Concerts Originaux Des Amis

Fundraising concert for Concert Originaux Des Amis (CODA), registered Music Charity (no.286544) based in Tunbridge Wells, and St.

Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook.

This special concert will be divided into two parts.

The first longer half features a recital from the superbly talented up and coming guitarist Hope Cramsie.

The second half will be the premiere of a new work for Flute and piano by St.

Dunstan's Music Director Michael Bascom, accompanying local flautist Lucy McIntyre.Hope Cramsie is a versatile classical guitarist and theorbo player based in London.

Her performances showcase a diverse repertoire ranging from renditions of Renaissance music to the premiering of brand new works, and highlight the lyricism and sensitivity of her instrument.

Fast establishing herself as an up and coming performer, Hope has given solo recitals at the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room, Buxton International Festival and St James Piccadilly.

She has featured regularly in the International Guitar Foundation's concert series, including performances at Kings Place during the London Guitar Festival in 2021.Hope graduated from the undergraduate course at the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours, part of which included an Erasmus exchange at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Jesper Sivebaek.

Afterwards she completed her masters with Distinction at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Antigoni Goni and Xavier Diaz Latorre, before returning to the RCM to complete an Artist Diploma where she studied guitar with Gary Ryan and Chris Stell, and theorbo with Jakob Lindberg, supported by the Elmley Foundation, and as an RCM Ian Evans Lombe scholar, Help Musicians Postgraduate Award holder and Julian Bream Trust Scholar.This concert is kindly supported by The Countess of Munster Trust.Miguel Llobet (1878-1938) 3 Catalan Folk Songs - El testament d'Amelia, Canco del lladre, El MestreFrancis Poulenc (1899-1963) SarabandeGermaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) GuitareLaura Snowden (b. 1989) This Changing SkyFederico Mompou (1893-1987) Suite Compostelana I.

Preludio II.

Coral III.

Cuna IV.

Recitativo V.

Cancion VI.

MunieraAugustin Barrios Mangore (1885-1944) Un Sueno en la FlorestaTicket price includes a free drink in the interval.

All profits will be split equally between CODA and St.

Dunstan's.