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SEXTET I

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This poetry was inspired by piano music and was premiered at the Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts by Marcel Zidani, pianist, with Helena reading on 29th May 2011. 

Each concert poem can be experienced as a frame through which the piece of music is viewed - a new paradigm - if you will. Concert poetry is a way of introducing the listener to a new piece of music or reframing perceptions of the familiar. 

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Opus 3, No 3, Melodie by S. Rachmaninoff

Valsa de Dor by H. Villa Lobos

Gondoliera by Franz Liszt

La Campanella by Franz Liszt

La Vol du Bourdon by Rimsky-Korsakov

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt

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Katie B. Morgan

Katie has been a Decorative Painter, Illustrator and commission artist since leaving college in 1985. She gained a BA Hons. in Visual Communication at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, Wiltshire. Katie loves painting. Her renown hand drawn maps illustrate Cotswold magazines and cards of the Winchcombe meteor are very popular.

 

John-Paul Gandy aka Sequoia

John-Paul Gandy now known as Sequoia, has performed Helena's music since the 1990's when they met through music college in London. Sequoia is a musical genius and worked as a répétiteur for British opera companies throughout his career, as well as premiering fiendishly difficult piano music for many contemporary music composers, including Joël-François Durand. I am very grateful for his performance and recordings of these concert poetry pieces and hope that you will enjoy them for the gift that they are. 





sudeley castle premiere of concert poetry