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Concerts

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Henri Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B flat major, op. 36
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Henri Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B flat major, op. 36
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata

Wigmore Hall: London

Wigmore Hall Wigmore Street, London, England

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio no. 32 in A major, Hob XV:18
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50, in memory of a Great Artist

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

Hexham and District Music Society: Northumberland

Queen's Hall Arts Centre Beaumont Street, Northumberland, England

Gustav Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45
Interval
Antonin Dvořák: Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 87

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

Drogheda Classical Music: Drogheda

St. Peter's Church of Ireland West Street, Drogheda, Republic of Ireland

Frédéric François Chopin: Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, op. 36
Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, op. 16
Interval
Frédéric François Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60
Frédéric François Chopin: Three Mazurkas, op. 56
Frédéric François Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, op. 42
Frédéric François Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, op. 22

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C major, op. 102, no.1
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on 'See the Conquering Hero' from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 5 in D major op. 102, no.2

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C major, op. 102, no.1
Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations on 'See the Conquering Hero' from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 5 in D major op. 102, no.2

Music in the Round: Sheffield

Upper Chapel Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Laurence Osborn: Me and 4 Ponys
Peter Wilson: Piano Quintet
Interval
Ruta Vitkauskaite: Nanga
Ben Lunn: String Trio (World Premiere)

Music in the Round: Sheffield

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

Sergey Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque no. 1 in G minor
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C major, op. 119
Interval
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 22

Music in the Round: Sheffield

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

Frédéric François Chopin:

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

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 Playhouse Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England

Mozart and Schubert
Ella Taylor, Robin Ireland & Ensemble 360

Mozart: Ach, ich fühl’s! (from The Magic Flute)
Mozart : String Quintet No.4 in G minor K516
Trad. Se solen sjunker (Swedish folksong)
Schubert :Piano Trio No.2 in E flat

Music in the Round is delighted to welcome Robin Ireland back to the Crucible, a venue he knows so well from his years as violist with the Lindsay String Quartet.

Robin will join Ensemble 360 for one of Mozart’s finest chamber works, his String Quintet in G minor. It’s a work that’s rich in drama, the hallmark of one of the greatest opera composers, and a delicate aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute will lead straight into the Quintet.

Schubert’s Second Piano Trio was one of the final pieces he completed before his death at the young age of 31. It’s a work of incredible emotional depth, with its most famous melody, frequently used in soundtracks for film and television, inspired by a traditional Swedish folksong.

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

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.

 

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05/12/2023