| Sunday,
28th September 2008 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Bradley Creswick 6.45 pm |
Northern Sinfonia Bradley Creswick director / violin Kyra Humphreys violin Orchestra of over 30 strings and wind We are delighted that the Northern Sinfonia will open our 2008-9 season, with a feast of classical music: an enchanting wind serenade by Mozart, Bach’s passionate Concerto for Two Violins and one of Haydn’s last London Symphonies, among his most original creations.Find out more about the Northern Sinfonia |
Bach:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor |
| Sunday, 19th October 2008 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Ted Pettinger 6.45pm |
Esbjerg Ensemble Danish Wind and String Ensemble String
and wind ensemble of nine musicians The
widely acclaimed Esbjerg Ensemble from Denmark presents a scintillating and
intriguing programme – as well as Schumann’s much loved piano quintet and a
sextet by Poulenc for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon and horn,
they will play the nonet by Louise Farrenc - a brilliant but underestimated
French 19th century composer admired by Schumann - and a piece by
the young Danish composer Peter Bruun.
This uniquely flexible grouping allows for an enormous repertoire and this evening’s programme includes a Beethoven wind quintet, a piano/wind trio and the Schumann piano quintet. As well as more well-known works they will play the nonet by the brilliant but underestimated French 19th century composer admired by Schumann, Louise Farrenc. Find out more about the Esbjerg Ensemble |
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet,
bassoon and horn. Louise Farrenc: Nonet
for Wind and Strings in B major, Peter Bruun:
Letters to the Ocean, for flute, clarinet, percussion, violin and cello |
| Sunday, 16th November 2008 7.30 pm |
Henschel String Quartet Christoph Henschel, Markus Henschel violins Monika Henschel-Schwind viola Mathias D. Beyer-Karlshoj cello The Henschel Quartet, prizewinners of six International String Quartet competitions, make a welcome return to Keswick after playing in the BBC Proms last summer. Their recent complete Mendelssohn recording made in anticipation of his centenary next year was voted best Mendelssohn Quartet CD. Their varied programme includes music from all periods of the chamber music repertoire. Find out more about the Henschel String Quartet |
Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor Op. 81, No.3 Janacek: Quartet No.1
Kreutzer Sonata Haydn: Quartet in G major Op.76, No.1, Beethoven: Quartet in B flat major Op.18, No.6
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| Sunday, 7th December 2008 7.30 pm Pre-concert talk by Angela East 6.45 pm |
Red Priest Piers Adams recorders Julia Bishop violin Angela East cello Howard Beach harpsichord Named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, this extraordinary English ensemble has redefined the art of baroque music performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, creative re-composition, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. Expect a dramatic and brilliant entertainment, with humour, emotion and scholarship. They follow Bach’s own example in borrowing, improvising and embellishing, and in this programme highlight the spirit of dance which pervades so much of his work. Their performances have been called ‘immaculately forged’ or ‘deliciously twisted’ “If nobody goes over the top, how will we know what lies on the other side?” Find out more about Red Priest |
‘Johann, I’m Only Dancing!’ Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arranged, transcribed and contorted by Red Priest. |
| Sunday, 18th January 2009 7.30 pm |
Tom Poster
piano Tom
Poster, winner of the 2007 Scottish Piano Competition, returns to Keswick as
soloist after his appearance last year
with the highly acclaimed Balsom Ensemble. His recital includes a delicate
Mozart piece, followed by Brahms’ Klavierstucke,
a reflective
and joyful set among his later compositions and Chopin’s
passionate and expressive last sonata. He concludes with Stravinsky’s
arrangement, originally for Artur Rubinstein, of music from his dramatic ballet.
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Mozart: Sonata in E flat major, K. 282 Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B minor Op. 58 Brahms: Klavierstucke Op.118
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrouchka |
| Sunday 8th February 2009 |
Local Junior Artists’ Concert Not
to be missed: an evening full of variety given by enthusiastic and talented young
musicians. |
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| Wednesday 18th February 2009 Pre-concert talk by Brian Richardson 6.45 pm |
City of Nicholas Ward Director/violin Sarah Williamson clarinet Founded in 1971 by its Music Director
Richard Hickox, City of The brilliant young clarinettist Sarah Williamson plays Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto which exploits to the full the clarinet’s capacity for sustained melody and virtuosity, while the tango-inspired ‘Summer’ echoes elements of Vivaldi's original, and is filled with the excitement and electricity of the season. This is the fourth Keswick
Concert in the Orchestras Live Cumbria Series, funded nationally by Arts
Council England and in |
Mozart: Divertimento No. 3 in F major K.138 Finzi: Clarinet Concerto Piazzolla: Verano (Summer) from Four Seasons of |
| Sunday 29th March 2009 7.30 pm |
Amy Dickson saxophone The amazing tonal and
emotional range of the saxophone is shown in Amy Dickson’s programme – the
first saxophone recital at a KMS concert – which includes both well-known and
unfamiliar pieces, ranging widely across 20th century music. This
young Australian saxophonist has had an international career since the age of
eighteen. Having won many competitions she now gives recitals and performs
concerts throughout the world and has performed in venues including the Wigmore
Hall, the Bridgewater Hall, the London South Bank, and the Sydney Opera House,
both as a solo recitalist and with orchestras throughout the |
Jules Demersseman: Fantaisie Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche Serge Rachmaninov: Vocalise Paul Creston: Sonata George Gershwin: Three Preludes James Macmillan: Kiss on Wood Matthew Hindson: In Search of Ecstasy Pedro Iturralde: Pequena Czarda |
| Sunday, 19th April 2009 7.30 pm |
The Fibonacci Sequence Chamber Ensemble Jack Liebeck violin Julian
Farrell clarinet Helen Paterson violin Richard
Skinner bassoon Yuko Inoue viola Stephen
Stirling horn Benjamin Hughes cello Duncan McTier double bassa One
of the foremost chamber ensembles in Find out more about The Fibonacci Sequence Chamber Ensemble |
Strauss arr. Hasenöhrl: The
Merry Pranks of Till Eulenspiegel Mozart: Clarinet Quintet Schubert: Octet |