Izzy Gizmo (Schools Concert)

Best-selling children's book, Izzy Gizmo, by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie, tells the enchanting story of an intrepid young inventor who puts her talents to work to rescue a crow that can’t fly. This brand-new family concert brings Izzy's mechanical marvels and infectious creative spirit to life! Featuring original music including pots, pans, whistles and household items as well as orchestral instruments together with story-telling and visuals from the book, this concert is a great introduction to music for children. It's full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in.

Commissioned by Sheffield-based Music in the Round, the concert features music by Paul Rissmann, Music in the Round’s award-winning Composer-in-Residence, with illustrations from the book animated especially for the concert by Vic Craven. Children and their grown-ups are encouraged to participate in the concert by joining in with songs and actions taught by presenter Polly Ives at the beginning of the show.

Howells Rhapsodic Quintet
Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F Minor, Op. 2
Elgar Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Johannes Brahms: 2 Intermezzos from Klavierstücke, op. 119
Ernst von Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, op. 37

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Johannes Brahms: 2 Intermezzos from Klavierstücke, op. 119
Ernst von Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, op. 37

Paul Rissmann: Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants

Paul Rissmann: Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants

Paul Rissmann: Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants

Festival Launch

Bohuslav Martinu: La Revue De Cuisine
Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Nos 2 and 1, Op. 46
Kurt Weill: Nanna’s Lied, Youkali, Je Ne T’aime Pas
Manuel De Falla: Pantomime and Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amore Brujo
Jean Françaix: Dixtuor For String Quintet And Wind Quintet
Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E flat major, Op. 65

Dinu Lipatti: Six Sonatas after Domenico Scarlatti
Giacomo Puccini: Songs
Ludvig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata

Guillaume Connesson: Techno Parade
Claude Debussy: Trio for flute, viola and harp
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Guillaume Connesson: Sextet

A tour through the wondrous world of chamber music, specially created for young audiences, combining well-known classical favourites with new works from surprising places. This concert for 7-11 year-olds includes thrilling musical adventures told through music, cheeky characters and epic heroes, mind-blowing musical games, and the chance to join in and make music together.

Colin Jacobson: Ascending Bird
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout
Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, op. 79
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, op. 2

Extracts From:
Schubert String Quartet in D Minor
D.810 'Death and the Maiden'
Stravinsky Three Pieces
Haydn Russian Quartet op.33, no.3
Mozart String Quartet in E Flat, K428
Weir String Quartet
Meredith A Short Tribute to Teenage Fanclub
Arr. Burleigh Oh Lord, What a Morning
Suk Meditation On an Old Czech Chorale
Dvorák String Quartet no.12 'American Quartet'

Finale concert of the 18th North Norfolk Music Festival.

Igor Stravinsky: 3 pieces for clarinet solo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Interval
César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor

Frank Bridge: Quartet for Piano and Strings in F sharp minor, H 94, Phantasie
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout
Interval
Witold Lutosławski: Dance Preludes
Bohuslav Martinů: Nonet for Wind Quintet, Violin, Viola, Cello & Double Bass, H. 374
Benjamin Britten: Britten Sinfonietta, Op. 1

Sergey Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque no. 1 in G minor
Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet in G minor, op. 39
Interval
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 22

Johannes Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D major, op. 11, nonet version reconstructed by David Walter
Bohuslav Martinů: Nonet for Wind Quintet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, H. 374
Interval
Ernő Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, op. 37

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Violin, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Interval
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout

Festival Launch

Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45
Louise Farrenc: Nonet, op. 38

Relaxed Concert: Carnival

Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert for horn and piano
Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals

For this ‘Relaxed’ concert featuring ‘The Carnival of the Animals’, doors will be left open, lights raised, a break-out space provided, and there will be less emphasis on the audience being quiet during the performance. People with an Autism Spectrum, sensory or communication disorder or learning disability, those with age-related impairments and parents/carers with babies are all especially welcome.

Saint-Saëns. The Renaissance Man

Saint-Saëns:
Morceau de concert for horn and piano
Bassoon Sonata
Les odeurs de Paris
L’assassinat du duc de guise
The Carnival of the Animals

Camille Saint-Saëns’ most celebrated work, ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ is a work unlike any other, transporting the listener into a musical menagerie that includes a swan, a tortoise, lions and a plunge into a truly magical aquarium. It is presented here alongside rarely performed pieces including ‘Les odeurs de Paris’, a musical riot, with the addition of trumpets and children’s toys to convey the many smells of Paris. Early French film The Assassination of the Duke of Guise is one of the very first to feature an original film score. Written by Saint-Saëns, the music will be performed live alongside a screening of the film in a celebration of the beloved French composer.

