BCSA Christmas concert

A full house at the Slovak Embassy enjoyed an evening of  chamber music performed by Diversions. The programme included pieces by the well-known Czech composers Bohuslav Martinu and Antonin Dvorak and Gustav Mahler, born near Jihlava on the border between Bohemia and Moravia.  It was also a rare opportunity to hear a work by Erwin Schulhoff, born in Prague to a German-Jewish family who began his musical studies at the Prague Conservatory when he was 10 years old.

Programme

Bohuslav Martinu                   Sonata for flute and piano

Gustav Mahler                         Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden

(arranged by Arnon Zimra from the last movement of Symphony no. 4)

Antonin Dvorak                       Sonatina for flute and piano

Erwin Schulhoff                       Susi

Genevieve Usher soprano

Chiawen Kiew flute

Ed Cooke clarinet

Chris Underhill piano