College Record 2014

The LWA hosted an eclectic series of concerts such as ‘Wavedance: The Ocean’s
Call’, performed by Dave Bowmer (chapman stick) and David Holmes (percussion),
which was preceded by the premiere broadcast of ‘Wolfscapes’ by the Creative
Arts Fellow, John Duggan. There was a Lute Song recital by visiting Common
Room member and countertenor Óscar García-Prada, who presented a selection of
songs and solos from sixteenth-/seventeenth-century France, Spain and Italy with
accompanist Din Ghani. Jamie Lachman also organised a memorable tribute concert
to the memory of folk activist Peter Seeger, which featured rousing singalongs of
such Seeger favourites as ‘We Shall Overcome’ and ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’.
On the classical front, we enjoyed excellent piano recitals by Patsy Toh, Masachi
Nishiyama, and JongSun Woo, as well as a wonderful performance by soprano
Susannah Fairbairn. Countertenor Glenn Wong organised two concerts; the
first an evening of classical arias and art song, and the second a superb ‘Duo of
Duos’ with soprano Aditi Kar. Isabel de Berrié and Maria Kallionpää put together
a performance of viola and piano music in Michaelmas, including pieces by
Shostakovich, Feldman and Rachmaninoff. They followed this with a second concert
in Hilary, together with vocalist,Tal Katsir, that featured an eclectic selection of
British and Finnish new music. The magnificent Fournier Trio continued their
association with the College with a series of three exceptional concerts, of music by
Haydn, Dvorak, Vasks, Beethoven, Bridge, and Mendelssohn. In the final concert
they also performed ‘Seven Meditations’, a piece written especially for the Trio by
John Duggan.
Our thanks go out to the performers, as well as to Barco, Entz, Barry Coote, Tracy
Fuzzard, Louise Gordon, Jan Scriven, and all the wonderful Wolfsonians, too
numerous to name, whose hard work and dedication made this a truly magnificent
year of music at Wolfson.
Kylash Rajendran
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