2020 MASJ LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
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RECORDED LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
Normally held at St John’s Church, Station Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JY Summer 2020 series As a church, St John’s Boxmoor has a long established music tradition, with a choir of high standard. Since the closure of the ‘Pavilion’ in Hemel Hempstead, the church has become a popular venue for several local choirs including The Aeolian Singers and The Dacorum Community Choir. Other choirs and orchestras from the Dacorum area also use our wonderful facilities. LUNCHTIME CONCERTS offers a wide variety of ‘musical fare’ and we do hope that you will support as many of these events as you possibly can to continue the music tradition at St Johns. Newly recorded concerts will be made available each Friday at 12:30 pm. Access is through the links provided below:
Other musicians who were to have performed live for us in the Spring/Summer series, and may be able to make recordings for us in the coming weeks, include:
Access to the recordings is free but we hope that listeners will be inspired to make a donation. The suggested minimum donation is £3 per concert. You can do this by visiting our "JustGiving" page – just click the link below: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/MaSJ-Recorded-Concerts Net proceeds from all of the Friday lunchtime concerts and recordings will be used to support the charitable aims of Music at St John’s: promoting music in the church and the local community, including provision of bursaries for local young musicians. (see www.masj.org.uk for details) If not already on our mailing list, please give us your email address so that we can keep you informed – email it to us on masj@stjohnsboxmoor.org.uk
For more information contact: Paul Davies on: 07802 442908 or email: masj@stjohnsboxmoor.org.uk |
Friday 10th July 2020
Violin and Piano recital
Arwen Newband – Violin and Anna Le Hair - Piano
Sonatina op. 137 no. 1 Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Allegro molto
Andante
Allegro vivace
Sonata op. 12 no. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Allegro vivace
Andante piu tosto Allegretto
Allegro piacevole
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This concert is the third to be recorded in the present series
Violin and Piano recital
Arwen Newband – Violin and Anna Le Hair - Piano
Sonatina op. 137 no. 1 Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Allegro molto
Andante
Allegro vivace
Sonata op. 12 no. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Allegro vivace
Andante piu tosto Allegretto
Allegro piacevole
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This concert is the third to be recorded in the present series
The performers
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Arwen Newband – violin
Arwen Newband was born in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Auckland University before gaining a scholarship which enabled her to study with Emanuel Hurwitz in London. She freelanced with various orchestras in England and New Zealand before deciding to concentrate on her solo and chamber music career. She has performed various concertos, is in much demand as a chamber musician and has a duo with pianist Anna Le Hair with whom she performs frequently. She is also a committed teacher, enjoying sharing her passion for the violin with children (and adults) of all ages and abilities. |
Anna Le Hair - piano
Anna Le Hair gained an honours degree in music at Edinburgh University, and her postgraduate studies were at the Royal College of Music, London. Anna has a busy and varied career as a performer, teacher, accompanist, ABRSM examiner, adjudicator and conductor. Engagements have included recitals, both solo and as chamber musician and accompanist, in many venues in London, including St Martin in the Fields, St Johns Smith Square and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and around Britain and abroad, including a concert tour to New Zealand in 2014 with the violinist Arwen Newband. Anna has given performances of several piano concertos and has performed at several festivals in Britain and abroad, including Edinburgh and Buxton, where she was nominated for the title of ‘Performer of the Fringe’. Anna works with several choirs both locally and in London. She teaches piano and accompanies at St Albans School, and she also has a thriving private teaching practice at her home in Tring. She has recently set up the thriving ‘Piano and more...’ concert series at St Peter and St Paul in Tring, and is a founder member of the Icknield Ensemble as well as the Icknield and Arensky Trios. She has recently joined the Pisces Ensemble, based in North Wales, with whom she gave a well-received concert at the Criccieth Festival in June 2019, and completed her first international examining tour for ABRSM in summer 2019 to Malaysia. In recent months, Anna has enjoyed teaching and playing via Zoom and Skype, and has even acquired some new pupils! She is looking forward to when concerts with live audiences can resume, but in the meantime is very happy to be able to find alternative means of communicating her love of music with others. More details can be found on her website: www.annalehair.co.uk |
Friday 17th July 2020
Matthew Woodward - Piano
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E♭ Major, BWV998
J S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Adagio in G major, Hob.XV:22
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Allegro de concert, Op. 46
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
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This concert is the fourth to be recorded in the present series
Matthew Woodward - Piano
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E♭ Major, BWV998
J S Bach (1685 – 1750)
Adagio in G major, Hob.XV:22
Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Allegro de concert, Op. 46
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
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This concert is the fourth to be recorded in the present series
Today’s performer
Matthew Woodward – piano
Matthew grew up in St Albans and was a John Clough Music Bursary winner at St Albans School. He studied the piano with Isabel Beyer and more recently with Karen Dore and went on to read music at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (now Royal Holloway University of London) graduating in 1995. After a brief spell in the catering industry Matthew trained as a teacher and, until 2004, taught class music at a large secondary school in St Albans.
He now teaches the piano privately in Biggleswade and St Albans. He joined the instrumental staff at Heath Mount School, Watton-at-Stone in 2005, and is the school’s resident accompanist for concerts, examination candidates and choirs, featuring in their recent appearances on the BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year. Matthew also acts in a similar capacity at St Albans School. In addition to his teaching, he is in regular demand as a repetiteur for the St Albans Chamber Opera. He is also the accompanist for the Hardynge Choir.
Recent performances include the Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Beethoven Sonata op.110 and Chopin B minor Sonata and Grande Polonaise Brillante.
Matthew Woodward – piano
Matthew grew up in St Albans and was a John Clough Music Bursary winner at St Albans School. He studied the piano with Isabel Beyer and more recently with Karen Dore and went on to read music at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (now Royal Holloway University of London) graduating in 1995. After a brief spell in the catering industry Matthew trained as a teacher and, until 2004, taught class music at a large secondary school in St Albans.
He now teaches the piano privately in Biggleswade and St Albans. He joined the instrumental staff at Heath Mount School, Watton-at-Stone in 2005, and is the school’s resident accompanist for concerts, examination candidates and choirs, featuring in their recent appearances on the BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year. Matthew also acts in a similar capacity at St Albans School. In addition to his teaching, he is in regular demand as a repetiteur for the St Albans Chamber Opera. He is also the accompanist for the Hardynge Choir.
Recent performances include the Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Beethoven Sonata op.110 and Chopin B minor Sonata and Grande Polonaise Brillante.
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LUNCHTIME CONCERTS at St John's - Admission by donation (suggested minimum £3). Net proceeds from these Friday lunchtime concerts will be used to support the charitable aims of Music at St John’s: promoting music in the church and the local community, including provision of bursaries for local young musicians. Please ensure that mobile phones are silenced during the concert. The induction loop (setting “T”) will be used for programme and announcements. Applause is welcomed.
Lunches are available in the church hall after the concert (suggested minimum donation £2).
Please obtain lunch tickets before the concert starts, so that the correct number of plates can be prepared, and hand in tickets when collecting your lunch.
Lunches are available in the church hall after the concert (suggested minimum donation £2).
Please obtain lunch tickets before the concert starts, so that the correct number of plates can be prepared, and hand in tickets when collecting your lunch.