Sarajevo-born pianist Ivana Gavrić makes a welcome return to Luton with a fascinating programme. On her last visit she offered us perfect miniatures from the Bedford-based composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, and now she features two other remarkable female composers. Dora Pejačević is an increasingly admired Croatian composer, writing in a late Romantic idiom in the early years of the 20th Century; Cécile Chaminade was an internationally feted pianist and composer from the second half of the 19th Century – she was a particular favourite at the court of England’s Queen Victoria and her Prélude for Organ was played at that great monarch’s funeral in 1901. This will perhaps be a chance to hear less well known repertoire alongside the more familiar masterpieces by Grieg and Ravel that complete this dazzling programme.
Richard Sisson (Chair of Luton Music)
PROGRAMME
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite Op 40
Dora Pejačević – Erinnerung Op 24
Dora Pejačević – Sonata in Ab major Op 57
INTERVAL
Cécile Chaminade – Autrefois and Norwégienne from Pièces humoristiques Op 87
Cécile Chaminade – Églogue and Méditation from 6 Romances sans paroles Op 76
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
ARTISTS
Ivana Gavrić (piano)
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