01/06/2026
On Saturday we had to pleasure of a special performance by Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy for Johnnie Shand Kydd’s exhibition Ramsholt to TKE Studios in Margate.
Pavel and Samson created the most beautiful programme of music in response to Johnnie’s photography:
Alle Menschen müßen sterben,
Alles Fleisch vergeht wie Heu;
Was da lebet, muß verderben,
Soll es anders werden neu.
All people must die,
All flesh passes away like grass;
Whatever lives must perish,
If it is to become new again.
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
Piano Sonata No. 6
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
“Raindrop” Prelude, Op. 28 No. 15
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
in arrangement by György Kurtág (born 1926) for four hands
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643
Aus tiefer Not schrei’ ich zu dir, BWV 687
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina, BWV 106
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Le sacre du printemps for four hands
Part 1: L’adoration de la terre
Introduction
Augures printaniers – Danses des adolescentes
Jeu du rapt
Rondes printanières
Jeu des cités rivales
Cortège du Sage
L’adoration de la Terre (Le Sage)
Danse de la Terre
Part 2: Le sacrifice
Introduction
Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes
Glorification de l’élue
Évocation des ancêtres
Action rituelle des ancêtres
Danse sacrale
Huge thank you to and for the most beautiful and moving performance
Thankyou to the incredible team at YAMAHA for lending, bringing, tuning and lifting the piano.
And lastly thankyou to Johnnie Shand Kydd for his moving photographs and for curating such a stunning exhibition.
