On March 8th, 2025, on the occasion of International Women's Day, UDI Ferrara organized a reading-concert dedicated to women in music, with the pianist Maggie S Lorelli and actress Irene Guadagnini.
The event, which took place at Palazzo Naselli Crispi, had the patronage of the Municipality of Ferrara and was supported by the Consorzio di Bonifica Pianura of Ferrara and the Consortium for Gender Equality.
The reading-concert 'Soul of Women' consisted of piano works by under-represented female composers, together with readings about their lives delivered by Irene Guadagnini; the programme included Fiona's piece 'Flower Moon in Scorpio'.
On Sunday 9th March 2025, Thierry Maison, basset horn, and Ludmilla Bodo, piano, played works by Danzi, Schumann, Beethoven and Fiona T Frank, in a concert for "Les amis d'Orvès" at Domaine d'Orvès, near Toulon, S. France. This is an intimate venue which is surrounded by a 'remarkable garden' in La Vallette-du-Var.
"I will never forget the unique and elemental wellspring of energy that emanated from her cello sounds - as if from the core of the earth itself.... we miss her very much! I am deeply honoured to have written this for David to perform. It was wonderful to think of him playing as I wrote it and of course while painting a picture of Kate.
"The first few bars of the piece are a play on her name, 'Kate'. The nearest I could get to it was C A te (B) E. The repetition of these notes/letters of her name recur throughout the piece. I wanted to get some real harmony amid the melodic phrasing using double stops at times to give more intensity and density.
"The semiquaver bars on the last page represent the last moments of her life while on a respirator. This ending sees her ascend to an exalted state as she is drawn to the Light and at peace finally."
Part of a day of fundraising for the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA).
'The Green Family' (four movements) for piano trio
'One Voice : One Family' (four movements) for piano trio
'Rainy Autumn Day' for violin & piano
'Lan Y Mor' for violin & piano
'Blossoms gently falling' for violin & piano
'Nature in the Ruins' for solo violin
For further information, please contact Roslyn Aubrey, SaraAbseilJune28@gmail.com, 07495 324047
