Concert Archive
2023/2024 season
Saturday, 14th October 2023
Pocket Sinfonia
Fanny Mendelssohn (arr. Duncumb) – Overture in C major.
Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Corr) – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (suite)
Prokofiev (arr. Corr) – Romeo and Juliet (suite)
Sunday, 21st January 2024
Ensemble 360
Mahler – Piano Quartet (in one movement) in A minor
Fauré – Piano Quartet no. 2 in G minor, op. 45
Dvořák – Piano Quartet no. 2 in E flat major, op. 87
Sunday, 10th March 2024
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
Handel (arr. Farrington) – Water Music (selection)
Handel – Sarabande (from Harpsichord Suite in D minor, HWV 437)
Elgar (arr. Ferio) – Serenade for Strings, op. 20
Hugo Reinhart – Quartet in F minor (selection)
Gershwin (arr. Nigel Wood) – An American in Paris
Andy Scott – My Mountain Top
Guillermo Lago – Ciudades (selection)
Tuesday, 28th November 2023
James Newby (baritone) & Joseph Middleton (piano)
Britten – I Wonder as I Wander ; There’s None to Soothe
Schubert – Der Wanderer (D489/493); Auf der Donau (D553); Auf der Bruck (D853)
John Casken – Lines from a Wanderer
Beethoven – Maigesang (op. 52 no. 4); Adelaide (op. 46); An die ferne Geliebte (op. 98)
Jonathan Dove – All You Who Sleep Tonight
Errollyn Wallen – About Here
Britten – At the Mid Hour of Night; Sail on, Sail on
Saturday, 10th February 2024
Zehetmair Quartet
Brahms – String Quartet no. 1 in C minor, op. 51 no. 1
Webern – Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, op. 9
Sibelius – String Quartet in D minor, op. 56 (‘Voces Intimae’)
Saturday, 13th April 2024
Khrystyna Mykhailichenko (piano)
J S Bach – French Suite no.5 in G Major, BWV816
Beethoven – Piano Sonata no.4 in E flat major, op. 7
Schumann – Humoresque in B flat major, op. 20
2022 – 2023 season
Tuesday, 4th October 2022
Dominic Degavino
Beethoven – Piano Sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2 no. 3
Amy Beach – Five Improvisations, op. 148
Schubert – Allegretto in C minor, D915
Brahms – Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5
Tuesday, 15th November 2022
Pelléas Ensemble
Debussy (arr. Roberts) – Prélude à l’Après-Midi d’un Faune
Rebecca Clarke (arr. Tunnicilffe) – Four Songs
Jolivet – Petite Suite
Dowland (arr.Tunnicliffe) – In Darkness Let me Dwell/ If my Complaints Could Passions Move
Purcell (arr. Tunnicliffe) – Fantasia upon One Note
Ethel Smyth – Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Swan Lake
Sunday, 29th January 2023
Bradley Creswick (violin) and Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
Beethoven – Violin Sonata no. 8 in G major, op. 30 no. 3
Dvořák – Romance in F minor, op. 11
Bartók – Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Elgar – Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 82
Sunday, 19th February 2023
Dudok Quartet Amsterdam
Mozart – String Quartet no. 23 in F major, K590
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 11
Shostakovich – String Quartet no. 5 in B flat major, op. 92
Friday, 10th March 2023
Rachel Podger (violin)
Tutta Sola
An evening of baroque music for solo violin
Programme included
Bach – Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565, arr. for solo violin in A minor
Tartini – Violin Sonata no. 17 from Piccole Sonate
Traditional – Celtic and English tunes, including from Playford’s Dancing Master
Saturday, 1st April 2023
Mithras Trio
Beethoven – Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 1 no. 1
Bridge – Phantasie Trio in C minor (Piano Trio no. 1)
Dvořák – Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, op. 90 (‘Dumky’)
2021 – 2022 season
19th October 2021
Consone Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in B flat major, op. 33 no. 4
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E flat major
Schubert – Quartettsatz, D703
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet in D major, op. 44 no. 1
29th October 2021
Sacconi Quartet and Emma Abbate
Rachmaninov – Romance (from String Quartet no. 1)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 57
Elgar – Piano Quintet, op.84
Sunday, 20th February 2022
Florilegium
Haydn (arr. Salomon) – Symphony no. 101 in D major, ‘The Clock’
Mozart – Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, K285
Haydn (arr. Salomon) –Symphony no. 94 in G major, ‘Surprise’
