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Dawlish Art Festival Gala Concert
Violin: Yulia Northridge Tenor: Andrew Fuller
Mezzosoprano: Helen Haviland Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Soprano: Donna-Marie Broomfield Tenor: Matthew Wilding |
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| St Gregory's Church Dawlish |
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| Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe |
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Master of Ceremonies
Donna-Marie Broomfield |
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Soprano
Donna-Marie Broomfield
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Tenor
Matthew Wilding |
This year's Festival of Arts at Dawlish ended at the
Church of St Gregory in Church Street. Festival Director
Andrew Fuller introduced the Gala Concert with a short speech. He recalled that the parish organist, and proprietor of the 'Dawlish Gazette',
Jim Holman founded the Festival in 1953.
Soprano
Donna-Marie Broomfield (née Hughes) then took over as Master of Ceremonies and introduced herself, and the other musicians for the night. Tenor
Matthew Wilding is Donna-Marie's partner in the '
Belle Voci' Duo. Mezzosoprano
Helen Haviland, who trained at the
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, has worked with Donna-Marie in
Opera South-West for many years, and is now Singing Teacher at
Torquay Girls'
Grammar School. Joining Helen for the evening were the
Grammar School Chamber Choir which she directs. It was pointed out that the girls were to be particularly praised for their wonderful performances, as they were simultaneously revising for the A Level examinations.
In addition to vocal music there were also violin and piano duets performed by the duo "
Elegance" comprising pianist
Ekaterina Shetliffe and violinist
Yulia Northridge, both graduates of the
Moscow State Conservatory. Ekaterina & Yulia, and their music, have featured on the '
Classical Journey' many times, both on
Phonic FM in
Exeter and
Soundart Radio at
Dartington Hall. Their feature on the previous day's broadcast from Exeter can be heard on
Mixcloud (Friday 3 June 2016).
Ekaterina teaches piano in Paignton, and has also performed several concerts with Peruvian coloratura soprano
Claudia Alvarez Calderón, a regular guest on
Soundart Radio. Claudia and Ekaterina appeared on 'Classical Journey' together a year ago. (Available on
Mixcloud.) Ekaterina, Yulia
and Claudia will be giving a morning recital of classical music at
St Mary'
s Church in
Totnes on
Saturday 9 July 2016, and an evening recital of Russian music at
Lupton House in
Churston Ferrers (Paignton) on
Sunday 10 July 2016. (See full details below - and Claudia will be on air on Soundart Radio between 3 & 6pm on Sunday 19 June 2016 to discuss her last concert - with recordings - and the upcoming Totnes & Paignton concerts with Ekaterina & Yulia.)
Donna Marie was a superb host, and throughout the concert shared her encyclopaedic knowledge of, and infectious enthusiasm for, opera and opera arias. Andrew Fuller was himself persuaded to perform in an operatic trio shortly before the interval. Everyone performed brilliantly. The Grammar School girls showed no sign of being overstretched or anxious as a result of the busy schedule and their singing was skilled and delightful. Their Director of Music, Helen Haviland, also sang magnificently in many arias, duets and trios with Matthew & Donna-Marie.
Special mention must be given to Ekaterina Shetliffe, who played in every item on the programme. The church piano was being particularly recalcitrant on the evening of the concert, but Ekaterina tamed it with consummate skill. All the performers were at pains to show the profound appreciation for Ekaterina's dedication to duty and impressive musicality.
There was no printed programme for the evening, but the photographs below will give some idea of what the audience enjoyed. Abundant gratitude is in order for the work of all the Festival Committee members involved in organising the gala event, and to all the superbly talented performers.
