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Arun Menon - Viola
Sunday June 18th, 4pm - 5:15pm
We've added an additional concert for June because we couldn't pass up the opportunity to hear the talented Violist Arun Menon. Arun has prepared a trilling program of music for viola from the Baroque to the Romantics.
One night in 1713 the Italian violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini awoke from a feverish dream in which he'd made a pact with the Devil, and hastened to his instrument to try to re-capture Lucifer's demonically inspired music. By his own accounts his efforts were in vain, but nevertheless the Sonata he wrote that day, which he named the Devil's Trill, became his most popular work.
The Spanish violin virtuoso, Pablo de Sarasate toured the world through the late 19th century and was a frequent visitor to London where he caught the attention of George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Conan Doyle amongst many others. His compositions for violin were written to showcase his virtuosic technique. Arun has daringly arranged the first of Sarasate's Spanish Dances for Viola. We can't wait!
Arun will be accompanied on the Pinkham Grand by Griff Owen.
One night in 1713 the Italian violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini awoke from a feverish dream in which he'd made a pact with the Devil, and hastened to his instrument to try to re-capture Lucifer's demonically inspired music. By his own accounts his efforts were in vain, but nevertheless the Sonata he wrote that day, which he named the Devil's Trill, became his most popular work.
The Spanish violin virtuoso, Pablo de Sarasate toured the world through the late 19th century and was a frequent visitor to London where he caught the attention of George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Conan Doyle amongst many others. His compositions for violin were written to showcase his virtuosic technique. Arun has daringly arranged the first of Sarasate's Spanish Dances for Viola. We can't wait!
Arun will be accompanied on the Pinkham Grand by Griff Owen.
Full Program
The Violin Sonata in G minor, Bg.5 (Devil's Trill Sonata)
Larghetto affettuoso
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro assai — Andante — Allegro assai
Bach: Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Allemanda
Corrente
Sarabanda
Giga
Ciaccona
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Allegro appassionato
Andante un poco Adagio
Allegretto grazioso
Vivace
Sarasate (arr. Menon): Romanza Andaluza, op. 22 no. 1
Larghetto affettuoso
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro assai — Andante — Allegro assai
Bach: Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Allemanda
Corrente
Sarabanda
Giga
Ciaccona
Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Allegro appassionato
Andante un poco Adagio
Allegretto grazioso
Vivace
Sarasate (arr. Menon): Romanza Andaluza, op. 22 no. 1
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Arun Menon
Arun Menon was born in London and began his music studies at the Newham Academy. He studied viola with Simon Rowland-Jones and Andriy Viytovych and violin with Dona Lee Croft at the Royal College of Music, where he gained bachelors and masters degrees. Whilst a student there he was a winner of the Royal Overseas League Bernard Shore Viola Competition and co-principal of Southbank Sinfonia.
As an orchestral musician he has played in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Vienna Konzerthaus and Carnegie Hall, New York. He has been a regular extra player with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as a frequent guest principal and co-principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet, and he now works as a doctor in the NHS.
Griff Owen studied piano and viola at the Guildhall School of Music, where he developed a keen interest in chamber music on both instruments. As a pianist, he has recorded the Poulenc Sextet (with wind quintet) and is a member of the viola section of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
As an orchestral musician he has played in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Vienna Konzerthaus and Carnegie Hall, New York. He has been a regular extra player with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as a frequent guest principal and co-principal with Birmingham Royal Ballet, and he now works as a doctor in the NHS.
Griff Owen studied piano and viola at the Guildhall School of Music, where he developed a keen interest in chamber music on both instruments. As a pianist, he has recorded the Poulenc Sextet (with wind quintet) and is a member of the viola section of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Location
Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
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We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.
Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays! |
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