2010/2011 60th Anniversary Season
Thursday 9 September 7.30pm
Simón Bolívar String Quartet
Alejandro Carreño | violin
Eduardo Salazar | violin
Ismel Campos | viola
Aimon Mata | cello
Bach : Contrapunctus No.1 from The Art of Fugue
Beethoven : Grosse Fuge Op.133
Javier Alvarez : Metro Chabacano
Dvorak : Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’
Members of the Simón Bolívar Quartet are leaders of the string sections of the world-famous Venezuelan orchestra, who are visiting Norwich as part of the ‘In Harmony’ project based on the highly successful Venezuela El Sistema. Their programme includes a piece specially written for string quartet by the Spanish singer and songwriter Javier Alvarez.
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with the members of the quartet
Sunday 3 October 3.00pm
Chamber Orchestra of St Paul’s
Conductor Ben Palmer
Tippett : Little Music for Strings
Strauss : Metamorphosen arr. Rudolf Leopold
John Adams : Shaker Loops
Shostakovich/Barshai : Symphony Op.118a
‘This concert was full of glorious playing and intelligent interpretations … in Palmer’s vision it worked magnificently. Palmer and his orchestra are worth looking out for … there is something exciting happening with them’
Musical Pointers March 2010
DVORAK/SHOSTAKOVICH WEEKEND
Melvyn Tan | piano
Skampa Quartet
Helena Jiríkovská | violin
Daniela Soucková | violin
Radim Sedmidubsky | viola
Lukás Polák | cello
Saturday 16 October 7.30pm
Dvorak : Cypresses (selection)
Shostakovich : Quartet No.8 Op.110
Dvorak : Piano Quintet in A major Op.81
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Melvyn Tan and Radim Sedmidubsky
Sunday 17 October 3.00pm
Shostakovich : Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.122
Dvorak : Quartet No.13 in G major Op.106
Shostakovich : Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57
‘No other quartet can play this music quite like the Skampas, whose interest in Czech folk music underpins a high-octane style of delivery’
Guardian, July 2008
Saturday 6 November 7.30pm
Elizabeth Watts | soprano
Emma Johnson | clarinet
Julius Drake | piano
Burgmüller : Duo for clarinet and piano Op.15
Mozart : Lieder – K476, K520, K523
Spohr : Sechs deutsche Lieder Op.103
Schubert : Arpeggione Sonata arr. for clarinet
Schubert : The Shepherd on the Rock D965
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Elizabeth Watts, Emma Johnson and Julius Drake
Saturday 20 November 7.30pm
Aurora Ensemble
Maxine Willis | flute
Gwenllian Davies | oboe
Andrew Mason | clarinet
Helen Shillito | horn
Constance Tanner | bassoon
Joanna Smith/John Reid | piano
Beethoven : Quintet in E flat major Op.16
Goleminov : Quintet No.2 for wind
Stamitz : Quartet in E flat major for wind Op.8/2
Rimsky-Korsakov : Wind and Piano Quintet
Recently shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
‘Flames flickered with the Aurora Ensemble … out from mouths and fingers came immaculately polished and blended sounds’
The Times
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with artists
Saturday 11 December 7.30pm
Tamás Vásáry | piano
Chopin 200th Anniversary Recital
Mazurkas: Op.6/1, Op.17/1&3, Op.24/4, Op.30/3, Op.33/1&2, Op.41/1, Op.53/3, Op.56/2, Op.59/2&3, Op.63/3, Op.67/1,3,4, Op.68/2&4
Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58
This legendary pianist returns for a special visit to Norwich to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth.
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Tamás Vásáry
CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND 2011
Henschel Quartet
Christoph Henschel | violin
Markus Henschel | violin
Monika Henschel | viola
Matthias Beyer-Karlshoj | cello
Trio Con Brio (Copenhagen)
Soo-Jin Hong | violin
Soo-Kyung Hong | cello
Jens Elvekjaer | piano
The Henschel Quartet from Munich, who have been popular visitors to Norwich for many years, will be joined by the award-winning Trio Con Brio Copenhagen to provide a feast of romantic chamber music.
