Programme for the 63rd Season 2010-2011
 Fabulous Concerts coming up next season . . . . . . . . .
Whet your appetite and get ready to book! . . . . . How to become a member & buy a subscriber's seat. **STOP PRESS** for children and young people Open Rehearsal - 3pm 26th September and Children's Concert - 3pm 17th April 2011 |
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| Sunday 26th September 2010 7.30pm Pre-concert talk by Bradley Creswick 6.45 pm |
Northern Sinfonia Bradley Creswick director / violin Christopher Richards clarinet ** 3.00 pm Free Open Rehearsal for children accompanied by parents Northern Sinfonia will open our new season with a full orchestral concert. This orchestra with its popular director have been welcome visitors to Keswick for many years. Both pieces in the first half of the concert are products of Mozart's last year: the clarinet concerto is one of his most profound and beautiful works. Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 promises an exhilarating conclusion to the evening. Members are
warmly encouraged to bring children to the free Open Rehearsal at 3.00
pm - it will be a normal rehearsal of the evening's programme, but
Bradley will talk to the children as he takes the orchestra through the
pieces. His humour and love of communicating make it a really enjoyable
as well as educational experience. |
Mozart: Overture 'La Clemenza di Tito' Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 |
| Sunday 17th October 2010 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Ian Hare 6.45 pm |
Change of Programme
Due to the unavoidable last minute cancellation of Sofya Gulyak’s concert, we present a programme for our October concert which we believe will be equally exciting: Alessandro Taverna piano We are absolutely delighted to have enticed this young and rising Italian pianist, prizewinner and medallist at the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition and winner of numerous international prizes. Critics have been impressed by his superb technique and sensitive interpretation, and he is much in demand throughout Europe and in the USA. Said by some to be the natural successor to his compatriot Michelangeli, he is noted for his articulate beauty of performance, contagious delight in the music, mesmerising playing, and maturity beyond his years. His programme ranges from Bach through Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin to Stravinsky's exhilarating nad barnstorming movements from Petrouchka arranged for Rubinstein. One reviewer wrote: 'Remember the name - I sjspect we shall be hearing much more of him in the future'. Here's our chance! Find out more about Alessandro Taverna |
Bach J. S. English Suite No. 5 in E major, BWV 810 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia' Liszt:
Tarantelle di Bravura d'après la tarantella de 'La muette
de Portici', S.
386 Chopin: Nocturne in E major, Op.62 No. 2 Chopin: Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op. 54 Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de 'Pétrouchka' |
| Sunday 14th November 2010 7.30 pm Pre-concert
talk by members of the ensemble 6.45 pm |
Trio Anton Stadler Janet Hilton clarinet Robin Ireland viola Sarah Beth Briggs piano The Anton Stadler Trio, named after the great clarinettist and friend of Mozart, unites three exceptional performers: Janet Hilton, one of Britain’s foremost clarinettists, with renowned viola player Robin Ireland, formerly of the Lindsay Quartet and virtuoso pianist, Sarah Beth Briggs, one of Janet’s long-standing duo partners who gave the world premier of the Britten Character Pieces played tonight. Appropriately, Anton Stadler took part in the first performance of this Mozart trio (sadly the evidence for a multi-tasking Mozart composing it whilst playing skittles - kegeln - is sparse!). The viola replaces, as the cello often does, the short-lived Arpeggione for which Schubert wrote this challenging sonata, and the Brahms and Bruch pieces show to the fullest the magical combination of the different timbres of these three instruments. |
Bruch: Pieces 1-4 (Trio) Britten: Character Pieces (Solo Piano) Brahms: Clarinet Sonata no 1 in F minor Schubert: Arpeggione (Viola and Piano.) Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio |
| Sunday 12th December 2010 7.30 pm Pre-concert
talk by members of the Ensemble 6.45 pm |
Sally Pryce Ensemble
TopSally Pryce harp Laura Lucas flute, Elizabeth Cooney violin Reiad Chibah viola, Ollie Coates cello The virtuoso
harpist Sally Pryce formed this ensemble of outstanding players to
explore known
and unknown masterpieces in the harp chamber music repertoire. For our
Christmas concert this unusual combination of instruments plays
Debussy's beautiful sonata for flute, viola and harp and Mozart's Flute
Quartet, both well loved pieces for these instruments. Quintets full of
brilliance and humour by French composers Françaix and Damase
begin and end the concert. Takemitsu's dream like piece derives and
develops from a theme from the Debussy Sonata. And, of course there'll
be something for Christmas. Find out more about the Sally Pryce Ensemble |
Françaix: Quintet on themes by Scarlatti Takemitsu: Then I knew 'twas wind (fl,vla,hrp) Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp Damase: Quintet for violin, viola, cello, flute and harp |
| Sunday 9th January 2011 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Philip Higham 6.45 pm |
Philip Higham cello
TopSimon Lane piano 'A real poet' - selected for representation by the Young Concert Artists Trust in 2009, Philip is rapidly emerging as one of the most outstanding young cellists in the UK. Recently he has won 1st Prize in the 2008 International J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig, and 1st Prize in the 2009 International Lutoslawski Cello Competition in Warsaw. His fascinating and
demanding programme includes Beethoven's delightful take on Mozart's
melody, which fully captures the spirit of Mozart's opera and Janacek's
Pohadka, like a concentrated cello sonata in three movements, based on
an epic poem by the Russian Romantic poet Vasily Zhukóvsky.
