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
him serve with fear, his praise forth tell;
4 THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE come ye before him and rejoice.
Gabrieli Consort | An English Coronation
MEYRICK PARK BOURNEMOUTH
The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; Gibbons Threefold Amen
without our aid he did us make; 1-3 AUGUST 2019
we are his folk, he doth us feed,
TE DEUM
and for his sheep he doth us take.
Walton ‘Coronation’ Te Deum THU 1 AUGUST FRI 2 AUGUST SAT 3 AUGUST
O enter then his gates with praise, Attrib. Nicetas, bishop of Remesiana (4th century)
approach with joy his courts unto;
praise, laud, and bless his name always, We praise thee, O God: RELAXED GALACTIC SYMPHONIC
for it is seemly so to do.
For why? the Lord our God is good:
his mercy is for ever sure;
we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee:
the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud:
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his truth at all times firmly stood, the Heavens, and all the powers therein.
and shall from age to age endure. To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the God whom heaven and earth adore,
from men and from the angel-host
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee,
the goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee,
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be praise and glory evermore. Amen. the noble army of Martyrs praise thee.
The Holy Church throughout all the world
Vaughan Williams Sanctus from Mass in G minor doth acknowledge thee
Book of Common Prayer 1662 the Father of an infinite Majesty;
Thine honourable, true, and only Son;
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
Heav’n and earth are full of thy glory. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
Glory be to thee, O Lord, most high. Amen. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
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When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man:
Vaughan Williams O Taste and see | Psalm 34:8 Thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
O taste and see how gracious the Lord is; Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
blest is the man that trusteth in him.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God:
Merbecke The Lord’s prayer in the glory of the Father.
Book of Common Prayer 1662 We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants,
Our Father, which art in heaven, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
hallowed be thy name ... Make them to be numbered with thy Saints
in glory everlasting.
Stanford ‘Coronation’ Gloria O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.
Book of Common Prayer 1662 Govern them and lift them up for ever.
Day by day we magnify thee;
Glory be to God on high, and we worship thy name, ever world without end. 29.08–01.09.19
and on earth peace, good will towards men. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
We praise thee, we bless thee, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
we worship thee, we glorify thee, O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us,
Natalie Clein cello & musical director SMEDMORE HOUSE
Louis XIV: the man and his music | Thursday 4pm lecture and performance
we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, as our trust is in thee. Katya Apekisheva piano
THE PARSH CHURCH OF ST MARY, SWANAGE
O Lord God, heav’nly King, O Lord, in thee have I trusted: Alena Baeva violin Cello Extravaganza. With Natalie Clein, Guy Johnston and Abel Selacoe. An evening
God the Father Almighty. let me never be confounded. Max Baillie violin/viola of solo, duo and trio cello repertoire for cello lovers of all ages | Thursday 7.30pm
O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesu Christ; Marvin Dillmann didgeridoo ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, STUDLAND
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Guy Johnston cello Meditations on solitude | Friday 11am
NATIONAL ANTHEM THE CHURCH OF LADY ST MARY, WAREHAM
that takest away the sins of the world, Elizabeth Kenny lute Mendelssohn’s piano trio D-minor | Friday 7:30pm
have mercy upon us. Traditional Thomas Larcher composer
SAINT NICHOLAS CHURCH, WORTH MATRAVERS
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, with the congregation Gareth Lubbe viola Saturday morning Bach | 10:30am
have mercy upon us. Philip Mansel historian LEARNING CENTRE, DURLSTON COUNTRY PARK
Thou that takest away the sins of the world, God save our gracious Queen, Thy choicest gifts in store Musical fun for families and children | Saturday 12:30pm
Jennifer Pike violin
receive our prayer. long live our noble Queen, on her be pleased to pour, ST EDWARD’S CHURCH, CORFE CASTLE
Olivia Ray mezzo-soprano
Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, God save the Queen! long may she reign! Souvenir de Florence | Saturday 7:30pm
have mercy upon us. Send her victorious, May she defend our laws, Abel Selacoe cello
ST JAMES’ CHURCH, KINGSTON
For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; happy and glorious, and ever give us cause, Lana Trotovšek violin Boccherini quintet op 42 | Sunday 11:30am
thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, long to reign over us, to sing with heart and voice, HARMANS CROSS VILLAGE HALL
art most high in the glory of God the Father. God save the Queen! God save the Queen! Family Concert | Sunday 3:30pm
Amen. For programme information and booking tickets
www.purbeck-chambermusic.org.uk or call 0333 666 3366
COMPANIONS IN SONG: CELEBRATING OUR MUSICIANS
ROSEANNA BOWEN AND GRACE LOVELASS WITH LOCAL CHOIRS EVENT VENUE G
SING OPERA DUETS AND SOLOS EVENT VENUE F
Wednesday 29th May | 7.30pm Sally Aiko Dando (piano)
Emmanuel Baptist Church, 160 Victoria Ave,
Monday 27th May | 7.30pm THE PROGRAMME Swanage BH19 1AZ Miro Vosper (soprano)
This event has been
St George’s Church, Langton Matravers Tickets: £8 adults, £2 students Amelia Seaman (violin)
Duet – Ah, guarda, sorella (Così fan tutte, Mozart) kindly supported by
BH19 3HZ
Solo – Smanie implacabili (Così fan tutte, Mozart) Nicholas Aiko Dando (trumpet) Baggette and Company
Tickets: £8 adults, £2 students Each year we celebrate the wonderful abilities of some of
Solo – Porgi amor (Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart) our best younger musicians. Some are in the Wessex Youth
Lola Brown Araujo (clarinet)
The PCC of St George’s Church has made Piano solo Orchestra, some have achieved even greater heights. All offer
the church premises and facilities available music of the highest quality and we are so fortunate to have Lydia Bennett (bassoon)
Solo – Non più mesta (La Cenerentola, Rossini)
for this event free of charge. We much such talent in our midst. Do come and enjoy this programme Reuben Bennett (trumpet)
Duet – The Letter Duet (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai)
appreciate their support. of music making kindly put together by Annie Campbell.
