Shipley Arts Festival
Our 2009 Shipley commission "To Notice Such Things" by Jon Lord in memory of Sir John Mortimer achieved Classic FM CD of the month in March and is due for release on March 29th. The 10th Anniversary Festival will open with this very fine work. Our local community will again celebrate the arts with performances of international standard and support the creation of a series of new pieces to reflect Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the aim to perform them again during the 2012 Olympics. Whilst maintaining the concert series, we have new ambitions to expand our efforts to include an all year round String Academy from September 2010. We are very grateful to all our partners and supporters: Horsham District and West Sussex County Councils; Michael Gattrell and his Capitol Box Office team; Trinity College of Music; our composer for this year, Malcolm Singer; the Yehudi Menuhin School; David Heyes, manager of the composers" competition; the John Ireland Trust; above all, our musicians, the Festival Management and the Community. Together these have formed a team which takes forward this rural Festival and makes a lasting contribution to the UK's musical landscape.
April 25th 6.30 p.m. St Mary's Horsham Parish Church: A very special idylic evening of classical string music with flute and led by Jon Lord (former Deep Purple keyboard player) and friends from the Bernardi Music Group and the Festival's Gifted and Talented String Academy to include last year's Shipley Commission "To Notice Such Things" (which is classic FM CD of the week in final week of March 2010) and Vaughan Williams' "Greensleaves".
- Jon Lord "To Notice Such Things"
- Jon Lord "Air on the Blue String"
- Vaughan Williams "Five Variants"
- Jon Lord "For Example"
- Vaughan Williams "Greensleaves"
- Jon Lord "Teleman Experiment"
Jon Lord piano, Bruce Martin Flute, Bernardi Music Group with Festival Academy conducted by Paul Mann.
Tickets: £15.00 (350)
May 1st 7.30 p.m. Shipley Church: Bernardi Music Group perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.2, Mendelssohn's String Octet, Barber's Adagio together with Ireland's Minuet from the "Downland Suite" next to the composer's resting place outside the South porch of the church.
Tickets £15.00 (200)
May 3rd 7.30 p.m. The Malden Theatre, Windlesham House School: Yehudi Menuhin School and Malcolm Singer with Shipley Arts Festival's Gifted and Talented 'string Academy:" World premiere conducted by the composer Malcolm Singer to mirror Brandenburg Concerto no.2 with the String Academy and pupils of the Yehudi Menuhin School.
- Howard Ferguson for Piano and Strings Op 12
- Allegro
- Theme & Variations
- Allegro giovial
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto K 449 in E flat Major
- Allegro vivace
- Andantino
- Allegro non troppo
New Work commissioned by Shipley Arts festival for Gifted and Talented String Academy and the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestradirected and composed by Malcolm Singer
Frank Proto Variants on Paganini for Double Bass and Strings
- Min Young Bae Piano
- Menachem Rozin Piano
- Rodrigo Moro Martin Double Bass
- The Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra directed by Malcolm Singer
Tickets: £10.00 (300)
May 28th 7.30 p.m. Newbuildings Place, Shipley hosted by the Earl and Countess of Lytton: world premiere piece by Judith Weir and a popular Viennese program with David Heyes and Sarah Poole.
Tickets £30.00 (35)
May 30th 7.30 p.m. St Cuthman's Coolham: Trio recital with Keith Willis (member of RA and member of staff Yehudi Menuhin School) Nick Allen and Andrew Bernardi to include local composer John Ireland, Frank Bridge and the neglected English composer Dunhill. We are very grateful to Denise Mitchel and the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton for hosting this annual celebration of music and community.
- Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K 478
- Thomas Dunhill Phantasy Trio in E flat major for pianoforte,violin & viola
- John Ireland Phantasie in A minor for pianoforte, violin & violoncello
- Frank Bridge Phantasy for piano, violin, viola & violoncello
Tickets £15.00 (100)
June 6th 6.30 p.m. St John's Chapel Coolhurst: Mark Scrase Dickens and community celebrate Opera UK's "A New Night at The Opera" with leading soloists and ensemble.
Tickets £25.00 (120)
June 20th 6.30 p.m. "Music from the Time of Sedgwick Park:" a representation of local English music including an Elgar Piano Quintet composed close to Sedgwick and American Jazz standards all from the Park's heyday as a new stately home.
Tickets £25.00 (90)
June 27th 3 pm Final Polo Championship at Knepp Castle 5 pm Concert: Final of polo tournament at 3pm with Concert. Hosted by knepp castle polo club in their 21st year and Shipley Arts Festivals" tenth. The polo club looks forward to celebrating with the shipley arts festival, a truly unique occasion. Music to include: Mendelssohn String Octet and John Ireland in the fields that inspired his music.
Tickets: £20.00 (120)
July 3rd 7.30 p.m. Bignor Church: a String program to include music by John Ireland (minuet from the Downland Suite), Mendelssohn (String Octet) and local film composer Paul Lewis with his "English Suite"
Tickets £15.00 (120)
July 4th 6.30 p.m. St Andrew's Church Nuthurst: Professional Orchestra and Choir including the Bernardi Music Group and the Choir of Our Holy Redeemer, Chelsea with James Whitbourn and David Bevan joining with the community of Nuthurst in a program to celebrate the centenary of American composer Samuel Barber with in his "Adagio" on the occasion of American Independence Day
Tickets £15.00 (180)
Violin Sales
Andrew Bernardi has a number of violins and bows for loan to gifted and dedicated pupils. Andrew is able to advise on choice of instruments with particular regard to sound quality. If you would like to borrow purchase or just have an opinion on your instrument please do request a consultation through the contact form.
