CONCERTS DETAILS

"Music without Boundaries" RETORICA DUO - Harriet Mackenzie (KOSMOS) & Philippa Mo, violonists joined by Milos Milivojevic accordion

Venue: WEST ROAD CONCERT HALL, Cambridge

Date: 12 July 2009

Time: 7.30pm

Ticket price: £ 12 / £ 8 concessions

Details:
RETORICA DUO
Philippa and Harriet met at the Royal Academy of Music and discovered their
passion for contemporary repertoire as well as the wealth of rarely heard
repertoire for two violins. Since they started performing together in 2007,
highlights of their performing schedule include recitals at the Barbican Centre
as part of the Park Lane Young Artists Series Mostly Mozart Festival, at
Goldsmith's Centre for Russian Music in London, a tour of Greece and as part
of their involvement in the 2D2N Festival of contemporary Music in Odessa
2008, Retorica performed seven new commissions by leading British
composers for their project 'Continuous Spectrum – shades of play'. Music has
been written and dedicated to the duo by such eminent composers as John
McCabe, Paul Pellay, Jim Aitchison, Robert Fokkens, Ben Ellin, Owen Bourne,
David Matthews, Sadie Harrison and Dmitri Smirnov. As well as this exciting
contemporary repertoire, Retorica perform violin duos by Mozart, Haydn,
Leclair, Weiniawski, Rawsthorne, Ysaye, Prokofiev, Handel/Havorsen, Teleman,
Handel, Honneger, as well as the famous folk-derived duos by Bartok.

PROGRAMME

David Matthews 8 Duos
Mozart Sonata for 2 violins
Alan Rawsthorne Theme and Variations
Handel/ Halvorsen Passacaglia
Bach Sonata for violin and Continuo in G major
Piazzolla Adios Nonio
Tartini 'The Devil's Trill Sonata
Bartok Romanian Dances
Robert Fokkens Orange (UK premiere)

Contact:
Email: adrian@tuchel.co.uk
Phone: 01223365571