INTERVAL A full programme of what will be performed plus short The Purbeck Youth Choir (conductor Jay Buckle) completes
Roseanna Bowen (soprano) and Grace Lovelass biographies of all our young musicians will be available free our line-up of young musicians.
(mezzo-soprano) present some of opera’s Duet – Mira, o Norma (Norma, Bellini) of charge on the day. These will be joined by members of three other local choirs:
greatest characters alongside their quarrelsome Solo – Casta diva (Norma, Bellini) Harmony Rocks from Harman’s Cross, Singing for Pleasure
siblings and most trusted confidantes – with Solo – Olga’s aria (Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky) and Mixed Media from the PAW Festival.
Matthew Clarke at the piano.
Piano solo
Solo – Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Puccini)
Duet – Flower duet (Madama Butterfly, Puccini)
Sally Aiko Dando started playing the Orchestra and a former member of years including at private receptions,
violin at 2 and the piano at 3. At 11, she the National Children’s Orchestra of competed in several competitions
led the Orquesta Fundación de Asturias GB. She has played in some of the UK’s throughout Dorset, and performed
at Auditorio Príncipe Felipe. In 2015, she major concert halls, including the Royal on live television.
moved to England and is now the leader Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall
Lydia Bennett is 18 and goes to
of the Wessex Youth Orchestra. She has and Leeds Town Hall. In 2018 she played
Thomas Hardye School. She has been a
played in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in the Parkstone Quartet in Salzburg
member of the Wessex Youth Orchestra
and the Royal Albert Hall and performed and solo violin at a wedding in Italy. She
playing principal bassoon and principal
solos at the Lighthouse. She leads the enjoys taking part in many local music
clarinet. She plays in the bassoon
Capriccioso String Quartet which has festivals, chamber music and violin
section of the National Youth Orchestra
played in the Proms in the Park. Last year, workshops and masterclasses.
Grace Lovelass is based in Purbeck Roseanna Bowen is based in Poole. Matthew Clarke works as a piano of Great Britain and has performed at
Sally won Rotary Young Musician Wessex
and is a PAW Festival Bursary winner. Recent experience includes covering accompanist alongside his full-time Nicholas Aiko Dando was born in the Barbican Centre, Symphony Hall
District Finals, qualifying for Regionals,
Opera roles include Olga in Eugene the role of Chimène in Massenet’s Le position in student recruitment at Spain in 2007 and started learning (Birmingham), the Bridgewater Hall
as well as Bournemouth Music
Onegin (The People’s Opera), Tisbe Cid for Dorset Opera Festival, as well Bournemouth University. He works piano when he was 4. He will soon be (Manchester) and the Royal Albert Hall.
Competition Festival string category and
(La Cenerentola, Red Earth Opera), as performing the roles of Fiordiligi in for the charity Lost Chord with Grace doing his Grade 5. At the age of 7, he She has passed grade 8 with distinction
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
the Sorceress/Spirit (Dido & Aeneas, Così fan tutte and Contessa in Le nozze Lovelass, providing interactive music started trumpet and is working towards on bassoon, clarinet and piano and
Young Musician award.
Broadstone Choral Society) and di Figaro in Mozart opera scenes with concerts in dementia residential homes Grade 7. In 2018 he won Second Prize is hoping to study Music at Hertford
Flora (La Traviata, Oxford Alternative Accademia Vivo. She has regularly in London and South Yorkshire. He has Miro Vosper is currently studying Grade in The Swanage and Purbeck Rotary College Oxford next year.
Orchestra). Grace became a performed in events and recitals around composed various pieces of music for 8 singing having achieved distinction Young Musician Competition. Nicholas
Reuben Bennett is 16 and plays
professional singer thanks to the love the South West since graduating from instrumental ensembles/choirs and solo at Grade 7. She is taught locally by plays trumpet in Swanage Town Band,
piano and trumpet. He goes to Poole
and support of friends in Wareham’s the University of Southampton in 2014, instrument/voice. He worked with the Helen Attfield and attends workshops Swanage Big Band and Wessex Youth
Grammar School, is a member of their
Rex Players, Opera Metropolitan and including the role of Pamina in Mozart’s Lumen Piano Trio and the Chichester in London. She is a member of the Fanfare. In his free time he enjoys
Big Band and Concert Band and plays
PAW. She made her classical debut Die Zauberflöte with Pocket Opera, as a 8-hand Piano Group for two years. National Youth training choir as well as playing football.
in the Wessex Youth Orchestra. He
at the Bournemouth Competitions guest soloist for Bournemouth Borough Matthew studied piano with Angela her school choir at Parkstone Grammar.
Lola Brown Araujo is 17, in her last has competed in the Music for Youth
Music Festival in 2015 where she placed Council, and at Bournemouth Music Zanders and Jonathan Plowright, and She has performed locally including with
year at Lytchett Minster School and Festival and performed at the Royal
second to Roseanna as Singer of the Festival, where she was awarded the singing with Susan Legg. the Swanage Big Band and Canzonetta.
hopes to study Geography at Leeds Albert Hall. He enjoys being in the
Year! They are thrilled finally to be “Singer of the Year” title in 2015. In 2019 she has a number of musical
University. She has been the principle Broadstone Music Series, performing
presenting some of opera’s best loved competitions as well as studying for her
clarinettist of the Wessex Youth arrangements from The Great
music together. Grace and Matthew GCSEs. Miro also plays the clarinet and
Orchestra for 2 years. This summer they American Songbook and has played the
have just presented A Shropshire Lad drums and enjoys ballet, jazz dancing
tour northern Italy including Venice trumpet in a performance of Walton’s
& Music for Spring and look forward to and theatre work.
and attend masterclasses with local Belshazzar’s Feast with the Oxford
working with Lost Chord to bring music
Amelia Seaman is 15 and currently Italian youth orchestras. She has played Sinfonia at Christchurch Priory. He has
to dementia sufferers.
