Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival, Makrigialos, Crete

P.A.C.T. Concerts

From time to time the Casa dei Mezzo Music Festival presents extra concerts in other countries for the benefit of P.A.C.T. [Pokhara Academy Children's Trust].

What is P.A.C.T.?

P.A.C.T. is a charity registered in the United Kingdom [registration number 1121568] and was set up to help support the Sahara Club Orphanage in Pokhara, Nepal. The patron of P.A.C.T. is Doreen Wells, Marchioness of Londonderry.

The Sahara Club Orphanage

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, and every year many children are cast out onto the streets because their families cannot afford to feed them. The aim of the Sahara Club Orphanage is to provide a home for some of these children, and to develop opportunities for them via football and other social programmes. At present the orphanage is home to 25 children aged 9-14. The building belongs to the local council but P.A.C.T. has now bought extra land with the money it raised in 2006 and is now hoping to finance a purpose-built orphanage with room for a further 5-10 children. P.A.C.T. also hopes to provide grants and the possibility of further education for children when they leave the orphanage at 18.

The Sahara Club Orphanage is based in the town of Pokhara and is run by the Sahara Club - a football club which finances many charitable projects. [In Nepalese the word 'Sahara' means 'open arms'] The orphanage's main funding comes from an annual football tournament and, along with the orphanage, the Sahara Club also funds other valuable projects including ...

Providing financial aid to schools [in 2007 the club gave Rs 50,000 to the Sahara Child Primary School].
Organising beautician training for women, to give them greater independence.
Building a public toilet to help keep the city clean.
Running a Public Health Centre. Unfortunately, due to lack of equipment and funding, this project could not be maintained but the Sahara Club does hope to continue it again in the future.

For more information please see the Sahara Club Academy website.

P.A.C.T. Recital CD

On Thursday 8th February 2007, international concert pianist and conductor Brian Stanborough gave a piano recital at St Bride's Church, London, and a CD is now available to purchase.

The CD features music by Bach, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Stanborough. Click on the track titles below to hear 30 second excerpts in MP3 format.

	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring [Bach]
	Nocturne No 3 'Lieberstraum' [Liszt]
	Petrarca Sonnet No 104 [Liszt]
	Petrarca Sonnet No 123 [Liszt]
	Danse Macabre [Saint-Saëns/arr]
	La vallée d'Obermann [Liszt]
	Les Jeux d'eau à la villa d'Este [Liszt]
	Valse Oublieé [Liszt]
	Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 [Liszt]
	Rhapsody on themes by George Gershwin [Stanborough]