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Engagements 2023
If you enjoy live music - I take the liberty of mentioning some of my forthcoming engagements
All performances and accompaniment will be subject to Covid-19 restrictions current at time of event. ------------------ |
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2:30pm - Saturday 9th. December, Oaklands Catholic School Hall, Stakes Hill Rd, Waterlooville, PO7 7BW Note - Afternoon Performance !Guest Soloist with Havant Symphony OrchestraConductor: Jonathan ButcherProgrammeFor our “close to Christmas” concert this year we present one of the most famous pieces for piano – Rachmaninov’s second Piano Concerto – played by local star musician, Valentina Seferinova. Originally from Bulgaria, Valentina lives in Hampshire and has a busy schedule of recitals along with teaching at Southampton University. The concerto was famously featured in the film “Brief Encounter”. We open the concert with a short, fun overture by Weber written for an English opera performed in London in 1826. Then, after the piano concerto and an interval we get into the seasonal mood with some Christmassy favourites and a couple of carols for you to join in with! Afternoon Winter concert, including: Overture “Oberon” - Weber Piano Concerto No. 2 - Rachmaninov : Soloist: Valentina Seferinova Interval Prelude and Mazurka from “Coppelia” - Delibes Three Scenes from “Hansel and Gretel” - Humperdinck Fantasy on the Coventry Carol - Trad. arr Brubaker Christmas Festival - Anderson plus Christmas music and carols to sing along with!
Tickets £20.00; £15.00; £10.00 Students half price / Under 19s £1.00 For more information and on-line tickets visit www.havantorchestras.org.uk or search for “Havant Orchestras” For tickets by phone via TicketSource: Phone: 03336 663366 (service fee applies) For ticket enquiries (and tickets by post): Email: tickets.havantorchestras@gmail.com Phone: 01489 877497 Text: 07855 972057 ------------------ |
Thursday 2nd February - 1-10pm - St. Thomas' Anglican Cathedral (Portsmouth Cathedral), Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2HA LUNCH TIME CONCERTFREE ENTRY - RETIRING COLLECTIONValentina Seferinova (Piano) Catherine Lawlor (Violin) Piers Burton-Page (Reader) Programme: La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) (1910) - Debussy (1862-1918) - Piano The Myths (1915) - Karol Syzmanowski (1882-1937) - Violin & Piano 1. La fountaine d'Aruthuse 2. Narcisse 3. Dryades et Pan
Readings and Introductions by Piers Burton-Page (formerly the Voice of BBC Radio 3) ------------------
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Thursday, 20th. April - Vidin, NW Bulgaria Guest Soloist with Vidin SinfoniettaA return to where it all began ! With the 1st orchestra I ever played with as a 13 and 14 year old ! Which has developed into an Orchestra with an International Reputation Details to follow - but includes :- Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22------------------ |
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Friday, 21st. April - Sofia, Bulgaria Guest Soloist with Vidin SinfoniettaA repeat of the previous night - but in the capital Sofia With the 1st orchestra I ever played with as a 13 and 14 year old ! Which has developed into an Orchestra with an International Reputation Details to follow - but includes :- Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22------------------ |
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7:30pm - Monday 3rd July - Christ Church, Old Market Ave, Chichester, PO19 1SW
Appearance at Festival of Chichester 2023with Bogdan Vacarescu (Violin)Amici ConcertsInternational virtuosos Bogdan Vacarescu and Valentina Seferinova present a stunning programme for violin and piano featuring treasures by Vivaldi, Tartini, Vitali, Beethoven, Chopin and Sarasate. “A performance of virtuosity, energy, spontaneity and poetry in equal measure.” (The Classical Reviewer). Bogdan Vacarescu is a Romanian virtuoso violinist living in the UK since 2000. He has toured internationally as soloist, chamber musician and in world music groups since his teens, including Sydney Opera House, the Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romanian National Radio Hall, The United Nations Concert Hall in New York, New Morning in Paris, Kings Place and the Purcell Room in London. He is currently also an associate lecturer at the University of Chichester where he teaches violin.
Tickets : Adult £17 ; Concession £15 ; Under 25s £5 ; Children Free Tickets from Chichester Box Office - click. ------------------
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Thursday 6th July- 1-10pm - St. Thomas' Anglican Cathedral (Portsmouth Cathedral), Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2HA LUNCH TIME CONCERTFREE ENTRY - RETIRING COLLECTIONValentina Seferinova (Piano) Catherine Lawlor (Violin)
Programme: Edvard Grieg - selection from 'Peer Gynt'
1. Morning Mood from Suite 1
2. Anitra's Dance from Suite 1
3. Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Stormy Evening on the Sea) from Suite 2
4. Solveig's Song from Suite 2
Ciryl Scott - Lotus Land Henry Litolff - Reve d'un captif Frank Bridge - Norse Legend Ian Schofield - Anemoi (premier performance)
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12:30 pm, Saturday 9th. September - Menuhin Room, 3rd Floor, Portsmouth Central Library, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2DX Lunchtime ConcertProgramme:Sergei Rachmaninoff - Barcarolle Op. 10 No 3, in G Minor
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7:30pm - Saturday 28th October, St. Thomas' Anglican Cathedral (Portsmouth Cathedral), 43 High Street, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2HA
A Night at the Movies with the Solent Symphony Orchestra.Featuring music from :-
Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Cowboys, Hymn to the Fallen, Schindler’s List, The Big Country, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pirates of the Caribbean, Saving Private Ryan, Space Odyssey 2001 with guest soloists
David Price (organ) playing excerpts from Interstellar
and myself
Valentina Seferinova (piano) playing the Main Theme from Brief Encounter (2nd movement of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto)
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Thursday 16th November- (6:30pm-pre-concert talk)/7-30pm – Festival Hall, Heath Road, Petersfield, Hants, GU31 4EA Conductor: Robin Browning Leader : Helen Purchase Programme Tchaikovsky's Christmas NutcrackerProkofiev – Lieutenant Kijé Op.60 Tchaikovsky – ‘Nutcracker’ Suite Op. 71a (I shall be a member of the orchestra ; for both the Prokofiev and play Tchaikovsky's The Sugar Plum Fairy part) Interval Sibelius – 1st Symphony Op.39 Tickets : tiered seating £20 ; on the flat £17 ; 18 years & under £5 In person or by 'phone 01730 261199 or on-line at Petersfield Orchestra ------------------ |
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