Chamber Concerts

Over 40 years of world class performances from internationally acclaimed artists and rising stars alike.

Our 2011-12 Thursday Evening Subscription Series welcomes the Sitkovetsky Trio, countertenor Michael Chance and pianist Ronald Brautigam for some magical chamber music-making.

 

Lent Term

Sitkovesky Trio and Friends

Thursday, 2 February, 8pm


Ravel  
Duo Sonata for Violin and Cello
 
Brahms 
Piano Trio No.2 in C major, Op.87
 
Franck
Piano Quintet in F minor
 
http://www.sitkovetskytrio.com/


Jack Liebeck, violin
Katya Apekisheva, piano :
Jim and Helen Ede Concert

Thursday, 9 February, 8pm


Brahms 
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78
 
Szymanowski 
Three Myths, Op.30
 
Bridge 
Violin Sonata, H.183
 
Tchaikovsky 
Valse-scherzo in C major, Op.34
 
http://www.jackliebeck.com/
http://www.katyaapekisheva.com/


Adam Walker, flute
James Baillieu, piano

Thursday, 16 February, 8pm


Martinu
Scherzo, H.174a

Barber
Canzone, Op.38a

Schubert
Variations on Trockne Blumen in E minor, D.802

Bartók
Suite Paysanne Hongroise

Messiaen
Vocalise-étude and Le merle noir

Poulenc
Sonata for flute and piano (1957), Op.164

http://www.ycat.co.uk/adam-walker
http://www.ycat.co.uk/james-baillieu


Ronald Brautigam, piano

Thursday, 23 February, 8pm


Beethoven 
Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathétique'
15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat 'Eroica Variations', Op.35 
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 'Appassionata'
 
http://www.ronaldbrautigam.com/


Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Simon Lepper, piano

Thursday, 1 March, 8pm


Brahms
Dein Blaues Auge
Wir Wandelten
Botschaft
Von Ewiger Liebe
 
Duparc
Chanson Triste
Extase
Au Pays où se fait la guerre
L' invitation au voyage
Phydilé
 
Grieg
6 Songs, Op.48
 
Scottish Songs to include
Coming through the Rye (arr. Clare Liddell)
Ca' the Yowes (arr. Clare Liddell)
Lady Ann Bothwells Lament (trad.)
Eriskay Love Lilt (Marjorie Kennedy Fraser)
 
http://www.maxinerobertson.com/


 

 

Easter Term

Sitkovestsky Trio and Friends

Thursday, 26 April, 8pm


Debussy 
Petite Suite for 4 hands
 
Dvorák 
Piano Trio in F minor, Op.65

Ravel
Duo Sonata for Violin and Cello

Fauré  
Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor, Op.45
 
http://www.sitkovetskytrio.com/


Allan Clayton, tenor

James Baillieu, piano

Thursday, 3 May, 8pm


Britten
Canticle I

Purcell arr. Britten
Job's Curse
Man is for the Woman
I attempt from love's sickness
In the black dismal dungeon of despair
Music for a while (arr. Tippett)
An Evening Hymn

Schubert settings of Goethe
Meeres Stille
Der Fischer, D.225
Erster Verlust
An den Mond, D193
Rastlose Liebe, D.138
Liebhaber in allen Gestalten
Schäfers Klagelied
Wandrers Nachtlied I ('Der du von dem Himmel bist'), D.224, Op.4, No.3

Britten
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
 
http://www.allanclayton.com/
http://juliusdrake.com/


London Haydn Quartet

Thursday, 10 May, 8pm


Haydn
Quartet in A major, Op.9, No.6

Haydn
Quartet in B minor, Op.33, No.1

Beethoven
Quartet in D major, Op.18, No.3

http://www.londonhaydnquartet.co.uk/


Bartosz Woroch, violin

Robert Thompson, piano

Thursday, 17 May, 8pm


Mozart
Violin Sonata in E flat major, K.380

Szymanowki
Myths, Op.30 (1915) 

Mozart
Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304
 
Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 (1918)


Lara Melda, piano
Winner of BBC Young Musician 2010

Thursday, 24 May, 8pm


Beethoven
Sonata in D minor, Op.32, No.2 'Tempest'
 
Rachmaninov
Prelude in D, Op.23, No.4
Etude Tableau in G minor, Op.33, No.8
Etude Tableau in E flat, Op.33, No.7

Debussy
Reflets Dans L'eau (from Images, Serie 1)
Prelude: Minstrels (Book I, No.12) 

Messiaen
No.15 from Vingt regards sure l'Enfant-Jesus, 'Le baiser de l'enfant-Jesus'

Chopin
Etude in A minor, Op.25, No.11
Etude in A flat major, Op.25, No.1
Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23


 

Ronald Brautigam

 

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