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www.eastneukfestival.com
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The full, definitive, programme
will be released on 8th February
22nd JUNE - 3rd JULY
WINTER
PREVIEW
THIS PREVIEW
We have reached that point in the year
when the next ENF programme has settled
and we can offer a preview of some of the
delights now in preparation for 2016. This
is always an exciting time and although the
definitive programme (to be released on 8th
February) will likely include some changes
we hope this is enough to whet your appetite
and allow for some forward planning!
New Features
Over the past 11 years ENF has benefitted
from great feedback. Last festival’s talk on
violin making met with such enthusiastic
responses that in 2016 we will have
two music talks which shed light on the
programme, including a chance to hear two
experts explain what they think it is that
makes a great string quartet.
Pavel Haas Quartet
We have also been inspired by some
great advice of Goethe’s:
“Every day we should hear at least one little song,
read one good poem, see one exquisite picture
and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
Events listed as A Poem, A Picture & A Piece
in this preview will include our imaginative
responses to this advice, though we are
struggling with “a few sensible words”!
If you know someone who you think might
like a copy of this preview, please let us
know – email [email protected]
or call 0131 669 1750 and leave
us a note of where to send it
(either by post or email).
the
retreat
The Retreat kicks off ENF on Wednesday
22 June. Should you hear sublime music
pouring from an open window into the
shimmering heat of the day (!) you can
be fairly sure it’s one of our rising stars.
Here’s what it’s all about.
ENF has always been a great champion
of young talent – how else will chamber
music and its festivals continue if we
do not support them?
In 2015 we raised our efforts to a new level
and created a summer school – The Retreat.
10 young professionals were handpicked
by top musicians and teachers to spend a
week being coached by some of the best
musicians in the world.
During the week, they explored music with
an intensity, depth and breadth that their
professional careers will rarely allow. They
performed two concerts which, for most of
the audience, were the very best of ENF
2015 – a wonderful result of the musicians’
youthfulness and their tutors’ experience.
Here’s what people said:
“…the Brahms Sextet was fresher and
more emotional than I have heard before.”
Audience member
“…if I say that the Mendelssohn Octet which
concluded the second “Retreat” concert
couldn’t be surpassed, it’s perhaps more
remarkable: here, after all, were players
who had never worked together before
this week… producing not only the joy
but also the subtlety of the 17-year-old
Mendelssohn’s pure, undiluted genius.”
David Nice, The Arts Desk
Due to its success in 2015 we will extend the
retreat from seven days to nine and there
will again be two public events – an informal
sharing on Tuesday 28 June and a fulllength evening concert on Thursday 30,
to include Schubert’s Quintet in C for strings.
We are in the process of receiving
nominations for the participants and making
invitations. It’s very exciting: there are so
many marvelous musicians out there!
2015 Retreaters in Elie
TUESDAY 28 JUNE
The Retreat Concert 1
7.30pm, Elie Church Hall
An informal concert to hear the discoveries
of the musicians’ first few days of intensive
musical exploration. Don’t miss it!
Calidore Quartet
4pm, St Monans Church
MENDELSSOHN
Quartet Op 13
Quartet Op 44 No 2
The Retreat Concert 2
7.30pm, Kilrenny Church
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE
To include SCHUBERT Quintet in C
A Poem, A Picture & A Piece 1
FRIDAY 1 JULY
7.30pm, Crail Church
BEETHOVEN Eroica Variations
LISZT Hexameron
MENDELSSOHN Quartet Op 44 No 3
A Poem, A Picture & A Piece 3
11.30am, Crail Church
Joseph Moog in recital
Calidore Quartet
Joseph Moog piano
Music Talk
THURSDAY 30 JUNE
The Calidore Quartet joins Richard Wigmore
to explore Mendelssohn’s string quartets
from the inside.
