Described by Classic FM as challenging perceptions of the instrument, Tabea is constantly exploring the horizons of music for recorder and has performed widely in Europe, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and the USA. She has collaborated with Iestyn Davies, Rachel Podger, Richard Egarr, Lawrence Cummings, the Dunedin Consort, The English Concert in performances of Handel’s Rinaldo and La Serenissima, among many others. She was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2018. As a soloist Tabea has appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, Chartwell Sinfonia at St. John’s Smith Square, WDR Rundfunkchor at the Funkhaus in Cologne and with Camerata Zurich at the Tonhalle in Zurich. In 2018 she released her third solo CD featuring twelve newly commissioned pieces based around Telemann’s XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto (TYXart). She regularly appears on BBC Radio 3’ In Tune and Early Music programmes. Alongside numerous chamber music partnerships with singers and instrumentalists. Tom is also a respected solo recitalist. Tom holds a first-class honours degree in Music from St. Catherine’s College, Oxford and gained a Distinction in Performance from the Royal Academy of Music under the guidance of Trevor Pinnock.

Programme:

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso No. 1,

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Sonata in C Major (TWV41:C2, from: Der Getreue Music-Meister)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso No. 2, TWV 40:3

Alastair Penman (born 1988) Mirrored Lines Commissioned by the City Music Foundation for Tabea Debus, 2017

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Flute Sonata in E Minor (BWV 1034)

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) “Da tempeste” – from: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 “Sorge nel petto” – from: Rinaldo, HWV 7 (arr. Tabea Debus)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) “Fa pur Guerra” – from: Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21:27(arr. Tabea Debus)

George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) Sonata in D Major (HWV 378)

Michel Blavet (1700-1768) Sonata seconda – from: Troisième livre de sonates (Paris, 1740)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) & Misha Mullov-Abbado (*1991)

Fantasia per il Flauto senza Basso Nr. 10 (TWV 40:11)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Recorder Sonata in d Minor (TWV 41:d4)

Guernsey Concert Brass present music from around the British Isles. Music will include traditional melodies and arrangements of some of Britain’s famous composers, Handel, Elgar etc. Something for everyone from classical to recent popular.

This June, Take a Left Productions will bring Claude-Michel Schönberg, the legendary composer of Les Misérables, to the island where Victor Hugo wrote his classic novel.

Together with lyricist Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg created two of the greatest international successes in the history of musical theatre, Les Misérables and Miss Saigon.

In a rare public encounter, and a 2019 exclusive to Guernsey, Claude-Michel Schönberg will sit down with writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson to discuss his journey from songwriter, record producer and singer (including his French number one hit song Le Premier Pas) to the stages of the West End and Broadway.

Illustrated with performances from West End stars Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds in Hamilton; Andrea Bocelli’s guest vocalist on recent arena tours) and Daniel Koek (Jean Valjean in Les Misérables), as well as M Schönberg’s treasured recordings, do not miss your chance to spend an evening with one of musical theatre’s true legends.

He will discuss how his “Rock Opera” La Révolution Française set him on the path to Victor Hugo and Les Misérables and how a single photograph from the archives of the Vietnam War prompted a dramatic new take on Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, as well as the elusive process which triggers the melodies, his love of opera and ballet, and his continuing quest to breathe new life into perhaps his greatest score, Martin Guerre.

The event forms part of the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Conference 2019 and M Schönberg is very generously donating his fee to The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society.

Tom Hicks, piano
Peter Mitchell, narrator

John Ireland The Island Spell
John Ireland Sarnia
Tchaikovsky The Seasons

Tom Hicks presents an evening recital with a local theme to launch both the Fanny Davies International Piano Series and his newly released CD. John Ireland’s colourful and exciting Sarnia takes its inspiration from local scenery, landmarks and folklore. The themes of turning seasons, nature, song, dance, myth and legend also run through Tchaikovsky’s popular and lyrical The Seasons. This will all be brought alive by Peter Mitchell’s readings of the accompanying poetry and prose. In the afternoon workshop, Tom will work with local piano students on their current repertoire.

Pre-Show Dinner in Cafe St James is available for this show.

Kindly sponsored by Credit Suisse

Conductor Alan Gough

With special guests – GSW Big Band

Guernsey Symphonic Winds provide an evening of light classics and popular music from the Wind Band repertoire. If you like a March, a bit of Swing or even Musical Theatre, you will find it in the programme somewhere.

Included in the programme are:

Capriccio Espagnol                 Rimsky Korsakow

First Suite in Eb                      Gustav Holst

Ashokan Farewell                   Jay Ungar

Bohemian Rhapsody               Freddie Mercury

The Greatest Showman           Benj Pasek

A few upbeat swing items from the GSW Big Band will get your feet tapping. An entertaining evening is guaranteed for all.