2015 Festival Programme

Welcoming the Blythe ‘Quintet’!  With special guest Barry Graham.

 

Here is the programme for the forthcoming Serenata Kriti 2015 Festival.  See below for details on how to purchase tickets; unfortunately tickets are not available to buy online this year due to Paypal restrictions in Greece.

 

Wednesday 16th September
Aidoni Taverna, Megala Chorafia, 1830
With delicious after show dinner served on the terrace (please see important note below re menu choice).
€20 including dinner.

Mozart – Divertimento in F Major K.138
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A K.581
“Invitation to the Dance” featuring works by Boccherini, Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak…

Tickets on sale at The Pear Tree, Almyrida/ Jon the Butcher, Vamos/ Crete Island Estates, Kalyves.

IMPORTANT: The after show dinner is a set menu, but there is a choice of main course: pork steak, chicken fillet, or vegetarian stuffed vegetables.  To ensure you will have the meal of your choice please email: serenata.kriti@gmail.com

 

Friday 18th September
Pandelis Prevelakis Hall, Rethymno, 2030
€12 (students €5)

Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A K.581
Dvorak String Quartet No.14 in Ab major Op.105

Tickets available at the door.

 

Saturday 19th September
Centre of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania (Arsenali), 2030
€12 (students €5)

Haydn String Quartet in Bb major “Sunrise”
Webern Langsamer Satz
Schubert String Quartet “Death and the Maiden”

Tickets on sale from Crete Island Estates, Kalyves, and at the door.

 

All profits go to the Paediatric Ward, Chania for much needed medical equipment.

Thank you for your support.

2014 Festival raises €700 for Chania Hospital

We are delighted to let you know that the profits from the September 2014 Serenata Kriti Festival raised €700 with which we were able to buy, at the request of the Paediatric Team in Chania Hospital, an oxygen machine which monitors the amount of oxygen in the blood, and two thermometers specially designed for babies and children. The photo shows the lovely consultant and some of his team. We will continue this relationship with future festivals.

SERENATA KRITI IN THE NEWS

We were delighted by this article about the festival in Kritiki Epitheorisi!

SERENATA KRITI – SPREADING THE LOVE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC.

Serenata Kriti is a new cultural activity started by two English ladies who live on our island and who want to share their passion for classical music with their Cretan friends.  Serenata Kriti aims to hold concerts mainly in Western Crete as these two ladies live in the Apokoronas area.

Last year the first concerts were held with great success in Apokoronou, Chania and Rethymnon, and this year in May will be held again in the same areas.

Moira Webber and Janelle Tressider, together with Gabriel Gavrilakis, spoke to Team FM about the aims of Serenata Kriti.

The two ladies have had professional experience in the world of music and also with radio and television in England so, as they now reside in Crete, decided to share their passion for classical music with their Cretan friends, especially as they have the knowledge and the contacts overseas.  The Serenata Kriti group’s aim is the spreading of classical music, so well known artists of paneuropean fame have been enlisted to give concerts in Crete.

“We will have the opportunity to listen to world reknowned musicians here in Crete without having to travel overseas” noted Mr. Gavrilakis.

Mrs. Webber also noted that the first festivals held last year showed that there is a great following of classical music here in Crete and that it’s great success was appreciated by the performing musicians.

Serenata Kriti aims to donate all proceeds of these concerts to philanthropic institutions – last year’s proceeds were given to the Red Cross.

Moira Webber, who has lived in Crete for over 2 years and Janelle Tressider for 5 years, noted that the present economic crisis the country is going through, with people struggling to survive, is one of the main reasons that lead them to organise these festivals, so as to give the population some pleasure in these difficult times.  As their incomes come from overseas, their lives are not as much affected by the present crisis, but they do realise what their friends are going through.  However, they said without hesitation, that they would recommend Crete to any of their overseas friends who might be thinking of moving, as it is a country they have come to love, along with its people.

Comments from the last festival

“What a treat to be presented with such accomplished musicians playing to such an appreciative audience! The programme was chosen well to appeal to all tastes. The setting was beautiful, outdoors under huge trees. An enthusiastic “Thank you” to the musicians for a superb evening. They MUST return!” -Clive

“I thought the concert was terrific and the quartet soldiered valiantly through a hot evening’s work to provide immense pleasure to the audience.” -Jerry Glover

“Superb concert in Rethymno. We were amazed that the Blythe String Quartet is such a recent creation as there was so much understanding and empathy between you all.” -Eveleen & Bob Wright

“Terrific evening in Xania last night. Many thanks to the organisers.” -Peter Bowen