Schumann's Adagio is most romantic partnership between the two
instruments while the Allegro finishes in a joyful, unbroken stream of
energy. The Sonata is one of Franck's best-known works - originally for
violin, the version for cello was approved by Franck and, poetic and
turbulent is perfectly suited to the cello's timbre and range. Find out more about Simon Lane |
Beethoven: 12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen' from 'The Magic Flute' by Mozart Op. 66 Janacek: Pohadka (Fairy Tale) Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat Op. 70 Cesar Franck: Sonata in A |
| Wednesday 9th February 2011 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk 6.45 pm |
Antony Pay clarinet A great orchestra and a great programme - the OAE is a world renowned orchestra which plays on original instruments to bring out the very best of classical music as it was intended to be heard. Working with some of the world's greatest conductors and soloists across a wide range of music, their pioneering spirit makes every performance an edge-of -the seat experience for performers and audiences alike. Anthony Pay has been a soloist worldwide, principal clarinettist of many orchestras, played in great chamber ensembles and collaborated with composers since an early age. Weber's clarinet concerto, less well known than some of his other compositions, is a perfect medium for this expressive instrument. Mendelssohn's brilliant and evocative interpretation of the play is always a delight to hear and Beethoven's 7th Symphony is - 'the apotheosis of the dance' according to Wagner. This is the sixth Keswick concert in the Orchestras Live Cumbria Series funded nationally by Arts Council England and in Cumbria by a grant from Northern Rock Foundation. Find out more about the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment |
Mendelssohn: Overture and incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Weber: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major
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| Wednesday 16th February 2011 *7.00 pm |
Local Junior Artists' Concert Not to be missed, we had a full house last year for an evening of amazing variety given by the enthusiastic and gifted young musicians of Keswick. Members will be entertained and thrilled by the talent displayed and the range of music played. The members' subscription includes this concert, but members' seats are not reserved. |
* N.B. Earlier start time |
| Sunday 20th March 2011 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Krysia Osostowicz 6.45 pm |
Krysia Osostowicz violin, Giles Francis violin Judith Busbridge viola, Bernard Gregor-Smith 'cello A fascinating evening of 'late, great, quartets' by three great composers. The Dante Quartet, winner of the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award for best chamber ensemble in 2007, is known for imaginative programming and the spellbinding and emotional intensity of its performances. Their name was chosen to reflect the idea of a great and challenging journey. This concert is such a journey. The premier of Janacek's programmatic last quartet took place a month after his death. Fauré's 1924 string quartet was also his last work and his only one in the medium, approached with apprehension and excitement in the long shadow of Beethoven. Beethoven's Opus 131, completed in the year before his death was said to have been his own favourite of the group of Late Quartets which summed up his musical pilgrimage. Find out more about the Dante Quartet |
Janacek: Quartet No. 2 Intimate Letters Fauré: Quartet in E minor Beethoven: Quartet in F major Op.131 |
| Sunday 17th April 2011 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by members of the ensemble 6.45 pm Sunday 17th April 2011 3pm (approx. 1 hour duration) |
London Concertante
String and Wind Chamber Ensemble Adam Summerhayes violin, Fenella Humphries violin Nick Howson viola, Chris Grist 'cello Benjamin Griffiths double bass, Mark Smith French horn Ursula Leveaux bassoon, Elizabeth Drew clarinet For the final concert of our season, we have one of the finest chamber ensembles in the country, its players brought together through a shared passion for chamber music. The group combines flexibility of instrumental grouping, as seen in the different ensembles in this concert, with compelling and exciting performances. With an enviable array of critical acclaim a stunning selection of recordings and performances throughout the UK and Europe, London Concertante is at the forefront of classical performers in the UK. This is a lovely programme, with Mozart's delightful Quintet written for a friend who was a virtuoso horn player, the wonderful Octet by the brilliant and witty French composer Jean Françaix and Beethoven's Septet. This has always been a popular work and with its mixture of grandeur and intimacy, virtuosity and informality, it will be a happy note on which to end our musical season. A fantastic opportunity to hear a live orchestra. See all the instruments. Hear lots of instruments playing solos and demonstrating what they can do. For children of all ages accompanied by an adult. Tickets £3 Find out more about London Concertante Top |
Mozart: Horn Quintet Françaix: Octet Beethoven: Septet How to become a member & buy a subscriber's seat. Programme especially for young people - to be announced |
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