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 […]

Darkness meets light as Shostakovich’s shattering Tenth Symphony confronts music of ecstasy, beauty and soaring optimism by Olivier Messiaen and Outi Tarkiainen. Programme Olivier Messiaen - Les Offrandes oubliées - méditation symphonique Outi Tarkiainen - Milky Ways (BBC Co-Commission and UK Premiere) Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No.10, Op.93 Nicholas Daniel, cor anglais David Afkham, conductor […]

Joseph Bologne/Althea Talbot-Howard: The New Chevalier Sonata Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Op. 22 Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73 Michael Berkeley: Second Still Life David Matthews: Montana Taylor's Blues Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F K376

Thea Musgrave – Cantilena Schubert arr. Derek Smith – Quartet for Oboe and Strings in B flat D112 Danish Traditional arr. Danish String Quartet/Britten Oboe Quartet –  Sønderho Bridal Trilogy Mozart –  Flute Quartet in C K171 Johann Sebastian Bach –  Aria ‘Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben’ from St Matthew Passion BWV244

Respighi - The Birds Strauss - Oboe Concerto in D major Brahms - Symphony No.2 in D major George Vass, conductor Nicholas Daniel, oboe

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

Bach Violin Concerto No.2 in E major, BWV 1042 Nigel Kennedy Melody in the Wind Bach Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041 Nigel Kennedy Fallen Forest for solo violin Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 Nigel Kennedy - […]

The great British violin virtuoso, always thrillingly direct and searchingly creative, turns his attention to one of his musical first loves, the music of Bach. The solo and double violin concertos are a seamless thread of invention and rhythmic vitality wrapped around the famous slow central movements. Here, particularly in the double concertos, the interweaving […]