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Redemption

Solem Quartet

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Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Bushra El-Turk: Rostan, Rastan and Rast-Kara for Kamanche/Qeychak and String Quartet
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 16 in F major, op. 135

New Impressions

Solem Quartet

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Nadia Boulanger, arr. Amy Tress: Three Pieces for cello and piano, arranged for string quartet
Lili Boulanger, arr. William Newell: Deux morceaux, arranged for string quartet
OR Henriëtte Bosmans: String Quartet (to replace Nadia and Lili Boulanger pieces)
Edmund Finnis: String Quartet no. 3, Devotions
Interval
Claude Debussy: Quartet in G Minor, op. 10

Beethoven 135

Solem Quartet

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Lili Boulanger, arr. William Newell - Two Pieces for violin and piano, arr. for string quartet
Edmund Finnis - String Quartet no. 3, Devotions
OR
Henriëtte Bosmans - String Quartet
Bela Bartók - Quartet no. 6, BB 119
OR
Claude Debussy - Quartet in G Minor, op. 10
Interval
Amy Bryce - Public Speaking
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet no. 16 in F major, op. 135

Bach French Suites and Spanish Composers

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Fernando Sor: L'Encouragement, op. 34
Manuel De Falla: Danza del Molinero
Manuel De Falla: Danza Ritual del Fuego
Manuel De Falla: El Círculo Mágico

Steve Reich & Kate Bush

Solem Quartet and Alice Zawadzki (voice)

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Steve Reich - Different Trains
Kate Bush, arr. William Newell - Selection of songs

Bach French Suites and Contemporary Composers

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Šimun Čarli Botica: Ex Nihilo
Santiago Lanchares: Recuerdos de Fandango
Carlo Domeniconi: Circus Music op. 54a for 2 guitars

Piazzolla and Spanish works

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Astor Piazzolla, arr. Sergio Assad: Suite Troileana
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite
Fernando Sor: L'Encouragement, op. 34
Santiago Lanchares: Recuerdos de Fandango
Manuel De Falla: Danza del Molinero
Manuel De Falla: El Círculo Mágico
Manuel De Falla: Danza Ritual del Fuego

The Land Without Music – Quartet version

Solem Quartet

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William Byrd - Kyrie, from Mass for Four Voices
Edmund Finnis - String Quartet no. 3, Devotions
Frank Bridge - Three Novelletten
Interval
Amy Bryce - Public Speaking
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - 5 Fantasiestücke, op. 5

The Land Without Music – Clarinet Quintet version

Solem Quartet and Anthony Friend (clarinet)

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William Byrd - Kyrie, from Mass for Four Voices
Edmund Finnis - String Quartet no. 3, Devotions
Gerald Finzi, arr. Christian Alexander - Five Bagatelles for clarinet and strings
Interval
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Piazzolla and Contemporary Works

Montenergrin Guitar Duo

Astor Piazzolla, arr. Sergio Assad: Suite Troileana
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite
Šimun Čarli Botica: Ex Nihilo
Santiago Lanchares: Recuerdos de Fandango
Carlo Domeniconi: Circus Music op. 54a for 2 guitars

Piazzolla and Bach French Suites

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Astor Piazzolla, arr. Sergio Assad: Suite Troileana
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813

Bach French and English Suites

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: French Suite no 3 in B minor, BWV 814
Interval
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: English Suite no. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo: English Suite no. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

Nuoevo Tango Night

Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Astor Piazzolla, arr. Sergio Assad: Suite Troileana
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Nejc Kuhar: Adios Nonino
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Nejc Kuhar: Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Voirpy: Libertango

Poetry in Music: George Herbert

Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)

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Judith Weir: Love bade me welcome
Alec Roth: I will move thee
James MacMillan: To My Successor
Nathan James Dearden: Full of sweet days
Judith Weir: Vertue
Alec Roth: The Flower
Alec Roth: Men & Angels

If instruments are available, the programme continues as follows...

Roxanna Panufnik: The Call
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

Alternatively, if performing a cappella...