Principal Second Violin of Wessex Youth duets with Lydia Bennett for several passed grade 8 piano with distinction.
8 THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE 9
THE ART OF THE COUNTERTENOR
WITH MARK CHAMBERS, CONOR HASTINGS
(CORNETT) AND TOBY CARR (LUTE) EVENT VENUE D
Friday 31st May | 7.30pm THE PROGRAMME
St James’ Church, Kingston, O glorioso Domina Ignazio Donati (c.1570–1638)
BH20 5LL
Ohime me dove il mio ben Claudio Monteverdi (baptised 1567–1643)
Tickets: £20 adults, £2 students
Io son Ferito Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
diminutions by Giovanni Battista Bovicelli (1550–1594)
This programme explores Prelude Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580–1651)
several key elements of music
Quam Pulchra Es Kapsberger
making from the 16th and 17th
Toccata Kapsberger
centuries. As with modern day
Haec es Virgo Kapsberger
jazz musicians, instrumentalists
and singers were well known Cantante Domino Nicolò Corradini (c.1585–1646)
for their improvisations and L’Eraclite Amoroso Barbara Strozzi (baptised 1619–1677)
embellishment which were
INTERVAL
essential techniques in musical
performance, both sacred Surge Propera Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570–1622)
and secular. Many of the Ave Verum Corpus Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
finest musicians of the age diminutions by Giovanni Battista Bovicelli (1550–1594)
documented the practice in Ein Schottisch Tanz/ William Brade (1560–1630)/ Scottish Folk Tune
musical treatises and set out The Birks of Invermay Grac
Arthur Meade, 1852-1942 Landing of the Danes in Dorset, 1898 © Private Collection 2018 examples of ornamentation
Linden Lea Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) words William Barnes
to study and imitate, along
O Quam Suave Allesandro Grandi (1590–1630)
ARTHUR MEADE’S with popular motets and/or
madrigals embellished in the
Hor ch’è Tempo Tarquinio Merula (1594/95–1665)
Canzon Terza a canto solo Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1651)
LANDING OF THE DANES IN DORSET performers’ highly individual
style. Io son Ferito and Ave Amanti io vi se dire Benedetto Ferrari (c.1603–1681)
ILLUSTRATED TALK BY GWEN YARKER EVENT VENUE E
Verum Corpus by Giovanni
Pierluigi da Palestrina
(c. 1525–594) are prime
Thursday 30th May | 7.30pm examples of this practice.
Harman’s Cross Village Hall BH19 3EB A common compositional
Tickets: £10 adults, £2 students style at the time was the use of
repeating basslines which gave
performers ample opportunity
Gwen Yarker will talk about a spectacular oil painting, Landing formative artistic influence on Dorchester-born John Everett to flex their improvisational
of the Danes in Dorset, by the British Impressionist Arthur who later lived in Swanage. In 1889 Meade married Mabel muscles. Several of the Mark Chambers Countertenor Conor Hastings Cornetto Toby Carr Lute
Meade (1852–1942), which she unearthed in Dallas. Painted Panton, daughter of Dorchester surgeon George Panton – pieces in this programme are
constructed around this idea. Mark has performed all over Conor was born and raised Toby is a versatile musician
in the heyday of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, Meade’s dramatic whose brother James Panton was the well-known Wareham
Such was the mastery of these the world with many leading in Dublin. In 2014 he won a who performs in a wide range
image shows the extensive panoramic vista towards Poole brewer.
musicians, that composers groups and conductors. Solo place to study cornett at the of styles and settings as a
Harbour with Viking longships sailing off the coast at Swanage,
Gwen Yarker trained at the Courtauld and has made a subsequently began to work has included Bach St Schola Cantorum Basiliensis guitarist and lutenist. While
during the reign of King Alfred’s Wessex. Dark clouds gather
particular study of artists working in Dorset at the beginning of compose increasingly florid and Matthew Passion and Mass in Switzerland and has since active as a classical guitarist and
overhead as the ships are about to be blown into Swanage Bay
the 20th century, who were influenced by Hardy. She is currently virtuosic music, clearly inspired in B Minor with Sir John Eliot performed all over Europe, teacher, Toby has developed a
and dashed on the rocks of Peveril Point during the sudden
working on a biography of British marine and landscape painter by and keen to make use of Gardiner, Monteverdi Vespers Scandinavia and the Americas specialism in the performance
storm. The viewer sees the narrative from the perspective
John Everett (1876–1949). She first discovered his work whilst the stellar talent they had at of 1610 with Paul McCreesh with the English Cornett & of renaissance and baroque
of the Anglo-Saxons on horseback armed with spears, who
curator of art at the National Maritime Museum. Everett left their disposal. The combination and roles including in Handel Sackbut Ensemble, I Fagiolini, music, particularly that of
watch from the ridge above.
