Sunday 3 October 2004 · 12:00pm
Fine Arts Brass
Programme highlights
- Tomkins Tunes (premiere) Derek Smith
- Full Fathom Five Guy Woolfenden
- Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Tunes Alun Hoddinott
- An A-Z of Jazz from its origins to the present
Tuesday 23 November 2004 · 7:30pm
The Rosamunde Trio
Martino Tirimo and ensemble
- Martino Tirimo · piano
- Daniel Veis · cello
- Ben Sayevich · violin
Programme highlights
- Notturno in E flat D. 897 Schubert
- Trio in E minor B. 166 ("dumky") Dvorak
- Trio in B flat Op. 97 ("Archduke") Beethoven
Sunday 12 December 2004 · 3:00pm
Arborea Musica
Gerry McDonald and ensemble
- Gerry McDonald · flute, oboe, recorder
- Phillipa Hyde · soprano
- Helen Rogers · harpsichord
Arborea Musica performs throughout the UK and overseas.
Programme highlights
- Aria from Cantata 1 J. S. Bach
- Benedictus (from B minor Mass) J. S. Bach
- Trio Sonata in F (recorder) J. S. Bach
- Harmonious Blacksmith Variations Handel
- Arias Handel
- Cantatas for Advent II and IV Telemann
Tuesday 18 January 2005 · 7:30pm
El Ultimo Tango
Programme highlights
- Astor Piazzolla and others
- Oblivion, Adios Nonino, Buenos Aires, Hora Cero and other tangos
Tuesday 8 February 2005 · 7:30pm
Mark Bebbington
Programme highlights
- Prelude, Chorale and Fugue Franck
- Preludes: La cathedrale engloutie Debussy
- La serenade interrompue
- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- General Lavine-eccentric
- Feux d'artifice
- Sonatina No. 2 Kenneth Leighton
- Sehnsucht, The Sea, Prelude No. 4 in D flat major Ivor Gurney
- Sonata in F Minor, Op. 8 Howard Ferguson
Sunday 13 March 2005 · 3:00pm
The Quince Quartet
The Quince Quartet
- Chris George · Violin
- Claudia Ajmone-Marsan · Violin
- Juliet Jopling · Viola
- Amy Norrington · Cello
And what could be more ideal than the string quartet? Inspired by the versatility of the medium, composers have created an enormous variety of wonderful music, from the most extrovert to the sublimelyintimate.
It is a real challenge for four strong musical personalities to work together in a way that, far from compromising expressivity in an attempt to Ofit in to the group, draws positive influence from each individual to produce a hugely powerful collective voice. We must meet that challenge; the richness of the string quartet repertoire demands it!
Breaking down barriers between performer and audience is very important to us, and we love bringing the listener, whether young or more experienced, closer to us and to the music through educationalworkshops, coaching, and informal lecture recitals.
Programme highlights
- Quartet in F Minor Op. 20 No. 5 Haydn
- Quartet in E minor Op. 44 No. 2 Mendelssohn
- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tomkins. Outright winner of the Young Composer Awards sponsored by Worcester Concert Club during 2004 with financial support from Arts Council West Midlands Edward Nesbit
- Quartet in E flat major K. 428 Mozart