Events 2010-2011
16th October 2010
THE BADKE QUARTET
Artists interviews at 7.00pm
www.badkequartet.co.uk
The Badke Quartet, formed in 2002, is widely recognised as one of Britain's finest string quartets. Winners of the 1st prize and audience prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2007, the Badke Quartet has received widespread acclaim for its energetic and vibrant performances.
Haydn String Quartet Opus 76 No. 2 "Fifths"
Bartok String Quartet No. 2
- Interval -
Dvorak Quartet No.12 in F Major, Opus 96 - American
20th November 2010
GORDON FERGUS-THOMPSON Piano
In memory of David Norman, director of music and organist at this church.
Gordon Fergus-Thompson's performing repertoire includes 45 concertos and a wealth of recital programmes embracing a period from Bach to Webern. Gordon Fergus-Thompson has recorded the complete works of Debussy and Ravel, and he will soon complete his marathon 8-CD set of the solo music of Scriabin. He has played in most of the musical capitals of the world, has given masterclasses throughout the United States and in Australia. Gordon Fergus-Thompson was appointed Professor at the Royal College of Music in 1996.
3 Intermezzi Opus 117. Brahms
No.1 in E flat
No.2 in B flat minor
No.3 in C # minor
Kreisleriana. Opus 16. Schumann
- Interval -
Mazurka in A minor Opus 17 no.4. Chopin
Nocturne in E Opus 62 no.2. Chopin
Prelude in E flat. Opus 23 no 6 Rachmaninoff
Étude-Tableau in E flat minor Opus 39 no 5.
Sonata no 3 in F # minor Opus 23. Scriabin
5th February 2011
DANIEL GRIMWOOD Fortepiano
Daniel Grimwood is a distinctive performer with an uncompromising approach to his music making. Guided by an unswerving love of music, and unshackled by convention, his commitment to great music regardless of its origin has led him to champion, alongside the standard repertoire, works by composers such as Blumenfeld, Stanchinsky, Tubin, Henselt and Medtner. As a polymath Daniel is frequently to be found performing on the harpsichord, playing the viola in Chamber Music with his friends or composing at his writing desk.
Schubert Sonata Recital.
D958 in C minor
D959 in A major
- Interval -
D960 in Bb major
5th March 2011
FINE ARTS BRASS
Artists interviews at 7.00pm
www.fineartsbrass.co.uk
Fine Arts Brass Ensemble is the longest-lived, the most innovative, the most widely travelled and the most highly acclaimed British Brass Ensemble. FAB has appeared at nearly every British Music Festival, and many more worldwide. They have commissioned many new works from a variety of contemporary composers. This initiative continues with a major new work to be composed for us in 2014 by James MacMillan.
Partita on Krakov Fanfare - Philip Wilby
'Winter' from 4 seasons - Antonio Vivaldi arr. Roberts
Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies arr. Lenton
Queen of the Night Aria (Magic Flute) Mozart arr. Roberts
Love the Magician Suite - Manuel de Falla arr. Lenton
- Interval -
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein arr. Lenton
Simple Song (from Mass) - Leonard Bernstein arr. Lenton
Street Song - Michael Tilson Thomas
Tin Pany Alley Brass - A Suite of classic pieces from the best of the Tin Pan Alley Composers:
Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin & Fats Waller
2nd April 2011
THE SACCONI QUARTET
www.sacconi.com
Known throughout the world for its energy, creativity and integrity of interpretation, the Sacconi Quartet continues to perform with its four founder members.
The Quartet performs regularly at London's major venues, and each May hosts the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival at Folkestone.
They will celebrate their tenth anniversary in 2011
Suk – Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn, St. Wenceslas, Opus 35a
Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Opus 13
- Interval -
Beethoven – String Quartet in C, Opus 59 no. 3, Rasumovsky
14th May 2011
LONDON BAROQUE
Artists interviews at 7.00pm
www.londonbaroque.com
London Baroque continues to give vital and enriching performances with all the technical perfection and musical maturity their public has come to expect. They have performed in most of the major European festivals, appeared frequently on TV and radio the world over, and tour regularly in Japan and the USA. Their repertoire spans a period from the end of the sixteenth century up to Mozart and Haydn with works of virtually unknown composers next to familiar masterpieces of the baroque and early classical eras.
BACH and HIS CIRCLE
D. Buxtehude Trio Sonate in d minor Opus 1/6 BuxWv 257
Grave/Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Adagio/Presto
F. Couperin Deuxième Concert Royal in D major
Prélude (gracieusement) - Allemande Fuguée (gayement) - Air Tendre
- Air Contrefugué (vivement) - Echos (tendrement)
J.S.Bach Trio Sonata in G BWV 1027
Adagio - Allegro ma non tanto - Andante - Allegro moderato
- Interval -
C.F.Abel Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba and bc
Adagio - Allegro - Allegro ma non Presto
J.S.Bach The Italian Concerto for harpsichord
[Allegro] - Andante - Presto
G.Ph.Telemann Trio in G for Violin, Gamba and bc
Cantabile - Vivace - Affettuoso - Allegro
Ingrid Seifert Violin
Charles Medlam Bass viol
Steven Devine Harpsichord
RICHARD TOEMAN FAMILY CONCERTS
10th October 2010
"Stephen Baron with Babar the elephant"
- suitable for 3-8 year olds
www.stephenbaronmusic.com/
Hear the story! Watch the pictures! Listen to the witty light music! Dress up as an elephant!. Take part with percussion instruments! Lots of audience participation!.
16th January 2011
JOODOO DRUMS
Suitable for ages 5 - 12 year olds
www.joodoodrums.co.uk
Joodoo Drums invite you to be part of an African Drum and Percussion
group where you will be an integral part of the band. Learn to play
Djembe drums, maracas, tambourines, cow-bells and boomwhackers and make
some very funky music in the process.
13th February 2011
"All trumpets Great and Small" - MARK KESSEL
- suitable for 4-12 year olds
www.markkessel.co.uk
By popular request Mark has returned from Venice and will provide a fresh insight in to blowing your own trumpet.
6th March 2011
THE SPIRAL SAXOPHONE QUARTET
- suitable for 4-12 year olds
www.spiralsax.co.uk
This locally based group entertain in areas as diverse as schools, and the Arts Depot. They are multiple winners of the North London Festival of Music & Drama. In addition, they give regular master classes as part of Barnet Music. Their repertoire includes a wide variety of jazz and popular tunes that make the most of the unique sounds of a saxophone quartet.