Past concerts

Concert that took place on Monday 23 August 2010 at 7.30pm

Venue:

Kunstmuseet KUBE, Apotekergt. 16,

Ålesund, Norway

The Jugendstil centre  forms the perfect setting for this intimate evening concert.

 

Concert that took place on Sunday 22 August 2010 at 3.00pm

Venue:

Edvard Grieg Museum, Troldhaugen, Bergen
Norway

Troldhaugen, the home of Edvard Grieg, is now a Museum with an adjacent concert hall with spectacular views over the Hardanger Fjord.

Aspidistra will play a selection of music by Grieg and by other composers inspired by Grieg.

 

Concert that took place on Saturday 21 August 2010 at 2.15pm

Venue:

Lysøen, Lysekloster, Bergen, Norway

This is concert to commemorate Ole Bull, Norway's most famous violinist, born 200 years ago, in the sumptuous music room of his villa on the small island of Lysøen, near Bergen.

  • Ole Bull was a pioneer of introducing folk music into classical music performances.
  • The concert will demonstrate how folk music from different countries has shaped Salon Music since that time.

 

Concert that took place on Wednesday 18 August 2010 at 6.30pm

Venue:

Hardanger Folke Museum,
Utne,
Norway

A programme of songs and salon music from Norway and elsewhere.

 

Concert that took place on Monday 03 May 2010 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Burgh House, Hampstead.
ANNUAL MAY BANK HOLIDAY CONCERT

  • Girls In Grey (Charles Williams)
  • Tambourin (Francois-Joseph Gossec)
  • Italian Boat Song (Hermann Lõhr)
  • Romances de la Neva (Barnabas Bakos)
  • Dream o’ Day Jill (Edward German)
  • The Goosetrot (Will Glahé)
  • Musik ! Musik ! Musik ! (Peter Kreuder)
  • That Lovely Weekend (Moira & Ted Heath)
  • Fiddle Faddle (Leroy Anderson)
  • Vilia (Franz Lehár)
  • Stork’s Bills (Philipp Fahrbach Jr.)
  • Carissima (Edward Elgar)
  • Down in Zanzibar (Charles Ancliffe)
  • Roses of Picardy (Haydn Woood)
  • Tango, Du Bist Doch Meine Lieblingsmusik (Jupp Schmitz)
  • Wouldn’t it be loverly (Frederick Loewe)
  • Roter Teufel (Eric Plessow)
  • An Eriskay Love Lilt (Arr. Roy Bell)

 

Concert that took place on Monday 25 May 2009 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill.
ANNUAL MAY BANK HOLLIDAY CONCERT

The Programme:

  • The Happy Frog (Rudolf Hanf)
  • Love me (Haydn Wood)
  • The Virginia Skedaddle (Monroe Rosenfeld)
  • Gitarren Serenade (Franz Funk)
  • Little Maid of Arcadee (Gilbert & Sullivan)
  • Jaunting Car (Peter Hope)
  • I Love Your Eyes of Grey (Haydn Wood)
  • Burma Maid (Charles Ancliffe)
  • The Belle of Brazil (Edward Rubach)
  • Bu Bist Zu Schön Um True Zu Sein (Peter Kreuder)
  • Der Alte Brummbär (Julius Fucik)
  • Pretending (Haydn Wood)
  • The Lusty Fiddler (Rudi Rischbeck)
  • Mélodie (Rudolf Friml)
  • Get out and Get Under (Maurice Abraham)
  • Pleading (Haydn Wood)
  • Puszta Fox (Mihaly Erdélyi)
  • The Laughing Song (George Johnson)

 

Concert that took place on Sunday 05 April 2009 at 4.30pm

Venue:

Bloomsbury

A Tribute to Haydn Wood

Haydn Wood might be best remembered as the composer of “Roses of Picardy” but his claim to fame is much broader.

At age 15, He entered the Royal College of Music in London where he excelled in violin, piano and composition.

He was soon known as a prodigy, 'a bright-looking little lad, all smiles and collar, who plays the fiddle as it were the easiest thing in the world, as easy as eating jam tarts' (The Musical Times, 1 January 1898).

He was acclaimed as a talented violinist, composer and conductor. The BBC, who commissioned some works, often broadcast his music.

He succeeded in getting 180 songs and ballads published, as well as 80 orchestral pieces (suites, overtures, intermezzi, rhapsodies, marches).

