WE are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams.
(Arthur O'Shaughnessy)

 

HarpsichordFest 2006

HarpsichordFest:  A two-day contemporary music festival featuring five premieres, three concertos, a workshop for young composers and Steve Reich's Piano Phase on two harpsichords.
Artistic Director - Pamela Nash

Dates: 13-14 October 2006

Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Hall, The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester Address: Bridgeford Street, Manchester, UK

Please visit www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre for details

Programme

Friday 13th October 2006 | Saturday 14th October 2006 

Composers

Martin Butler | de Falla | Gorecki | Walter Leigh | Kevin Malone [Workshop Composer]
Peter Maxwell Davies | Steve Reich

Premiere Composers

Gary Carpenter | Stephen Dodgson | Graham Fitkin | Arthur Rathbone Pullen
Ailís Ní Riaín
Mark Wingfield

Performers

Jane Chapman | Maggie Cole David Francis | Elaine Funaro | Pamela Nash | Adam Swayne  John Turner | Gavin Wayte | Mark Wingfield | Wingfield & Chapman

Stop Press: Celebrated American harpsichordist Elaine Funaro will be featured in the harpsichord workshop with Kevin Malone, illustrating the potential and possibilities of the contemporary harpsichord for aspiring composers.

Why not download for printing and reading offline, our informative and helpful colour brochure telling you all about HarpsichordFest? HarpsichordFest Brochure [1.33 Megabytes]. Requires Adobe PDF reader from Adobe

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