Chamber music at Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Concert season
Six classical concerts, curated for Worcester audiences.
Sunday 5 October 2008 · 3:00pm
Charles Owen is well known to local concert goers and acclaimed worldwide for his vivid and imaginative performance. His CD of piano music by Poulenc was nominated for a Classical Brit award.
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Sunday 2 November 2008 · 11:00am
Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley give a series of duet masterclasses.
Sunday 2 November 2008 · 3:00pm
Anne Applin and Geoffrey Pratley offer a wealth of experience through recitals, masterclasses and courses opening a treasure chest of music for four hands.
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Sunday 30 November 2008 · 3:00pm
James Oxley studied as a cellist at the Royal College of Music, then as a singer at Oxford. He has appeared as an acclaimed singer at major concert halls in the UK, Europe, the Middle and Far East and Australia. He has a particular association with France.
Caroline Dowdle studied at the University of Cape Town and the Royal Northern College of Music. She has performed widely in the UK and Europe, mainly with singers, and earlier this year appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow with Simon Keenlyside.
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Sunday 18 January 2009 · 3:00pm
The Carducci String Quartet is an active young quartet made up of two couples, one Irish and the other English from Gloucester. In a short time, they have achieved a great deal, winning international prizes and playing for festivals in England, Ireland and Europe. They have recently been appointed quartet in residence at Cork School of Music.
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Sunday 8 February 2009 · 12:00pm
The workshop gives young people the opportunity to develop their recorder playing skills and to learn some music which they will perform alongside Cathryn and Micaela during the afternoon's concert. The workshop is suitable for players aged 8 or over who have some experience of reading music; beginners or more experienced players are welcome and they may bring descant, treble or tenor instruments with them.
Cathryn Dew studied Music at the University of York. She works in the West Midlands as a recorder recitalist and a freelance workshop leader. She is the manager of Singworks, which is establishing a vibrant culture of singing amongst youngsters in Worcestershire.
Sunday 8 February 2009 · 3:00pm
This programme traces the development of music for accompanied solo instrument from the earliest virtuosic single movement pieces of the early 17th century Venice through to the time when the multi-movement solo sonata had become an established form shaped by the hands of better known composers such as Corelli, Handel and Telemann.
Micaela Schmitz (from the USA) recently obtained her Doctorate of Musical Arts on 18th Century keyboard music. As a soloist, she received acclaim for her performance of Bach's Goldberg variations. She is employed as Regional Support and Development Office for Making Music, West Midlands.
Sunday 8 March 2009 · 3:00pm
Edgar Bailey began to learn the violin at the age of six and in 2005 was awarded a full scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studies with Mateja Marinkov. In 2007, he won both the Chandos and Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year Competition and performed the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor with the Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra.
Telling of the journey of a man's soul after death, Gerontius is expansive and dramatic, intimate and subtle - incredibly passionate and personal music full of vision and Elgar's spirituality. Come and experience this uplifting musical treasure in the glorious surroundings of Worcester Cathedral.
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