Herbert Howells: Sweetest of sweets
Alec Roth: Shared Ground

Rossini, Donizetti, Bizet

Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Gioachino Rossini, arr. Ferio: Overture from The Barber of Seville
Gaetano Donizetti, arr. Ferio: Una Furtiva Lagrima from L’Elisir D’Amore
Kurt Weill, arr. John Harle: Music from the Threepenny Opera
George Bizet, arr. Ferio: Suite from Carmen

Gershwin, Miller, Wiberny, Gregory

Ferio Saxophone Quartet

George Gershwin, arr. Nigel Wood: An American in Paris
George Gershwin, arr. Jeffery Wilson: Summertime
George Gershwin, arr. Art Marshall: Liza
Glenn Miller, arr. Bill Holcombe: Glenn Miller Medley
Heiner Wiberny: Ulla in Africa
George Gershwin, arr. Nigel Wood: Rhapsody in Blue
Will Gregory: Hoe Down
Chopin Cycle:

Chopin Cycle: Concert 1 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Claude Debussy - Préludes, Book 2
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - 24 Preludes, op. 28

Chopin Cycle: Concert 2 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasia in C minor, K. 396
Karol Szymanowski - Masques, op. 34
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23
Frédéric François Chopin - Ballade no. 2 in F major op. 38
Frédéric François Chopin - Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47
Frédéric François Chopin - Ballade no. 4 in F minor op. 52

Chopin Cycle: Concert 3 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Robert Schumann - Kreisleriana, op. 16
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Klavierstück VII
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Two Nocturnes, op. 27
Frédéric François Chopin - Three Mazurkas, op. 59
Frédéric François Chopin - Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58

Chopin Cycle: Concert 4 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Frédéric François Chopin - Prelude no. 25 in C sharp minor, op. 45
Johann Sebastian Bach - English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
Frédéric François Chopin - Waltz in A minor op. 34, no. 2
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49
Frédéric François Chopin - Two Polonaises, op. 26
Frédéric François Chopin - Three Mazurkas, op. 63
Frédéric François Chopin - Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major, op. 61

Chopin Cycle: Concert 5 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Frédéric François Chopin - Two Nocturnes, op. 48
Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit: Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op. 20
Frédéric François Chopin - Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31
Frédéric François Chopin - Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39
Frédéric François Chopin - Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op. 54

Chopin Cycle: Concert 6 of 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Frédéric François Chopin - Polonaise in F sharp minor, op. 44
Frédéric François Chopin - Waltz in A flat major, op. 42
Frédéric François Chopin - Three Mazurkas, op. 56
Frédéric François Chopin - Nocturne in B Major, op. 62, no. 1
Frédéric François Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Polonaise in C minor, op. 40, no. 2
Frédéric François Chopin - Three Waltzes, op. 64
Frédéric François Chopin - Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, op. 36
Frédéric François Chopin - Nocturne in E major, op. 62, no. 2
Frédéric François Chopin - Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, op. 22

Chopin Cycle: full cycle

Tim Horton (piano)

Autumn 2021
Chopin and Debussy
— including Chopin 24 Preludes, op. 28
  Spring 2022
Chopin, Mozart and Szymanowski
— including Chopin Ballades op. 23, op. 38, op. 47 and op. 52
  Autumn 2022
Chopin, Schumann and Stockhausen
— including Chopin op. 27, op. 59 and op. 58
  Spring 2023
Chopin and Bach
— including Chopin op. 45, op. 34/2, op. 49, op. 26, op. 63 and op. 61
  Autumn 2023
Chopin and Ravel
— including Chopin op. 48 and Scherzos op. 20, op. 31, op. 39 and op. 54
  Spring 2024
All Chopin
— 1st half: op. 44, op. 42, op. 62/1, op. 56, op. 60
— 2nd half: op. 40/2, op. 64, op. 36, op. 62/2, op. 22
Solo

Dances

Louise Thomson (harp)

Antoine Francisque, arr. Marcel Grandjany - Pavane et Bransles
Franz Liszt, arr. Henriette Renié - Un Sospiro
Dalwyn Henshall - Three Welsh Dances
Manuel De Falla, arr. Marcel Grandjany - Spanish Dance No. 1, from the opera La Vida Breve
Henriette Renié - Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle
Interval
Félix Godefroid - La Danse des Sylphes
Manuel De Falla, arr. David Watkins - Danse du Meunier
Catriona McKay - The Swan LK243
Catriona McKay - Loon Mountain Moose
Esther Swift - Time Spinner
Pat Metheny, arr. Louise Thomson - Letter from Home
David Hellewell, arr. Catrin Finch - Chicken-Pickin' Rag
Louise Thomson Harp

Current Recital Programme

Louise Thomson (harp)

