6.30pm Pre-Concert Talk
Led by Dr. Ian Biddle in conversation with Ryan Hepburn (Steven Reich specialist) and composer Joseph Phibbs.

Programme:

S. Reich .............	Different Trains
	INTERVAL
J. Phibbs ............	Letters from Warsaw
D. Shostakovich ..	Piano Trio No.2, Op. 67

This film tells the triumphant story of Zuzana Ruzickova and how she became a world-famous harpsichordist and interpreter of Bach under the Communist regine in Czechoslovakia after surviving three concentration camps during her teenage years.

ZUZANA: MUSIC IS LIFE (Trailer) Nov 2017 from Getzels Gordon Productions on Vimeo.

Programme:

V. Ullmann .........	Six Sonnets de Louize Labe, op. 34 for Soprano and Piano
V. Ullmann .........	Piano Sonata No. 7
V. Ullmann .........	String Quartet no.3, op. 46

Performed by Philip Harrison, selections from Viktor Ullmann's poetry the Silent Passenger evoke the pain and hope of Holocaust victims murdered - but not silenced.
Ullmann's compositions are performed by members of Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Programme:

F. Schubert ........	Death and the Maiden
P. Haas ..............	Monkey Mountains

Brundibár Arts Festival Special Commission
by composer
Jan Bradley

The brilliant Israeli “Aviv Quartet” will be making its debut in Newcastle. This Quartet is the winner of the Grand Prix at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, 1st Prize at the Charles Hennen Competition and various other prizes at the Schubert Competition, Bordeaux String.

Our guest performers will be giving Masterclasses to students from Sage Gateshead and Newcastle University throughout the Festival.

From January 2018, Brundibár Arts Festival will be launching an education project with three Newcastle State Schools.
Children from the three schools will be selected to form a choir and will be coached by professional musicians for a whole term.
This will lead to a performance of Viktor Ullmann's Three Choruses for Children.