Aylesbury Lunchtime Music presents

Leora Cohen & Paul Wingfield

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5 December 2024

Starts: 12:45pm, Doors: 12:15pm

Duration: 1 hour (approx.)

St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury

£7 adults on the door (<18s & carers free)

  • Leora Cohen violin
  • Paul Wingfield piano

Programme

  • 1854-1928

    Sonata for Violin and Piano (Janáçek)
    i Con moto, ii Ballada, iii Allegretto, iv Adagio

    Violin Sonata, a composition for violin and piano, is a work of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854–1928). It was written in the summer of 1914, but it was not Janáček’s first attempt to create such a composition. He resolved to compose a violin sonata already as a student at the conservatoire in Leipzig in 1880, and later during his studies in Vienna. His early sonatas are today lost.

  • 1915-1940

    Elegie (Kaprálová)

    Elegy was composed in 1939, just one year before Kaprálová’s death. It is composed for solo violin and piano and has made a lasting impression on violinists since its conception. The lamenting opening from the solo violin sets the sombre scene for when the piano enters a few bars later. Elegy plays on traditional Czech folk tunes, as well as tugging at the heartstrings through Kaprálová’s rich textures and use of the violin’s range. The relationship between the two instruments is completely complementary, and as the dynamic grows, the two instruments flourish together.

  • 1890-1959

    Romance for Violin and Piano (Martinů)

    Romance for violin and piano is a short occasional composition by Bohuslav Martinů from May 1930, which its author did not mention in any list of his works. The piece was only found in 2022 by an employee of the Bohuslav Martinů Institute, Mrs. Natália Krátká, in the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. The library provided the Bohuslav Martinů Institute with its digital copy on September 14, 2022. The manuscript is dedicated by the author to Boris Lipnitzki, a French photographer of Ukrainian-Jewish origin. There is also an unproven hypothesis that this is actually a newly created and newly dated author’s copy of his at present missing Romance from 1910.

  • 1841-1904

    Romance in F minor, Op. 11 (Dvořák)

    The Romance in F minor, Op. 11, (B. 39) is a single-movement work for violin and orchestra by Antonín Dvořák, published in 1879. Dvořák also wrote an arrangement of Romance with piano accompaniment, a version he dedicated to his friend, the violin virtuoso František Ondříček.

  • 1824-1884

    From the Homeland (Smetana)
    i Moderato, ii Andantino

    Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people’s aspirations to a cultural and political “revival”. He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. From the Homeland is a mixture of melancholy and happiness with strong affinity to Czech folk material.

Performers

  • Leora Cohen

    Violin

    Leora Cohen is a British-American violinist. She enjoys a diverse career, performing as a recitalist, soloist and ensemble musician around the world.

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  • Paul Wingfield

    Piano

    Paul Wingfield attended Chetham’s School of Music, where he studied the oboe with Sonia Wrangham and Evelyn Barbirolli, and the piano with Charles Hopkins.

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Key information for concert goers

When

Every Thursday at 12:45pm (except August & over Christmas). Performances last around 60 minutes. Please enter quietly as there is a noon service in the Lady Chapel.

How much?

Entry is £7 per adult (card or cash), under 18s and carers are free. The price includes a programme. Donations are welcomed to subsidise the larger ensembles.

Where?

Performances are at St Mary’s Church in the heart of Aylesbury Old Town. See directions for further details.

Do I need to book?

No, just turn up. Doors open at 12:15 pm. Make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat.

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