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Giuseppe Verdi: "La Traviata"
"The Brindisi Chorus"
Matthew Wilding &
Donna-Marie Broomfield
(Duo 'Belle Voce') |
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Gioachino Rossini:
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
"Una Voce Poco Fa"
Helen Haviland |
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W A Mozart: "Ave Verum Corpus"
Torquay Girls' Grammar School
Chamber Choir
(Musical Director: Helen Haviland) |
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W A Mozart: "Le Nozze di Figaro"
Suzanna & Countess Almaviva
"Canzonetta sull'Aria"
Donna-Marie Broomfield
& Helen Haviland |
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An essential task -
turning pages for Ekaterina
Tabatha Carter |
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W A Mozart:
'Strasbourg' Violin Concerto
(No 3 in G major)
Yulia Northridge |
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Léo Delibes:
"Lakmé" - Duo des Fleurs
Lakmé & Mallika
Donna-Marie Broomfield
& Helen Haviland |
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Sir Edward Elgar:
"Liebesgruss" (Salut d'Amour)
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge |
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W A Mozart: "Così Fan Tutte"
Ferrando's aria to Dorabella
"Un'Aura Amorosa"
Matthew Wilding |
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Matthew Wilding
acknowledges his piano accompanist
Ekaterina Shetliffe |
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W A Mozart: "Così fan Tutte"
Fiordiligi's aria to Ferrando
"Come scoglio"
Donna-Marie Broomfield |
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W A Mozart: "Così fan Tutte"
Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi & Dorabella
"Soave Sia il Vento"
(May the Wind be Gentle)
Andrew Fuller
Donna-Marie Broomfield
& Helen Haviland |
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Andrew Fuller
shows his appreciation |
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before drawing the raffle with
The Worshipful Mayor of Dawlish
Councillor Angela Fenne
& Dawlish Arts Festival Secretary
Reverend Roger Whitehead |
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The Mayor also distributes the
'Poetry for Pleasure' prizes
announced by the Coordinator of
Dawlish Community Information Centre
(Open Daw)
Angie Weatherhead |
* * * INTERVAL * * *
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Eric Idle: "Spamalot" -
"The Song that Goes Like This"
Matthew Wilding &
Donna-Marie Broomfield |
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Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus &
Göran (Benny) Andersson
"Chess" - "You & I"
Edgar "Yip" Harburg & Harold Arlen
"The Wizard of Oz" -
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Matthew Wilding &
Helen Haviland |
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Paul Nero: "Hot Canary"
Vittorio Monti: "Csárdás"
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge |
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Snow Patrol: "Run"
Hans Zimmer: "Lion King" Medley
Torquay Girls' Grammar School
Chamber Choir
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Musical Director: Helen Haviland |
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Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus"
Gabriel von Eisenstein, Rosalinde & Adele
"Ein seltsam Abenteuer" (A strange adventure)
Matthew Wilding, Donna-Marie Broomfield
& Helen Haviland |
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Violin: Yulia Northridge
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Tenor: Matthew Wilding
Soprano: Donna-Marie Broomfield
Mezzosoprano: Helen Haviland |
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Encore
Francesco Sartori: "Con te Partirò"
(Time to Say Goodbye)
[Sarah Brightman: "Timeless"]
Tenor: Matthew Wilding
Soprano: Donna-Marie Broomfield
Mezzosoprano: Helen Haviland |
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Dawlish Festival Director: Andrew Fuller
distributes bouquets to
Yulia Northridge, Ekaterina Shetliffe,
Donna-Marie Broomfield & Helen Haviland
& a little something for Matthew Wilding |
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| Farewell! |
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Thanks also to the Festival Committee
President: Reverend Ailsa Spackman |
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A wonderful end to
Dawlish Festival of Arts |
Piano, Violin & Voice
St Mary's Church Totnes
Saturday 9 July 10.30 for 11am
MORNING RECITAL
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderón
Morning Tea/Coffee from 10.30am
Piano & Violin:
Edvard Grieg: Sonata in G major
Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Air)
Carlos Gardel "Tango Por Una Cabesa"
Soprano & Piano:
Charles Gounod: "Mignon"
South American Composers
Tickets: £10 (U16 accompanied FREE)
Box Office: 07505 884271
Piano, Violin & Voice
Lupton House Churston Ferrers
(Torquay TQ5 0LD)
Saturday 10 July 7pm
EVENING OF RUSSIAN MUSIC
Piano: Ekaterina Shetliffe
Violin: Yulia Northridge
Soprano: Claudia Alvarez Calderón
Composers including
Reinhold Glière
Sergei Rachmaninov
Mikhail Glinka
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyTickets: £10 (U16 accompanied FREE)
Box Office: 07505 884271
Lupton House: 01803 845800
