Summer Season: Alistair Vennart
- Date: Friday 23 July 2021, 13:00 – 13:30
- Location: Off-campus
- Cost: Free - booking required
This Summer Season event presents Alistair Vennart (viola) performing a programme featuring music spanning seven centuries.
Viola Threads
Guillaume de Machaut – Improvisation around ‘Douce Dame Jolie’
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Solo Viola op. 25 no. 1 (Breit | Sehr frisch und straff)
Garth Knox – Beside the Bridge
Bartolomeo Campagnoli – Caprice no. 5
György Kurtág – Jelek op. 5 (Agitato | Giusto | Lento)
John Dowland – Improvisation around ‘If my complaints could passions move’
Henri Vieuxtemps – Capriccio
Garth Knox – Nine fingers
‘Viola Threads’ explores the chequered history of this intriguing member of the string family. Appearing in its modern form at about the same time as the Violin, the instrument has been treated with comparative disdain despite so many prominent composers playing the instrument themselves!
This virtually non-stop programme features music spanning seven centuries, weaving compositions from the viola pioneers Paul Hindemith, György Kurtág, Garth Knox, Henri Vieuxtemps and Bartolomeo Campagnoli together with improvisations based on the plainsong of John Dowland and Guillaume de Machaut.
Booking Information
Booking for this concert will open at 9am on Tuesday 13th July and close at 12pm on Friday 23rd July. The ticket booking link will be live on the concert webpage between these times. Due to streaming capacity, tickets to this online concert are limited. Upon booking a ticket you will receive a link to the livestream via email.