The
Steinway Concerts 1999
Lindyann Bodden-Ritch
Celebrated Pianist and Accompanist
with Eddie Cumberbatch and Lydian Steel
Mozart and More
Saturday 23 October, 1999
Lindyann Bodden-Ritch is one of the most respected pianists and accompanists
in Trinidad & Tobago. She is the official acompanist of the Bi-Annual Music
Festival of T&T and plays for the professional examinations of the Royal
Academy of Dancing. She has accompanied international artists including Jill
Gomez, Hyacinth Nicholls and Lorna Myers. In 1998, she accompanied Eddie
Cumberbatch in the International South African Eistedfod where he was adjudged
winner of the Over 25 Recital Class. Currently Mrs Bodden-Ritch teaches at St.
Mary's College and accompanies the prestigious Lydian Singers.
PROGRAMME NOTES
Most concert programmes are arranged chronologically. Usually we would begin
with Mozart and when I was putting the list together, that had been the plan.
But with the advent of the steelband girls from Bishop Anstey High School I
found myself with a larger ensemble and it seemed that I ought to leave the best
wine for the end.
This concert gives me the opportunity to share some new music with the
Steinway audience. Composer Brent Wilson, who has been writing for Edward
Cumberbatch has kindly offered two short items for inclusion in the programme.
The Rachmaninoff section leads with the beautiful second movement of his
second piano concerto, which is so well known and loved by local audiences. The
second of the Rachmaninoff songs was the test piece in the 1997 Music Festival
and I welcome the opportunity to present it again, this time with Edward
Cumberbatch as the soloist.
The principal composer is Mozart. I have always considered it a privilege to
perform the work of this master whose music is so timeless and who must rank
among the best of them all when we come to rank the musicians of this
millennium. I am presenting three examples of his work: the sonata, the operatic
aria (with Edward Cumberbatch) and the concerto (with Lydian Steel and the
Bishop Anstey Girls).
This is an ambitious programme and we have all worked very hard at it. I hope
that the Queen's Hall Grand Steinway will be heard to advantage and I wish to
thank the Patrons of Queen's Hall and the audience alike for this evening's
opportunity to make some music for the pleasure of us all.
Lindyann Bodden-Ritch
October, 1999
THE STEINWAY CONCERT SERIES 1999
Welcome to The fourth and final concert of the 1999 Steinway
Concerts Series. We are proud to have been able to present tour accomplished,
gifted pianists to perform on the Hall's valuable Steinway piano. Tonight is
especially gratifying, our artist is Trinidadian Lindyann Bodden-Ritch, a
musician who has made her considerable talent available almost exclusively to
Trinidad & Tobago.
Modest and unassuming, she has performed the role of
accompanist to perfection, always supportive never overshadowing The performer.
Tonight we will be able to appreciate her skillful playing with her guest
artists Eddie Cumberbatch and Lydian Steel and the Bishop Anstey Steel Band.
We will also have the rare opportunity to appreciate Mrs.
Bodden-Ritch The Soloist, on centre stage, performing the works of Mozart,
Brahms and newcomer Brent Wilson. This concert is a fitting way to end the 1999
Steinway Concert Series and gives us encouragement and strength to plan the
Steinway Concerts for the year 2000
We wish you a rich and enjoyable evening.
Marlene Goddard
Chairman
Patrons of Oueen's Hall
Programme
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor No.2 Op 18
Second Movement "Adagio Sostenuto"
Rachmaninoff
"The Island'
"In the Silence of Night"
Brent Wilson
Northern Lights Over Saskatoon, Canada
Dawn Chorus, Almondbury, England
Brent Wilson
"Memory hither come"
"Why should I be bound to thee"
Brahms
Intermezzo in A Minor Op 118#1
Intermezzo in A Major Op. 11 8#2
Brahms
"Wie Melodieu"
"Botschaft"
Brahms
Capricio in C Sharp Minor Op. 76#5
Mozart
Piano Sonata in C Major, K330
Allegro moderato
Andante cantabile
Allegretto
Mozart
From Don Giovanni
"Dalla Sua Pace"
"Il Mio Tesoro"
From Magic Flute
"Dies Bildnis Ist"
Mozart
Piano Concerto in A Major, K 488
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro assai
Mozart
Sonata in A Major, K331
Last Movement
Alla turca
Steel Drums:
Shervon Bess, Kareem Brown, Avis Bruce, Karen Cordner, Karamaria Cupid, Rhea
Drakes, Fayola Granderson, Mandissa Granderson, Ben Jackson, Issa James, Marlene
Joseph, Kafi Kareem, Tonga King, Astra Nord, Danielle Phillip.
