Aylesbury Lunchtime Music presents

Revive

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17 July 2025

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

Duration: 1 hour (approx.)

St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury

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

Revive Trio

Programme

Regarding the Bruch, a selection of the 8 movements will be performed.

  • 1863-1945

    Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

    Cavalleria rusticana (‘Rustic Chivalry’) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

  • 1876-1946

    Spanish Dance from La Vida Breve (de Falla)

    La vida breve (‘Life is Short’) is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla to an original libretto by Carlos Fernández-Shaw. The complete opera is seldom performed today, even though its importance in the context of opera in Spanish is recognised and it was programmed for the reopening of the Teatro Real in 1997. However, its orchestral sections are often performed, especially the act 2 music published as Interlude and Dance, which is popular at concerts of Spanish music. (Fritz Kreisler in 1926 arranged for violin and piano the dance from this pairing under the spurious title Danse espagnole.)

  • 1860-1909

    Sevilla (Albéniz)

    Sevilla is a composition by Isaac Albéniz from his Suite Española No. 1. Albeniz premiered Sevilla himself in a piano performance on 24 January 1886 and dedicated it to the wife of Count Morphy. Since it has been transcribed for classical guitar it has become one of the most important works of the classical guitar repertoire. It has been played and recorded by guitarists such as Julian Bream and John Williams and many others. It is generally played in the key of G major.

  • 1881-1945

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76 (Bartók)
    i Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance), ii Brâul (Sash Dance), iii Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot), iv Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum), v Román polka / Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka), vi Aprózó / Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB 76.

    It is based on seven Romanian tunes from Transylvania, originally played on fiddle or shepherd’s flute. Its title was originally Romanian Folk Dances from Hungary but was later changed by Bartók when Transylvania became part of Romania in 1920. It is nowadays available in the 1971 edition which is written with key signatures although Bartók rarely used key signatures.

  • 1838-1920

    Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola & Piano Op.83 (Bruch)
    i Andante, ii Allegro con moto, iii Andante con moto, iv Allegro agitato, v Rumänische Melodie: Andante, vi Nachtgesang: Andante con moto, vii Allegro vivace, ma non troppo, viii Moderato

    Bruch is not well known, although his “Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano” are occasionally revived, there being very little other music written for this rare combination of instruments. As with Brahms and Weber who produced compositions with a particular clarinetist in mind, so did Bruch write these trios for a particular clarinettist, his son Max.

  • 1929-2020

    Memorias (Iturralde)

    Pedro Iturralde Ochoa was a Spanish jazz saxophonist, teacher and composer. Memorias is a piece for soprano saxophone or clarinet and piano, with a musical journey through Portuguese fado, swing, boogie-woogie, and Algerian folk music.

  • 1868-1922

    Czardas (Monti)
    i Andante – Largo, ii Allegro vivo, iii Molto meno, iv Meno, quasi lento, v Allegro vivace, vi Allegretto, vii Monto più vivo

    Czardas is a rhapsodical concert piece by the Italian composer Vittorio Monti. Written in 1904, the folkloric piece is based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin, or piano.

Performers

  • Revive

    Saxophone/Violin/Piano Trio

    Revive is a saxophone, violin and piano trio that perform an exciting and diverse repertoire of music
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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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