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.

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.

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.

The King’s Singers: The world-famous vocal sextet

The King’s Singers were founded in 1968 by six choral scholars who had recently graduated from King’s College Cambridge. Their vocal line-up was (by chance) two countertenors, a tenor, two baritones and a bass, and the group has never wavered from this formation. The King’s Singers have been celebrating their golden anniversary, which acknowledges their amazing musical heritage, as well as the bright future of vocal music in all its forms as they move into the next 50 years. This event includes a 20 minute interval.

This event is organised by the Guernsey Literary Festival.

The National Youth Harp Orchestra is Europe’s premiere harp ensemble. Comprising of 30 of the most talented young harpists from all over the UK they have wowed audiences across the globe. As well as performing at landmark venues such as Windsor Castle and Cadogan Hall in London, they have also travelled extensively across Europe and America. A particular highlight was performing for the Clinton Family at the British Embassy in Washington DC.
Come and experience the amazing sight and sound of this dynamic and engaging Orchestra. With their natural enthusiasm and passion for the harp, you will be treated to a captivating performance of the highest standard. The concert is suitable for all family members.

This year we are delighted that Tom Hicks is returning to Guernsey to play one of the masterpieces of the piano repertoire, the well-loved and extremely challenging second concerto by Johannes Brahms. The concert begins with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, which was begun in the summer of 1812, immediately after the completion of the 7th symphony. Beethoven was forty-one and completely deaf by then. He completed it in four months, and was very fond of it, calling it his ‘little symphony’. Once again the Sinfonia will be conducted by Roger Coull and the orchestra will be made up from some of the many talented young musicians playing in the island, with a bit of help from some of our more senior island players, and of course our professional friends.

Conductor Roger Coull

Soloist Tom Hicks

Leader Philip Gallaway

Beethoven Symphony No.8 Op.93, F Major

Brahms Piano Concerto No.2 Op, 83, B-Flat major (Soloist Tom Hicks)

Kindly sponsored by BWCI

Since winning BBC Young Musician in her home city of Birmingham, Lauren has been invited to perform at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Proms in the Park with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and is in demand as soloist throughout the UK and internationally.

At the age of 16, Lauren Zhang won the 2018 BBC Young Musician Competition. Lauren’s performance of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mark Wigglesworth was broadcast live on BBC4 and BBC Radio 3 to widespread acclaim. Following her success in the competition, Lauren will make her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall this summer. She is in demand as a soloist throughout the UK and further afield.

Programme:

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op.101

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op.35 (Books 1 & 2)

Interval

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op.22

RAVEL: La Valse

RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit (complete)

After a short stint as an actress in the Royal Shakespeare Company Nina Conti became a ventriloquist and hasn’t looked back since.

Last year she won a British Comedy Award for her appearances on ‘Live at the Apollo’. Other television credits include QI, Russell Howard’s Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, The John Bishop Show and Christopher Guest’s HBO series Family Tree.

Nina is also a regular in Clare and the Community – the long running BBC Radio 4 comedy. In addition, Nina has turned her hand to documentary film-making with her most recent exploit ‘Clowning Around’ (in which she trained as a children’s hospital clown) airing to great critical acclaim. Her directorial debut’ Her Master’s Voice’ in which she took the bereaved puppets of her mentor, Ken Campbell, to a puppet graveyard in Kentucky won her a BAFTA nomination and a Grierson Award.

Doors/Bar 6.30PM | Show: 7.30PM

WaterColour Matchbox present a night of heavy rock with a twist. Bringing together the likes of award-winning and local composer Lydia Pugh, with a choral and orchestral ensemble, they plan on bridging the gap between classical instrumentation and modern heavy rock, in a way that has never been done before on the island. Doubling up as the launch date for their upcoming album ‘Pathways’, you can prepare for an evening of powerful riffs blended with precise orchestral arrangements written especially for the occasion. The night will be one not to be missed. Support from local acts to be confirmed.

English rock outfit Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or “PIGSx7” for short) combine acid rock, psych metal, and stoner influences into a thick sludge of riffs and menacing bellows. Hailing from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Pigs were formed by vocalist Matt Baty, guitarists Sam Grant and Adam Ian Sykes, bassist John-Michael Hedley, and drummer Ewan Mackenzie. Since their debut LP, Feed the Rats (Rocket Recordings), arrived in 2017 the band has gained international recognition and is coming to St James straight from their Sold out UK and Festival tour.

Local support from Lord Vapour, Brunt and track not found

Age restriction: 16+

Doors/Bars open at 7pm | Music from 8pm

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.

Olivier Award-winning touring opera company, OperaUpClose, is bringing live opera back to Guernsey with a staged production of its critically-acclaimed La Bohème. One of the most accessible and moving operas ever written, this modern staging will appeal to both existing opera lovers and younger audiences who have never been to a live opera performance. Sung in English, and with a story that is highly relevant to the burning issues facing young people today, it is aimed at music lovers of all ages.

This clever English translation of La Bohème brings relevant issues such as immigration and the aspirations of youth to the forefront as a group of idealistic graduates bicker, party and try to make ends meet as they follow their dreams. And all this set to Puccini’s glorious music, which can never fail to uplift all who hear it.

Set within the vibrant streets of London’s hugely creative Soho, this was OperaUpClose’s first production, opening in 2009. Since then the company has won numerous awards and accolades for its innovatively staged, accessible, affordable and high-quality English re-imaginings of well-known works, as well as premieres of new operas.

This production of La Bohème has been revived for OperaUpClose’s 10th Anniversary.

kindly sponsored by Kleinwort Hambros.