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News 30 Dec 2008 Jacquelyn Hynes' blog started. Read Here. 3rd May 2008 The first awards have been made! Read here. Review from Early Music Review no. 123, Feb 2008 On St. Cecilia’s Day, 22 November, the Cadogan Hall saw another concert in Katherine’s memory. This was also a launch for the new charity for musicians set up in her memory — the Get a Life Fund, dedicated to funding sabbaticals for musicians, something that Katherine herself was able to do, following a private donation, in the year before her untimely death. This concert was also Catherine Mackintosh’s celebration of her own 60th birthday, for which she revived her group, The Catherine Wheel, after a gap of about 10 years since their two Wigmore Hall concerts. I am not sure what the collective noun of Catherines might be (calling it a ‘cattery’ might get me a slap), but this mixed programme of JS and CPE Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart gave these 5 Catherines, 3 Katharines, 2 Katherines, Cecilia Catherine, Katie, Katy, Kathryn, Katharina and Katrina ample chance to shine. Particularly notable were Katy Bircher in CPE Bach’s A major Flute Concerto (with a gorgeous extended Largo con sordini and concluded with one of the most beautiful cadenzas I have ever heard, making a magical use of silence) and Katharine Fuge, soprano, singing Bach cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten and Vivaldi’s Nulla in mundo pax sincera. And, of course, the birthday girl herself, in sparkling form. The words of both the vocal works contained references to ‘chaste love’, something that not all musicians strive for, although the linked references to ‘uncertainty and change’ and the ‘contented soul’ were particularly apposite on this occasion. The last word was given to Katherine McGillivray, with encores featuring her own attractive, and very Scottish, compositions. It says something for the twin focuses of this concert that there was such a good turn out from other professional musicians. Andrew Benson-Wilson
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23rd November 2007. The Fund was launched in blazing style by Catherine Mackintosh and her Catherine Wheel on 22nd November at the Cadogan Hall, London. The finest Catherines in the early music world banded together and celebrated the life of Katherine McGillivray, and gave the Fund a suitably fiery start. Reviews and photos of the launch will be posted here soon. 22 November 2007. Hear Classic FM's Bob Jones talking with Alison McGillivray and Catherine Mackintosh about why musicians need sabbaticals in the Classic FM special feature on the Get a Life Fund: Daily Arts Podcast, 22nd November 2007 http://www.classicfm.co.uk/sectional.asp?id=17535 Catherine Wheel Concert & launch of the Get a Life Fund 22nd November 2007, Cadogan Hall, London, 7.30pm Programme, with Catherine Mackintosh directing a band of Catherines, includes: The details for this concert are at http://www.cadoganhall.com/showpage.php?pid=508 |
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