PAST FESTIVALS

 

 

 

 

Opening Concert: Rosy Wertheim: violin sonata
 
 
 
Performers: Alexandra Raikhlina - violin, Yoshie Kawamura - piano
 
Rosy Wertheim: trio
 
 
 
Performers: Ulrike Anton - flute, Patrick Bolton - bassoon, Christina Mateo - clarinet
 
Ruth Schontal: A Bird Flew Over Jerusalem
 
 
 
Performers: Ulrike Anton - flute, Daniel Grimwood - piano
 
Brundibár the Opera evening: Krása string trios
 
 
 
Performers: Alexandra Raikhlina - violin, James Slater - viola, Daniel Hammersley - cello
 
Brundibár the Opera
 
 
 
Performers: Opera North Youth Company, Royal Northern Sinfonia
 
Closing Concert: Lili Boulanger: Nocturne & Cortège
 
 
 
Performers: Alexandra Raikhlina - violin, Katya Apekisheva - piano
 
Nadia Boulanger: 3 pieces for cello and piano
 
 
 
Performers: Steffan Morris - cello, Katya Apekisheva - piano
 
Rosy Wertheim: string quartet
 
 
 
Performers: Jack Liebeck - violin, Alexandra Raikhlina - violin, Rosalind Ventris - viola, Steffan Morris - cello
 
Henriette Bosmans: Nuit Calme
 
 
 
Performers: Jamie Walton - cello, Katya Apekisheva - piano
 
Dora Pejačević: piano quintet
 
 
 
Performers: Jack Liebeck - violin, Alexandra Raikhlina -violin, Rosalind Ventris - viola, Jamie Walton - cello, Katya Apekisheva - piano
 
Natalie Klouda: Special Commission dedicated to Alma Rose
 
 
 
Performers: Jack Liebeck - violin, Alexandra Raikhlina -violin, Rosalind Ventris - viola, Steffan Morris - cello, Katya Apekisheva - piano
 
The Cook Sisters: Heroines of the Holocaust
 
 
 
Director: Eilish Stout-Cairns; Actors: Sarah Boulter, Natalie Simone
 
Festival Closing Concert, Sage, Gateshead
 
 

L. van Beethoven: Clarinet Trio from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo.

 
Artists: Shelly Ezra (clarinet), Daniel Grimwood (piano), Liubov Ulybysheva (cello)
 
 

G. Ligeti: Horn Trio from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo.

 
Artists: Alexandra Raikhlina (violin), Fabian van de Geest (horn), Daniel Grimwood (piano)
 
 

E. von Dohnányi: Sextet in C Major op.37 from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo.

 
Artists: Daniel Grimwood (piano), Shelly Ezra (clarinet), Peter Francomb (horn), Jack Liebeck (violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Liubov Ulybysheva (cello)
 
 

S. Q. Smith 'You will be loved' from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo.

 
Artists: Shelly Ezra (clarinet), Peter Francomb (horn), Jack Liebeck (violin), Alexandra Raikhlina (violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Liubov Ulybysheva (cello). Conductor: Mark Edwards
Opera North Youth Chorus, Sage, Gateshead
 
 

Opera North Youth Chorus from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo.

 
Artists: The Opera North Youth Chorus working with composer Michael Betteridge and writer/director Anna Pool to create a piece around the theme ‘Standing Together’, commissioned as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day 2020. Chorus Master: Nicholas Shaw
 
War Mother at the Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle
 
 
 
War Mother, YouTube Movie

Play by Adolphe Nysenholc
Preceded by the music Miracles de l'enfance by the Swiss composer Albert Moeschinger
Members of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Mezzo-soprano: Mojca Vedernjak
Theatre Director: Robert Hersey
Cast: Philip Harrison, Alice Byrne, Doreen Frankland, Mick Liversidge
Conductor: Monica Buckland
 
 
Zuzana: Music is Life, Film at Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
The triumphant story of Zuzana Ruzickova and how she became a world-famous harpsichordist and interpreter of Bach
under the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia after surviving three concentration camps during her teenage years
  • Film Poster. Film Poster.
    Poster for the Film
 
 

Zuzana: Music is Life (Trailer) Nov 2017 from
Getzels Gordon Productions on Vimeo.

 
The Strange Passenger Music and Poetry Event at Shipley
Arts Gallery, Gateshead
 
 

The Strange Passenger from Brundibár Arts Festival on Vimeo

 
Viktor Ullmann's music and poetry
Musicians: Bradley Creswick, Alexandra Raikhlina, James Slater, Gabriel Waite,
Yoshie Kawamura, Julia Hamon
Actor: Philip Harrison
Stage Director: Robert Hersey
Festival Closing Concert at the Sage, Gateshead
F. Schubert Death and the Maiden, P. Haas Monkey Mountains, Brundibár Arts Festival Special Commission by composer Jan Bradley
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  • Composer applauded. Composer applauded.
    Aviv Quartet and composer/percussionist
    Jan Bradley (2nd from right)
    applauded
  • Musicians take a bow. Musicians take a bow.
    Musicians: Aviv Quartet,
    Jan Bradley take a bow
 
A Walk Through The End Of Time, a play by Jessica Duchen
and Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" at Caedmon Hall, Gateshead
  • Jessica Duchen Jessica Duchen
    Jessica Duchen
    talks about her play.
     
  • Joy Sanders and Phil Harrison Joy Sanders and Phil Harrison
    Joy Sanders and Phil Harrison
    perform the play.
     