Haydn (arr. Salomon) –Symphony no. 104 in D major, ‘London’
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
Mithras Trio
Haydn –Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:41
Brahms –Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, op. 101
Schubert – Piano Trio no. 2 in E flat major, D929
Thursday, 7th April 2022
Rattle Őzsuca Duo
Sacha Rattle (clarinet), Zeynep Őzsuca (piano)
Hindemith – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B flat major
Stanford – Three Intermezzi, op. 13
Bernstein – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Schumann – Fantasiestűcke, op. 73
Berg – Four Pieces, op. 5
Brahms – Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano, op. 120 no. 1
Thursday, 21st April 2022
Patrick Hemmerlé (piano)
Debussy –Estampes
Godowsky – Java Suite, book 1
Albéniz –Iberia, book 1
Liszt –Venezia e Napoli
2019 – 2020 season
22nd September 2019
KOTTOS
Vivaldi (arr. KOTTOS) – La Folia
Mogensen – Green Mountain
Opsahl – Encrypto
Petersen – Crowds
Farmakis – Reptile
Nielsen (arr. KOTTOS) – Aladdin Suite
Piazzolla (arr. Mogensen) – Maria de Buenos Aires
Skalkottas (arr. Farmakis) – 4 Greek Dances
Vaughan Williams (arr. Mogensen) – 6 Studies in English Folk Song
Liadov (arr. Mogensen) – 8 Russian Folk Songs, op. 58
Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Petersen) – Song of India
Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Petersen, Mogensen) – Lithuanian Dance
Jacob Gade (arr. Mogensen) – Tango Jalousie
15th October 2019
Boxwood & Brass
Beethoven – Sextet in E-flat major, op. 71
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major, op. 20
15th November 2019
Zimro Trio
Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, op. 157b
Huw Watkins – Dream
Bartók – Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz. 111
Mozart – Clarinet Trio in E-flat major, K498 (Kegelstatt Trio)
Gershwin (arr. Birtel) – Three Preludes
Copland (arr. Hannan) – Suite from Appalachian Spring
28th January 2020
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
Mozart – Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor, K457
Schubert – Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major, D664
Saariaho – Ballade
Scriabin – Preludes (selection)
Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor
20th February 2020
Sophie Rosa (violin), Roberto Carrillo-Garcia (double bass, guitar) and Gemma Beeson (piano)
Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango
Toldrà – Sonetí de la Rosada
Monti – Csárdás
Paganini – Cantabile
Bottesini – Rêverie
Piazzolla – Four Seasons in Buenos Aires
Machado – Pé de Moleque
Carrillo-Garcia – Piece for violin and guitar
16th March 2020
Sacconi Quartet
Haydn – String Quartet in D, op. 64 no. 5 (The Lark)
Beethoven – String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 (Serioso)
Mendelssohn – String Quartet no. 1 in E-flat major, op. 12
2018 – 2019 season
16th October 2018
Joyce Christie memorial concert
Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch
Bloch – Three Nocturnes
Beethoven – Piano Trio, op. 1 no. 2
Dvořák – Piano Trio in F minor, op. 65
12th November 2018
Foyle-Štšura Duo
Janáček – Sonata for Violin and Piano
Elgar – Violin Sonata in E minor, op. 82
Debussy – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
Respighi – Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor
Thursday, 6th December 2018
Peter Moore (trombone) and
Robert Thompson (piano)
Gouinguené – Concerto in A minor
Schumann – Arabesque in C, op. 18
Brahms – Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 38 (arr. for trombone)
Lindberg – Los Bandidos
Maynard – Urban Variations
Ravel – Sonatine
Falla – Siete canciones populares españolas
Bozza – Ballade
Friday, 11th January 2019
Riyad Nicolas (piano)
Beethoven – Piano Sonata no. 13 in E flat major, op. 27 no. 1,
‘Quasi una fantasia’
Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit
J.S. Bach -Prelude and Fugue (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, no. 1)
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, op. 12
Scriabin – Piano Sonata no. 5 in F sharp major, op. 53
Wednesday, 13th February 2019
Jess Gillam (saxophone) and
Zeynep Özsuca (piano)
Iturralde – Pequeña Czarda (arr. Harle)
Ravel – Pièce en forme de Habanera
Britten – Temporal Variations
Nyman – If (from The Diary of Anne Frank)
Harle – RANT!
