Saturday 19th September 12 noon
Frances Blythe (clarinet) Daniel Smith (piano)
POULENC: Clarinet Sonata BAERMANN: Adagio
BRAHMS: Sonata in Eb, Op 120 HOROWITZ: Sonatina
GIAMPIERI: Carnival of Venice Variations
Frances achieved both Grade 8 distinction and a silver medal for the Trinity Performer‟s Certificate by age 13. Last year she was awarded the Dip ABRSM with distinction. As a student at the RCM Junior Department she won the Sally Wainwright Woodwind Prize. She is currently a member of the National Youth Chamber Orchestra. Daniel Smith teaches at the Royal College of Music and Purcell School and is recognized as one of the UK‟s leading accompanists. Francis and Daniel made a distinguished contribution to our masterclass earlier this year with Berlin Philharmonic clarinetist Karl Leister.
Admission £5 (conc £4.50, child £1) at the door
Monday 21st September 7.45pm
MICHAEL GRANT (clarinet) ORFEO MANDOZZI (cello)
CAROLINE CLIPSHAM (piano)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in Bb, Op11 (Gassenhauer)
FRÜLING: Trio in A minor
ROTA: Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
BRAHMS: Piano Trio in A minor, Op 114
“Fascinating musical personalities… Bewitching beauty of tone”
[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]
Michael Grant made his television solo debut on BBC1‟s Blue Peter at the age of 12 before gaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School. Winner of numerous prizes and a BBC Young Musician semi-finalist, he is now forging an international career. Swiss-born Orfeo Mandozzi was a multiple prizewinner at Julliard School, New York and Vienna University where he was awarded degrees with „summa cum laude‟ and Mention of Honour. He has appeared in the world‟s finest concert halls (Carnegie, Wigmore, Lincoln Centre, Vienna Musikverein) and made several acclaimed recordings. Carolin Clipsham gained the prize for highest final recital marks at Guildhall School before accepting a scholarship to study at the Banff Centre in Canada. She has appeared at international festivals around the world, recorded for Radio 3 and made a television documentary playing Chopin‟s original piano. Tonight‟s recital features the beautiful romantic trio of Karl Früling alongside great works by Beethoven and Brahms.
Admission £8.50 (conc £8, child £2) at the door
Thursday 24th September 7.45pm
EXPLORING MUSIC: 20th Century Masters
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (i) Early Years to 1945
A talk illustrated with fine CD recordings by Adrian Boynton BA ADCM FRCO LRAM
One of the most remarkable musicians of the Twentieth Century, Britten had written a symphony, six string quartets, ten piano sonatas and over fifty songs by the time he was sixteen. Great works of his student years and subsequent journeyman period in North America include the „Sinfonietta‟, „Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge‟, „Sinfonia de Requiem‟, Piano Concerto, „Ceremony of Carols‟, „Hymn to St Cecilia‟, „Rejoice in the Lamb‟, and the outstanding song cycles „Les Illuminations‟ and „Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings‟.
Admission £4 (students £1) at the door
Monday 28th September 7.45pm
MUSICAL MILESTONES: 350th Anniversary Celebration
HENRY PURCELL (1659-95)
A talk illustrated with fine CD recordings by Adrian Boynton
Purcell‟s range was wide. In a remarkably short life he composed everything from bawdy catches to impassioned prayers, intimate chamber music to ceremonial court odes, lively dances to elegant laments. His command of melody was exceptional for its freedom, its readiness to fashion rhythm from the sound and sense of words. He raised the English anthem, accompanied by the new sound of a modern string orchestra, to a pinnacle of achievement. Above all, he wrote „Dido and Aeneas‟, one of the first and greatest of English operas.
Admission £4 (students £1) at the door.
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