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Tuesday (10th February)

6.00pm Festival Gala Opening Reception (invitation only)

Patrons, Artists, Sponsors, Celebrities and Guests, including the Mayor of Ealing in the company of our Guest of Honour:

HE The Polish Ambassador, Mr Witold Sobków

� Henryk Górecki: The hauntingly beautiful Szeroka Woda or “Broad Waters” performed by the London College of Music Choir

Ealing Studios Ealing Green W5 5EP

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Wednesday (11th February)

6.30pm Talking Heads discussion with

Roxana Panufnik (composer)

As a preface to this evening’s concert, Roxanna will be in conversation with our Artistic Director, Julian Gallant, discussing Music in Exile

Ealing Abbey Charlbury Grove, Ealing W5 2DY

7.30pm

(to about 9.30pm) Orchestral Concert English Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with: Twyford Academy

Conductor: Akira Mori

Soloists: Aristo Sham (piano) Charlie Lovell Jones (violin) Julie Price (bassoon)

The orchestra is joined by outstanding music pupils of Twyford Academy in our continuing outreach programme

The ECO is the most recorded chamber orchestra in history. Its warm sound meets the energy of three great soloists in an array of musical styles from three centuries:

� Andrej Panufnik: Jagiellonian Triptych � Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E min � William Boyce: Symphony No.4 in F � Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle

for violin and orchestra � Roxana Panufnik: Cantator and Amanda

for bassoon & string quartet � Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.38

in D "Prague"

Ealing Abbey Charlbury Grove, Ealing W5 2DY

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Thursday (12th February)

4.30pm

directly followed by Musical Improvisation

Talking Heads discussion with Robert Sholl (improviser)

In discussion with Julian Gallant, Robert will explain how he rediscovered the excitement of the silent movie era where movie scores were instant creations. He is a Professor at UWL and teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, and specialises in matching music to film and other live action activities

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

Following on

(to about 5.45pm) Musical Improvisation Robert Sholl follows his discussion with a live improvisation to two films

Robert will improvise music to two of James Sibley Watson’s earliest experimental silent films:

� The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), made with Melville Webber, based on the short story of Edgar Allen Poe, and

� Lot in Sodom (1932), based on the biblical story from Genesis 19

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

7.00pm

(to about 9.30pm) Film The Pianist (2002)

The film recalls the experiences of an unnamed Jewish musician trapped in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. He begins the war as a member of a happy family, living with his father, mother and two sisters; by the end, he has not only lost all of them, but has been forced to live like an animal, stuck in an attic and living on scraps, for fear of discovery.

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

7.45pm

(to about 9.45pm) Choral Concert Tenebrae Conductor: Nigel Short

The award winning choir Tenebrae contrast the pure beauty of music by Renaissance masters Palestrina and Victoria with the work of Pawel Lukaszewski, the contemporary Polish composer known worldwide for his ethereal settings of Latin text

The Ealing Polish Church 2 Windsor Road, Ealing W5 5PD

8.30pm

(doors open 8pm) Late Night Music at Ealing Club Rock and Blues

Tonight’s programme features the Ealing based trio Bob Knight and the London Gentlemen, a power group who play a mixture of classic rocking blues. It is also highly likely that some of their local musical pals will make an appearance …

The Red Room 42a Broadway, Ealing W5 2NP (opposite Ealing Broadway Station)

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Friday (13th February)

2.00pm

(then every 20 mins) Tours of Ealing Studios Pre-booked ticket-only tours

The Studios rarely open their doors to the public owing to their production and film schedules, but are keen to be involved in our festival. The tours will show what life in a very busy production complex is like. Subject to the day’s schedules, the Studio Management aims to take in as much of the historic site as possible, including some of the sound stages, props area and sets under construction that are used in the making of film and TV productions

Ealing Studios Ealing Green W5 5EP

6.00pm Talking Heads discussion with

Tasmin Little (violin virtuoso)

As a preface to our concert in St Barnabas Church, Tamsin will be in conversation with our Artistic Director, Julian Gallant, discussing the Sibelius Violin Concerto and her life as an internationally acclaimed soloist at the forefront of classical music

Brentham Club 38a Meadvale Road, Ealing W5 1NP

7.30pm

(to about 9.30pm) Orchestral Concert Ealing Youth Orchestra Soloist: Tasmin Little (violin) Conductor: Leon Gee The orchestra is being led in a masterclass workshop by Tasmin Little on 6th February as part of the festival’s continuing outreach programme

Ealing’s finest young musicians play big-hearted, Romantic music. Sibelius’ Violin Concerto is one of the most popular pieces of all time. Dvorak’s New World Symphony has that great “Hovis” tune. Mieczyslaw Karlowicz was a mature master from Poland whose music we are only now beginning to discover:

� Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Song of Eternal Being 3rd Eternal Songs Op10

� Jan Sibelius: Violin Concerto � Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No 9

“From the New World”

St Barnabas Church Pitshanger Lane, Ealing W5 1QG

7.30pm

(to about 9.30pm)

Film – in association with The Ealing Classic Cinema Club Camera Buff (1979)

This communist-era masterpiece by Krztysztof Kieślowski won major prizes in Poland, Russia and Germany. In a context of state censorship, it bravely explores one man’s obsession and how it conflicts with his family, life and work

Ealing Town Hall New Broadway, Ealing W5 2BY

8.30pm

(doors open 8pm) Late Night Music at Ealing Club Rock and Blues

Tonight’s programme features TJ 'Holyboy' Johnson and The Preachers who have been blowing away audiences at The Ealing Blues Festival, The Hanwell Hootie and West Ealing SoundBite Festival. They will play two sets – Classic Soul and then Blues and RnB

The Red Room 42a Broadway, Ealing W5 2NP (opposite Ealing Broadway Station)

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Saturday (14th February)

4.00pm

(to about 5.50pm) Film St. Trinian’s (2007)

This modern Ealing film is one of the highest grossing independent British films of all time

St Trinian's, a school for "young ladies" with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy. The film stars Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton, Colin Firth, Russell Brand, Lena Headly - to name but a few - and is a reboot of the earlier series of five films (1954 to 1980) based on the works of Ronald Searle.

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

7.30pm

(to about 9.30pm) Orchestral Concert Ealing Symphony Orchestra Soloist: Kristine Balanas (violin) Conductor: John Gibbons

Ealing’s very own orchestra will be performing once again, marking the anniversaries of Agincourt and Waterloo as well as performing a UK première

The ESO is reckoned to be one of the finest volunteer orchestras in the country. Tonight they play Roy Douglas’ 1936 orchestration of Chopin’s piano pieces for ballet, followed by the UK premiere of an early 20th century Violin Concerto. They then play Elgar’s rarely heard Polonia and close by marking the anniversaries of Agincourt and Waterloo with Walton’s shimmeringly brilliant music for cinema:

� Frederick Chopin: Les Sylphides � Mieczyslaw Vainberg: Violin Concerto

(UK Premiere) � Edward Elgar: Polonia � William Walton: Suite from Henry V

Ealing Town Hall New Broadway, Ealing W5 2BY

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Sunday (15th February)

11.30am

(to about 12.30pm) Community Choral Concert Love2Sing Conductor: Elizabeth Lusty

The choir will be performing very well known songs that cover a variety of styles including Big Band, Pop, Traditional Choral and Musical Theatre Pieces. You are bound to end up tapping your foot (and silently singing along)! The programme will include some solos as well as ensemble pieces. Come and hear our local community in action!

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

3.00pm

(to about 4.30pm) Chopin Piano Recital Julia Samojło

Award-winning piano recitalist Julia Samojło brings her musical versatility to the world of the great Romantic Polish-French composer. Enjoy lyricism and virtuosity in one arc of Romantic music:

� Nocturne in B flat minor op. 9 No. 1 � Nocturne in E flat major op. 9 No. 2 � Waltz in D flat major op. 64 No. 1 � Waltz in C sharp minor op. 64 No. 2 � Waltz in A flat major op. 64 No. 3 � Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60 � Polonaise in A major op. 40 No. 1 � Mazurka in B flat major op. 17 No. 1 � Mazurka in E minor op. 17 No. 2 � Mazurka in A flat major op. 17 No. 3 � Mazurka in F minor op. 17 No. 4 � Ballade No.3 in A flat Major op. 47 � Waltz in A flat major op. 34 No. 1 � Waltz in a minor op. 34 No. 2 � Waltz in F major op. 34 No. 3

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

7.30pm

(to around ... … who knows?)

Jazz Evening Tim Garland (saxophone) Sylwia Bialas (vovals) Asaf Sirkis (drums) and the Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet

An English/Polish Jazz Fest

Polish vocalist Sylvia Bialas and drummer Asaf Sirkis have toured the world, blending Polish song with an incredible array of jazz idiom. Their quartet is joined by their close friend Tim Garland, Britain’s No.1 reeds player

This will be our first jazz event in any of our festival programmes. We are sure that the combination of the very best of English and Polis jazz performers will prove to be a highlight of our 2015 festival and will be bringing it to a truly enjoyable close

University of West London Lawrence Hall St Mary’s Road, Ealing W5 5RF

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