Saturday 29 January 7.30pm
Mahler : Piano Quartet in G minor
Schumann : Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47
Brahms : String Sextet No.2 in G major Op.36
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Monika and Markus Henschel and Jens Elvekjaer
Sunday 30 January 11.30am
Dvorak : String Sextet in A major Op.48
Brahms : Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34
Sunday 30 January 3.00pm
Strauss : String Sextet, Prelude to Capriccio
Franck : Piano Quintet in F minor
Tchaikovsky : Souvenir de Florence Op.70
Friday 18 February 7.30pm
James Ehnes | violin
Andrew Armstrong | piano
Debussy : Violin Sonata in G minor
Bartok : Violin Sonata No.1
Beethoven : Violin Sonata Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’
‘Effusively lyrical – hair-raisingly virtuosic’
Guardian
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong
Sunday 20 February 3.00pm
Danish String Quartet
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen | violin
Frederik Øland | violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard | viola
Fredrik Sjølin | cello
Nielsen : Quartet in G minor Op.13
Adès : Arcadiana
Beethoven : Quartet in E flat major Op.127
‘… swept the board at the 2009 London International String Quartet Competition, grabbing almost every prize available’
Danish Embassy Bulletin
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with members of the quartet
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
Michelangelo Quartet
Mihaela Martin | violin
Stephan Pickard | violin
Nobuko Imai | viola
Frans Helmerson | cello
Shostakovich : Quartet No.1 in C major Op.49
Debussy Quartet in G minor Op.10
Schumann: Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.41/1
Amongst the elite of international quartets, the Michelangelo Quartet are paying their first visit to Norwich and will be a fitting finale to the 60th anniversary season.
25 March-3 April 2011
François-Frédéric Guy
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
To celebrate the Norfolk & Norwich Music Club’s 60th anniversary season, the distinguished French pianist François-Frédéric Guy has been invited to perform the complete cycle of Beethoven Sonatas. Although the majority of these concerts will take place at the John Innes Centre, there will be two lunchtime recitals at the Assembly House.
See separate page...
Booking:
Membership
Annual Subscription £12 (students under 25 free)
Season ticket
13 concerts £150 (including subscription but excluding Beethoven Sonata series)
£60 (students under 25)
Applications to Hon. Membership Secretary, Angela Skeggs
2 Church Street, Old Catton, Norwich NR6 7DS
Cheques payable to ‘Norfolk & Norwich Music Club’
Please enclose SAE
Individual concerts
Members £15
Public £19 (booking opens 23 August 2010)
Students under 25 £6
Box office
01603 628319
Prelude Records, 25b St Giles’ Street, Norwich NR2 1JN
Information
Further details from the Hon. Secretary, Roger Rowe mbe
60 Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF
Tel/fax: 01603 621169
Email: rrowe@paston.co.uk
Please note:
Seats are not designated at the John Innes Centre. Season ticket-holders are guaranteed seats provided that they are seated five minutes before the performance. Admission to the hall will be restricted to 30 minutes before the start of each concert to allow for rehearsals and piano tuning. Members are entitled to tickets at a reduced rate and have priority booking until 23 August 2010, but are not guaranteed seats unless they are pre-booked.
Norfolk & Norwich Music Club • 60th Season
The club currently receives no grant from the Arts Council or local authorities but is grateful to donations from members and private individuals, including generous anonymous donations for the Guarneri Trio and Borodin Quartet weekends during the 2009/2010 season. The club also acknowledges generous assistance from the Ernest Cook Trust, the Sir Peter Seaman Charity, the Foundation of Joanna Scott, the Barbara Whatmore Trust, the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Archant Charity Appeals Committee, John Lewis Partnership and East of England Cooperative Society Community Dividend Fund.
The Club is a member of Making Music, which supports amateur performing and promoting societies throughout the UK.
Names and addresses of members are held on a computer database. No other details are held and the information is not available to any outside sources. In the absence of individual objections to the Secretary, it will be assumed that this arrangement has the approval of the member.
The committee reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice.
