Current Season

The UK's foremost wind ensemble

Kathryn Thomas, flute
Owen Dennis, oboe
Katherine Spencer, clarinet
Richard Bayliss, horn
Helen Storey, bassoon

Programme:
Gustav HOLST: Wind Quintet in A flat Op 14 (1903)
Benjamin BRITTEN: Metamorphoses (a selection from)
Malcolm ARNOLD: Divertimento for flute, Oboe & Clarinet
Gilbert VINTER: Two Miniatures
Arthur SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance Overture
Malcolm ARNOLD: Three Shanties Op 13
Ian CLARKE: Zoom Tube
Paul PATTERSON: Comedy for Five winds

Dominic Alldis, piano
Andrew Cleyndert, double bass
Martin France, drums

Imaginative jazz arrangements of classical themes, folk songs and songs from the Great American Songbook by three remarkable musicians fluent in the language of classical music and jazz.

"Alldis is unique, a polished and delicate jazz pianist. He performs with such subtle precision." Dave Gelly, Observer

A Making Music Concert Promoters' Group concert

CRISTIAN GRAJNER de SA, violin
Marina Nadiradze, piano

The brilliant violinist was born and brought up locally and was string finalist In the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2012.

Programme:

Beethoven Sonata No.2, Op.12 No. 2
Debussy Violin Sonata in G Minor
Brahms Sonata No.1 in G Major, Op.78
Virtuoso works (by Wieniawski, Sarasate and Kreisler among others)

Daniel Auner, violin
Diethard Auner, cello
Irina Auner, piano

We welcome this world-famous ensemble for a return visit with a programme of:
trios by Mozart – Trio in G, K 496, Schumann – Fantasy Pieces Op 88 and Ravel – Trio in A minor.

Ella Rundle, cello
Gamal Khamis, piano

Ella is a winner of the Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists

Sponsored by Making Music. She is one of the most gifted young musicians in the country.

Programme

Delius ~ Cello Sonata
Huguet y Tagell ~ Flamenco
Fazil Say ~ Four Cities
Franck ~ Sonata

A piano recital by an exciting young artist who is fast gaining a great reputation.

"brings a deep and infectious enthusiasm, combined with insight and technical comfort." - Sunday Times

Programme:

Chopin ~ Barcarolle, Op. 60
Chopin ~ Polonaise in Ab, Op. 53
Debussy ~ Images Book 2
Bartok ~ Sonata
Beethoven ~ Sonata in C minor, Op. 111

Christiana Mavron & Rachael Elliot, violins
Niamh Ferris, viola
Beatrice Newman, cello

We are delighted to welcome back this superb ensemble after their memorable concert at Leighton Buzzard Theatre in 2013

Programme:

A Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital

Alison Rose, soprano
Matthew Fletcher, piano

Winner of the coveted Maggi Teyte Prize 2015

"The stand-out performances include Alison Rose’s ravishingly sung Bathsheba..." Tim Ashley, The Guardian

Award winning pianist Matthew Fletcher is increasingly in demand as a recitalist, particularly of song repertoire. His performances have taken him all over the UK and Europe and he has performed at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, the Purcell Room and the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Programme:

Benjamin Britten ~ Purcell Realisations:
                              ~ Hark! The echoing air
                              ~ Evening Hymn
                              ~ Sweeter than Roses
Franz Schubert ~ Frülingsglaube
                          ~ Versunken
                          ~ Auf dem See
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ~ Deh Vieni, Non Tardar
Roger Quilter ~ 7 Elizabethan Lyrics
                           Interval
George Frederic Handel ~ Non Disperar
William Walton ~ Façade 3 Songs:
                           ~ Daphne
                           ~ Through Gilded Trellises
                           ~ Old Sir Faulk
Giacomo Puccini ~ O Mio Babbino Caro
Benjamin Britten ~ Folksong arrangements:
                              ~ O Waly, Waly
                              ~ Rich and Rare
                              ~ Come you not from Newcastle?