Another most enjoyable Acocks Green Library “Swansong” concert held on Wednesday Evening 19th May.
A programme for Cello Duets performed by Cellists Nigel Blomiley and Felicity Vincent. Both musicians gave a well received performance of five main compositions from
over the past three centuries. In fact, the performances gave an impression that the musicians were very much in contact with the composers, particularly evident with David Popper and Friedrich Kummer.
Felicity Vincent studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and was with the Halle Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic. She studied with Vladimir Orloff and the cellist and teacher Janos Starker.
She has given solo and chamber-music concerts both sides of the Atlantic and at the Salzburg Orchesterhaus.
Nigel Blomiley did not begin musical training until he was fourteen. By twenty he was playing professionally with the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra. In 1981, he was appointed principal cellist of the BBC Concert Orchestra, touring Spain, Italy and Germany, as well as North America, Japan and Hong Kong. Nigel relinquished his post with the Concert Orchestra in 2005 to devote more time to chamber music and teaching. He has a commitment to developing and nurturing musical talent in young people. He is also a coach to the National Youth Orchestra of wales.
The compositions for the two cello were as follows:-
Canon for two cellos by Domenico Gabrielli : 1651 – 1690
Sonata in G major
Andante : Adagia : Allegro Prestissimo : Jean Barriere c 1705 – 1747
Duo in C major, Op 15
Allegro : Andante : Andantino avec Variations : Julius Johann Friedrich Dotzauer 1783 – 1860
Duo in F major
allegro : Variations on a Swiss Theme : Friedrich Kummer 1797 – 1879
Divertimento No 1 in G major, Op. 4
Adagis : Andatino : Tempo comodo- Piu Andante-Presto : Giacomo Cervetto 1682 – 1783
Duet in A major, Op. 51
Allegro : Andante : Allegretto Jacques Offenbach
Suite Op. 16
Andante grazioso : Gavotte : Scherzo David Popper 1843 – 1913.
Largo espressivo : Marcia Finale
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