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WOOFYT WORKSHOP
Jeremy Sampson, animateur
11.30am Oundle School Chapel
Tickets £3
Would you like to know what a WOOFYT is? Come and see one in operation at this intriguing workshop! The award-winning WOOFYT (a Wooden One-octave Organ For Young Technologists) is made up of a pump, an airbag, flexible hoses, pipes and wooden valve boxes.
It's not a thing of beauty, but it has a certain ungainly lovableness, like the big floppy dog its name suggests. It's a 'music machine', designed to interest children in how pumped air can be used to make music. Think
bagpipes and pipe organs and you're beginning to get the idea. And if you come along to the workshop you'll be able to find out for yourself, as nineteen people are needed to operate the WOOFYT.
A fun music workshop for all ages. No previous knowledge of music necessary!
We really enjoyed ourselves and feel we learnt a large amount … We all had such good fun and hope that you will come again. (pupil, Stoke Brunswick)
… Jeremy was a real wow with WOOFYT on the Arts Bus in Cambridge!
Juliet Abrahamson (Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2008)
The workshop ends at 12.15pm
ANN ELISE SMOOT
1.15pm Oundle School Chapel
Tickets £11 / £5 under 21s
American organ virtuoso Ann Elise, now resident in England, launches Oundle for Organists residency at the 2009 Festival with the glittering exuberance of Fêtes by Jean Langlais. JS Bach’s epic Passcaglia in C minor provides the latter bookend.
Following her success in major USA competitions Ann Elise has earned international acclaim for her flair and flexibility in presenting organ music from the medieval to the contemporary - as for her flawless technique.
She has become a regular and most welcome visitor to Oundle’s Festivals and organ summer schools.
Music by Mendelssohn, Stanford, Duruflé and French Baroque composers completes the lunchtime fare.
Live video link from the organ loft will enable the audience to see the performer.
The recital ends at 2.15pm.
TRAVELLING BY TUBA
Chris Cranham, tuba
Stewart Death, piano
1.45pm and 4.30pm Arthur Marshall Room,
Great Hall, Oundle School
Tickets £3
80,000 miles a year and still not out of puff!
A fascinating voyage through the weird and wonderful world of the tuba. Discover instruments ancient and modern: the Didjeridu, Conch, Sackbut, Serpent, plus many more…. all will be revealed. The music ranges from classical to jazz, and there will be lots of audience participation - and watch out for the amazing homemade hoseophones and an exploding Tuba!
Travelling by Tuba is a unique ensemble which performs stunning, innovative programmes. As one of the busiest groups in the UK they undertook over 200 performances last year. This success was not only due to their virtuosic performance but also the ability as irrepressible entertainers to communicate with their audience.
‘...have mastered taking groups of children from rip-roaring laughter to solemn concentration.’
Classical Music Magazine
‘Travelling by Tuba are experts who really get their enjoyment of music across.’
The Times
The concerts last for 45 minutes.
THE EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
HANS PETER HOFFMAN, director
NATALIE CLEIN, cello
KATY SMITH, violin
7.30pm St Peter’s Church (Oundle Parish Church)
Tickets £17 front / £15 rear / £5 under 21s
| Holst | A Moorside Suite |
| Haydn | Cello Concerto No.1 in C |
| Mozart | Adagio K261 |
| Haydn | Symphony No 43 'Mercury' |
Formed in 1981, the European Union Chamber Orchestra lays an emphasis on giving unique opportunities and experience to young musicians at the outset of their professional careers.
An acknowledged Cultural Ambassador for the European Union, EUCO enjoys an annual schedule of some 70 concerts worldwide, and a reputation for musical excellence.
Joining the Orchestra in Haydn's joyful C major Cello Concerto is the brilliant young cellist, Natalie Clein, a former winner (in 1994) of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, who is now in demand as a soloist in concerts all around the world. Up and coming young artist, Katy Smith, was awarded the title Oundle Young Musician of the Year at last year's Oundle Festival of Music and Drama, this year celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Katy plays the solo violin in Mozart's serene Adagio K261. The Orchestra's programme comes to a triumphant conclusion with Haydn's 'Mercury' Symphony, an elegant and sophisticated example of Haydn's art in the 200th anniversary year of his death.
Refreshments available before the concert and during the interval.
The concert ends at 9.30pm.
Sponsor John Lewis