Esther Swift - Time Spinner
Pierick Houdy - Sonata for Harp
Paul Patterson - Bugs!
Henriette Renié - Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle
Interval
Bedrich Smetana, arr. Hans Trnecek - The Moldau
Andy Scott - Crossing Waves
Sally Beamish - Awuya
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie

Boulez and Reich

Robert Plane (clarinet)

Pierre Boulez - Dialogue de l’ombre double for clarinet and electronics
Luciano Berio - Sequenza IX
Igor Stravinsky - 3 pieces for clarinet solo
Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet and tape
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Classical Showpieces

Louise Thomson (harp)

Mikhail Glinka - Nocturne
Louis Spohr - Fantasie in C minor op. 35
Marcel Grandjany - Fantasie sur un theme de J Haydn, op. 31
Marcel Tournier - Jazz Band
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne - Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky
Interval
Claude Debussy - Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade
Gabriel Fauré - Une Chatelaine en sa Tour, op. 110
Gabriel Pierné - Impromptu Caprice
Manuel De Falla, arr. Grandjany - Spanish Dance no.1 from the opera La Vida Breve
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie
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Around the World

Louise Thomson (harp)

Mikhail Glinka - Nocturne
Nino Rota - Sarabanda e Toccata
Dalwyn Henshall - Three Welsh Dances
Benjamin Britten - Suite for Harp op. 83
Manuel De Falla, arr. Grandjany - Spanish Dance no.1 from the opera La Vida Breve
Interval
Claude Debussy - Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade
Egberto Gismonti - Maracatu
Sergiu Natra - Sonatina
Mary Ann Kennedy - Cruit Gun Cheis Ceall Gun Aba
Pat Metheny - Letter from Home
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie
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Contemporary Harp

Louise Thomson (harp)

Nino Rota - Sarabanda e Toccata
John Weinzweig - 15 Pieces for Harp (selection)
William Alwyn - Crepuscule
Pat Metheny - Letter from Home
Dalwyn Henshall - Adagio Cantabile from Three Welsh Dances
Interval
Benjamin Britten - Suite for Harp op. 83
Sergiu Natra - Sonatina
Marcel Tournier - Jazz Band
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne - Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky
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Duo

Recital I

Robert Plane (clarinet) and Tim Horton (piano)

Claude Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Pamela Harrison - Drifting Away for clarinet and piano
Carl Maria von Weber - Grand Duo Concertant, op. 48
Interval
Edwin York Bowen - Clarinet Sonata, op. 109
Paquito D'Rivera - The Cape Cod Files

Recital II

Robert Plane (clarinet) and Tim Horton (piano)

Witold Lutosławski - Dance Preludes
Pamela Harrison - Drifting Away for clarinet and piano
Johannes Brahms - Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
Interval
Eleanor Alberga - Duo from Dancing with the Shadow
Josef Holbrooke - Eilean Shona op.74 and selection from Mezzo-Tints, op. 55
Paquito D'Rivera - The Cape Cod Files
Collaborations:

Brahms, Rabl, Jenkins, York Bowen

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio

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Edwin York Bowen - Rhapsody Trio in A minor, op. 80
Johannes Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Interval
Sarah Frances Jenkins - Shivelight
Walter Rabl - Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, op. 1

Pioneering women composers and music from the Americas

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio

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Louise Farrenc - Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 33
Paquito D'Rivera - The Cape Cod Files
Interval
Valerie Coleman - Lenox Ave.
Antonin Dvořák - Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, op. 90, Dumky

Four Fables: A Chamber Ensemble Dance Collaboration

Since first commissioning Huw Watkins to write 'Four Fables', Robert Plane and the Gould Piano Trio have given over twenty-five performances of this magical work. They now offer an extraordinary opportunity to "See the Music" and "Hear the Dance", presenting 'Four Fables' in collaboration with dancer Mayuri BoonhamIn. Read the full details of this proposal...