his marine collection, including over 1,000 oil paintings, to the of cornetto and human voice operas and Monteverdi’s Orfeo. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, seventeenth century England
The Vikings became a popular subject for artists in the museum on his death – forming the largest public collection was extremely popular in the His many recordings include a the Gabrieli Consort and and Italy, performing in this
Victorian period. Meade’s massive painting combined a by one artist in the country. 16th and 17th centuries. At the series with the English Cornett Players and other groups. context regularly as a soloist,
powerful landscape with a key moment in British history. It height of its fame, the cornetto & Sackbut Ensemble on music Conor is an active soloist accompanist and continuo
Gwen gave an illustrated talk at the PAW Festival in 2016 on her
refers to the moment in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle when the reigned supreme; adored by from Italy, Germany and in Ireland and abroad and player. This has led to work
book Inquisitive Eyes: Slade Painters in Edwardian Wessex and
Scandinavian invaders en route for Exeter met with disaster off composers and audiences alike England. Mark has created the is a tutor of Cornetto and with groups such as the LPO,
the accompanying exhibition of the same name at the Royal
Swanage – regarded as a great naval victory by Alfred over the not only for its virtuosic rivalry Voice of the Ood for the Dr historical performance at English Touring Opera and
West of England Academy. That ground-breaking exhibition
Danes. of the violin, but also its unique Who series for BBC television the Royal Welsh College of Glyndebourne Youth Opera.
illustrated how an important group of Slade-trained artists,
ability to mimic the human while film work includes The Music and Drama, and in 2019 He joined the Fieri Consort
It was judged one of the most important pictures exhibited at together with their tutors, painted in the Purbeck region of
voice. We use this combination Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy lectured and directed studies at Encombe for their evening
the Royal Academy in 1898. Meade spent summers in Dorset Dorset between 1900–1914. This talk sets the Meade picture
along with the lute to create an and Elizabeth The Golden Age. at the Alpirsbacher festival für recital for the Friends in 2018.
painting ‘Wessex’ subjects which interested Hardy. He was the in this wider context. Her 2016 illustrated talk was sold out
intimate colour pallet. alte Musik in the Black Forest.
with standing room only!
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picture credit: Matthew Brodie
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes
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turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
Leonardo da Vinci
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I FAGIOLINI CELEBRATE LEONARDO DA VINCI
IN MUSIC AND HIS ART EVENT VENUE B
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I FAGIOLINI WITH PROFESSOR MARTIN KEMP
Saturday 1st June | 6.30pm Rehearsal: Those who have bought tickets for the evening 5 10
The Priory Church of Lady St Mary, performance can sit in on part of the rehearsal in the church
Wareham BH20 4ND from 3.00pm. Please bring your ticket to gain admittance.
Tickets: £20 adults, £2 students
The Singers
Buffet Supper: a pre-concert buffet supper provided by Robert Hollingworth Matthew Long tenor
The Salt Pig is available at the nearby Community Café director & counter tenor Nicholas Hurndall Smith tenor
from 5.45pm. A vegetarian quiche, two salads, a pudding Anna Crookes soprano Greg Skidmore baritone
and drink can be booked only on-line for just £11. Rebecca Lea soprano Charles Gibbs bass
Clare Wilkinson mezzo soprano
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The 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci was Robert Hollingworth founded I Fagiolini in 1986 and has
on May 2nd 2019. Probably the greatest polymath of all time, presented all their signature projects. Away from the group
Leonardo was also a musician and revered music as the only he has directed the English Concert, Academy of Ancient
serious rival for his divine ‘science’ of painting. Marking this Music, BBC Concert Orchestra; and some of the world’s finest
significant anniversary and the legacy of this forward-thinking chamber choirs.
‘Renaissance Man’, I Fagiolini combine art, music and science
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at
in this project with Leonardo expert Professor Martin Kemp.
Trinity College. Oxford University. He has published numerous
Inspired by Leonardo’s relentless curiosity, the programme books and in particular broadcast and published extensively
explores some of his best-loved images through the prism of on Leonardo da Vinci, including a prize-winning Leonardo da
music by Tallis, Howells, Victoria, Bach, Monteverdi, Rubbra, Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man and Leonardo.
Janequin, Daniel-Lesur and Josquin des Prez. The project He and Robert will take turns to introduce each work of art and
also includes a new commission from composers Adrian accompanying piece of music.
Williams and Gillian Clarke, the former National Poet of Wales,
provoked by Leonardo’s scientific discoveries. The concert THE PROGRAMME
includes projections of Leonardo’s beautiful art. 1 SALVATOR MUNDI 4 KNOT DESIGN 7 LAST SUPPER
I Fagiolini is renowned for its innovative productions and Thomas Tallis Salvator mundi (1575) Josquin Desprez Agnus Dei from Missa L’homme Tomás Luis de Victoria Unus ex discipulis meis (1585)
has staged Handel with masks, Purcell with puppets, The Full Herbert Howells Salvator mundi (1936) armé sexti toni (c.1490–1500) Edmund Rubbra Amicus meus (1962)
Monteverdi (a dramatised account of the composer’s Fourth
2 LA SCAPIGLIATA & MONA LISA 5 BATTLE OF ANGHIARI 8 FIVE GROTESQUES
Book of Madrigals) and Tallis in Wonderland, a new way of
hearing polyphony with live and recorded voices. Under its Cipriano de Rore Or che’l ciel e la terra (died 1565) Clément Janequin La Guerre (1528) Orazio Vecchi Movement from L’Amfiparnaso (1597)
inspirational director Robert Hollingworth, the group has been Claudio Monteverdi Era l’anima mia (1567–1643)
INTERVAL 9 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
applauded in Purbeck for its performances of Monteverdi’s
3 VITRUVIAN MAN Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur Le Jardin Clos / La Voix du Bien-Aimé (1952)
Orfeo and Monteverdi: The Other Vespers. 6 THE ANNUNCIATION
JS Bach Art of Fugue No.1 (c.1740–50)
Tomás Luis de Victoria Alma redemptoris mater (1581) 10 BAT WING SKETCH
12 THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE Adrian Williams/Gillian Clarke Shaping the invisible (2018)
I Fagiolini Celebrate This Renaissance Man in Music and his Art I Fagiolini Celebrate This Renaissance Man in Music and his Art
Tallis (1505–1585) & Howells (1892–1983) Nobles sautez dans vos arçons, Nobles, jump in your saddles,
armés, bouclés, frisqués, mignons, armed, buckled, ready, good-looking.
