New CD release

The Flute Playing of Laurie Kennedy (1946 - 1970) Memorial Double CD

Laurie grew up in Speen, Aylesbury. As a child he showed great musical promise and went on to study with William Bennett, Geoffrey Gilbert at the GSMD, and Marcel Moyse in Switzerland, where he was awarded the Marcel Moyse Prize. Laurie was principal flute with the Hallé Orchestra and later, at the age of 21, became principal flute with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he performed several concertos, including the Ibert flute concerto. He also gave a number of solo and chamber BBC radio broadcasts. After this remarkable start to his career his life was tragically cut short in a car crash near Boulogne.

A Double CD, solo and orchestral, in memory of Laurie Kennedy, is now being released to revive the memory of his outstanding playing for those who knew him and to bring the unique brilliance and vitality of his playing to flute players and other audiences since his time.

The solo CD includes "Brandenburg Concerto no. 5" in the original version, followed by the jazz version with the famous "Jacques Loussier Trio" and also features Laurie, aged 19, playing Chopin's "Variations on a Theme by Rossini" and Debussy's "Syrinx", in duet with a local owl!

The orchestral CD includes performances which especially feature flute solos in the orchestral repertoire, with Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe", the second movement of Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony", excerpts from Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel" and Bizet's "Carmen Suite".

If you wish to order the double CD, please post an order, including:

your name
your address
your telephone or fax number
the number of copies you wish to order
a cheque payable to "Laurie Kennedy Memorial Scholarship" (suggested minimum per single pack: £10 + £1.50 p&p in the UK,  rest of world p&p £3.00)

to:

Laurie Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
40 Woodlands Avenue
London N3 2NR
United Kingdom
Tel/Fax:  +44 (0)20 8371 0608

All proceeds will be donated to the charity "Accord International", to aid the new music centre for children in Mostar, Bosnia.

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