Burton Bradstock Festival: Spring Concert (Friday 05 June)

A four hundred year musical journey through England, Spain, Turkey and Russia.

David Juritz, Craig Ogden and Miloš Milivojevic play  Bach, Dowland, Chabrier, Satie and Schnittke in an evening of light-hearted, serious, and even ridiculous, music for violin, guitar and accordion.

Emmanel Chabrier España

Carlo Domeniconi Koyunbaba 

John Dowland Galliards

J S Bach Partita in E major for solo violin

Alfred Schnittke Gogol Suite

España, Chabrier’s colourful evocation of a journey through the Iberian Peninsula, is today so popular that it’s easy to forget how revolutionary it was for its time.

John Dowland whose ‘heavenly touch upon the lute doth ravish human sense” died 400 years ago in 1626. He wrote over 30 galliards, often depicting characters at Queen Elizabeth I’s court, that are today treasured by guitarists.

The eccentric but iconic composer, Carlo Domeniconi, has absorbed music from India, Arabia, Latin America and even Jimi Hendrix into his compositions. Koyunbaba, a modern guitar classic, was inspired by a 15th century Turkish Saint known as ’the father of sheep’.

Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are known as a the violinists’ Bible. In 2007 David Juritz hit headlines when he busked his way around the world playing Bach on street corners in 50 counties. He performs the Partita No. 3 in E major.

The Russian-German composer, Alfred Schnittke, once wrote “The goal of my life is to unify serious music and light music, even if I break my neck in doing so.” His Gogol Suite, written for a surrealist play is a brilliant mix of tragic and comic.

The cost for all seats at the Spring Concert is £16, not as shown in the April email detailing the concert programme. We apologise for the confusion