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"Music begins where Words end" - Wimbledon Bookfest

"Music begins where Words end"

Presented by Jigsaw's Poet-in-Residence, Kate Wakeling

For this exceptional event as part of the Wimbledon Bookfest, the Jigsaw Players will be performing a concert entitled "Music begins where Words end" - Art of Words, Art of Sounds.

Photo credit: Tom Weller

Photo credit: Tom Weller

 

 

 

Musical extracts will be intertwined with extracts from works by Plato, Shakespeare, Proust, Baudelaire and Tolstoy, recited by Jigsaw Poet-in-Residence, 2017 CLiPPA Award-winner Kate Wakeling.

Musicians for this programme:

Victoria Sayles, violin - Emmanuella Reiter, viola - Ashok Klouda, cello - Sophia Rahman, piano

 

 

Extracts from:  

- Johann Sebastian Bach: Gamba sonata n.1 BWV 1027 for cello and piano

- Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet arranged by Vadim Borisowsky for viola and piano

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata no.9 Op.47 for violin and piano

- Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet Op.47 for violin, viola, cello & piano

VENUE: Baillie Gifford Big Tent

TICKETS: £10

Piano provided with generous support from Markson Pianos. 

 

 

Earlier Event: September 12
Gala Dinner Concert - Light House Restaurant
Later Event: October 11
Fundraising Evening