Recital: ‘We’ll Meet Again’
Wind and Words

The Programme

Chris Hooker – clarinet
Valerie Fry – poetry
Dimitri Kennaway – piano

We’ll Meet Again

Newsreel of Embarkation

Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye

Siegfried Line

Autobiography

Moonlight Serenade

Temporary Rules at Richmond Golf Club in 1940

There’ll Always Be An England

Plymouth

In The Mood

Picture from The Blitz

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

El Alamein

Sing As We Go

The Soldiers at Lauro

Kiss Me Goodnight

Goodbye

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Dear John

I’ll Be Seeing You

Vergissmeinnicht

Lilli Marlene

American Guidelines When In England

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Lie in the Dark and Listen

Bless ‘em All

Freddie

Normandy

As Time Goes By

Until Belsen

White Cliffs of Dover

The Artists

Wind and Words is a recital of clarinet, piano and poetry. Today’s programme ‘We’ll Meet Again’ is based on the Second World War which provides the link between the music and the words. It combines tunes of the period with a variety of poems, weaving them into one continuous performance. Also in their repertoire are: ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ about World War One, ‘Come Fly with Me’, and ‘Arrivederci Roma’ on the topic of travel, ‘Let there be Love’ on the theme of romance, ‘Singing in the Rain’ about weather, and ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’, in celebration of the festive season. Wind and Words performs regularly in libraries, churches, museums, WIs, care homes and lunch clubs. There is more information at www.windandwords.com Enquiries to valerie@windandwords.com or 07960 794737

As a poet, Valerie Fry has given readings with the poetry group Sound Crew across the country. Originally a Drama and English teacher, she now combines her interest in writing with performance. Her play ‘A Game of Two Halves’ won BBC Radio Five Live’s playwriting competition in 2006. In 2013, and again in 2015, she was commended in the Hippocrates Poetry Prize and has been a prize winner in other national competitions.

Chris Hooker’s career has been in Music Education both as a teacher and a manager. Now he devotes his time to playing, arranging and conducting. He is the leader of River City Saxes, a saxophone quartet in which he plays soprano sax and is a member of the Barnes Concert Band and the Thames TV Big Band. He also plays saxophone and clarinet in ‘Saxswing’, a programme of music of the 1920’s to the 1950’s. www.rivercitysaxes.com www.saxswing.com

Dimitri Kennaway studied at the Royal College of Music from 1977 to 1980 and gave his Wigmore Hall debut in 1986, and subsequently performed at the Purcell Room, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Fairfield Hall. Recently, composition for the commercial sector has been an extensive part of his musical activities in addition to teaching private pupils. www.kennawaymusic.com