News and Coming Events
Monday 10th November 2008 at 7:30pm
a Spectacular evening of Classical Music and Dance from India
in aid of the Mathieson Music Trust and School
Cellist Anup Kumar Biswas plays with a troupe of outstanding Indian artistes now touring the UK
Sandip Mallick
Kathak Dancer
Pandit Debojyoti Bose
Sarod
Chiranjit Mukherjee
Tabla
St. John's Church, Lansdowne Crescent, London
There will be a licensed bar - for information and booking contact Mrs Agnes Biswas TEL: 07768-720124 OR 0208-960-5889
RECENT CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN AID OF THE TRUST
Friday 13th June
2008
Party food at 6pm-6:50pm
Concert at 7pm at
St. James Independent School
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
Earsby Street, Kensington Olympia, London W14 8 SH T:020 7348 1777
by kind permission of the Headmaster Mr Paul Moss
Suggested Donation Tickets:£10-£20-£30-£40-£50
(tax payers can donate with Giftaid forms)
Saturday 14th
June 2008
Concert at 7:30pm at
St. John's Church Notting Hill
Lansdowne Crescent, London W11 2NN
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
www.stjohnsnottinghill.com
By kind permission of Revd. Fr. William Taylor
Suggested donation for concert:£10
Suggested donation for concert and food £20
(tax payers can donate with Giftaid forms)
Sunday 15th June
2008
Concert at 6:30pm at
The Parish of St. Mary the Virgin
London Road, Datchet, Berkshire, SL3 9JW
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
www.stmarysdatchet.org.uk
Suggested Donation Tickets:£10
(tax payers can donate with Giftaid forms)
For information and booking contact Mrs Alyson Edwards T: 01753 549574
Friday, 20th
June
Concert at 7.00pm at
Norbury Parish Church
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
No charge for entry. There will be a retiring collection.
Saturday 21st June 2008
Concert at 7.30pm at
Stratford Methodist Church
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
Tickets:£10 £5 for students
(any donation above the ticket price can be gift aided)
For information and booking contact Mrs Kath Bigland 01789- 205 177 e-mail kathbigland@yahoo.co.uk
Sunday 22nd June 2008
Concert at 3.00pm at
The Alexander Youngman Music Centre
Rugby High School for Girls, Longrood Road, Rugby,
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK)
CV23 7RE
Tickets:£10 £5 for students
(any donation above the ticket price can be gift aided)
For information and booking contact Mrs Angela Youngman Stewart Tel: 01788 812252
Sunday, 8 June, 2008
Garden Buffet Supper and soirée musicale
7.30 for 8.00 at Poulton House, nr. Cirencester Glos.
Cocktails and Supper in the garden with a varied programme of musical entertainment by three outstanding international artists,:
Anup Kumar Biswas (cello), Maria Jagusz (mezzo soprano) and American baritone Donald Boothman, accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano) and Kay Boothman (tanpoora)
Saturday, June 7th,
2008, at 7.30 pm
50th Gala Concert and Buffet Dinner
to be held in the garden of the Old Manor Gallery, Brent Knoll
Donald Boothman (Baritone, USA) and Anup Kumar Biswas (Cello, India/UK) accompanied by Chris Thompson (piano, UK) will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Cole Porter, Tagore, Biswas and others, in a program spanning 300 years of music from the East and the West.
Saturday 3 May,
2008
at St.Paul's Church, Bedford St, Covent Garden, London WC2
Music Against Poverty
Boccherini Cello Concerto - Eternity's Sunrise (Campling) - Mozart Requiem
with the London Docklands Singers, Thames Chamber Choir, the Choir of the London School of Economics, and the Marcel Sinfonia
Anup Kumar Biswas, cello
Emily Leroux-Rutledge, soprano; Kath Wright, alto; Paul Martyn -West, tenor; Meurig Davies, bass
Andrew Campling - conductor
Charity Gala
Saturday 17th November 2007
at St John's Church
concert, drinks, dinner and more to celebrate a Special Birthday for Anup Kumar Biswas
in aid of The Mathieson Music Trust and St John's Church, Notting Hill, London
at St.Paul's Church, Bedford St, Covent Garden, London WC2
Music Against Poverty
a concert in aid of the Mathieson Music Trust
conductor - Andrew Campling
cellist - Anup Kumar Biswas
with the London Docklands Singers
Thames Chamber Choir
the Choir of the London School of Economics,
and the Marcel Sinfonia
June/July fundraising
Concert Tour Summer 2006. Three weeks of venues all over England and
Wales, in aid of the Mathieson Trust
with Anup Kumar Biswas (cello) Donald Boothman (baritone, USA) Jerry Noble (piano,USA) and Samantha Noble (soprano,USA)
a varied musical programme ranging from Bach to Broadway, with a bit of Indian raga and trad jazz thrown in.
