Friday 25th July 2008
Concert 3
“Widerstehe doch der Sünde” (Cantata no. 54) – Bach Sam Penkett
Siciliano (Flute Sonata no. 2) – Bach (transcribed Wilhelm Kempff) Fr Luke
Andante cantabile (Pastorale) – Bach (transcribed Dinu Lipatti)
In darkness let me dwell Sam Penkett
Were every thought an eye – Dowland
Flow my tears
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel Fr Luke
Lamentations of Jeremiah – Zelenka Sam Penkett
Suite no. 2 in C minor – William Croft Fr Luke
Che farň senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice) – Gluck Sam Penkett
SAM PENKETT Counter Tenor
Fr LUKE Keyboard
Sam
Penkett is well known
to Guernsey music lovers, having participated in the series
of Summer Concerts at St Matthew's since their inception
and has also performed in Austria, Belgium, the Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Poland and Spain. Sam was born
in Essex and has sung at Chelmsford Cathedral, first as
treble and then as choral scholar. He is now a lay clerk at
Guildford Cathedral. Having first studied in Essex with
Peter Nardone, he now enjoys the tutelage of Timothy
Travers Brown and Ashley Stafford. Sam has recently
graduated from Trinity College of Music, London, where he
had been awarded a full scholarship. Sam has sung with
numerous choirs in such prestigious venues as St Paul's and
St James' Palace, London, and has sung several times before
royalty.
Fr Luke is a solitary
priest-monk of the Orthodox community at the Monastčre
Sainte-Présence, in Brittany. In a former life (!) he
studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London,
where he was awarded all the major piano prizes and
scholarships, including the Worshipful Company of
Musicians’ Silver Medal. He is a Fellow of Trinity
College of Music and has broadcast on radio and
television