Salvator mundi, salva nos, O Saviour of the world, save us,
la lance au poing, hardis et prompts, lance in fist, brave and swift
qui per crucem et sanguinem redemisti nos, who by thy cross and blood has redeemed us,
comme lions. brave like lions.
auxiliare nobis, te deprecamur, Deus noster. help us, we pray thee, O Lord our God
Donnez dedans, Get in there,
frappez dedans, hit them,
Cipriano de Rore Or che’l ciel e la terra (died 1565) soyez hardis, Be daring,
Claudio Monteverdi Era l’anima mia (1567–1643) en joie mis. be joyful
Chacun s’assaisonne, Let everyone get ready,
Or che’l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace Now that the heavens and the earth and the wind are silent
la fleur de lys, the fleur de lys,
e le fere e gli augelli il sonno affrena and the beasts and the birds are reined in by sleep,
fleur de haut prix flower of high worth,
notte il carro stellato in giro mena night drives its starry chariot about
y est en personne. is there in person.
e nel suo letto il mar senz’onda giace, and in its bed the sea lies without a wave;
Alarme, alarme! Alarm! alarm!
Suivez François, Follow François,
Veggio, penso, ardo, piango, e chi mi sface I wake, I think, I burn, I weep: and she who destroys me
le roi François! King François.
sempre m’è inanzi per mia dolce pena; is always in my mind, to my sweet pain:
Suivez la couronne! Follow the crown.
Guerra è’l mio stato, d’ira e di duol piena, warlike is my state, full of anger and sorrow,
Sonnez trompettes et clarons Sound trumpets & bugles
e sol di lei pensando ho qualche pace. and only by thinking of her do I have peace.
pour réjouir les compaignons! to delight our comrades.
Così sol d’una chiara fonte viva, Thus from one sole, clear, living fountain
Boutez selle! Gendarmes à cheval! Saddle up, cavalry to their horses.
move’l dolce e l’amaro ond’io mi pasco; spring the sweet and the bitter on which I feed:
Tôt à l’étendard! Avant! Quickly rally to the standard! Forwards!
Una man sola mi risana e punge, one sole hand heals me and pierces me;
Bruyez bombardes et canons, Roar, bombards and cannons,
tonnez gros courtaux et faucons Thunder, cannons great and small,
e perchè ’l mio martir non giunga a riva, and so that my suffering may not reach an end,
pour secourir les vaillants compagnons. to help our brave comrades,
mille volte il dí moro e mille nasco: a thousand times a day I die and a thousand am born,
Masse, ducque! Group, duke,
tanto da la salute mia son lunge. so far am I from health.
France! Courage! France, have courage.
Donnez des horions! Deal your blows.
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Era l’anima mia Chipe, chope, torche, lorgne. Squeeze, catch, destroy, stare them.
My soul was Tue, tue! Serve, serve! Kill, put to death,
Era l’anima mia
already close to its last hour À mort, à mort! Lique, lique. Courage, take, kill them.
già presso a l’ultim’hore
and languished like a dying soul languishes; Courage prenez! Frappez, tuez! Take courage! Hit, kill.
e languia come langue alma che more;
when a soul more fair and more ravishing Gentils galants, soyez vaillants! Noble gentlemen, be brave!
quando anima più bella e più gradita
turned to me a look so pitiful, Frappez dessus! Ruez dessus! Smash them. Kick them.
volse lo sguardo in sì pietoso giro,
That it kept me alive. Fers émoulus, chipez dessus! Freshly cast blades, stab them.
che mi mantenne in vita.
And those lovely lights seemed to say Alarme, alarme! Alarm, alarm!
Parean dir quei bei lumi,
“Ah, why are you consumed so? Ils sont en fuite. Ils montrent les talons! They’re fleeing, showing their heels.
“Deh, perché ti consumi?
This heart that makes me live is not so dear to me, Courage compagnons! Take courage, comrades.
Non m’è sì caro il cor, ond’io respiro,
as you yourself, my heart; Ils sont confus, ils sont perdus. They’re confused, lost.
come se’ tu, cor mio;
If you die, it is not you that die but I.” Après suivez! Frappez, ruez. Battez, tuez! Chase them. Smash, kick, beat, kill.
se mori, ohimè, non mori tu, mor’io.”
Escampe, tout est ferlore, la tintelore. Escape – all is lost, the noise of battle.
Victoire au noble roi François! Victory to the noble King Francois!
Josquin des Prez (died 1521) – Agnus Dei from Missa L’Homme Armé sexti toni Toute verlore, bigott! All is lost, by God.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world;
miserere nobis (twice). have mercy on us. Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) – Alma Redemptoris Mater
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, O Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world;
Alma Redemptoris mater, Gracious mother of the Redeemer,
dona nobis pacem. give us peace.
quae pervia caeli porta manes, who remains the open gate to heaven
et stella maris, succurre cadenti and star of the sea, help your people
Clément Janequin (1485–1558) – La Guerre surgere qui curat populo. Who fall but try to rise again.
Tu, quae genuisti, natura mirante, You who gave birth while nature
Écoutez tous gentils gallois Listen, all you good-timers,
tuum sanctum Genitorem: marvelled, to your Holy Creator:
la victoire du noble roi François. to the victory of the noble King Francois.
Virgo prius ac posterius, a virgin before and after,
Et orrez si bien écoutez, And you’ll hear, if you listen well,
Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud who heard from the mouth of Gabriel
des coups rués de tous côtés. blows rained down from all sides.
Ave, peccatorum miserere. ‘Ave’: have mercy on sinners.
Phifres soufflez, frappez tambours, Pipes blow, drums bang,
tournez, virez, faites vos tours, turn, spin, make your turns,
soufflez, jouez, frappez tambours, blow, play, bang drums, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) – Unus ex discipulis meis
soufflez, jouez, frappez toujours. blow, play, bang constantly.
Unus ex discipulis meis tradit me hodie. One my my disciples betrays me today.
Aventuriers, bons compagnons, Soldiers, good comrades,
Vae illi per quem tradar ego. Woe to him by whom I am betrayed.
ensemble croisez vos bâtons. cross sticks together.
Melius illi erat si natus non fuisset. Better for him if he had not been born.
Bandez soudain, gentils gascons, Assemble quickly, noble Gascons.
Qui intingit mecum manum in paropside, The one that dips his hand with me in the dish,
hacquebutiers, faites vos sons. gunners, make your sounds.
hic me traditurus est in manu peccatorum. He will give me up into the hands of sinners.
I Fagiolini Celebrate This Renaissance Man in Music and his Art I Fagiolini Celebrate This Renaissance Man in Music and his Art
Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986) – Amicus meus Tes joues sont comme deux moitiés de grenades Your cheeks are like two halves of
à travers ton voile. pomegranates behind your veil.
Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo: My friend betrayed me with a kiss:
Tes deux seins sont comme deux bichelots Your two breasts are like two young roes
quem osculatus fuero, ipse est, tenete eum: the one I kiss, that is he: hold him fast.
gémaux de la biche qui paissent parmi les lis. that are twins and feed among the lilies.
hoc malum fecit signum, That was the wicked token that he gave
Tu me fais perdre le sens, ma soeur, You have ravished my heart, my sister,
qui per osculum adimplevit homicidium. he who by a kiss accomplished murder.
ma fiancée, par un seul de tes regards. my spouse, with a single glance.
Infelix praetermisit pretium sanguinis, Wretch, he gave up the blood money
Viens du Liban et tu seras couronée Come from Lebanon, and you will be
et in fine laqueo se suspendit. and in the end hanged himself.
du chef d’Amana! crowned on the top of Mount Amana!
Elle est un jardin bien clos, ma soeur, ma fiancée, A closed garden is my sister, spouse;
Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605) – Daspuò che stabilao (L’Amfiparnaso) une source scellée. a sealed fountain.
Que mon Bien-aimé entre dans son jardin May my Beloved go into his garden
Pan: Daspuo ch’ò stabilio sto parentao Pan: Now that I’ve settled this business,
et qu’il en goûte les fruits délicieux. and taste its sweet fruits.
e parte de la Diote and have put part of the dowry
su’l Banco de Grifon depositao in the Bank of the Griffin,
voio mò far nozze, I want to prepare the wedding feast. La Voix du Bien-Aimé The Voice of the Beloved
Sù Francatrippa invida i mie parenti. Up, Francatrippa and invite my relatives!
Shema! Give ear!
Fran: Sagnur si sagnur nò. Fra:Yes boss, no boss,
J’entends mon Bien-aimé: voici qui’il arrive sautant I hear my Beloved: behold, he comes leaping
ma i me paret de mi? but what about my family?
sur les montagnes, bondissant sur les collines. upon the mountains, skipping on the hills.
Pan: Che parenti hastu ti? Pan: What family have you got?
Mon Bien-aimé est semblable à une gazelle, à un jeune faon. My Beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart.
Fran: Fè cont du compagnet Fra: Count on two groups
Mon Bien-aimé élève la voix, il me dit: My Beloved spake, and said unto me;
paret de stret de stret. that are this close.
Lève-toi, hâte toi, la mienne amie, ma colombe et viens. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Pan: Chi xè costor di mò? Pan: Tell me who they are?
Car déjà l’hiver est passé, la pluie s’en est allée et retirée. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Fran: Mesir à vel dirò. Fra: I’ll tell you, boss:
Sur notre terre les fleurs sont apparues: the flowers appear upon the earth,
o’l Gandai, e’l Padella the Crumb and the Pan,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
zan Piatel, e Gradella. Jack Dish and Griddle,
La voix de la tourterelle s’est fait entendre. The voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
zan Bucal, e Bertol. Jack Goblet and Fool,
Le figuier a produit ses figues. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
burati, e Zanuol. Mr Punch and little Zanni,
Les vignes florissantes exhalent leur parfum. and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
relichin, e Simù. Harlequin and Simey,
Montre moi ton visage, ma colombe cachée; Let me see thy countenance, my hidden dove;
o’l Zampetta, con Zanù. or Chicken Leg with Zannini,
que ta voix sonne en mes oreilles, may your voice sound in my ears;
e Frignocola, e Zambù. and Dumpling and Ham-bone,
car douce est ta voix et beau ton visage. for thy voice is sweet, and thy face is comely.
il Fritada, e Pedrolin the Omelette, and Pedrolino
Mon Bien-aimé est à moi et moi à lui; My Beloved is mine, and I am his;
Con dodes Fradelin. with his twelve little brothers.
il paît son troupeau parmi les lis. he feeds his flock among the lilies.
Pan: Moia moia moia Pan: Drop dead, drop dead, drop dead!
