Francis Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, op. 16
Interval
Francis Poulenc: Elégie for Horn and Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
With Magnus Johnston (violin), Gary Pomeroy (viola), Philip Nelson (double bass), Flo Plane (bassoon), Benjamin Hartnell-Booth (horn):
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major
Richard Strauss: Andante for Horn and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 92
With Magnus Johnston (violin), Gary Pomeroy (viola), Philip Nelson (double bass), Flo Plane (bassoon), Benjamin Hartnell-Booth (horn):
Carl Nielsen: Serenata in vano
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E flat major, op. 40
Diana Burrell: Hidden Forms
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet op. 87
Baroque and Beyond:
An uplifting selection of baroque gems juxtaposed with intriguing masterworks of our time, presented in a relaxed manner with cafe style seating.
Jörg Widmann: Air
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Interval
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G major, op. 9, no. 1
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Interval
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Richard Strauss: Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 13
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in D major, K. 381
Franz Berwald: Grand Septet in B flat major
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Edwin York Bowen: Phantasie, op. 54
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Interval
Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas
Josef Holbrooke: Nocturne, op. 57, no. 1, Fairyland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
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
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet no. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Robert Plane clarinet ꞏ Leonore Piano Trio
Dani Howard: Unravelled (World Premiere)
Mark Simpson: An Essay of Love
David Matthews: A Song for Barrie (World Premiere)
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from The Soldier’s Tale
Huw Watkins: Three Caprices for Clarinet and Piano
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Festival Finale
Robert Plane clarinet ∙ Emma Roijackers & Laura Rickard violin
Presteigne Festival Orchestra ∙ George Vass conductor
Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue, op. 29
Huw Watkins: Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra (World premiere)
Edward Gregson: Aubade (World premiere)
Steve Reich: Duet for two violins and string orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich/BarshaiChamber Symphony in C minor, Op 110a
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, op. 70
Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Three Pieces for Viola and Piano, op. 26
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Giddy Goat (schools)
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, op, 31
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 28, Sonatensatz
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Piers Hellawell: Up by the Roots, with poet and narrator Sinéad Morrissey
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost
Chamber Music in Cuenca
With Alice Neary (cello)
Béla Kovács: Hommage à Manuel de Falla
Igor Stravinsky: 3 pieces for solo clarinet
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Chamber Music in Cuenca
With Alice Neary (cello) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for cello and piano
César Franck, arr. Delsart: Sonata in A major
Pamela Harrison: Sonnet for cello and piano
Pamela Harrison: Drifting Away for clarinet and piano
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Chamber Music in Cuenca
With Maxwell Quartet
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 27 in D Major, op. 20, no. 4, Hob.III:34
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Chamber Music in Cuenca
With Maxwell Quartet, Alice Neary (cello) and Jâms Coleman (piano)
Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Andreas Ottensamer: Songs without Words (selection)
Leó Weiner: Peregi verbunk, op. 40
Johannes Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, op. 91
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Wynton Marsalis: Meeelaan
Mikhail Glinka: Trio Pathétique
Interval
Igor Stravinsky: 3 pieces for solo clarinet
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57
Wind Serenades in a beautiful, peaceful location in Normandy - just 2 hours drive from Calais. Tutored by Robert Plane and Laurence Perkins. For advanced-level players. Musical plans include a celebration of French music including works by Ravel, Henri Tomasi and Mathieu Lussier, alongside other attractive repertoire by Janacek, Carl Orff and Mendelssohn. Exact programme details will be confirmed when the full line-up of players is known.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo for Viola and Cello in E flat major, with two eyeglasses obbligato
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Messiaen Roundtable: Leading Messiaen scholar Professor Christopher Dingle (Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) joins musicians from Ensemble 360 for this roundtable discussion exploring one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth century: Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.
