Performance on 3 - 30/10/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents the second of Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova's Queen Elizabeth Hall's Artist in Focus concerts. She is joined by some musical friends from outside the classical world for an eclectic programme of music including Bach and Bartok as well as contemporary and jazz works. There is also Knots, a mini-concerto by Fraser Trainer, plus arrangements of pop songs by Weather Report and The Hollies by Viktoria's cellist husband Matthew Barley. Viktoria Mullova (violin) Matthew Barley (cello) Paul Clarvis (percussion) Paul Griffiths (guitar) Julian Joseph, Fraser Trainer (piano) Sam Walton (percussion) Peter Whyman (clarinet, saxophone) Bach: Prelude (Partita in E) Bartok, transcr. Barley: Duos for violin and cello Weather Report, arr. Barley: Pursuit of the Woman John Lewis/Bratsch, arr. Barley: Django The Hollies, arr. Barley: The Air That I Breathe Matthews: Duo for violin and marimba Trainer: Knots Bratsch, arr. Barley: Er Nemo Klantz Followed by Play to the Nation, a celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK: Shay, Fisher and Goodwin, arr. Tom Kubis: When You're Smiling The Innovations Jazz Orchestra. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 (First Movement) Cy Coleman:Rhythm of Life Flutes and Co Suzanne de Lozey (conductor) Alfonso Romero: Legend Ealing Youth Orchestra Leon Gee (conductor) Paul Burnell: finale from Sounding Out Yorkshire Late Starters Strings George Kennaway (conductor) Handel: Two Dances from Water Music Oxford Sinfonia Maggie Faultless ...and pianothon, showcasing amateur orchestras across the nation: Debussy: Arabesque No 1 Anne-Marie O’Callahan (piano) Rachmaninov: Prelude in E flat Peter Byrne (piano)