A concert of music by 20th Century French giants

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio

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Claude Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Maurice Ravel - Piano Trio in A minor
Interval
Olivier Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time

Songs and Shepherds

Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Robert Plane (clarinet) and Benjamin Frith (piano)

Charles Villiers Stanford - Three Intermezzi, op. 13
Ralph Vaughan Williams - 3 Vocalises
Gustav Holst - Six Songs, op. 16
Arnold Cooke - Three Songs of Innocence
Interval
Giacomo Meyerbeer - Hirtenlied
Louis Spohr - Sechs Lieder, op. 103
Franz Schubert - The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
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Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet with the Marmen Quartet

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Marmen Quartet

Full programme available on request. This collaboration can be booked either through Tashmina Artists or Sulivan Sweetland
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10

Evoke – with Timothy End

Ferio Saxophone Quartet and Timothy End (piano)

Featuring music from the Ferio Saxophone Quartet’s CD ‘Evoke’ (released November 2021), performed with pianist Timothy End. The full programme can be provided on request and would also include some pieces for saxophone quartet alone.
Dmitry Shostakovich, arr. Iain Farrington - Suite for Jazz Orchestra
Pedro Iturralde - Memorias (Triptico)
George Bizet, arr. Iain Farrington - Suite from Carmen
Iain Farrington, arr. Iain Farrington - Animal Parade (selection)

Music in Theatre

Lucy Gould (violin), Robert Plane (clarinet) and Benjamin Frith (piano)

Darius Milhaud - Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
Josef Holbrooke - Mezzo-Tints, op. 55 (selection)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Much Ado about Nothing, op. 11 (arr. for violin and piano)
Interval
Donato Lovreglio - Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata
Igor Stravinsky - Suite from The Soldier’s Tale

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Revoiced: Voices and Saxophones

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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
Sarah Rimkus, arr. Sarah Rimkus - Mater Dei
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Weil du mein Gott und Vater bist, from Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138
George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - Water Music Suite no. 3 in G major, HWV 350, Minuet II
Andrea Gabrieli, arr. Freddie Crowley - O salutaris hostia
Johann Michael Bach - Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr
Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Ich weiss das main Erlöser lebt
Owain Park - Miserere after Allegri
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau from Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570
Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Selig sind die Toten, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Johann Michael Bach, arr. Freddie Crowley - Herr, ich warte auf dein Heil
Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit, from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11
Johann Christoph Bach - Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben
James MacMillan, arr. Freddie Crowley - Christus vincit
Heinrich Schütz, arr. Freddie Crowley - Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns , from Geistliche Chor-Music, op. 11

Women’s Voices

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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)

Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
Hilary Campbell - Our endless day
Carol J Jones - All shall be well
Amy Beach - Three Flower Songs, Op. 31 (choir only)
Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures
Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo)
Gemma McGregor - Love was his meaning
Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna
Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group

Galliards with Piano I

Galliard Ensemble and Sam Haywood (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Darrell Goforth - The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Solo - to be agreed
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quintet for piano and wind in E flat, op. 16
Interval
Ludwig Thuille - Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 6
Piano Solo - to be agreed
Jean Françaix - L’Heure du Berger
Galliard Ensemble

Galliards with Piano II

Galliard Ensemble and Sam Haywood (piano)

Gioachino Rossini - Overture from The Italian Girl in Algiers
Darius Milhaud - La Cheminée du Roi René
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano and Winds Quintet in E Flat major, K. 452
Interval
Eugène Bozza - Scherzo, op. 48 OR Piano Solo - to be agreed
Ludwig Thuille - Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 6
Jean Françaix - L’Heure du Berger

Farrenc, Takemitsu and Saint-Saëns

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Gould Piano Trio

Louise Farrenc - Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in Eb, op. 44
Tōru Takemitsu - Quatrain II for Piano Trio and Clarinet
Interval
Camille Saint-Saëns - Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 92
Read the introduction to this programme...

Galliards with Piano III

Galliard Ensemble and Sam Haywood (piano)

Richard Strauss, arr. Thomas Graf - Die Fledermaus Overture
Ludwig Thuille - Sextet for piano and winds in B flat major, op. 6
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, op. 16
Francis Poulenc - Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C major

Bliss Clarinet Quintet with the Elias Quartet

Robert Plane (clarinet) and the Elias Quartet

String Quartets performed by the Elias, to be agreed in discussion
Interval
Arthur Bliss - Clarinet Quintet
Can be booked either through Tashmina Artists or Maestro Arts.
With orchestra:

Concertos

Mathilde Milwidsky (violin)

Antonin Dvořák: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op. 53
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor, MWV 03
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Roxanna Panufnik: Four World Seasons
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 63
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor, op. 61
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47
Mark Simpson: Violin Concerto
Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light
Pēteris Vasks: Lonely Angel
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Further proposals:

Beauty, prayer and devotion

Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)

