Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield
Paul Rissmann: Izzy Gizmo
Paul Rissmann: Izzy Gizmo
Debussy (arr. Simcock) ‘Children’s Corner’
Grainger (arr. Simcock)
Bold William Taylor
Twa Corbies )
Hard Hearted Barb’ra Ellen
Vaughan Williams (arr. Simcock) Infinite Shining Heavens
Grieg (arr. Simcock) Haugtussa Op.67 III. Blåbaer-Li
Fauré (arr. Simcock)
Après un Rêve
Au bord L’eau
Debussy (arr. Simcock) Nuits d’étoiles
Schoenberg (arr. Simcock) Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal
Levent/Heyman (arr. Simcock) Blame It On My Youth
Weill (arr. Simcock) My Ship
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op.34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Interval
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Quintet, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24, Spring
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op 18, no. 4
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, op. 20
Maurice Ravel, arr. Strivens: Shéhérazade
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
Claude Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane
Maurice Ravel, arr. Strivens: Shéhérazade
Interval
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
Julian Philips: Henny Penny
Song Cycle devised by Sheffield Schools project
Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, op. 85
Ellen Sargen: New Work
Jean Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9, reconstructed for chamber ensemble
Interval
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll for chamber orchestra
Richard Strauss, arr. Ledger: Four Last Songs
with Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Jobie Siekman (cello), Roelof Temmingh (piano), Matthew McKinney (tenor)
Gaspar Cassadó: Requiebros
Joaquín Turina: Piano Quartet in A Minor, op. 67
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Roelof Temmingh: Bolero Fantasy
Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (selection)
Henri Duparc: Songs (selection)
Frédéric François Chopin: Sonata in G minor, op.65, III: Largo
Joaquín Turina: Songs (selection)
Alberto Ginastera, arr. Roelof Temmingh: Danzas Argentinas
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Edwin York Bowen: Phantasie, op. 54
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Interval
Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas
Joseph Holbrooke: Nocturne, op. 57, no. 1, Fairyland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Franz Schubert: 8 Variations on an Original Theme, D. 813
Leos Janáček: Concertino
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet no. 1 in A major, op. 18
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Bohuslav Martinů: La Revue de Cuisine, H. 161
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
Jörg Widmann: Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
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.
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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
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.
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
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
Once Upon a Time…
Weber was renowned for his mastery of German Romantic Opera, and the clarinettist certainly gets to play the diva in his ebullient quintet. Ravel’s enchanting set of fairy tales sets the scene.
Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op.34
Flute Focus
Tarantelle Op.6 We shine the spotlight on the flute in this programme, in a youthful Beethoven trio, Messiaen's evocation of a blackbird’s vocal prowess, and dancing alongside a clarinet in Saint-Saens’ cure for a scorpion’s bite.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle, op. 6
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
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
Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet op. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, op. 20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Antonin Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 87
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, op. 16
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25
With Rachel Roberts (viola), Finghin Collins (piano), Anna Federova (piano), and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
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Gerry Murphy: The Essential Isness of Being
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57, Appassionata
Modeste Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
With Rachel Roberts (viola), Finghin Collins (piano), Anna Federova (piano), and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 2 for keyboard in C minor, BWV 826
Max Bruch: 8 Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, op. 83 (selection)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in A flat major, Hob XVI: 46
Robert Schumann:
Maurice Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Programme to include:
Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, op. 23 with Iain Burnside
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Coaching students plus concert, to include:
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time