Children and staff from Dauntsey’s School, Wiltshire, England, visited the Mathieson Music School as a cultural and educational exchange, from 21 - 29 October, 2005
"The late Reverend Father Theodore Mathieson was one of the most remarkable musical missionaries that Kolkata has seen. With his cello and his Beecham-like wit, he was a charismatic presence who created a new generation of musicians with a love for Bach and the classical world. His most famous pupil has been the cellist Anup Kumar Biswas, now a great champion of East-West fusion who has created the Mathieson Music School in Kolkata to perpetuate the name of his guru. The Mathieson school has now teamed up with the Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, UK, and teachers and instrumentalists from that school come and teach at the Mathieson school and also enable their leading musicians like Mitali Makahal (violinist) and Dipak Sapui (cellist) to get international exposure.Jointly the two schools gave a concert at Kala Mandir, primarily to present a progress report from this unique institution but also to present the Mathieson-Dauntsey chorus and the orchestra. It was an evening of variety entertainment that was wholesome and enjoyable. The highlights apart from the solo cello recital of Anup Biswas were the duet from Mozart's Magic Flute by Charlotte Hargreaves and Steve Graney, sung in English. Dipak Sapui, cello, gave indications that another Biswas may be in the making. There were excerpts from Handel, Marcello, Vivaldi and Shostakovich. The large Kala Mandir audience enthusiastically cheered this concert which augers well for Kolkata's western classical scene. "
13 OCTOBER 2005 Dauntsey's School in Wiltshire, England, hosted an Indian Banquet for the Mathieson Music School.
Friday, 17th June, 2005
with musical entertainment by Anup Kumar Biswas (cello), Donald Boothman (baritone) Patrick Bashford (guitar) Susan Black (soprano) and Christopher Thompson (piano)
Biswas ----Boothman ----Bashford-----Blackxxx Thompson
Saturday, 29th January, 2005, 6.00 pm St. John’s Church, Lansdowne Crescent, London W11
A 10th Anniversary Celebration of the foundation of THE MATHIESON TRUST India and the United Kingdom, THE MATHIESON MUSIC SCHOOL, Kolkata and 10th death Anniversary of late Reverend Father Theodore Mathieson
Edward Harper, Bass Baritone - Cosmopolitan Philharmonic Orchestra - Nick Griffith’s Jazz Band - Pirishanna Thevarajan - Indian Percussion maestro extraordinaire, and world renowned cellist Anup Kumar Biswas - founder trustee
The following concerts have taken place in 2004, in aid of the TrustDIVALI EVENING
Friday, 19 November, 2004 Indian Cello: Anup Kumar Biswas
accompanied on mridangam by ace percussionist PirashannaThevarajah Programme includes percussion duet, with jazz drummer Sean willmot, and Indian/Jazz Fusion Music.
MATHIESON MUSIC SCHOOL TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Kalamandir (concert hall) Calcutta/Kolkata
Saturday, 30th October 2004
Students from Christ's Hospital (UK) school orchestra, choir and marching band together with the Mathieson Music School orchestra
St John’s, Smith Square, London
I MAESTRI
Matthew Boynick, George Hlawiczka conductor
Anup Kumar Biswas cello
Dvorak Symphony no.7 op.70; Cello Concerto op.104; Carnival Overture op.92
Quinton Methodist Church, Halesowen, West Midlands
Saturday 26 June, 2004
Concert with cellist Anup Kumar Biswas, plus Gospel Group and Jazz Quintet
An evening of famous classical pieces and popular music
Devizes Town Hall, Wilts.
Wednesday, 30 June, 2004
The White Horse Opera concert featuring Anup Kumar Biswas and bass Edward Harper
