Gabrieli visit Fairfield Halls, Croydon, to perform Elgar’s mammoth masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius. As Gerontius faces his death, he meets his guardian Angel and comes face to face with God, before being sent to Purgatory with the promise of everlasting glory. Over 200 young singers from across the country take to the stage alongside […]
Antonín Dvo?ák: String quartet in F major. No. 12 "American" (1893) Amy Beach: Romance for violin and piano op. 23 (1893) George Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue (1924) arr. Lisa Portus Nino Gvetadze, piano Janne Thompsen, flute Nicholas Daniel, oboe Levan Tskhadadze, clarinet Bram van Sambeek, bassoon Martin Owen, horn This concert will be broadcasted live by NTR via NPO […]
Franz Schubert: Trio for violin, viola and cello in B flat major. D471 Arnold Schönberg:Verklärte Nacht ***Interval*** Claude Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie Francis Poulenc: Sextet for piano and wind quintet op.100 Nino Gvetadze, piano Janne Thompsen, flute Nicholas Daniel oboe Levan Tskhadadze, clarinet Bram van Sambeek, bassoon Martin Owen, horn
G?reen Room concerts bring world renowned performers, oboist Nicholas Daniel OBE, BBC Music Magazine award winner Fenella Humphreys, Jack Gonzalez-Harding and members of the London Mozart Players to play music by Bach, Albinoni and Telemann. All this set in the spectacular and intimate backdrop of the Tithe Barn, Lenham, as part of a 3-day festival, […]
Mozart: Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica (piano), flute, oboe, violin and cello, K617 Thea Musgrave: Impromptu No 1 for flute and oboe Eleanor Alberga: ‘Tiger Dream in Forest Green’ for flute, oboe, cello and piano Mozart: Horn Quintet in Eb K407 Interval Nicola Lefanu: ‘After Farrera’ for violin, horn and cello (second performance) Mozart: […]
Friday's Festival Family Tailleferre: Sonate champêtre Milhaud: Sonatine Poulenc: Élégie Poulenc: Sextet Walker: Lyric for Strings Dohnányi: Sextet Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Orsino Winds
SATURDAY’S FESTIVAL FAMILY Robin Holloway Bassoon Quartet – world première Beethoven Septet in E flat Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Orsino Winds
FESTIVAL FINALE Brahms: Double Concerto Haydn: Creation (abridged version) Magnus Johnston, violin Guy Johnston, cello Sophie Bevan, soprano Dominic Bevan, tenor Ben Bevan, bass Orion Orchestra HHCMF Youth Choir Nicholas Daniel, conductor
Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata Champêtre (for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano) Darius Milhaud: Sonatine (for flute and piano) Francis Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice sur des airs Danois et Russes Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle (for flute, clarinet and piano) André Caplet: Quintet for piano and winds Adam Walker – flute Nicholas Daniel […]
This concert to close the Lichfield Festival 2023 Chamber Music Weekend features works by Schubert, Thea Musgrave, Mozart and J.S. Bach.
Nicholas Daniel & Julius Drake, programme tba
Confiding in her diary in 1935, twelve-year-old Madeleine Dring confessed that she ‘had wonderful ideas for a piece of music. Perhaps when I am advanced I shall be able to orchestrate it.’ This, her first ever diary entry, proved prophetic. Composer, actress, singer, and pianist Madeleine Dring (1923-77) was a multi-talented musician with a multifaceted […]