Derbyshire – Edale Music Festival in memory of Peter Cropper, given by staff and students, past and present, of the Sheffield Music Academy 29/4/22 – 1/5/22

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Edale Music Festival 2022

April 29, 30 & May 1st

This was an exciting weekend where Martin Cropper, the Director, some staff and ex-students, and current advanced students, at the Sheffield Music Academy performed a weekend of chamber music at Edale Parish Church. As I was involved in organising this, I am simply placing this on record rather than attempting to ‘review’. Of the 5 concerts, my personal favourites were the Schubert Quintet and the Vivaldi……but each concert had masses going for it and much to enjoy. I enjoyed getting to know the Brahms Sextet a little better – and indeed the Schubert Piano Trio is something I’ve not heard that often – but the Schubert Quintet is a work I have known since I was 13 – I remember sitting in Finsbury Park in North London at that age, listening to this on the BBC Third Programme (as it was called in 1965) and being overwhelmed by the beauty of the music. A strange journey from North London in 1965 to Edale in 2022….(57 years later…..) . The skills and abilities of the current students were well displayed and truly remarkable, in some cases – and never less than wholly excellent.

The programme was as follows

Friday 29 April 7pm

Oakham Piano trio

  • Beethoven Op.70 no.1 (Ghost)
  • Schubert Op.100 in E Flat

Saturday 30th April 11:45am

Sheffield Music Academy soloists. Various solos by current students, culminating in a performance of Prokofiev’s Variations on a Hebrew Theme

Saturday 30th April 7pm

  • Brahms Sextet no. 2 in G Op.36
  • Schubert Quintet in C

Sunday 1 May 11.30am

Duos – two by two: Bartok – Duo for two violins; Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello

Sunday 1 May 7pm

Edale Festival Orchestra

  • Haydn Cello Concerto in C
  • Vivaldi Four Seasons

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I'm a grandfather, parent, churchwarden, traveller, chair of governors and trustee!. I worked for an international cultural and development organisation for 39 years, and lived for extended periods of time in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Ghana. I know a lot about (classical) music, but not as a practitioner, (particularly noisy late Romantics - Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner, Richard Strauss). I am well travelled and interested in different cultures and traditions. Apart from going to concerts and operas, I love reading, walking in the hills, theatre and wine-making. I'm also a practising Christian, though not of the fierce kind. And I'm into green issues and sustainability.

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