Concerts
Our 2011/12 season featured six classical concerts, listed below, and two lunchtime workshops.
Click here for details of the 2010/11 season's concerts.
Click here for details of the 2009/10 season's concerts.
Sunday 9 October 2011 at 3.00pm
Maggini String Quartet
The Maggini Quartet is renowned for its championship of British repertoire. International awards include 'Gramophone Chamber Music CD of the Year', a Cannes Classical Award and 'Diapason d'Or' of the year. Appearing regularly in prestigious concert series, the ensemble also makes frequent media broadcasts.
"A wonderful blend of radiance and wit" – Daily Telegraph
- Haydn – Quartet Op. 54 no. 1 in G major
- Frank Bridge – Quartet no. 4
- Mendelssohn – Quartet Op. 80 in F minor
See the quartet's website for more details.
Sunday 6 November 2011 at 11.30pm
Workshop with London Brass Symposium
The London Brass Symposium will be presenting this workshop from 11.30 to 12.30. They will be introducing the workshop participants to each of the instruments individually, and there will be appropriate musical references from the Carnival of the Animals, Scooby Doo and Star Wars, to name a few.
Workshop to which adults with learning difficulties are welcome.
See the London Brass Symposium's website for more details.
Sunday 6 November 2011 at 3.00pm
London Brass Symposium
The London Brass Symposium Brass Quintet is an ensemble of professional musicians whose wide and varied experience has covered everything from Orchestra and Opera to West End Shows, Big Bands, Jazz and Sessions. This myriad of experience is particularly important given the nature of music written for Brass Quintet which covers every style and period imaginable.
- Daniel Speer – Die Bankelsangerlieder
- William Blezard – Suite for Brass Quintet
- Victor Ewald – Symphony for Brass Choir Op. 5
- J S Bach – Suite for Solo Tuba (arr. M Easener, based on Bach Cello Suite no. 1 BWV 1007
- Malcolm Arnold – Quintet for 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
- J Herman – Overture to Mack and Mabel (arr. M Easener)
- Joseph Horovitz – Selection from 'Music Hall Suite for Brass Quintet
- G F Handel – The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. R Harvey)
- G Gershwin – A Foggy Day (arr. Holcombe)
- Chris Hazell – 'Struth!' for Brass Quintet
See the London Brass Symposium's website for more details.
Sunday 11 December 2011 at 3.00pm
Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir
The Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir was founded in 1998 by its Musical Director Stephen Shellard. The choir comprises about 30 voices of men and women from around the diocese of Worcester. The choir sings services regularly in Worcester Cathedral, performs at various venues and has recorded several CDs.
A programme of Christmas music and seasonal readings.
See the Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir website
Sunday 15 January 2012 at 3.00pm
The York Waits
Tudor Music from Court and Country performed on period wind, stringed and brass instruments. The programme explores 100 years of lively dance from 1485 through to the death of Elizabeth 1st.
The York Waits have performed together for over 30 years and played extensively throughout Britain, Europe and America. They have produced ten recordings of mostly 16th century music and regularly create programmes to celebrate specific historic events, such as the Reign of Richard 3rd, The Spanish Armada and The Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
See the The York Waits' website
Sunday 26 February 2012 at 3.00pm
Charles Owen (piano)
The internationally acclaimed pianist, Charles Owen, plays a recital of Classical and Romantic repertoire.
"In Bach's 'Partita no. 4' we sensed Owen exulting in his physical virtuosity: there was a bright brilliance to his sound, an expressive warmth and clarity of articulation; this was a stunning performance" – The Independent
- Schumann – Kinderscenen Op. 15
- Brahms – Sonata no. 2 in F sharp minor Op. 2
- Schubert – Sonata in B flat D 960
See the artist's website for more details.
Sunday 25 March 2012 at 3.00pm
The Corelli Ensemble with Evelyn Tubb (soprano)
A varied programme of French and English recreational music from the eighteenth century: among the themes it explores and contrasts are the approaches to the trio sonata (Lé and Handel); solo harpsichord accompanied by strings (Rameau and Bach); the transition from baroque to classical styles (Mondonville and Hayes); and the early classical idiom (Bach). Both the Hayes and Bach are light-hearted, humorous pieces which make an attractive conclusion to the programme.
- Léclair – Deuxiè Recré de Musique
- Rameau – Piè de claveçin en concert no. 1 (French opera aria)
- Mondonville – Sonate in G minor
- Handel Trio – Sonata in G major Op. 5 no. 4
- William Hayes – Chloe's Dream
- J C Bach – Harpsichord Concerto in D Op. 3 no. 6 (with variations on God Save the King)
See the Corelli Ensemble's website for more details.
See Evelyn Tubb's biography and watch a clip of her singing Schumann's Spring Night