Gideon Klein: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
Leo Smit: Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Interval
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956
Walter Rabl: Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, op. 1, 1st movement
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, movements 4 and 5
Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, op. 23 (selection)
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio, 1st movement
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 70, no. 2, 2nd movement
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, excerpts from movements 7 and 8
Ensemble 360 and Claire Booth, who have forged a dynamic partnership through their performances of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire together, now turn their attention to Berio's quirky and intriguing Folk Songs in the composer's centenary year. Indeed, folk influences pervade the whole programme, from Rebecca Clarke's pastoral-tinged duo for clarinet and viola and Katherine Hoover’s evocation of the Hopi people to Ravel's sultry, sun-drenched pictures of Madagascar.
A preconcert thread of Berio Sequenzas sets the scene…..
Join members of Ensemble 360 in the Carne Foyer at 6pm for a pre-concert performance of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas:
Luciano Berio: Sequenza Ixa for Clarinet
Luciano Berio: Sequenza III for Female Voice
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IV for Piano
Concert:
Luciano Berio: Quattro Canzoni Populari
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses
Interval
Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli for Solo Flute
Manuel De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Luciano Berio: Folk Songs (with RWCMD student harp and percussion students)
Claude Arrieu: Suite en quatre
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B flat Major K.361, Gran Partita
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio no. 4 in B flat, op. 11, Gassenhauer
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio no. 4 in B flat, op. 11, Gassenhauer
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet in A minor, op. 132
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Edwin York Bowen: Phantasie, op. 54
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Interval
Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas
Josef Holbrooke: Nocturne, op. 57, no. 1, Fairyland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Miklós Rózsa: Quartet No.2, op.38, 2nd movement
Jerome Kern: Suite
George Gershwin, arr. Callum Au: Three Preludes
Callum Au: Serenade in Mauve
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet no. 3, op. 34, 3rd movement
Nathan Johnson: Knives Out Suite
Bernard Hermann, arr. Birchall: Psycho Suite
Bernard Hermann: Clarinet Quintet ‘Souvenir de Voyages’
Come and join the Tippett Quartet for a wonderful season finale exploring the Golden Age of cinema past and present.
They bring their unique recording experience and expertise to celebrate the incredible genius of Bernard Herrmann, who died 50 years ago this month, with his Clarinet Quintet and their bespoke arrangement of the infamous “Psycho” film score alongside the iconic sounds of Korngold, Rózsa and Jerome Kern. It promises to tell a story of sound, colour, lush harmonies and striking melodies. They will also feature a brand new arrangement of Gershwin’s Three Preludes by Callum Au and being the featured quartet in the Knives Out films, they will perform these pieces for the first time in concert bringing us right up to date!
The quartet will be joined by star clarinetist Robert Plane. A Gramophone Award winner and passionate advocate for British clarinet music, Robert has enjoyed a distinguished solo, chamber and orchestral career, performing worldwide, premiering major new works and serving as Head of Woodwind Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Miklós Rózsa: Quartet No.2, op.38, 2nd movement
Jerome Kern: Suite
George Gershwin, arr. Callum Au: Three Preludes
Callum Au: Serenade in Mauve
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet no. 3, op. 34, 3rd movement
Nathan Johnson: Knives Out Suite
Bernard Hermann, arr. Birchall: Psycho Suite
Bernard Hermann: Clarinet Quintet ‘Souvenir de Voyages’
Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Claudia Ajmone-Marsan (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Gemma Rosefield (cello), Robert Plane (clarinet), Naomi Atherton (horn), Emily Hultmark (bassoon), Enno Senft (double bass)
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, op. 20
Lucy Drever (narrator) Benjamin Nabarro (violin) Gemma Rosefield (cello) Robert Plane Iclarinet) Naomi Atherton (horn) Tim Horton (piano)
Paul Rissmann: Sir Scallywag and The Battle Of Stinky Bottom; Giles Andreae (words), Korky Paul (illustrations)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat major, K. 407
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet no. 4 in G minor, K. 516
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
The Storm Whale
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
The Gould Piano Trio chat to Petroc Trelawny about the release of their second volume of Schubert Piano Trios and also their forthcoming concerts with clarinettist Robert Plane.
