2nd June 1995 SS
Work of a blind composer will be rare performance in church recital.
(7.30pm).
It’s by Petronella Dit[t]mer (pictured) the Bristol-born violinist whose repertoire covers music from early plainsong to the present day, and includes newly-commissioned works and performances on period instruments.
Prizewinner
Petronella began her musical education at Westonbirt School, where she gained her ARCM Piano Performers Diploma. She then won an opera scholarship to the Royal College of Music, where she was a prizewinner.
Performances throughout Britain, France and Scandinavia were followed by tours of the United States, Canada and Hong Kong, and in 1991 Petronella was granted the Freedom of the City of London and clothed with the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.
Quite a record. Add to it the directorship of the Music in Churches scheme, and the artistic directorships of Lacock Abbey recitals and of Festivals at her home, Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, and it’s obvious that Petronella is a musician of the first magnitude.
Her programme is of surprising interest: Bach, Purcell, Arne, Mendelssohn and Cesar Franck might be expected. But what of Maurice Greene, Matthew Camidge, Arthur Somervell and J. H. Flocco?
And there’s one item that’s as rare as they come— the Sicilienne of the blind composer Maria Theresa Paradis, friend of Mozart.
Tickets for the Sandon recital can be obtained from Sandon Estate Office (01889 508347) or from Sandon Village Stores.
Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD
