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2009 - 2010 SEASON |
| Saturday 3rd October SOLSTICE QUARTET Jamie Campbell: violin Nicholas Shardlow: violin Meghan Cassidy: viola Gregor Riddell: cello Haydn: Quartet in D Op. 20 no 4 Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit Schumann: Quartet in A Op. 41 no 3 |
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| Founded at Cambridge University in 2003, the Solstice Quartet has proved itself to be a vital young ensemble of outstanding talent and musicality. First prize-winners in the 2009 Royal Over-Seas League Competition, they were selected by both the Tillett Trust and Park Lane Group in 2008 and made their debuts at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in 2009. They currently hold a full scholarship at the Instituto Internacional de Musica de Camera de Madrid where they study with Gunter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet. ‘…impeccable ensemble and tonal variety…’ Musical Pointers 2009 |
| Saturday 31st October SITKOVETSKY PIANO TRIO* Alexander Sitkovetsky: violin Wu Qian: piano Leonard Elschenbroich: cello Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Op.70 no 1 The Ghost Rachmaninov: Elegiac Trio No 1 in G minor Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 49 |
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| The Sitkovetsky Trio is a collaboration between three young musicians who share a passion for chamber music and who studied together for many years at the Yehudi Menuhin School. The Trio has recently been awarded the Golubovich Junior Fellowship for Russian Chamber Music by Trinity College of Music, having previously won a Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music and a Philharmonia/Martin Trust award. They were selected for the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform in 2008 and made their debut at the Wigmore Hall in November 2008 to critical acclaim. Supported by The Tillett Trust 'Young Artist’s Platform' programme |
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*The Sitkovetsky Trio had to cancel due to illness and their place was taken by the BENEDETTI TRIO Nicola Benedetti: violin Leonard Elschenbroich: cello Alexei Grynyuk: piano They played the following: Beethoven: Trio in D Op.70 no 1 The Ghost Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor Op.50 During 2008 and 2009, The Benedetti Trio has been performing in chamber music concerts throughout the UK. The Trio has performed at Schloss Elmau and as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, the Jersey International Music Festival, and the Thaxted Festival. |
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| Saturday 28th November FIBONACCI SEQUENCE Jack Liebeck: violin Yuko Inoue: viola Benjamin Hughes: cello Ileana Ruhemann: flute Gillian Tingay: harp Mozart: Flute Quartet no 1 in D K285 Mathias: Zodiac Trio Op.70 for flute, viola, harp Françaix: Quintet on themes by Scarlatti Ibert: Trio for flute, cello, harp Saint-Saëns: Fantasy for violin and harp Damase: Quintet |
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| The Fibonacci Sequence was founded in 1994 by its artistic director, pianist Kathron Sturrock. Now well established as one of the foremost chamber ensembles in Britain, it is distinguished by the quality and high profile of its players and by the imagination and variety of its programming. The Fibonacci Sequence has a busy recording schedule and has commissioned a number of works from distinguished composers including, most recently, Graham Fitkin for a work based on the configuration of the Dohnanyi Sextet. '...no praise can be too high for the Fibonacci Sequence's polished and dashingly committed performances...' Gramophone |
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| Saturday 13th February PEI-SIAN NG: cello BENJAMIN POWELL: piano Beethoven: Sonata in C Op.102 no 1 Ligeti: Solo Sonata Chopin: Polonaise Brillante Prokofiev: Sonata in C Martinů: Rossini Variations |
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| Commonwealth Musician of the Year and winner of the Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition in 2007, Pei-Sian Ng now has a busy solo career. Recent appearances have included debut recitals at the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall as well as concerts in Edinburgh, Brighton and the Adelaide International Cello Festival. Equally at home in chamber music, song, and solo recitals, Benjamin Powell has performed across the UK and Europe. His solo recital in January 2009 for the Park Lane Group was acclaimed by Ivan Hewett in the Daily Telegraph: ‘Benjamin Powell demonstrated an immense range of tone and sound in his programme of music by Stockhausen, Elliott Carter, and Skryabin.’ This concert is sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust |
| Saturday 20th March TALICH QUARTET Jan Talich: violin Peter Macecek: violin Vladimir Bukac: viola Petr Prause: cello Haydn: Quartet in B flat Op.76 no 4 Sunrise Bartók: Quartet No 6 Brahms: Quartet in A minor Op.51 no 2 |
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| The Talich Quartet gave a memorable concert at St Christopher’s in March 2008. Their return visit will be a special event to round off the 2009-2010 season. The Talich Quartet has been considered one of the world’s finest for many years and appears regularly at the most prestigious chamber music festivals and venues in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Founded in 1964 by Jan Talich sr, the Quartet quickly gained significant acclaim and their recordings on CD won many prizes. In the 1990s a gradual change took place and the current more youthful combination led by Jan Talich jr is continuing in the tradition of their predecessors. ' The Talich Quartet played … with supreme perfection of tone and ensemble...' ‘One of the best 5 quartets in the world…’ Gramophone 2006 |
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Tuesday 16th March 2010
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