Norfolk & Norwich Music Club Registered Charity No.278446
Thursday 9 September 7.30pm
Simón Bolívar String Quartet
Alejandro Carreño | violin
Eduardo Salazar | violin
Ismel Campos | viola
Aimon Mata | cello
Bach : Contrapunctus No.1 from The Art of Fugue
Beethoven : Grosse Fuge Op.133
Javier Alvarez : Metro Chabacano
Dvorak : Quartet in F major Op.96 ‘American’
Members of the Simón Bolívar Quartet are leaders of the string sections of the world-famous Venezuelan orchestra, who are visiting Norwich as part of the ‘In Harmony’ project based on the highly successful Venezuela El Sistema. Their programme includes a piece specially written for string quartet by the Spanish singer and songwriter Javier Alvarez.
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with the members of the quartet
Sunday 3 October 3.00pm
Chamber Orchestra of St Paul’s
Conductor Ben Palmer
Tippett : Little Music for Strings
Strauss : Metamorphosen arr. Rudolf Leopold
John Adams : Shaker Loops
Shostakovich/Barshai : Symphony Op.118a
‘This concert was full of glorious playing and intelligent interpretations … in Palmer’s vision it worked magnificently. Palmer and his orchestra are worth looking out for … there is something exciting happening with them’
Musical Pointers March 2010
DVORAK/SHOSTAKOVICH WEEKEND
Melvyn Tan | pianoSkampa Quartet
Helena Jiríkovská | violin
Daniela Soucková | violin
Radim Sedmidubsky | viola
Lukás Polák | cello
Saturday 16 October 7.30pm
Dvorak : Cypresses (selection)
Shostakovich : Quartet No.8 Op.110
Dvorak : Piano Quintet in A major Op.81
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Melvyn Tan and Radim Sedmidubsky
Sunday 17 October 3.00pm
Shostakovich : Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.122
Dvorak : Quartet No.13 in G major Op.106
Shostakovich : Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57
‘No other quartet can play this music quite like the Skampas, whose interest in Czech folk music underpins a high-octane style of delivery’
Guardian, July 2008
Saturday 6 November 7.30pm
Elizabeth Watts | soprano
Emma Johnson | clarinet
Julius Drake | piano
Burgmüller : Duo for clarinet and piano Op.15
Mozart : Lieder – K476, K520, K523
Spohr : Sechs deutsche Lieder Op.103
Schubert : Arpeggione Sonata arr. for clarinet
Schubert : The Shepherd on the Rock D965
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Elizabeth Watts, Emma Johnson and Julius Drake
Saturday 20 November 7.30pm
Aurora Ensemble
Maxine Willis | flute
Gwenllian Davies | oboe
Andrew Mason | clarinet
Helen Shillito | horn
Constance Tanner | bassoon
Joanna Smith/John Reid | piano
Beethoven : Quintet in E flat major Op.16
Goleminov : Quintet No.2 for wind
Stamitz : Quartet in E flat major for wind Op.8/2
Rimsky-Korsakov : Wind and Piano Quintet
Recently shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
‘Flames flickered with the Aurora Ensemble … out from mouths and fingers came immaculately polished and blended sounds’
The Times
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with artists
Saturday 11 December 7.30pm
Tamás Vásáry | piano
Mazurkas: Op.6/1, Op.17/1&3, Op.24/4, Op.30/3, Op.33/1&2, Op.41/1, Op.53/3, Op.56/2, Op.59/2&3, Op.63/3, Op.67/1,3,4, Op.68/2&4
Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor Op.58
This legendary pianist returns for a special visit to Norwich to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth.
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Tamás Vásáry
CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND 2011
Henschel Quartet
Christoph Henschel | violin
Markus Henschel | violin
Monika Henschel | viola
Matthias Beyer-Karlshoj | cello
Trio Con Brio (Copenhagen)
Soo-Jin Hong | violin
Soo-Kyung Hong | cello
Jens Elvekjaer | piano
The Henschel Quartet from Munich, who have been popular visitors to Norwich for many years, will be joined by the award-winning Trio Con Brio Copenhagen to provide a feast of romantic chamber music.
