Main Series Concerts 2011/12

Saturday 24th September 2011, 7:30pm

Chroma Ensemble

  • Penderecki: Piano Sextet
  • Anna Meredith: Railgun - first performance
  • Simon Holt: All Fall Down
  • Dohnányi: Piano Sextet

Bartók Weekend

Saturday 15th / Sunday 16th October 2011

Takács Quartet

  • Saturday 15th October, 7:30pm
  • Quartet No. 1 (1908)
  • Quartet No. 3 (1927)
  • Quartet No. 5 (1934)
  • Sunday 16th October, 3:00pm
  • Quartet No. 2 (1917)
  • Quartet No. 4 (1928)
  • Quartet No. 6 (1938)

Friday 28th October 2011, 7:30pm

Chaconne Brass

  • Suppé arr. Bill Holcombe: Overture: Light Cavalry
  • Boyce arr. Mark Kesel: Symphony No.1
  • Richard Baker: Keck
  • Henry Eccles arr. Simon de Souza: Horn Sonata
  • Andreas Peer Kähler: Maria - Ein Tryptichon
  • Malcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass
  • Interval
  • Holmboe: Quintet No.1 Op.79
  • Torbjörn Hultmark: An Iberian Draft (after Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez)
  • Scheebiegel: Der Kellermeister
  • Mark Kesel: Nachna
  • Handel: Hornpipe from ‘Water Music’
  • Trad arr. Don Gillis: Just a Close Walk with Thee

Saturday 12th November 2011, 7:30pm

Kungsbacka Trio

  • Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor
  • Haydn: Trio Hob XV:30 in E flat
  • Beethoven: Trio in B flat major, Op.97 ‘Archduke’

Sunday 27th November 2011, 5:30pm

Royal String Quartet / Alessandro Taverna

  • Górecki: Quartet No.1 Op.62 ‘Already it is Dusk’
  • Chopin: Valse in C sharp minor, Op.64 No.2
  • Chopin: Introduction and Rondo in E flat major, Op.16
  • Szymanowski: String Quartet No.2
  • Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11

Wednesday 14th December 2011, 7:30pm

Radu Lupu

We very much regret that Radu Lupu has injured his shoulder and so this concert has had to be cancelled. However, we are glad to announce that François-Frédéric Guy has agreed to perform in his place.

Details of the latter concert are available from the link below.

Wednesday 14th December 2011, 7:30pm

François-Frédéric Guy

  • Debussy: Prelude from Book 2
  • Liszt: Bénédiction from Harmonies Poétiques
  • Schubert: Sonata in A major D959

Chamber Music Weekend 2012

Saturday 21st January 2012, 7:30pm
Sunday 22nd January, 11:30am & 3:00pm

Natalie Clein & Friends

  • Saturday 21st January 2012, 7:30pm
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.6 in A Op.30/1
  • Kodály: Duo for Violin & Cello
  • Schubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E flat D929
  • Sunday 22nd January 2012, 11:30am
  • Beethoven: Oiano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 ‘Waldstein’/1
  • Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821
  • Sunday 22nd January 2012, 3:00pm
  • Bartók: Violin Sonata No.1
  • Beethoven: Clarinet Trio in B flat Op.11
  • Kodály: Solo Cello Sonata Op.8

Saturday 11th February 2012, 7:30pm

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

  • Haydn: Two Sonatas
  • Haydn: F minor variations XVII Op.20
  • Bartók: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op.20
  • Bartók: 3 Études Op.18
  • Debussy: Hommage à Haydn & 12 Études (1915)

Saturday 3rd March 2012, 7:30pm

Panocha Quartet

  • Smetana: Quartet No.2 in D minor
  • Janáček: Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate Letters’
  • Dvořák: Quartet in A flat major Op.105

Saturday 17th March 2012, 7:30pm

Maggini Quartet

with Robert Plane (clarinet)
& Stephen Stirling (horn)
  • Mendelssohn: Quartet No.2 in A major Op.13
  • John Ireland: Sextet
  • Stanford: Phantasy for Horn Quintet
  • Weber: Clarinet Quintet

Saturday 14th April / Sunday 15th April 2012

Artur Pizarro in recital

  • Saturday 14th April, 7:30pm
  • Painting with the Piano
  • Granados: Goyescas
  • Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Sunday 15th April, 3:00pm
  • Piano and the Writer
  • Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
  • Liszt: Apres une lecture de Dante
  • Prokofiev: 10 pieces from ‘Romeo and Juliet’

2011 - 2012 Season

Main Series

Chapel concerts


Main Series Calendar

Oct 15/16: Takács Quartet

2012

Jan 21/22: Natalie Clein

Feb 11: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Mar 3: Panocha Quartet

Mar 17: Maggini Quartet

Apr 14/15: Artur Pizarro