CELEBRATING GRAINGER 2011
KINGS PLACE Thurs 17-Sat 19 Feb 2011 / BRITISH LIBRARY Sun 20 Feb 2011

and launching The New Percy Grainger Companion

Artistic Director Penelope Thwaites

Music Consultant Barry Peter Ould

Vocal Consultant Stephen Varcoe

Wind Band Consultant Tim Reynish

Keyboard Consultant John Lavender

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50 years since the death of the maverick composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961), where might his music take us now?


THURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY

6pm-7pm KINGS PLACE FOYER

A BAND BLAST-OFF

including the West Point ensemble

and ensembles from the RCM, Guildhall and elsewhere


7.30pm HALL ONE

CHORAL/SONG CONCERT

Stephen Varcoe baritone

with specially selected young singing stars

and The Addison Singers, conductor by David Wordsworth

a semi-staged performance



FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY

6.00- 7.00pm ST PANCRAS ROOM (Kings Place)

PERCY GRAINGER AND THE PIANOLA

Michael Broadway, pianola

Grainger's special arrangements and his own playing on music rolls





7.30pm HALL ONE

WIND BAND SPECTACULAR

The Royal Artillery Band

conductor, Tim Arnold




SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY


2.30 pm – 4pm HALL TWO (Kings Place)

SING GRAINGER

for audience and choirs

A chance for all to come and sing Grainger’s best loved tunes – whether as choirs or as individuals. Scores to be projected. Choirs each prepare a work to perform and we shall intersperse these performances with everyone joining in the easier ones, or possibly being “led” by the choir that has just sung – if their choice is also suitable for the audience at large.


4.45pm – 5.45pm ST PANCRAS ROOM

Experimenting with grainger

an entertaining programme of musical novelties, based on Grainger’s

Free Music innovations.

On film Australian musician Warren Burt demonstrates the fascinating

“Electric Eye tone Tool”, which ‘plays’ anything it sees!

Lydia Kavina cousin of Leon Theremin, will perform on the haunting

instrument invented by him



7.30 pm HALL ONE

EAST MEETS WEST

Stephen Varcoe

Penelope Thwaites

John Lavender

Fitzwilliam Quartet

West Point Ensemble

Team of Pianists

Singers, dancers and ensemble

WORLD MUSIC SETTINGS

THANKSGIVING SONG (first British performance)

for vocal and instrumental ensemble

ORCHESTRAL/MULTI PIANO FINALE




Sunday 20 february 10am-4pm British Library

SEMINAR: GRAINGER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

and launching The New Percy Grainger Companion


Scholars and writers discuss the appeal of Percy Grainger’s music

and some of the controversies which surround it.

Musical content to include a capella choir, wind ensemble

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