Next Concert on Monday
23rd April 2018 @ 1pm
Madeleine Mitchell - Violin
Martin Butler - Piano
Howard Blake Penillion Op.571 (1975/2005)
Howard Blake Folk Ballade from Jazz Dances
Op.520a (1976/2008)
Martin Butler Suzanne's River-Song (1999)
John Ireland Violin Sonata No.2 (1917)
Howard Blake Jazz Waltz from Jazz Dances
Three English composers, all with a Sussex connection, are celebrated by Madeleine Mitchell and pianist-composer Martin Butler who team up to play Butler's short piece, the major work by Ireland written during WW1 and pieces by Howard Blake, who is coming to the concert. Madeleine Mitchell recorded Blake's works for violin and piano with the composer as pianist, on an album for Naxos.