Saturday 29 January 7.30pm
Mahler : Piano Quartet in G minor
Schumann : Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47
Brahms : String Sextet No.2 in G major Op.36
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with Monika and Markus Henschel and Jens Elvekjaer
Sunday 30 January 11.30am
Dvorak : String Sextet in A major Op.48
Brahms : Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34
Sunday 30 January 3.00pm
Strauss : String Sextet, Prelude to Capriccio
Franck : Piano Quintet in F minor
Tchaikovsky : Souvenir de Florence Op.70
Friday 18 February 7.30pm
James Ehnes | violin
Andrew Armstrong | piano
Debussy : Violin Sonata in G minor
Bartok : Violin Sonata No.1
Beethoven : Violin Sonata Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’
‘Effusively lyrical – hair-raisingly virtuosic’
Guardian
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong
Sunday 20 February 3.00pm
Danish String Quartet
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen | violin
Frederik Øland | violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard | viola
Fredrik Sjølin | cello
Nielsen : Quartet in G minor Op.13
Adès : Arcadiana
Beethoven : Quartet in E flat major Op.127
‘… swept the board at the 2009 London International String Quartet Competition, grabbing almost every prize available’
Danish Embassy Bulletin
6.30pm Pre-concert discussion with members of the quartet
Saturday 16 April 7.30pm
Michelangelo Quartet
Mihaela Martin | violin
Stephan Pickard | violin
Nobuko Imai | viola
Frans Helmerson | cello
Shostakovich : Quartet No.1 in C major Op.49
Debussy Quartet in G minor Op.10
Schumann: Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.41/1
Amongst the elite of international quartets, the Michelangelo Quartet are paying their first visit to Norwich and will be a fitting finale to the 60th anniversary season.
25 March-3 April 2011
François-Frédéric Guy
Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
To celebrate the Norfolk & Norwich Music Club’s 60th anniversary season, the distinguished French pianist François-Frédéric Guy has been invited to perform the complete cycle of Beethoven Sonatas. Although the majority of these concerts will take place at the John Innes Centre, there will be two lunchtime recitals at the Assembly House.
See separate page...
Booking:
Membership
Annual Subscription £12 (students under 25 free)
Season ticket
13 concerts £150 (including subscription but excluding Beethoven Sonata series)
£60 (students under 25)
Applications to Hon. Membership Secretary, Angela Skeggs
2 Church Street, Old Catton, Norwich NR6 7DS
Cheques payable to ‘Norfolk & Norwich Music Club’
Please enclose SAE
Individual concerts
Members £15
Public £19 (booking opens 23 August 2010)
Students under 25 £6
Box office
01603 628319
Prelude Records, 25b St Giles’ Street, Norwich NR2 1JN
Information
Further details from the Hon. Secretary, Roger Rowe mbe
60 Park Lane, Norwich NR2 3EF
Tel/fax: 01603 621169
Email: rrowe@paston.co.uk
Please note:
Seats are not designated at the John Innes Centre. Season ticket-holders are guaranteed seats provided that they are seated five minutes before the performance. Admission to the hall will be restricted to 30 minutes before the start of each concert to allow for rehearsals and piano tuning. Members are entitled to tickets at a reduced rate and have priority booking until 23 August 2010, but are not guaranteed seats unless they are pre-booked.
Norfolk & Norwich Music Club • 60th Season
The club currently receives no grant from the Arts Council or local authorities but is grateful to donations from members and private individuals, including generous anonymous donations for the Guarneri Trio and Borodin Quartet weekends during the 2009/2010 season. The club also acknowledges generous assistance from the Ernest Cook Trust, the Sir Peter Seaman Charity, the Foundation of Joanna Scott, the Barbara Whatmore Trust, the Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Archant Charity Appeals Committee, John Lewis Partnership and East of England Cooperative Society Community Dividend Fund.
Names and addresses of members are held on a computer database. No other details are held and the information is not available to any outside sources. In the absence of individual objections to the Secretary, it will be assumed that this arrangement has the approval of the member.
The committee reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice.
Norfolk & Norwich Music Club Registered Charity No.278446