Opening Concert
Lucy Gould, David Adams, Magnus Johnston, Scott Dickinson, Kate Gould, Matthew Featherstone, Robert Plane, Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
George Crumb: Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet no. 1 in F major, op. 88
Morning Concert 'Vienna'
Magnus Johnston, David Adams, Kate Gould, Scott Dickinson, Richard Lester, Zenith Quartet, Robert Plane, Matthew Featherstone, Simon Crawford-Phillips
Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Hans Eisler: Scherzo
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18, no. 2
Arnold Schönberg, arr. Webern: Chamber Symphony no. 1 in E major, op. 9
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940
Family Concert – Animals!
Robert Plane, presenter, with Festival musicians
Festival Gala Concert
Director/solo violin David Adams
Solo viola Scott Dickinson
Solo clarinet Robert Plane
Solo flute Matthew Featherstone
Festival String Orchestra
Gustav Holst: St Paul’s Suite
Franz Schubert: Schubert Songs arr. by the Danish String Quartet
Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie in E minor, op. 79, arranged for Flute and Strings
Ailie Robertson: Beannacht (Blessing) for solo viola and electronics
Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Ondrej
Henry Purcell: Dido’s Lament, from Dido and Aeneas, arr. Stokowski
OndreKukal: Clarinettino for solo clarinet and strings
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, op. 4
Coffee Concert
Magnus Johnston, David Adams, Lucy Gould, Scott Dickinson, Kate Gould, Ronan Dunne, Matthew Featherstone, Robert Plane, Philip Moore, Julian Milford
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73
Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Festival Finale
Lucy Gould, Magnus Johnston, David Adams, Scott Dickinson, Richard Lester, Kate Gould, Robert Plane, Julian Milford
Caroline Shaw Punktum
Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata in G minor, op. 19
Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G major, op. 77, no. 1
The Kirker Chopin Festival in Mallorca
5 May
Leonore Piano Trio
Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano No.2
Schumann: Piano Trio
6 May
Tim Horton, piano
Chopin recital:
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op.58
Two Nocturnes
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Three Mazurkas Op.59
Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
7 May
Leonore Piano Trio
Simon Rowland-Jones, viola
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.65
Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K563
8 May
Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Tim Horton, piano
Ravel: Schéhérazade
Bizet: Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe
Bizet: Ouvre ton Coeur
Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera
Pauline Viardot: 'Les filles de Cadix' and 'Madrid'
Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
9 May
Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Leonore Piano Trio
Simon Rowland-Jones, viola
A selection of Spanish songs and zarzuela arias
Albeniz: Pieces from Iberia
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in G major, op. 1, no. 2
Antonin Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 87
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
As part of Vox orbis's concert, Stratos Duo will perform:
Franz Schubert, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: Fantasie in F minor, op. 103, D. 940
Full programme, with Guest Conductor Heather Nelson:
Brahms opus 17 Four Songs for upper voices choir, Harp, and two French Horns
Schubert Gott ist mein Hirt (Ps 23)
Schubert, arr. O'Farrell Fantasie D940
Rheinberger Abendlied
Rheinberger Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen
Gioachino Rossini, arr. Graham Sheen: Overture from The Italian Girl in Algiers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer: Fantasie in F minor, K. 594
François Couperin, arr. Mordechai Rechtman: Rondeau from 'Les Moissonneurs' (from the arranger's 'Baroque Suite')
Maurice Ravel, arr. Mason Jones: Le Tombeau de Couperin (selection)
Eugène Bozza: Scherzo, op. 48
Interval
Gustav Holst: Wind Quintet in A flat major, op. 14
Percy Grainger: Walking Tune
Percy Grainger: Lisbon
Paul Patterson: Westerly Winds, op. 84
As part of Vox orbis's concert, Stratos Duo will perform:
Franz Schubert, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: Fantasie in F minor, op. 103, D. 940
Full programme, with Guest Conductor Heather Nelson:
Brahms opus 17 Four Songs for upper voices choir, Harp, and two French Horns
Schubert Gott ist mein Hirt (Ps 23)
Schubert, arr. O'Farrell Fantasie D940
Rheinberger Abendlied
Rheinberger Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen
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
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, op. 163, D. 956
Interval
Leos Janáček: String Quartet no. 2, Intimate Letters with narrator Paul Hawkyard
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations
Bach at Breakfast
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations
Bushey Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Concert
with Xiaowen Shang (piano)
James Francis Brown: A Flourish for Bushey (World Premiere)
Antonin Dvořák: In Nature's Realm, op. 91
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Robert Schumann: Symphony No 3 in E flat major, op. 97, ‘Rhenish’
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
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, op.11, Adagio
Samuel Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings, op. 48
Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
Samuel Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings, op. 48
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (realisation for string septet by Rudolf Leopold)
Interval
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, op.11
Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
The Night Overtook Us -
An evening of Scottish Folk Music
Donald Grant and Friends
Jasdeep Singh Degun & E360
Jasdeep Singh Degun is one of the finest exponents of the sitar and one of the most exciting musicians working today. His many collaborations with players from both Indian and western classical traditions have earned him broad audiences and many prizes, including two prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society awards in 2024. Following his sold-out Playhouse debut with tabla player Harkiret Singh Bahra in spring 2024, he returns for a new collaboration with the string players of Ensemble 360 to mark their 20th birthday.
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
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in G major, op. 36
Interval
George Enescu: String Octet in C major, op, 7
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Can Sorrow Find Me
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Edward Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Romance
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: Piano Trio in D minor, Scherzo
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for Viola and Piano
Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Idylle
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
Jasdeep Singh Degun and Ensemble 360
A composer and virtuoso of the sitar with a classical string quintet makes for an electrifying pairing
With Sophia Rahman (piano):
Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae, op. 48, Reflections on a Song of John Dowland
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata
Edwin York Bowen: Phantasie, op. 54