Marcello – Oboe Concerto
Bartók – 3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csík District
Fitkin – Gate
Dowland – Flow My Teares
Wiedoeft – Valse Vanité
Friday, 8th March 2019
Heath Quartet
Haydn -String Quartet in D, op. 20 no. 4
Britten – String Quartet no.1 in D, op. 25
Beethoven – String Quartet in C, op.59 no. 3 (Rasumovsky)
Wednesday, 10th April 2019
Fujikawa, Markson and friends
Beethoven – Variations on ‘Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu’, op. 121a, for piano trio
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493
Chausson – Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in D major, op. 21
2017 – 2018 season
10th October 2017
Fujita Piano Trio
Mozart – Piano Trio no. 5 in C major, K548
Shostakovich – Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67
Schubert – Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major, D929
18th November 2017
Marina Nadiradze (piano)
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in F major, L479
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, L423
Haydn – Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI: 34
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata no. 2 in D minor, op. 14
Schumann – ‘Abegg’ Variations, op. 1
Chopin – Scherzo in B minor, op. 20
Chopin – Scherzo in B flat minor, op. 31
Ravel – Alborado del Gracioso (from Miroirs)
8th December 2017
Gitarrissima of Vienna
Bizet/ Shchedrin – Carmen Suite: Dance aragonaise; Seguidilla; Intermezzo; Bolero
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake: Scène; Allegro Moderato; Waltz
Shostakovich – Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two); Waltz no. 2 (from Jazz Suite no. 1)
Gershwin – Porgy and Bess: Potpourri
Copland – Hoedown (from Rodeo)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Chinese Dance; Russian Dance
York – Bantu (from the African Suite)
Fujii – Furusato (from Rhapsody Japan)
Weiner – Fox Dance (from Divertimento no. 1, op. 20)
Stainov – Rachenitsa (from Thracian Dances suite)
20th January 2018
Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) with Joseph Middleton (piano)
Meyerbeer – Nobles Seigneurs, salut! (from Les Huguenots)
Ravel – Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques
Berlioz – Les Nuits d’Eté: Villanelle; Le Spectre de la Rose; Sur les Lagunes
Dove – Five Am’rous Sighs
Handel – Lascia Ch’io Pianga
Britten (arranger) – The Trees They Grow So High; Come You Not from Newcastle?
Atkinson (arranger) – Ma Bonny Lad: Water of Tyne; Elsie Marley; Ma Bonny Lad; Bonny at Morn; Bobby Shaftoe
Boon (arranger) – Fareweel Regality
Cole Porter – So in Love (from Kiss Me, Kate)
Sondheim – Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music)
Rodgers and Hammerstein – Mr Snow (from Carousel)
15th February 2018
Peter Facer (oboe) with Richard Uttley (piano)
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for Oboe and Piano in D major, op. 166
Lutoslawski – Epitaph
Poulenc – Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Britten – Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
Schubert – Impromptu no. 2 in E flat (from D899)
Daelli – Fantasia
9th March 2018
Kammerphilharmonie Europa
Wolf – Italian Serenade
Hummel – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E flat major
Schubert – Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in A major, D438
Mozart – Divertimento in F major, K138
Albinoni – Adagio in G minor for String Orchestra
Nielsen – Little Suite, op. 1
14th April 2018
Aurea String Quartet with Nicholas Trygstad (cello)
Beethoven – String Quartet in G major, op. 18 no. 2
Bridge – Three Idylls
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D956.
2016 – 2017 season
18th October 2016
Northern Chords Ensemble
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493
Rossini – Duo for Cello and Bass in D major
Schubert – Trout Quintet
19th November 2016
Thomas Verity (clarinet) and Simon Passmore (piano)
Weber – Grand Duo Concertant in E flat major
Schumann – Three Romances, op. 94
Lutoslawski – Five Dance Preludes
Ireland – Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Gregson – Tributes (1-3)
Parkin – March
Templeton – Pocket-size Sonata 1
15th December 2016
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
J S Bach – Sonata no. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
J S Bach – Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Ysaÿe – Sonata no. 4 in E minor
Ysaÿe – Sonata no. 5 in G major
Ysaÿe – Sonata no. 6 in E major
17th January 2017
Eilidh Gillespie (flute), Nick Byrne (cello) and Ian Buckle (piano)
Martinů – Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Piazzola – Nightclub 1960 (from Histoire du Tango)
Villa-Lobos – The Jet Whistle
Weber – Trio for Piano, Flute and Cello in G minor, op. 63
17th February 2017
Mishka Rushdie Momen
Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K511
Schumann – Waldscenen, op. 82
Albeniz – Iberia: El Puerto (book 1, no. 3) and Triana (book 2, no. 3)
Schumann – Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor, op. 11
15th March 2017
Sitkovetsky Piano Trio
Turina – Piano Trio no. 2 in B minor, op. 76
Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms – Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, op. 101
22nd April 2017
Edinburgh String Quartet with Morag Robertson (viola)
Haydn – String Quartet in F major, op. 77 no. 2
Tippett – String Quartet no. 2
Dvořák – String Quintet in E flat, op. 97
