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Annabelle Lawson in Recital
29th July 2019 | 7:30 pm
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ANNABELLE LAWSON | |
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Programme
Gordon Crosse (1937 – )
Ron’s Toyes
Puffin Windmill (A fan provides wind for puffin to fly)
Classic Hen (Delivers Egg When Pressed)
Sheep and Shearsman (In which the shepherd loses his head)
Two WW1 Biplanes (Flying Officer Kite and the Red Baron call it a day after clouds obscure the sky)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
12 Variations in C Major on ‘Ah vous dirai-je, Maman’ KV265
Gordon Crosse (1937 – )
Piano Sonata No. 1
Vivace con fuoco
Lento molto
Presto scorrevole e sotto voce
John Foulds (1880 – 1939)
Three Gaelic Melodies
The Dream of Morven
Deidre Crooning
Merry Macdoon
Duration
This concert will last approximately 60 minutes, with no interval.
Fresh from the recording studio, Annabelle presents works from her latest CD, written by renowned composer Gordon Crosse. Ron’s Toyes inspired by the Suffolk-based toymaker Ron Fuller, is a set of miniatures which sparkles with wit, vivacity and childlike joy. This is juxtaposed with the next piece in the programme, Mozart’s variations on the melody now famously known as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, which takes the listener through a series of contrasting miniatures. Both works capture the essence of childhood in their playful directness and flights of imagination. Annabelle continues this personal reflection on the meaning of childhood, with two works drawing inspiration from the landscape of Scotland, where her family holidayed annually when she was growing up. The first, Gordon’s Piano Sonata No. 1 seems to evoke by turns the ruggedness and the soulful beauty of Scotland; each bar somehow imbued with the composer’s love of a country in which he has now made a home. The Three Gaelic Melodies by John Foulds are less subtle in their Scottishness – perhaps even bordering on pastiche. Nonetheless, in keeping with the theme of tonight’s programme, they have a childlike charm and freshness all of their own, bringing tonight’s recital to a close.