He composed some 300 works including a piano concerto, a violin concerto, a symphony, variations for cello and orchestra, works for piano solo, violin and piano, flute, oboe, string quartets, choral works and three musical plays.

He died in 1959 in London, aged 76.

Aspidistra was honoured to be invited to play at this event organised by the Robert Farnon Society.

 

Concert that took place on Sunday 07 September 2008 at 3.30pm

Venue:

St Anne's Church,
Kew Green, Kew,
London, TW9 3AA.

Aspidistra took part in this series of weekly summer recitals organised by St Anne's on Kew Green.

 

Concert that took place on Sunday 20 July 2008 at 1.30pm

Venue:

Walpole Park, Ealing, London W5

A concert at the Ealing's annual ‘World-Music’ Festival.

Aspidistra represented Britain and showed that an interest in ‘World-Music’ already existed in the Edwardian era when a there was a great interest in music inspired by exotic cultures.

In a Persian Market and the Mikado are prime examples of this fashion.

 

Concert that took place on Monday 26 May 2008 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Lauderdale House, Highgate,
London N6.
ANNUAL MAY BANK HOLIDAY CONCERT

The Programme:

  • Entry of the Bulgars (Adolf Lotter)
  • Romanza Andaluza (Pablo de Sarasate)
  • Neopolitan Serenade (Gerhard Winkler)
  • Lara’s Theme from Dr Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
  • Spanish Gipsy Dance (Pascual Marquina)
  • Dreaming (Haydn Wood)
  • Drink to me only with thine Eyes (Arr. Roger Quilter)
  • Noche de Estrellas (A Malando)
  • By the Waters of Minnetonka (Thurlow Lieurance)
  • Marusja (Hans Zander)
  • The Phantom Brigade (William Myddleton)
  • The Band Played 'Nearer My God to Thee' (Harold Jones)
  • Nearer My God to Thee (Dr L.Mason)
  • Da Capo (George Boulanger)
  • Ascot Gavotte (Frederick Loewe)
  • Pizzicato Violins (Franz Peter Hub)
  • Slumber Song (Robert Schumann)
  • Rhythm on Rails (Charles Williams)
  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles (Jaan Kenbrovin & John Kellette)

 

Concert that took place on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 7.30pm

Venue:

St Paul's Church, Longridge,
Lancashire

Light Music Society 50th Anniversary Concert

Musicians from Aspidistra joined many other musicians to form the Celebration Orchestra.

This was a big orchestra, creating a big sound for a big event.

This was the farewell concert of Ernest Tomlinson, after a long and distinguished career as composer, conductor for the BBC, and father figure of the Light Music Society.

 

Concert that took place on Monday 07 May 2007 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Burgh House, Hampstead.
ANNUAL MAY BANK HOLIDAY CONCERT

Programme:

  • Sea songs (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
  • Casino Dances (Josef Gungl)
  • Launische Polka (Albert Joost)
  • By the Sleepy Lagoon (Eric Coates)
  • Sparrow Concerto (Erich Börschel)
  • Komorn Czardas (Gustave Michiels)
  • Hobomoko (Ernest Reeves)
  • La Diva de L'Empire (Erik Satie)
  • The Butterfly (Theo Bendix)
  • The Hobbledehoy (Elric Olsen)
  • Roter Mohn (Ludwig Siede)
  • Pattering Feet (Gustav Dreier)
  • Mélodie (Rudolf Friml)
  • A Room with a View (Noél Coward)
  • The Donkey Serenade (Rudolf Friml)
  • Yearning (Just for You) (Joe Burke)
  • Londonderry Air (arr: G. O'Connor-Morris)
  • Hello Ma Baby (Joseph E Howard)

 

Concert that took place on Wednesday 11 October 2006 at 8.00pm

Venue:

National Liberal Club
Whitehall Place
London SW1
David Lloyd George Room

Charity concert in aid of “Music in ME”

The ME in this is in fact an anagram and stands for Middle East.

Music in me supports preservation of musical heritage in the Middle East and stimulates musical exchanges with other parts of the world.

They are, for example, developing an Arab-Jewish-Palestinian Youth Orchestra, and youth choir and run a series of music camps for Jewish and Arab Children.

They hope to develop understanding between different cultural groups through sharing the joy of music.

This concert formed the Launch of this international charity in the UK. The event not only raised some £500 pounds but also recruited some new volunteers for the organisation.