A Poem, A Picture & A Piece 2
11.30am, Crail Church
BEETHOVEN Fantasie Op 77
TCHAIKOVSKY
Pezzo Capriccioso Op 62
Andante cantabile Op 1 No 11
Valse Sentimentale
RACHMANINOV Cello Sonata Op 19
Julian Steckel cello
Joseph Moog piano
Music Talk
2pm, Crail Church Hall
MENDELSSOHN Conservative or Radical?
David Watkin joins ENF Director Svend
Brown to tell the story of Mendelssohn’s
string quartets and ask why he is still
so often misrepresented as a purveyor
of pretty Victoriana.
2pm, Crail Church Hall
Pavel Haas Quartet
4pm, Kilrenny Church
MARTINŮ Quartet No 3
DVOŘÁK Quartet Op 34
Calidore Quartet & Christian Zacharias
7.30pm, Crail Church
SCHUMANN Phantasiestücke Op 111
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana
MENDELSSOHN Quartet Op 44 No 1
FRIDAY 1 & SATURDAY 2 JULY
Out Of The Box
Music from the Mediterranean region, East
Europe, the Middle East and Africa fuses with
European jazz, classical and traditional music
in a series of concerts featuring wonderful
musicians including Max Baillie, Kosmos
Ensemble and Nizar Rohana.
SATURDAY 2 JULY
A Poem, A Picture & A Piece 4
11.30am, Kilrenny Church
MENDELSSOHN Quartet Op 12
BACH Suite tbc
MENDELSSOHN Quartet Op 80
Calidore Quartet
Julian Steckel cello
Music Talk
2pm, Crail Church Hall
Memorial Ground
5pm, Cambo Barn
World premiere of David Lang’s new piece
marking the centenary of The Battle of The
Somme, which falls during ENF 2016 on 1
July. To be performed by the SCO Chorus,
singers from Fife choirs and by Theatre of
Voices, directed by Paul Hillier. All else about
this new work is under wraps until we launch
the project in February, but we promise that
this will be a fittingly memorable occasion.
Pavel Haas Quartet & Christian Zacharias
8pm, Crail Church
CHOPIN Selection of Mazurkas
DVOŘÁK American Quartet
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet
SUNDAY 3 JULY
Once Upon a Time
2pm, Crail Community Hall
What makes a great string quartet? We ask
a national critic and a member of one of our
finest quartets to tell us what they think.
An hour of stories in music from Theatre
of Voices, to include David Lang’s heartbreaking telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s
Little Match Girl Passion.
From Your Ever Loving Son, Jack
Festival Finale
3pm, Crail Church
4pm, Cambo Barn
Joshua Ellicott tells the moving story of his
Great Uncle Jack, who died at The Battle
of The Somme, through Jack’s letters and
songs of the period. With pianist Simon Lepper.
BEETHOVEN Prometheus Music
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat
SCHUMANN Symphony No 2
Julian Steckel cello
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Christian Zacharias conductor
NEW FRIENDS
So far it has been an amazing year for
pianist Joseph Moog: he has been named
Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2015
and opened the Master Pianists Series at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, he makes
debuts with the Philharmonia and Beethoven
Orchester Bonn as well as continuing his
strong relationship with the Wigmore Hall.
www.josephmoog.com
This year, award winning cellist Julian
Steckel will be performing the great
concertos (Schumann, Haydn, Elgar
and Dvořák) and playing chamber music
with such partners as Janine Jansen,
Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Elisabeth
Leonskaja and Lars Vogt, amongst others.
www.juliansteckel.com
Tenor Joshua Ellicott’s international career
sees him appear with such conductors as
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sir Roger Norrington,
Harry Christophers, Sir Mark Elder, Daniel
Harding and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He comes
to ENF with a very personal project inspired
by the story of his Great Uncle Jack.
Joseph Moog
www.joshuaellicott.com
www.simonlepper.com
Simon Lepper
NEW AND OLD
FRIENDS IN 2016
Pianist Simon Lepper loves song and is the
pianist of choice for such singers as Karen
Cargill, Allan Clayton, Malin Christensson,
Angelika Kirchschlager, and Elizabeth Watts.
