Events

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 […]

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 - […]