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Frome Concerts Group present: Duo Dorado
Sunday 19th October
Doors 2.15pm Concert 3pm
Hazel Brooks – violin
David Pollack – harpsicord
Hazel won the Christopher Kite Memorial Prize and the Bankers Trust Pyramid Award, and she was a finalist in the international competitions in York and Antwerp. She has given solo recitals in most major venues throughout the UK as well as in Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. Hazel also has an interest in unusual instruments, especially the viola d’amore. She has toured and recorded with duo Trobairitz, the Boston Camerata, USA, and the Camerata Mediterranea, a collaboration between Western and Moroccan musicians.
David won the Croft Early Music First Prize. He has appeared at prestigious venues and festivals across the UK and abroad. Recent projects have included the complete harpsichord concertos of J. S. Bach and the complete keyboard music of William Byrd. Solo recordings include The French Harpsichord and O Mistris Myne: 150 years of English virginals music. David has also worked with The Parnassian Ensemble, flautist Stephen Preston and others.
Programme:
Sonata in D minor, RV 12 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Preludio, corrente, giga, gavotta
Sonata in E major Gottfried Finger (1660-1730)
Allegro, adagio, allegro, adagio, largo-allegro
Sonata in D major, RV 755 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Andante, corrente, andante, corrente
Suite in D minor, from Ayres for the Violin, book 4 Nicola Matteis (?-c.1700)
Preludio, Fuga in fantasia, Grave, Ground
Concerto in F major, BWV 978 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allegro
Sonata in G minor, RV 757 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Preludio, allemanda, sarabanda, corrente
Admission
Subscriptions all four concerts £60
Single concerts - Fiora String Quartet: £25 other concerts £16 (Under 21's half price)