 

Concert that took place on Monday 29 May 2006 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Burgh House, Hampstead, London.
Bank Holiday Afternoon Concert

Programme notes

Programme included:

  • Hampden Roar (Fred Hartley)
  • Monna Vanna (Jacob Gade)
  • Fairy Tale (Jonny Heykens)
  • Marching Strings (Marshall Rossi)
  • Woodland Shadows (Montagu Ewing)
  • Sparrow Concerto (Erich Börschel)
  • Londonderry Air (Arr: O’ Connor-Morris)
  • Da Capo (Georges Boulanger)
  • In Party Mood (Jack Strachey)
  • Fairy Tale (Jonny Heykens)
  • Chinese Poppy (Michael Krein)
  • Gipsy Carnival (Yasha Krein)
  • By the Waters of Minnetonka (T Lieurance)
  • The Sunshine of Your Smile (Lillian Ray)
  • Ideale (Paolo Tosti)
  • Con Can Rag (G Bowker-Vessey)
  • Der student Geht Vorbei (J Ibanez)
  • Over the Rainbow (Harry Arlen)

 

Concert that took place on Monday 30 May 2005 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Lauderdale House, Highgate, London.
Bank Holiday Afternoon Concert

Programme:

  • Softly Unawares (Paul Lincke)
  • Hiawatha (Neil Moret)
  • Smiles then Kisses (Charles Ancliffe)
  • Max und Moritz (Georges Boulanger)
  • Fox-intermezzo (Helmut Zacharias)
  • Nocturno (Otto Fleischmann)
  • Silverheels (Neil Morèt)
  • Serenata (Enrico Toselli)
  • The Shamrock (William Myddleton)
  • Sailor's Holiday (Edgar Martell)
  • Intermezzo Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
  • The Cigarette Girl (Ludwig Siede)
  • Humoreske (Antonin Dvorák)
  • Neopolitan Serenade (Gerhard Winkler)
  • As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfield)
  • By the sleepy Lagoon (Eric Coates)
  • Italian Boat Song (Hermann Löhr)
  • Zigeuner Boogie (Helmut Zacharias)

 

Concert that took place on Monday 03 May 2004 at 2.30pm

Venue:

Burgh House, Hampstead, London.
Bank Holiday Afternoon Concert.

Programme:

  • Storm Galop (Karl Komzák)
  • Casino Dances (Josef Gungl)
  • La Paloma (S de Yradier)
  • Narcissus (Ethelbert Nevin)
  • Ragamuffin (Joe Rixner)
  • Russian Cradle Song (L Krein)
  • Down South (William Myddleton)
  • Rendez-Vous (W von Aletter)
  • Dreams of Yesterday (F Humphries)
  • Red Wing (Kerry Mills)
  • Fragrance (Charles Ancliffe)
  • Creole Belles (H Lampe)
  • On the Road to Zag-a-Zig (Herman Finck)
  • Penelope's Garden (Charles Ancliffe)
  • Oh Cette Mitzi! (Oscar Strauss)
  • Too Beautiful for Words (Ross Columbo)
  • Wedgwood Blue (A Ketèlbey)
  • Jazz Reel (Sam Sonitt)
  • Nights of Gladness (Charles Ancliffe)

 

Concert that took place on Monday 05 May 2003 at 11.48pm

Venue:

Burgh House, Hampstead, London.
Bank Holiday Afternoon Concert.

Programme:

  • Irish Whispers (Charles Ancliffe)
  • On the Bosphorus (Paul Lincke)
  • Tennessee Toddle (Ernest Reeves)
  • Melodie d'Amour (Jan Hurst)
  • Czardas (Paolo Cassano)
  • Olé Guappa (A Malando)
  • Too Beautiful for Words (Russ Columbo)
  • Rigoletto Quartet (Verdi & Roy Bell)
  • Silverheels (Neil Morèt)
  • Billy Possum's Frolic (Martin Lennard)
  • Romanze (Alfred Grünfeld)
  • Glory of Russia (Yakov Krein)
  • El Saludo (Charles Ancliffe)
  • On the Neva (Lazare Krein)
  • Der Student Geht Vorbei (J Ibanez)
  • Whispering (John Schonberger)
  • In a Persian Market (Albert Ketèlbey)
  • Bal Masqué (Percy Fletcher)
  • Indianola (S Henry & D Onivas)