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Tomás Luis de Victoria: O quam gloriosum
Raffaella Aleotti: Surge, propera amica mea
Jonathan Dove: In Beauty May I Walk
James MacMillan: Dominus dabit benignitatem
William Byrd: Diliges Dominum
Judith Weir: Ave Regina caelorum
Anna Semple: Ad te, Domine
Arvo Pärt: The Deer's Cry
Interval
Thomas Tallis: Sancte Deus
Alec Roth: Men & Angels
Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater
Diogo Dias Melgás: Salve Regina
Sulpitia Cesis: Stabat Mater
Hilary Campbell: Ave Maria
Cecilia McDowall: Alma redemptoris Mater
Pierre de la Rue: O salutaris hostia

Percy Penguin’s Lighthouse Party

Galliard Ensemble

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Jim Parker - Mississippi Five (selection)
Paul Hindemith - Kleine Kammermusik, op. 24, no. 2, 4th movement: Schnelle Viertel
George Frideric Handel, arr. Tom Kennedy - Water Music, 1st movement: Pomposo
Denes Agay - Polka, from Five Easy Dances
Norman Hallam - Charleston, from Dance Suite

Programmes for Lent: Reproaches, Lamentation and Penitence

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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)

A choice of two programmes: full-length concert or hour-long programme

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Full-length concert programme

This full-length concert programme explores how composers from the Renaissance to the present day have responded to Lenten themes of repentance, lamentation and petitions for mercy.

Tomás Luis de Victoria - Popule meus
Freddie Crowley - Stabat Mater
Vicente Lusitano - Emendemus in melius
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Interval
John Sanders - The Reproaches
William Byrd - Ne irascaris, Domine
James MacMillan - Miserere
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Hour-long programme

This hour-long programme juxtaposes Renaissance and 20th-century soundworlds by interspersing Francis Poulenc’s atmospheric Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence with works by Renaissance composers Thomas Tallis and Tomás Luis de Victoria.

Thomas Tallis - Sancte Deus
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Timor et tremor
Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: Recessit pastor noster
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Vinea mea electa
Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: O vos omnes
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Tenebrae factae sunt
Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Francis Poulenc - Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence: Tristis et anima mea
Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
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Some other works that could be featured in similar programmes:

Robert White - Miserere mei, Deus
Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah
Edgar Day - When I survey the wondrous cross

Sample Piano Recital 1

Tim Horton (piano)

Robert Schumann - Allegro, op. 8
Robert Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze op. 6
Interval
Arnold Schönberg - Five pieces, op. 23
Arnold Schönberg - Six Little Pieces, op. 19
Johannes Brahms - Four Pieces, op. 119

Sample Piano Recital 2

Tim Horton (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata no. 15 in F major, K. 533/494
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata (Andante and Variations) in F Minor, Hob.XVII:6, Un piccolo divertimento
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata Hob XVI: 49
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus D. 899

Sample Piano Recital 3

Tim Horton (piano)

Maurice Ravel - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Claude Debussy - Images Book 1 and 2
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin - Waltz in E flat major, op. 18
Frédéric François Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60
Frédéric François Chopin - Two Nocturnes, op. 27
Frédéric François Chopin - Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47
Frédéric François Chopin - Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31

Sample Piano Recital 4

Tim Horton (piano)

Alban Berg - Sonata, op. 1
Bela Bartók - Improvisations, op. 20
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 26 in E flat major, op. 81a, Les Adieux
Interval
Anton Webern - Variations, op. 27
Luciano Berio - Sequenza IV
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57, Appassionata

Sample Piano Recital 5

Tim Horton (piano)

Franz Schubert - Four Impromptus D. 935, op. Posth. 142
Interval
Franz Schubert - Hungarian Melody in B minor, D. 817
Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor

Sample Recital Programme 6

Tim Horton (piano)

Johannes Brahms - Four Ballades, op. 10
György Kurtág - Jatekok (selection)
Interval
Robert Schumann - Arabeske, op. 18
Robert Schumann - Piano Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 11

Sample Recital Programme 7

Tim Horton (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier (selection)
Pierre Boulez - Sonata no. 2
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, op. 120

Purcell, Bach, Byrd, Pierné and Lago

Ferio Saxophone Quratet

Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau, Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Tochio (I and III) and Ferio (II) - Italian Concerto BWV 971
William Byrd, arr. Iain Farrington - Pavane and Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Interval
Gabriel Pierné - Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire
Guillermo Lago - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, from The Wordsworth Poems
Guillermo Lago - With ships the sea was sprinkled, from The Wordsworth Poems
Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection)