Avant que poigne le jour et que s’abaissent les ombres, Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee,
do compagnet’an? Just two groups, eh?
reviens, sois semblable mon Bien-aimé à une gazelle return, my Beloved, and be thou like a roe
Fran: Eh si caro Patrù. Fra: Er… yes, chief.
au jeune faon sur les montagnes de l’alliance. or a young hart upon the mountains of the union.
Pan: Tasi là pezzo de Can Pan: Keep quiet, dogsbody!
Fran: O mesir l’è i lò u’l Duttur Fra: Sir, there’s the Doctor,
che suna u’l Zambaiù? plucking his bagpipe! Adrian Williams (b 1971) & Gillian Clarke (b 1937) – Shaping the invisible
Pan: Chi xè sto Zambaiù? Pan: What kind of a pudding is that?
‘Creatures of the earth shall mount up among the stars’
Fran: Sentif? sentif? Oldif? Fra: D’you hear it?
‘Men from the most remote countries shall speak to one another, and shall reply’ Leonardo da Vinci
Trencu trencu tren [Whine, twang.]
Pan: Bon zorno caro Zenero Pan: Good day, dear son-in-law.
Listen! Bats on the evening air
deh caro e’l mio Dottor fem’un piaser My dear Doctor, let’s divert ourselves.
sounding the dusk with cries too high to hear,
Gra: O com’o com’o com, Gra: O how, O how, O how,
invisible scribbles on the sky. One fell,
msier si msier si msier si. Yessir, yessir, yessir!
broken, a heartbeat in the palm of your hand.
Pan: Cantè sù un pochetin Pan: Sing us a little song,
un madregaletin. a little madrigal. You probed its bones for the mystery of flight.
Gra: A dirò al me favorid Gra: I’ll sing it to my betrothed. In your theorems’ thrumming drum of certainty,
Pan: Sù Francatrippa Pan: Hurry, Francatrippa, before physics, before the miracle had a name,
va in casa e dì à mia Fia go inside and tell my daughter you knew we’d free ourselves from gravity’s shackles,
che se fazza al balcon to appear on the balcony,
break the chains that hold us to the ground,
che sol per lei se vive in allegria. because we’re celebrating for her.
loose the weight of footfall, foothold
for the hush and lift of air beneath our wings,
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908–2002) – Le Jardin Clos to lift and fly as arrows, as shooting stars.
Que tu es belle ma bien-aimée. How thou art fair, my beloved; And before we knew long-wave, how sound can ride
Tes yeux sont des colombes; your eyes are like doves; up, up to touch the ionosphere and return,
tes cheveux comme un troupeau de chèvres your hair is like a flock of goats, you predicted men would speak across oceans,
ondulant sur les pentes du Galaad; shimmering on the slopes of Gilead as bats in the evening sky, and you knew,
tes dents comme un troupeau de brebis tondues Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that
seeking the secret of flight in its engineered bones,
qui remontent du bain; are even-shorn,after being washed;
how we would lift ourselves on the same air.
chacune a sa jumelle. each has its twin.
16 THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE 17PURBECK POETS PROSPERO’S WRITING AND ILLUSTRATING
PERFORMING EVENT VENUE H BOOKS EVENT VENUE A
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Monday 3rd June | 8.00pm – 11.00pm A FILM BY PETER GREENAWAY WITH RACHEL BRIGHT
The Globe Inn, Bell Street, Swanage BH19 2RY
Free with a pint! Wednesday 5th June | 7.10pm AND BEVERLEY NAIDOO EVENT VENUE E
The Rex Cinema, Wareham BH20 4JX
A friendly open mic poetry night at the Globe. Tickets: £8 adults, £2 students
Thursday 6th June | 7.30pm
Harman’s Cross Village Hall BH19 3EB
Come for 3 Pees at the Globe
Tickets: £10 adults, £2 students
And a welcome that’s hearty and warming
No not for 3 Pees in the loo!
This is “Purbeck Poets Performing”
The evening will be hosted by local
poets Martin Hobdell and Doug Hart
and will include poets from the regular
monthly open mic sessions at the
Globe as well as outside poets who
should contact Martin or Doug to
book a slot in advance or turn up early
on the night – first come first served.
Martin Hobdell: hobdellmartin@outlook.com
Doug Hart: thesteamhammer@googlemail.com
picture credit: Linda Brownlee
The theme of this year’s PAW Festival is Flights of Fancy. Rachel Bright trained in graphics at Kingston Beverley Naidoo was brought up as a
While this chimes with the celebration of the 500th University and then took a Master’s Degree Jo’burg girl “when South Africa was one of
anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, it is also in printmaking at the University of the West the world’s most openly racist countries.” She
very relevant for this film which is a 1991 British avant-garde of England. Her striking illustrative and started writing in exile in England and her first
adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It was written and typographical style, coupled with her witty novel Journey to Jo’burg was banned in South
directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Geilgud plays the part storytelling, have resulted in an award winning Africa. The novel is “a universal story where
of Prospero, the conjuror of dreams and orchestrator of the and ever growing collection of picture two children, faced with great injustice, do
actions. He provides the off-screen narration and the voices books. Her titles have been translated into something very brave as they try to save
to the other story characters. Stylistically, Prospero’s Books 14 languages and she was World Book Day their little sister”. Beverley sees each novel
is “narratively and cinematically innovative in its techniques, illustrator for the UK in 2014. as a new journey where huge challenges
combining mime, dance, opera and animation. Edited in Japan, are thrown in the paths of the characters
Her most famous creations to date are the
the film makes extensive use of digital image manipulation involved. In between the tough task of
Love Monster series (a US No.1 Best seller)
with video inserts, often overlaying multiple moving and still writing novels, she works on short stories,
and The Lion Inside (illustrated by Jim Field
pictures with animations (Wikipedia).” picture books, tales or fables. Her book
– 2016). Her newest books The Koala who
The Other Side of Truth won the Carnegie
could (illustrated by Jim Field), Love you hoo
Michael Nyman composed the musical score and Karine Medal – the first time in 64 years a book
(self-illustrated) and Snowflake in my pocket
Saporta choreographed the dance. The film is also notable with African characters had taken the prize.
