December 11 2003, Thursday, 7.30pm
MANOUKIAN CULTURAL CENTRE CELEBRATES TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF FRENCH COMPOSER, HECTOR BERLIOZ, WITH, "BERLIOZ AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: LISZT; MENDELSSOHN; SCHUMANN & VON WEBER" PIANO & VIOLA CONCERT FOR CHARITY
Classical musicians, Gerard Causse (Viola) and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (Piano) play musical pieces by Hector Berlioz and several of his contemporaries. These, and some of the pieces to be played, are: Franz Liszt's "Romance oubliee;" Felix Mendelssohn's "Sonata for Viola and Piano, First Movement;" Robert Schumann's "Marchenbilder op 113" and Carl von Webber's "Andante et Rondo Hungarese." The proceeds, according to the leaflet we read, are to be given to a charity, 'under the aegis of the Foundation de France.'
Admission by ticket (priced from £7 up to
£15), available from: Institut Francais, 17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 (telephone 020
7073 1350). Location for concert: Manoukian Cultural Centre at the recently-renovated St.
Yeghiche/Yeghishe Church, Cranley Gardens, London, SW7. Tube station: Gloucester Road
(Circle, District & Piccadilly lines).
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/