OLD FRIENDS
Christian Zacharias needs no introduction
to regular ENF audiences: he inaugurated
the very 1st festival and we are delighted
to welcome him back for his 6th appearance
at ENF. This year he focuses deeply on one
of his greatest musical loves: Schumann.
He plays solo and chamber works before
conducting the thrilling second symphony
to close our festival. www.christian-zacharias.com
Violist Max Baillie is a musical adventurer
and explorer, working with like-minded
artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Zakir
Hussain, John Williams and Tinie Tempah.
You will find him on stage both in New York’s
Carnegie Hall and at Glastonbury. For us, he
appears in various guises.
www.maxbaillie.com
Oud player Nizar Rohana was born in the
village of Isifya on Mount Carmel. From a root
of traditional music he ranges across modern,
experimental and world music, performing all
over the world. For us, he comes with
atmospheric solo and jazz trio programmes.
www.nizarrohana.com
The Kosmos Ensemble draws on music
from the Mediterranean, Russia, Hungary,
Serbia, Argentinean tango, Brazilian samba,
flamenco, Celtic and jazz traditions as well as
contemporary classical music. The ensemble
is described by Richard Morrison of The
Times as having “telepathic rapport, dazzling
virtuosity, serious scholarship, intellectual
curiosity and impeccable musicianship”.
Pavel Haas Quartet made its Scottish
debut as young artists at ENF in 2006 and
has gone on to become one of the very
finest ensembles in the world. The quartet
returns with its heartland repertoire of Czech
and Bohemian music and joins forces with
Christian Zacharias for Schumann’s Piano
Quintet – sure to be a highlight.
“…they might just be the most exciting string
quartet in the world” Gramophone Magazine
www.pavelhaasquartet.com
Calidore Quartet made its ENF debut just
last year, but made such an impression that
it was re-invited immediately. The quartet
presents a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s
quartets – a stunning lifetime of music
stretching from Mendelssohn’s 20th year
through to his last.
www.calidorestringquartet.com
Paul Hillier and his Theatre of Voices
return to ENF for the 3rd time. Each time
they thrill audiences with their sheer beauty
of sound, their drama and musical passion.
This festival they are all about storytelling.
www.theatreofvoices.com
David Lang has history with ENF Director
Svend Brown, who was one of the cocommissioners for the Little Match Girl
Passion, the piece that won David the Pulitzer
Prize and subsequently became one of his
most performed pieces all over the world.
www.davidlangmusic.com
The world-renowned Scottish Chamber
Orchestra is a unique collection of talented
musicians who inspire and connect with
people of all ages. In the 2015/16 Season,
with Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati,
the SCO performs Brahms’ complete
symphonies and Requiem.
The Orchestra enjoys close relationships with
many of the world’s leading conductors, soloists
and composers, and has commissioned more
than 100 new works. Its discography exceeds
150 recordings, most recently adding a
critically-acclaimed recording of Haydn
Symphonies, conducted by Robin Ticciati.
www.sco.org.uk
www.kosmosensemble.com
Happy anniversary to the SCO Chorus
which will celebrate its 25th year in 2016.
The Chorus comes to ENF with music by
Parry as well as participating in David Lang’s
Memorial Ground.
www.sco.org.uk
David Lang
Calidore Quartet
as
Christian Zachari
0131 669 1750
[email protected]
29 Regent St, Edinburgh EH15 2AY
www.eastneukfestival.com
find us on Facebook
@EastNeukFest
The full, definitive, programme
will be released on 8th February
Produced for ENF by
GMP Print using vegetable
inks on FSC approved paper.
In addition, all the carbon emissions
generated in printing will be offset
by planting broadleaved trees
in a local community woodland
resulting in the print becoming
completely carbon balanced.