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Concerts

Music in the Round: East Riding of Yorkshire

Junction Goole Paradise Place, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Edwin York Bowen: Clarinet Sonata, op. 109
Pamela Harrison: Drifting Away for clarinet and piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, op. 48

Harrogate International Festival: Harrogate

Old Swan Hotel Swan Road, Harrogate, England

Witold Lutoslawski: 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

Wells Cathedral School: Somerset

Cedars Hall Wells Cathedral School, The Liberty, Wells, Somerset, England

Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, op. 48
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
Interval
Eleanor Alberga: Duo from Dancing with the Shadow
Pamela Harrison: Drifting Away for clarinet and piano
Paquito D'Rivera: The Cape Cod Files

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Charles Koechlin: Trio d'anches, op. 206
Henri Tomasi: Évocations
Witold Lutosławski: Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, FP 32a
Jacques Ibert: Cinq pièces en trio

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Charles Koechlin: Trio d'anches, op. 206
Henri Tomasi: Évocations
Witold Lutosławski: Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, FP 32a
Jacques Ibert: Cinq pièces en trio

Ripon Concerts: North Yorkshire

Holy Trinity Church, Ripon Kirkby Road, North Yorkshire, England

Domenico Scarlatti, arr. Dinu Lipatti: Sonatas
Samuel Barber: Summer Music, op. 31
Luciano Berio: Opus Number Zoo
Interval
Franz Danzi: Quintet in B flat major, op. 56, no. 1
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, op. 43

Espressivo Concert Promotions: Herefordshire

Hellens Manor Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio no. 4 in B flat, op. 11, Gassenhauer
Walter Rabl: Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, op. 1
Antonin Dvo?ák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, Dumky

Music in the Round: Hampshire

Portsmouth Guildhall Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Igor Stravinsky: Stravinsky 3 pieces for String Quartet
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Interval
Franz Schubert: Quartet in D minor, D. 810 - Death and the Maiden

Music in the Round: Wiltshire

Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England

Josef Suk: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn 'St Wenceslas', op. 35a
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Interval
Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, op, 31
Antonin Dvořák: Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96, B. 179, American

Champs Hill Music Room: Pulborough

Champs Hill Coldwaltham, Pulborough, England

Charles Villiers Stanford: Three Intermezzi, op. 13
Clarinet Sonata, op. 129
Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, op. 73

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Festival Launch

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

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Main House Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Paul Rissmann: Sir Scallywag and The Battle Of Stinky Bottom; Giles Andreae (words), Korky Paul (illustrations)

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Samuel Worth Chapel The Gatehouse, Cemetery Avenue, Sheffield, England

Sunrise

Samuel Barber: Summer Music, op. 31
Olivier Messiaen: Appel interstellai
Carl Nielsen: Wind Quintet, op. 43
Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René

Back by popular demand! The wind players of Ensemble 360 will perform a selection of music to accompany the rising sun, alongside the dawn chorus of singing birds. Featuring the blues-inflected Summer Music by Samuel Barber, the technical fireworks of Messiaen’s interstellar horn-calls (recorded above the Hope Valley by Naomi Atherton for our online festival in 2020), and music for wind inspired by nature, this promises to be an atmospheric morning of music in a unique setting.

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

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.

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

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.

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

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

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

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

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Close-Up: Music For Curious Young Minds

Five wind musicians and a very special guest breathe life into the wondrous world of chamber music. Created specially for young audiences, this concert combines well-known classical favourites with new works performed on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, with singer.

Ideal for 7–11 year-olds and their families.

Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield

Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

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.

Jordans Music Club: Buckinghamshire

Jubilee Hall, Seer Green School Lane, Seer Green, Buckinghamshire, England

Charles Villiers Stanford: Fantasy no. 1 for Clarinet and String quartet
John Ireland: Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet
Interval
Rebecca Clarke: Two pieces for Viola and Cello
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115

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05/12/2023