  • Kyra Humphreys Jessica Lee Liubov Ulybysheva Yoshie Kawamura Kyra Humphreys Jessica Lee Liubov Ulybysheva Yoshie Kawamura
    (l to r) Kyra Humphreys, Liubov
    Ulybysheva, Jessica Lee
    & Yoshie Kawamura (piano).
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  • Kyra Humphreys Jessica Lee Liubov Ulybysheva Yoshie Kawamura Alexandra Raikhlina Kyra Humphreys Jessica Lee Liubov Ulybysheva Yoshie Kawamura Alexandra Raikhlina
    (l to r) Yoshie, Kyra, Liubov
    & Jessica thanked by
    Alexandra Raikhlina.
  • Cast and Musicians Cast and Musicians
    The actors and musicians
    take a bow.
     
Klezmer Pop-Up Day with HorovoD
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  • HorovoD at the Sage HorovoD at the Sage
    HorovoD at the
    Sage.
  • HorovoD at the Lit & Phil HorovoD at the Lit & Phil
    HorovoD at the
    Lit & Phil.
 
 
 
HorovoD at the Lit & Phil (YouTube Movie)
 
"Righteous Among The Nations" at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
A celebration of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat, often named the "Japanese Schindler".
  • Junichi Kajioka with documentation Junichi Kajioka with documentation
    Junichi Kajioka showing
    documents and photographs
    concerning Chiune Sugihara.
  • Iona Brown Alexandra Raikhlina play Rocking Mirror Daybreak Iona Brown Alexandra Raikhlina play Rocking Mirror Daybreak
    Iona Brown and Alexandra
    Raikhlina play"Rocking Mirror
    Daybreak" by Toru Takemitsu.
  • Alexandra Raikhlina and Junichi Kajioka Alexandra Raikhlina and Junichi Kajioka
    Alexandra Raikhlina thanks
    Junichi Kajioka for his
    presentation.
Festival Closing Recital, Brunswick Methodist Church
E.Schulhoff: String Sextet 1st mvt - performed by Jack Liebeck, Alexandra Raikhlina, James Slater, Krzystof Chorzelski, Gabriel Waite and Natalie Clein
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  • Musicians take a bow. Musicians take a bow.
    Musicians: Jack Liebeck,
    Krzysztof Chorzelski, James
    Slater, Liubov Ulybysheva,
    Gabriel Waite and Natalie Clein.
  • Composer applauded. Composer applauded.
    Composer, Frederick Viner
    Musicians: Alexandra Raikhlina,
    Jack Liebeck, Krzysztof
    Chorzelski, James Slater,
    Liubov Ulybysheva, Gabriel Waite
 
Classical Recital for Holocaust Memorial Day at Rutherford Hall, Northumbria University
  • Pre-concert talk by Dr Ian Biddle (Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University) Pre-concert talk by Dr Ian Biddle (Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University)
    Pre-concert talk by
    Dr Ian Biddle Snr Lecturer
    Newcastle University.
  • A speech by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle A speech by the Lord Mayor of Newcastles
    Welcome by the
    Lord Mayor of Newcastle,
    councillor Ian Graham
  • Musical prayer by Alexandra Raikhlina Musical prayer by Alexandra Raikhlina
    Musical prayer by
    Alexandra Raikhlina
     
  • Performance by Dominic Childs and Yoshie Kawamura Performance by Dominic Childs and Yoshie Kawamura
    Performance by
    Dominic Childs and
    Yoshie Kawamura
  • Performance by Simon Wallfisch and Katya Apekisheva Performance by Simon Wallfisch and Katya Apekisheva
    Performance by
    Simon Wallfisch and
    Katya Apekisheva
  • Performance by Steven Hudson and Katya Apekisheva Performance by Steven Hudson and Katya Apekisheva
    Performance by
    Steven Hudson and
    Katya Apekisheva
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  • Performance by Alexandra Raikhlina and Simon Wallfisch Performance by Alexandra Raikhlina and Simon Wallfisch
    Performance by
    Alexandra Raikhlina
    and Simon Wallfisch
Klezmer Pop-Up Day with HorovoD
  • HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-1) HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-1)
    Performance at
    Arch Sixteen Cafe
  • HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-2) HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-2)
    Arch Sixteen Cafe,
    relaxed atmosphere, ...
  • HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-3) HorovoD at the Arch 16 Cafe (Panorama-3)
    ... tasty food,
    refreshing drinks
  • HorovoD at the Lit and Phil HorovoD at the Lit and Phil
    Performance at
    the Lit and Phil
  • HorovoD on the concourse of the Sage HorovoD on the concourse of the Sage
    Performance on the
    concourse at the Sage ...
  • The audience for HorovoD at the Sage The audience for HorovoD at the Sage
    ... listened to by an
    appreciative audience
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  • HorovoD performs at Ouseburn Farm HorovoD performs at Ouseburn Farm
    HorovoD perform
    at Ouseburn Farm
Classical Recital at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University
  • Performance by Edinburgh Quartet Performance by Edinburgh Quartet
    Performance by
    Edinburgh Quartet
     
  • Joy Pre-performance presentation by James Weeks Joy Pre-performance presentation by James Weeks
    "Joy":
    Pre-performance presentation
    by its composer James Weeks
  • World Premier of Joy composed by James Weeks World Premier of Joy composed by James Weeks
    "Joy":
    World Premier Performance
     
 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident.