St Andrew's Church, Corbridge
Market Place, Corbridge, Northumberland, Northumberland, England
Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio
Festival Curtain Raiser The Gould Piano Trio launch their Corbridge Festival Schumann Trio cycle with his first tempestuous essay in the genre. After quirky contributions from a youthful Benjamin Britten and Jamaican British composer Eleanor Alberga we return to the world of high Romanticism with Brahms at the peak of his powers.
BoldComposer Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63 Eleanor Alberga: Duo from Dancing with the Shadow Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in G major, op. 36
St Andrew's Church, Corbridge
Market Place, Corbridge, Northumberland, Northumberland, England
Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio
For the End of Time
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time The Gould Trio and Robert Plane have been playing Messiaen’s monumental quartet together for over thirty years. Don’t miss this opportunity to marvel at Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic creation, today enhanced by the words of one of its most ardent admirers, poet Michael Simmons Roberts.
St Andrew's Church, Corbridge
Market Place, Corbridge, Northumberland, Northumberland, England
Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio
Under Nordic Skies We travel north to explore the music and the folk traditions of Scandinavia with the evocative strains of the Hardanger fiddle and a selection of Danish folk tunes, as arranged by the Danish String Quartet. These sit alongside lesser-known works from the classical tradition in this night under the Northern Lights.
Niels Gade: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, op.43 Folk music performed on the Hardanger Fiddle Edvard Grieg: Andante con Moto in C minor, for Piano Trio Danish String Quartet arrangements
St Andrew's Church, Corbridge
Market Place, Corbridge, Northumberland, Northumberland, England
Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio
Festival Finale
The sound of the cimbalom brings extra Eastern European spice to our closing concert. Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrated his 100th birthday this February, and his Tre Pezzi are typical of his evocative work. But Debussy also fell for the cimbalom's quirky charm! The Gould Trio complete their Schumann cycle, and Tchaikovsky finally sends us away bathed in Tuscan sunshine.
Claude Debussy: La plus que lente György Kurtág: Tre Pezzi for clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38 Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 3 in G minor, op. 110 Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, op.70, Souvenir de Florence
Mission House Studio
Finsbay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat major, op. 11, Gassenhauer Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius Interval Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time