Bach, Purcell, Handel, Corelli

Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Fugue in G Minor BWV 578
Johann Sebastian Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude & Fugue XII - BVW881
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Schafe Konnin Sicher Weiden, from BWV 208 – Sheep May Safely Graze
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Air from Suite no.3 In D Major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Iain Farrington - Rondeau, Abdelazer Suite, Z. 570
George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - Water Music Suite no. 2 HWV 349 (selection)
Arcangelo Corelli - Adagio from Concerto Grosso in G Minor, op. 6, no. 8, Christmas Concerto

Current Concertos

Linos Piano Trio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, op. 56
Wolfgang Rihm - Trio Concerto
Bohuslav Martinů - Concerto for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H. 231
Bohuslav Martinů - Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H. 232
Flux - Ferio Saxophone Quartet - Chandos Records

Pierné, Bozza, Lago, Reinhart, Gregory

Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Gabriel Pierné - Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire
Eugène Bozza - Andante et Scherzo
Guillermo Lago - The Wordsworth Poems
Interval
Hugo Reinhart - Quartet in F minor for Saxophone Quartet
Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection)
Will Gregory - Hoe Down
Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Concertos

Montenegrin Guitar Duo offer the following choices

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto for 2 guitars and orchestra, op. 201
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, arr. Amadeus Guitar Duo - Concierto Madrigal
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Mandolins in G major, RV. 532
Yin Chengzong, Chu Wanghua  Yellow River Concerto - after Yellow River Cantata by Xian Xinghai, arr. Montenegrin Guitar Duo

Bach, Handel, Reinhart, Grieg, Lago, Gregory

Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Tochio (I and III) and Ferio (II) - Italian Concerto BWV 971
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Schafe Konnin Sicher Weiden, from BWV 208 – Sheep May Safely Graze
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Air from Suite No.3 In D Major, BWV 1068
George Frideric Handel, arr. Iain Farrington - (from) Water Music Suite no. 2 HWV 349
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Iain Farrington - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Interval
Hugo Reinhart - Quartet in F minor for Saxophone Quartet
Edvard Grieg, arr. Ferio - Air from Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Guillermo Lago - Ciudades (selection)
Will Gregory - Hoe Down
Cycle(s):

Mozart Piano Sonatas Cycle

Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Concert 1 Piano Sonata no. 1 in C major, K. 279
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor, K. 457
Concert 2 Piano Sonata no. 16 in C major, K. 545
Piano Sonata no. 13 in B flat major, K. 333
Concert 3 Piano Sonata no. 9 in D major, K. 311
Piano Sonata no. 12 in F major, K. 332
Concert 4 Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat major, K. 282
Piano Sonata no. 15 in F major, K. 533/494
Concert 5 Piano Sonata no. 2 in F major, K. 280
Piano Sonata no. 8 in A minor, K. 310
Concert 6 Piano Sonata no. 5 in G major, K. 283
Piano Sonata no. 7 in C major, K. 309
Concert 7 Piano Sonata no. 3 in B flat major, K. 281
Piano Sonata no. 10 in C major, K. 330
Concert 8 Piano Sonata no. 6 in D major, K. 284
Piano Sonata no. 17 in B flat major, K. 570
Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331
Piano Sonata no. 18 in D major, K. 576
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Other Cycles:

Schubert Sonata Cycle

Tim Horton (piano)

Concert 1
Schubert and Schumann
— including Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845
  Concert 2
Schubert and Liszt
— including Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894
  Concert 3
Schubert and Ravel
— including Four Impromptus, D. 899, and Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850
  Concert 4
Schubert's Last Piano Sonatas
— Sonata in C minor, D. 958
— Sonata in A major, D. 959
— Sonata in B flat major D. 960
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Beethoven Complete Sonata Cycle

Tim Horton (piano)

Concert 1
Sonatas op. 2 and op. 7
Concert 2
Sonatas op. 10, op. 14 and op. 13
Concert 3
Sonatas op. 22, op. 26, op. 27 and op. 28
Concert 4
Sonatas op. 31 and op. 53
Concert 5
Sonatas op. 54, op. 57, op. 78, op. 79 and op. 81a
Concert 6
Sonatas op. 90, op. 101 and op. 106
Concert 7
Sonatas op. 109, 110 and op. 111
Encores
Sonatas op. 49
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05/12/2023