Great Bowden Music Fest
Great Bowden Music Fest 2024
Have a look at the concerts we put on at our latest music fest.
TEN YEAR CELEBRATION
Wednesday 3rd July 2024
7:30pm
TARTINI Violin Sonata G minor 'Devil's Trill'
Christopher White (violin), Melanie Reinhard (piano)
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat major Op 44
Radu Prisada (piano), Vanessa White, Marino Capulli (violin), Charis Morgan (viola), Lizzie Elliott-Capulli (cello)
Interval
DVORAK Piano Trio No 4 'Dumky' Op 90
Melanie Reinhard (piano), Christopher White (violin), Andrew Bound (cello)
STRING EXTRAVANGANZA
Thursday 4th July 2024
12:15pm
SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro Op 70
Brooks Griffith (cello), Radu Prisada (piano)
DEBUSSY Cello Sonata
Brooks Griffith (cello), Radu Prisada (piano)
SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude for Two Cellos
Brooks Griffith and Lizzie Elliot-Capulli (cello), Radu Prisada (piano)
DVORAK Silent Woods
Lizzie Elliot-Capulli (cello), Radu Prisada (piano)
PAGANINI Variations on 'I Palpiti' Op 13
Marino Capulli (violin), Radu Prisada (piano)
STEVE FOSTER'S ALL STAR BIG BAND
Thursday 4th July 2024
7:30pm
Local trumpet legend, Steve Foster, brings his professional 18-piece All Star Band Big Band to Great Bowden. There will be virtuoso performances from some of the country’s top musicians playing a range of swing, soul, Latin and funk charts.
The band will select hits from the repertoires of Count Basie, Chaka Khan, Harry Connick Jr, Earth Wind and Fire, Nelson Riddle, Tower of Power, Phil Collins and others.
DIVERSITY
Friday 5th July 2024
12:15pm
PEJAČEVIĆ Violin Sonata in D major, Op 26
Vanessa White (violin), Radu Prisada (piano)
BLOCH Vidui and Nigun from Baal Shem
GERSHWIN ARR HEIFETZ Selections from Porgy and Bess
Christopher White (violin), Melanie Reinhard (piano)
FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSICALS NIGHT
Friday 5th July 2024
7:30pm
Midlands Musical Theatre Collective presents music from The Merry Widow, Guys & Dolls, Hamilton and Come from Away featuring a mixture of solos, duet and chorus numbers.
KLASSICS 4 KIDS
Saturday 6th July 2024
12:15pm
Hear our regular musicians play some of their favourite short pieces. This is a family friendly informal concert where all our musicians will be giving a short introduction to their pieces and some fun facts about the composers and their instruments. There will also be chances to ask some questions to the musicians.
MUSICAL ODYSSEY
Saturday 6th July 2024
7:30pm
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe Op 48
Peter Brooks (baritone), Melanie Reinhard (piano)
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67
Radu Prisada (piano), Vanessa White (violin), Brooks Griffith (cello)
INTERVAL
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (four hands piano)
Radu Prisada and Melanie Reinhard (piano)
RISING STARS
Sunday 7th July 2024
12:15pm
Join us for a free lunchtime concert given by two local young musicians who are both beginning their studies at Conservatoire in September 2024 with full scholarships.
Joseph Geary (flute) - Royal Academy of Music
TAFFANEL Fantaisie on themes from “Der Freischütz”
MÜTHEL Sonata in D major for flute and piano
Archie Foster (bass trombone) - Royal College of Music
BOUTRY Tubaroque
SANDSTRÖM Sång till Lotta
LEBEDEV Concerto in 1 movt
LAST NIGHT OF THE BOWDEN PROMS
Sunday 7th July 2024
6pm
We're bringing the BBC Proms to Great Bowden! Join us for our closing concert with some of Britain's favourites: Elgar Pomp and Circumstance, Jerusalem, Auld Lang Syne and more. We will also be featuring some of our music fest regulars such as Andrew Bound (cello) performing Fauré, Élégie and Peter Brooks (baritone) plus Vivaldi's violin and cello concerto with Marino Capulli (violin) and Lizzie Elliott-Capulli (cello).