2012-2013
ONYX BRASS
Monteverdi: Deus in Adjutorium JS Bach: Preludes and Fugues Holborne: Elizabethan Dance Suite Copland: Three Dance Episodes from Rodeo Ives: Variations on “America” Malcolm Arnold: Quintet No. 1, Op. 73 Stuart MacRae: Two Cairns Tim Jackson: Anything But Cheryl Frances-Hoad: New Work Sponsored by: Since 1993 Onyx Brass has been dominating the international brass chamber […]
NOTOS STRING QUARTET
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 16a Walton: Piano Quartet in D minor Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Sponsored by Notos, the personification of south wind, sometimes a gentle breeze, sometimes the bringer of storms, has given name to the piano quartet founded in 2007. The fact that its […]
MICHAEL COLLINS (CLARINET) & DAVID QUIGLEY (PIANO)
Weber: Grand Duo Concertante, J204 Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op. 120 No. 2 Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167 Lutosławski: Dance Preludes Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, FP184 Sponsored by Michael Collins’ dazzling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship have made him one of today’s most sought-after soloists. At 16 he won the woodwind prize in the first […]
BRODOWSKI STRING QUARTET
Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 1 Haydn: Quartet in F, Op. 77 No. 2, Hob. III:82 Schubert: Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 Death and the Maiden Sponsored by First Prize Winner of the 2008 Royal Overseas League Competition: “the brilliant Brodowski is a group to watch out for” – The Independent. The quartet members, […]
JAYSON GILLHAM (PIANO)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 28 in A, Op. 101 Ligeti: Three Etudes Wagner/Liszt: Isolde’s Liebestod Verdi/Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Sponsored by Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham, from rural Queensland, has been based in London since 2007. While completing his Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 2007-09, he won the […]
HEATH STRING QUARTET
Mozart: Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 Kevin Raftery: String Quartet No. 1 in memory of Richard Oake Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3 Sponsored by Dr Philip Brown The Heath Quartet is rapidly emerging as an exciting and original voice on the international chamber music scene. Selected for representation […]
BENJAMIN GROSVENOR (PIANO)
JS Bach: Transcriptions by Saint-Saëns and others Chopin: Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44 Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op.22 Scriabin: Selection of Mazurkas, Op. 3 Valse in A flat, Op.38 Granados: Valses Poéticos J Strauss/Schulz-Evler: Blue Danube Sponsored by Kay Williams British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is internationally recognized for his […]
MARK PADMORE (TENOR) & JULIUS DRAKE (PIANO)
Schubert: Selection of songs Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52 Sponsored by Patricia Brown Mark Padmore writes: I have made regular appearances wtih the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with whom I conceived a project exploring Bach’s “St John Passion”, that took place at Aldeburgh and London in 2005 and was given further performances on […]
LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLE
JC Bach: Oboe Quartet in B flat, B60 Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV497 CPE Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor, H426 Devienne: Bassoon Quartet in C Vivaldi: Largo from Piccolo Concerto JS Bach: Oboe Concerto in F, BWV1053 Sponsored by Hazel Watson London Conchord Ensemble is a flexible chamber music ensemble of internationally […]
ALMA MATER AFTER 2013 AGM
Monteverdi: Si come crescon Io son fenice e voi sete la fiamma from Canzonette (1584) Anna Pool: Three Medieval Miniatures Alexander Campkin: I Saw Eternity Howard Skempton: To Life Reflections The Spirit of Earth Safe To The World from five poems of Mary Webb Poulenc: Ave verum corpus James Garner: Commission: Five Miniatures for Soprano, […]