BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:82@haslemerefestival.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250518T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250518T133000 DTSTAMP:20250414T162351Z URL:https://haslemerefestival.org.uk/events/orton_sidorenko/ SUMMARY:Sunrise and Meditations: Music for Carl Dolmetsch and Joseph Saxby DESCRIPTION:[button link="https://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/sales/genres/musi c/sunrise-and-meditations" color="silver" newwindow="yes"] Tickets[/button ] from Haslemere Hall box office\n\nJoin Chris Orton (Recorder) and Slava Sidorenko (Piano) as they explore the music and connections between pieces written for Dr. Carl Dolmetsch and Joseph Saxby for the series of concert s this duo gave at the Wigmore Hall between 1939 and 1989. All the pieces delve into the recorder's natural\, vocal beauty\, and the combination wit h keyboard\, performed on this occasion on piano.\n\nChris Orton\, Record er  \n\nChris Orton is a well-known personality in the recorder world\, p erforming and teaching across the globe. Chris performs repertoire from ac ross the musical spectrum\, from Sephardi medieval music to music with liv e electronics and free improvisation with dancers and theatre makers. He i s a member of the Spanish recorder quartet\, Windu\, who perform music\, t heatre\, and comedy from memory in theatres across Spain and Europe. Chris is professor of recorder at the Royal Northern College of Music and Cheth am's School of Music in Manchester and at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoi re. He won 1st Prize at the 2007 Moeck/SRP International Recorder Competit ion\, and alongside his recorder playing\, conducts the JRNCM Chamber Orch estra\, is musical director of the National Youth Recorder Orchestras\, an d is a qualified teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics.\n\nSlava Sidorenko\, Pi ano  \n\nRecently described by Robert Beale for the Manchester Evening Ne ws as "a young pianist set to make a major impact"\, Slava Sidorenko began his musical education at the age of five in Kharkov\, Ukraine. In 2003 he was awarded an Associated Board (ABRSM) full scholarship to study with No rma Fisher at the Royal Northern College of Music\, where he won many majo r awards including the coveted RNCM Gold Medal. His studies continued unti l 2010 on the first RNCM International Artist Diploma Course with the gene rous support of the Royal Northern College of Music\, the Musicians Benevo lent Fund's MBF Music Education Award\, the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund\, The Worshipful Company of Musicians and The Boi se Foundation. Slava is a member of the keyboard faculty at Chetham's Scho ol of Music.\n\nTonight's concert is part of the Dolmetsch Festival Centen ary Celebration\, a weekend of recorder workshops\, talks and recitals cel ebrating the centenary and legacy of the Dolmetsch Early Music Festival.\n \nThe Dolmetsch Early Music Festival\, also known as the Haslemere Festiva l\, was founded in 1925 by Arnold Dolmetsch\, Carl Dolmetsch's father\, wh o was largely responsible for the revival of the recorder\, both as a ser ious concert instrument\, and as an instrument which made early music acce ssible to amateur performers. He went on to promote the recorder as an ins trument for teaching music in schools. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://haslemerefestival.org.uk/wp-content/uplo ads/2025/02/Orton-Sidorenko-4x3-reduced-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Classical Concerts,Music LOCATION:St Christopher's Church\, Christopher's Green\, Haslemere\, GU27 1DD\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Christopher's Green\, Hasle mere\, GU27 1DD\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Christophe r's Church:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR