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AUGUST
2007
Welcome to
our August newsletter.
This month we are featuring details of the
Chamber Music concerts taking place in September, the virtually
unknown beach of Gardeno and continuing our feature on
Corfiot recipes, this month why not try out Bourdeto – a spicy
Corfiot fish dish.
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This
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in the distance. Downstairs, there is a large open plan
living room/fitted kitchen/dining area with open fire, a
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bedrooms with the master bedroom en suite, a further
bathroom and a further sitting room with fireplace. Large
balconies dominate the front of the villa taking advantage
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GARDENO BEACH
The long
sandy beach of Gardeno
is a little gem which has remained undiscovered by most. It is
missed off most tourist itineraries but loved by the locals.
It’s a great place to go if you want to get away from it all!
The beach is
located approximately 37km south west of Corfu town, 2km from
the village of Vitalades and 4km from Lefkimmi. There are a
couple of tavernas and a bar.
Chamber Music Concerts on Corfu
The Corfu Festival 'Divertimenti in Corfu ' founded in 1991 will
be hosted once again on Corfu - its seventeenth consecutive
year. The programme of concerts will begin on 23 September.
There are
six concerts – two taking place in a picturesque setting in the
grounds of the Corfu Chandris Hotel in Dasia. Other concerts
will be held in beautiful private villas - unique evenings with
an informal social atmosphere ideal for listening to chamber
music.
Programme of
concerts:
Sunday 23
September - The Corfu Chandris Hotel Outdoor Theatre (Dasia)
Kocian
Quartet
Haydn - String Quartet op 77 no 2
Beethoven - String Quartet op 59 no 2 Razamovski
Smetana - String Quartet no 1 ‘From My Life’
Wednesday 26
September -Casa Lucia –
Kocian
Quartet, Jan Valta (violin), Karel Untermuller (viola), Daniela
Valtova Kosinova (harpsichord), Jarmila Kosinova (mezzo soprano)
Albinoni - Adagio
Pachelbel - Canon
Bach - Aria for Mezzo soprano and string quartet.
Bach - Double Concerto Pavel Hula, Jan Valta
Teleman - Viola Concerto Karel Untermuller
Pavel Hula - The Four Seasons
Friday 28
September - Villa Bouphides (Kommeno)
Gala concert
to celebrate 20 years of Chamber Music Holidays in Corfu and the
25th Anniversary of Chamber Music Holidays - Kocian Quartet,
Herold Quartet
Schubert - Quartetstatz
Dvorak - Quintet op 97 in E flat major
Mendelssohn - Octet op 20 in E flat major
Sunday 30
September - Villa Bouphides (Kommeno)
Herold
Quartet, Odysseas Karydis (clarinet), Daniela Valtova Kosinova
(piano), Jarmila Kosinova (mezzo soprano)
Prokofiev - Overture on a Hebrew Theme
Brahms- Two songs for Mezzo soprano, Viola, Piano
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581
Schubert - String Quartet in d minor “Death and the Maiden”
Monday 1
October - The Corfu Chandris Outdoor Theatre
Herold
String Quartet and Jarmila Kosinova (mezzo soprano)
Mozart - String Quartet K575 in D major
Bizet – Arias from Carmen for mezzo soprano and string quartet,
Dvorak -op 105 in E flat major
Wednesday 3 October - St George’s Country Club (Acharavi)
Herold
String Quartet
Smetana – String Quartet no.2
Ravel - String Quartet
Dvorak - String Quartet op 96 in F major ‘American’
For further
information contact:
Vivienne Pittendrigh - Chamber Music Holidays and Festivals.
E-mail:
info@chambermusicholidays.com or
cmhf@otenet.gr
Website:
http://www.chambermusicholidays.com/
LOCAL
CORFIOT SPECIALITIES
 Following
on from last month’s recipe of ‘Cockerel Pastichada’ here’s
another Corfiot specialty to enjoy…Bourdeto is a
fish dish – the fish being cooked in a tomato sauce with onion,
garlic and red spicy pepper. The best fish for Bourdeto is the
black scorpion fish; however you will also find the same dish
containing fillets of a larger kind of fish.
INGREDIENTS
(Serves 4)
-
1200g
Scorpion fish
(black if possible)
-
250g
olive
oil
-
4 medium sized
onions
(finely sliced)
-
spicy
red pepper
(depending on your taste)
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1
soupspoon of tomato puree
-
lemon
juice
(optional)
-
water (enough to cover the fish)
METHOD
Heat the
olive oil in a saucepan and add the onion, red pepper, and salt.
Sauté until the onion starts to soften. Dissolve the tomato
paste in a little water and add to the pan. Continue cooking
until the onion becomes soft and translucent (about 5-8
minutes). Add the water and when it comes to a boil, add the
fish, larger in the middle and the smaller at the sides. Cover
the pot and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add lemon
juice (if desired), remove from the heat, and serve.
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