Will Browne
Will Browne
Saturday
10th July, 2010
7.30pm
Worcester Arts Workshop,
21 Sansome Street,
WORCESTER. WR1 1UH
Tickets £8 (£6) under 16's free
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01886 832715
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A New Artist's Scheme Production
Tribute to Julian Bream
A remarkable man with a refined and elegant palate, Bream’s fine appreciation for both ancient and contemporary music is captured in this programme; a programme comprised entirely of works intimately associated with Julian Bream through his interests and his close personal circle of friends
The homage charts Bream’s passion for English music and his major part in the revival of ancient works from such important and seminal figures as the Elizabethan composers John Dowland and William Byrd; musicians who were to have a huge influence on successive generations of composers.
The contemporary strand of the programme takes in pieces from some of the composers who wrote especially for Julian: Reginald Smith Brindle - one of the first to answer the call for new works; Lennox Berkeley - a great exponent of the British repertoire; Elizabeth Lutyens - one of the first to use the 12 tone method of composition; Richard Rodney Bennett - who wrote for Bream out of admiration for his expressive and colourful playing and last, but by no means least, arriving full circle, with Benjamin Britten - who acknowledged Bream's passion for the music of the Elizabethan era in his 'Nocturnal after John Dowland'.
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Programme
| Preludium | John Dowland (1563-1626) |
| Earl of Essex Galliard | |
| Impromptus |
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936- ) |
| I Recitativo | |
| II Agitato | |
| III Elegiaco | |
| IV Con fuoco | |
| V Arioso | |
| The Dying of the Sun |
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) |
| Theme and Variations |
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) |
| Pavan |
William Byrd (c.1540-1623) |
| My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home |
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| El Polifemo de Oro |
Reginald Smith Brindle (1917- 2003) |
| I Ben Adagio | |
| II Allegretto | |
| III Largo | |
| IV Ritmico e vivo | |
| Homenaje Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy |
Manual de Falla (1876-1946) |
| Nocturnal after John Dowland | Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) |
| I Musingly | |
| II Very agitated | |
| III Restless | |
| IV Uneasy | |
| V March-like | |
| VI Dreaming | |
| VII Gently rocking | |
| VIII Passacaglia |
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Biography
William Browne, an outstanding player who performs with passion, colour and an uncanny flair for modern music was born in Portsmouth and began playing the Classical Guitar at the age of seven under the tutorship of Neil Worley. At the age of 16 he went on to study music full time at Southdowns College and during his time there took part in many concerts around the UK and played in various competitions including the Portsmouth Music Festival in March 2003 where he won the Vice Chairman's Guitar Prize.
In December 2004 he was offered a scholarship to study with John Mills and Christopher Stell at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Whilst at college he performed as a soloist and in various ensembles including works with Piano, Voice, Flute and String Quartet. He has also performed twice at the student concert series at the Bolivar Hall in London and also in a series of concerts for the Welsh Assembly in Chonnqing and Beijing, China.
In 2007 and 2008 he was awarded the Stuart Cohen Guitar prize for his achievements and commitment to the college and in the autumn of 2007 Will was accepted on the Erasmus Exchange Programme to study for three months at the Koninklijk Academy in Brussels with the world famous Classical Guitarist Antigoni Goni. He has worked with composers such as Michael Berkeley and Stephen Dodgson and has a developed a keen interest in contemporary music. Will graduated from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama last year and is continuing his studies with John Mills and Graham Devine.
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