(illustrated by YuRong) were published in
for its use of nudity. Much of this ‘artistic nudity’ is reminiscent Beverley lives in Bournemouth.
2018.
of Renaissance paintings, including of mythological
“I’ve always loved stories. They are windows
characters. There are cross references to Dutch paintings Rachel now lives on a smallholding in
to other worlds. A good story doesn’t tell you
and to the sketch books of Leonardo – a cross link in this Wareham forest with her partner and two
what to think. But if I can hook you in, maybe
his anniversary year. daughters. She aims to convert this into a
you’ll find yourself compelled to think, feel,
wellness retreat and centre for the slightly
imagine... and to begin a new journey of
frazzled... see you there!
your own.”
18 THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE THE PAW EVENTS GUIDE 19SWANAGE REP
MIRANDA FULLEYLOVE AND MANON MORRIS
AT ENCOMBE EVENT VENUE C
THEATRE SEASON 2019
Friday 7th June | 10.15am arrive for coffee,
11.30am recital
Encombe House, Kingston, BH20 5LW
Tickets: £30 No admission on the day
without a ticket. Priority will be given
to the Festival Friends.
Please park as directed by the stewards.
From the parking area you can then enjoy
the lakeside walk to the house (transportation
can be provided if required).
Miranda Fulleylove and Manon Morris will Photos from Swanage Rep 2018 by Mark Turner @MarkMakesPhotos
talk about and perform the Fantaisie Opus
Miranda Fulleylove Violin Manon Morris Harp
124 for Violin and Harp by Camille Saint-
Saëns (1835–1921), a ‘surprise’ short solo Miranda Fulleylove’s interests as Manon Morris enjoys a varied
Three plays in three weeks! Professional theatre at its best
harp piece and a violin and harp arrangement
(by David Powell) of the fabulous Libertango
a violinist span the baroque to the career and is much in demand All shows start at 7.30pm
contemporary. From 2004 until 2017 as an orchestral player, chamber
by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992). she was the leader of Music Theatre musician soloist and session player. THE 39 STEPS KEEPING UP APPEARANCES WAIT UNTIL DARK
Saint-Saëns composed the Fantaisie for harp Wales Ensemble and gave the world She appears regularly in concert,
premieres of over 40 new works. tours and recordings with orchestras
adapted by Patrick Barlow by Roy Clarke by Frederick Knott
and violin in 1907 while on the Italian Riviera.
He dedicated the duo to the sisters harpist She has performed and toured including the BBC Symphony August 7th to 10th August 14th to 17th August 21st to 24th
Clara Eissler and violinist Marianne Eissler. all over the world including Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra,
It is a virtuoso piece and the use of harp as guest concert master and London Sinfonietta and English THE MOWLEM THEATRE BOX OFFICE: 01929422239 www.swanagerep.com
rather than piano lends a special, delicate co-leader of many orchestras National Opera Orchestra. Her
and even magical quality. The work is in a including the Orchestra of the interest in contemporary music
single movement with a number of distinct Age of Enlightenment, the London began at the Guildhall and since
and charming sections in a typical French, Sinfonietta and the BBC Symphony then her work (in particular
and at times baroque, dance style. These Orchestra. She is a member of the with Ensemble Modern, London
perhaps reflect the influences surrounding Da Ponte Ensemble in Italy and Sinfonietta, Composers Ensemble,
him at the time on the Mediterranean coast. has made many chamber music Nash Ensemble and Endymion
recordings. Miranda is the inspiration Ensemble) has led to collaborations
Astor Piazzolla was born in Argentina in behind our winter series of Chamber with some of the leading composers
1921 and died in Buenos Aires in 1992. It was Music in Purbeck Houses where of our time with several pieces being
Nadia Boulanger who encouraged him to she also introduces the music to be written especially for her.
remember his cultural roots and develop his performed by herself and her friends.
special approach to the tango. He recorded
and published Libertango in 1974 in Milan. Discover Stylish, Contemporary Art & Design at the Heart of the Isle of Purbeck
It has proved hugely popular and been
arranged for many instruments as well as a
version with added lyrics. It has been used
as backing music for car adverts as well
as featured in films and this arrangement
follows in the tradition of making music
accessible and fun.
Encombe House
The core of Encombe House is thought around 1734. John Pitt was a notable is the 1776 Estate Plan which shows ART & GIFTS BESPOKE FURNITURE HOMEWARE
to be 17th century. It was remodelled and
enlarged between 1740 and 1770 for John
amateur architect, a member of
the Society of Dilettanti and was an
noticeable similarities to the existing
layout. By 1887 the garden had been
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Pitt. The architect is unknown, but the style authority on planting. He occupied the reworked in the more standard layout
is reminiscent of Vanbrugh. post of Surveyor General of Woods which survives today.
and Forests between 1757 and 1763
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Encombe Estate entered its most significant We are most grateful to James and
and again between 1767 and 1786. The
period in terms of landscape and history Arabella Gaggero for their hospitality FINE MAKERS AND DESIGNERS OF BESPOKE FURNITURE, KITCHENS, CONTEMPORARY ART & FULL SERVICE INTERIOR DESIGNERS
earliest indication of the walled garden
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