Featuring live performances of:
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio no. 44 in E major, Hob.XV:28 - 1st movement
Huw Watkins: Four Fables - 2nd movement
Judith Weir: Piano Trio no. 1 - 2nd movement
Huw Watkins: Four Fables
Elliott Carter: Epigrams for piano, violin, and cello
Eleanor Alberga: Duo from Dancing with the Shadow
Interval
Sarah Frances Jenkins: Shivelight
Judith Weir: Piano Trio no. 1
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Judith Weir: Piano Trio no. 1
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Interval
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2, Rasumovsky
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Festival Fundraiser concert
Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no.1
Interval
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 in B Flat major, op. 99, D. 898
Tickets on the door ( £12)
RWCMD and Malta Philharmonic Orchestra collaboration, as part of the Wales-Malta Initiative to build cultural links between the two countries.
With Rebecca Hall (flute), John McDonough (oboe), Hugh Sergeant (bassoon), Cays Williams (horn), and Michael Cutajar (bass clarinet)
Music by Ibert, Mathias, Camilleri, and Janáček, led by Robert Plane.
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Josef Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 1
Phyllis Tate: Sonata for Clarinet and Cello
Bohuslav Martinů: Three Madrigals for violin and viola, H313
Ernő Dohnányi: Sextet in C major, op. 37
A concert to launch the programme for the 2026 Penarth Chamber Music Festival (25–28 June).
This will be a fundraising concert with all proceeds going to support the Summer Festival.
David Adams and Katharine Gowers Violin
Isobel Neary-Adams Viola
Alice Neary Cello
Robert Plane Clarinet
Felix Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
A concert to launch the programme for the 2026 Penarth Chamber Music Festival (25–28 June).
This will be a fundraising concert with all proceeds going to support the Summer Festival.
David Adams and Katharine Gowers Violin
Isobel Neary-Adams Viola
Alice Neary Cello
Robert Plane Clarinet
Felix Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 897, Notturno
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
To include:
Bernard Herrmann: Clarinet Quintet ‘Souvenirs de Voyage’
Franz Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D.943
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965
Interval
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 no 1
Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances, D. 790
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A flat major, D. 899, no. 4
Interval
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music
Programme includes excerpts from:
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata da Camera in D Major, op.2, no.1
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Birchall: Che si può fare, op.8
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq.22
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 62 in C major, op. 76, no. 3, Hob.III:77, Emperor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, op. posth.
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: Piano Trio in D Minor
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Arnold Schönberg: Suite, op. 25
Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet and tape
Anna Meredith: Tuggemo
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
Chris Addison's Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music
Programme includes excerpts from:
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata da Camera in D Major, op.2, no.1
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Birchall: Che si può fare, op.8
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq.22
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 62 in C major, op. 76, no. 3, Hob.III:77, Emperor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, op. posth.
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: Piano Trio in D Minor
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Arnold Schönberg: Suite, op. 25
Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet and tape
Anna Meredith: Tuggemo
Miklós Rózsa: Sonatina for Solo Clarinet op. 27
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op.7
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo work for viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat major K. 502
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, after K. 380
Franz Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D. 471
Bela Bartók: Romanian Dances
Trad., arr. Patrick Rimes: Ar Hyd y Nos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K478
With Claire Booth (soprano)
Judith Weir: King Harold's Saga
Harrison Birtwistle: Cortege for 14 musicians
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D major, op. 11
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), and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Programme to include:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
With Rachel Roberts (viola), and Anna Federova (piano)
Programme to include:
Max Bruch: 8 Pieces for clarinet, cello and piano, op. 83
Programme to include:
Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, op. 23 with Iain Burnside
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale