Central London Samaritans have lately moved into new premises in Marylebone, and to have a good time they’re internet hosting a particular recital to introduce themselves to the area people, elevate consciousness of their work, and generate important funds to maintain their providers. The recital options violinist Katherine Gowers and pianist Simon Crawford Philips in a programme of music from the Twenties at St Marylebone Parish Church on Monday 28 April 2025. The night will function Prokfiev’s 5 Melodies, Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3, Ravel’s Violin Sonata No. 2 and Copland’s Two Items.
Prokofiev’s 5 Melodies started life as 5 vocalises, written for the soprano Nina Koshetz who created the function of Fata Morgana in his opera The Love for Three Oranges however the vocalises proved impractical for normal efficiency and Prokofiev recast them for violin and piano. Courting from just a few years after the Prokofiev, George Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 was written while he was engaged on his opera Oedipe. The work has the subtitle dans le caractère populaire roumain” (in Romanian Folks Fashion) although Enescu doesn’t quote any precise folks tunes, as an alternative he evokes them, and the work grew to become one in every of his hottest works. Written across the identical time, Ravel’s Violin Sonata No. 2 was the one violin sonata revealed throughout Ravel’s lifetime, his first sonata being revealed 38 years after his loss of life. Violin Sonata No. 2 is notable for taking its inspiration from American jazz and blues with a gradual motion that’s marked ‘Blues’. Copland’s Two Items additionally date from Paris within the later Twenties, as Copland wrote them for an all-American programme deliberate by Nadia Boulanger (with whom he had studied earlier within the decade).
Central London Samaritans is the founding and largest department of Samaritans, providing free, 24/7 emotional assist to anybody struggling to manage. Past the helpline, they’re lively in the neighborhood—supporting these experiencing homelessness, individuals in police custody, ambulance name handlers, and people in London’s prisons.
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