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Friday 2nd July 2021
6.30 pm
Everyday Sunshine Café
49 Barbauld Road, London N16 0RT
Josh Salter — cello
Suite No.2 in D minor J. S. Bach
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuets I & II
Gigue
Suite for solo cello Gaspar Cassadó
Preludio—Fantasia
Sardana
Intermezzo e Danza Finale
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival is generously sponsored by
Cello Suites by JS Bach and Gaspar Cassadó
Johann Sebastian Bach and his seminal cello suites need little intro-
duction. Gaspar Cassadó was active as both a cellist and composer in
the 20th century. His musical pedigree includes studying the cello with
Pablo Casals, and composition with Manuel De Falla and Maurice
Ravel. Although very separate from each other in terms of the time
and place of their composition, Bach and Cassadó’s respective cello
suites both have dance at their heart. Both works begin with a Prel-
ude, an introduction to the work with an improvised flavour. Then
we move into the world of dance, Bach using courtly dances such as
Allemandes and Minuets, Cassadó using Spanish folk dances such as
the Sardaña and the Jota. Bach’s writing employs frequent double
stops and chords, giving the impression of more than one line of
music going on despite the single instrument. Cassadó also uses these
techniques as well as harmonics and left hand pizzicato to create a
whole pallet of sounds and colours.
J S Bach Suite in D minor for solo cello
This work begins with a soulful and searching Prélude, followed by a
stately and serious Allemande. The following Courante is lively and
capricious ,moving in running semiquavers throughout. The Sara-
bande uses rich chords to create a deep sonority and is the emotional
heart of this work. The two Minuets are graceful and light and the
rambunctious Gigue that follows brings the work to an energetic con-
clusion.
Gaspar Cassadó Suite for solo cello
Cassado’s Prélude is quite different, a bold and assertive opening
gives way later to more tender colours. The following Sardaña begins
with very high, flute-like harmonics, before moving into an infectious-
ly rhythmical dance. The last movement begins with a turbulent inter-
mezzo, shifting between emotional outpouring and more intimate
pizzicato chords, also eventually moving into a lively dance bringing
the work to a close.
© Josh Salter 2021
Josh Salter — cellos
Josh studied at the Royal Northern College of Music,
where he held a scholarship and was awarded prizes
for cello and chamber music, and as a postgraduate at
the Royal Academy of Music, receiving the Sylvia
Simpson Fellowship and graduating MA with Distinc-
tion in 2016. Josh freelances with the Hallé Orchestra,
BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,
City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of En-
lightenment, Academy of Ancient Music and the Han-
over Band.
Recent solo engagements include a recital at the
Barnes Music Festival and Tchaikovsky Rococo Varia-
tions with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. He per-
formed Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the London Medi-
cal Orchestra In 2019.
He maintains a busy roster of students, who go on to
win music scholarships at major independent schools,
is a faculty member for London Cello Society's annual
Cello Day, and has devised two highly successful work-
shops for the Society.
Josh plays on a cello made in 2015 by Kai-Thomas
Roth.
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About Stoke Newington Early Music Festival
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival, founded by Vanessa Coode, is a community event that
has brought the finest Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music to Stoke Newing-
ton for a quarter of a century. The Festival’s ‘home’ is The Old Church next to Clissold Park.
Built in 1563, this is the only Elizabethan church in London. The warm acoustic and intimate
atmosphere of this church make it uniquely suitable for early music. This year, we are also
using St Matthias Church ,Wordsworth Road and Everyday Sunshine Café on Barbauld Road.
We are especially grateful to our main sponsors, Bridgewood and Neitzert, for their generous
and consistent support and to all our sponsors, benefactors and Friends who make the festival
possible. Special thanks to Lester Hawksby for managing the festival’s website, Katarina Ðorde-
vic for masterminding the festival’s social media presence, Rupert Meats for the poster design
and Liz Robinson for her tireless support.
Many thanks also to the staff and volunteers of The Old Church, to Father David Lambert and
Jackie Ambrosini at St Matthias Church, and to Abi Meats at Everyday Sunshine Café.
If you would like to be added to the Festival Mailing List, or to become a Friend of Stoke
Newington Early Music Festival, please email RachelSNEMF@protonmail.com
Rachel Stott, director.
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