French Gems

Maurice Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major, op. 166
Thomas Adès: Alchymia for clarinet quintet
Interval
André Messager: Solo de Concours for solo clarinet
César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor

French Gems

Maurice Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
Camille Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major, op. 166
Thomas Adès: Alchymia for clarinet quintet
Interval
André Messager: Solo de Concours for solo clarinet
César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor

Friday Night in Paris
Roderick Williams and Ensemble 360

Musical national treasure Roderick Williams, soloist at King Charles III’s Coronation and Singer-in-Residence with Music in the Round, returns to the Crucible Playhouse with Ensemble 360 for a magical tour through the City of Light.

Fauré’s first Piano Quintet was a labour of love that he nurtured over many years, and the song cycles and works for violin he wrote alongside it echo through this exquisitely constructed piece.

Poulenc’s kaleidoscopic sextet encompasses jazz, ragtime, pastiche of Mozart and a tribute to Ravel, whose ‘Madagascan’ songs they follow, in this programme luxuriating in the many sounds of fin de siècle Paris.

Culminating in Fauré’s intricate song-cycle, crafted from the poems of Paul Verlaine, this concert reunites Ensemble 360, with Music in the Round’s singer-in-residence Roderick Williams for the first time since 2017.

Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet no. 1 in D minor, op. 89
Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses
Interval
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C major
Gabriel Fauré: La Bonne Chanson for Baritone, String Quintet and Piano

Ensemble 360 and Steven Isserlis in Festival Finale

George Onslow: Nonet, op. 77
Gabriel Fauré: Elegie, op. 24
Interval
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, op.70, Souvenir de Florence

A grand work for a grand finale: captivating charm and wit from George Onslow’s Nonet. Nicknamed the ‘French Beethoven’, this is a chance to hear one of his finest and largest-scale chamber works whose five movements move through an expressive array of moods from turbulence to a jubilant conclusion.

Steven Isserlis then joins pianist Tim Horton for a heartfelt lament by Gabriel Fauré, before we sign off with Tchaikovsky’s celebratory musical postcard, Souvenir de Florence. This hugely popular string sextet by the great Russian composer features both Steven Isserlis and Ensemble 360’s cellist Gemma Rosefield, and promises to be a fitting farewell to the Festival in our anniversary year.

Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Interval
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op. 44

Giddy Goat

Giddy Goat

George Onslow: Nonet, op. 77
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Huw Watkins: Broken Consort

Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 1
Joaquín Turina: Scéne Andalouse for Piano Sextet, op.7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581

Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Frank Bridge: Two Pieces, Caprice and Lament
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10

Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Frank Bridge: 2 pieces for cello and piano: Spring Song and Scherzo
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10

Frédéric François Chopin: Introduction et polonaise brillante
Igor Stravinsky: 3 pieces for solo clarinet
Manuel De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Simon Rowland-Jones: Taking Time, for clarinet, cello and piano
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major

Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 25 in C major, op. 20, no. 2, Hob.III:32
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Pablo Sarasate: Navarra, op. 33
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet no. 2 in G major, op. 111

20 Years of Ensemble 360: Festival Launch

Huw Watkins: Broken Consort
Aileen Sweeney: Commission from Royal Philharmonic Society 2024 (World Premiere)
Interval
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803

Maurice Ravel, arr. Farrington: Mother Goose Suite
Louise Farrenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds in C Minor, Op. 40
Interval
Maurice Duruflé: Prélude, récitatif et variations for Flute, Viola and Piano, op. 3
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op. 44

Edmund Meisel, arr. George Morton: Battleship Potemkin

Dmitry Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Francis Poulenc: Oboe Sonata
Interval
Arnold Schönberg, arr. Eduard Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4

Oliver Knussen: Cantata for Oboe and String Trio
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Quintet for piano and strings in C minor
Benjamin Britten: Britten Sinfonietta, Op. 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, K. 285
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, op. 16
Interval
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84

With Dafydd Jones, tenor

Arnold Bax: Clarinet Sonata
Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Interval
Frank Bridge: Phantasy for Piano Quartet, H.94
Arthur Bliss: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet