In 2007/2008 we present our
43rd Season of Concerts
in Stratford-upon-Avon |
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| Sunday 14th October Navarra String Quartet with Jeremy Young (piano) |
| Sunday 18th November Alexander Baillie (cello) with James Lisney (piano) |
| Sunday 9th December Quintillion Wind Quintet with Piano |
| Sunday 10th February Heath String Quartet |
| Sunday 9th March Le Page Ensemble |
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Sunday 14th October 2007 - 8pm- The Shakespeare Institute
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Navarra String Quartet
with Jeremy Young (piano)
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| Xander van Viet |
Violin |
String Quartet in E flat Op.64 No.6 |
Hadyn |
| Marije Ploemacher |
Violin |
String Quartet in F minor Op.95 |
Beethoven |
| Simone van der Giessen |
Viola |
Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84 |
Elgar |
| Nathaniel Boyd |
Cello |
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The quintet has won the Tillett and Tunnell Trust awards and were selected by YCAT in 2006; the same year in which they made their Wigmore Hall debut. |
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| "you are the most wonderful group of musicians, you really touched my heart" - MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH |
| Jeremy Young studied chamber music with the Amadeus Quartet and has given concerts throughout Europe. |
| "...impressive, cogent and expressive" - THE FINANCIAL TIMES |
Presented in Association with the Stratford-on-Avon Music Festival |
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Sunday 18th November 2007 - 8pm - The Shakespeare Institute
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Alexander Baillie (cello)
with James Lisney (piano)
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Gamba sonata No.1 in G major BWV 1027 |
J.S.Bach |
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Cello sonata No.1 in E minor Op.38 |
Brahms |
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Adagio & Allegro in A flat Op.70 |
Schumann |
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Cello sonata No.3 in A major OP.69 |
Beethoven |
The Baillie/Lisney Duo combines the talents of two of Britain's finest artists - acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians renowned for their virtuosity, integrity and temperament. Alexander Baillie is one of the world's leading cellists, as evidenced by his appearances with many of Britain's finest conductors, such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Sir Alexander Gibson. |
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"Technical challenges do not worry him: hr phrases with breadth, communicates with an intensity thar t refues to let up for an instant and seems to possess the most minute control over the astonishing range of timbres he is able to produce." - THE GRAMOPHONE |
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Sunday 9th December 2007 - 8pm- The Shakespeare Institute
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Quintillion Wind Quintet with Piano
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| Tomoka Mukai |
Flute |
Passacaille |
Barthe |
| Alison Teale |
Oboe |
Piano & wind quintet in E flat Op.16 |
Betthoven |
| Matthieu Lescure |
Clarinet |
Trois pieces breves |
Ibert |
| Jaroslaw Augustyniak |
Bassoon |
Sextuor for piano & wind |
Poulenc |
| Ian Fisher |
Horn |
L'heure du berger |
Francaix |
| Waka Hasegawa |
Piano |
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Formed in 2005 the ensemble comprises players from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. They have performed in France to capacity audiences. |
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"Lyrical sensitivity and glistening panache" - THE TIMES |
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Sunday 10th February 2008 - 8pm- The Shakespeare Institute
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Heath String Quartet
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| Oliver Heath |
Violin |
Quartet in D Op.76 No.5 |
Haydn |
| Kate Lindon |
Violin |
Quartet No.2 |
Martinu |
| Gary Pomeroy |
Viola |
Quartet in A minor Op.132 |
Beethoven |
| Christopher Murray |
Cello |
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In 2005 the group was selected from amongst the country's most outstanding young chamber groups to win the prestigious Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Ensemble Award. A highly successful debut recital in the Purcell Room soon followed. In 2006 the Royal Northern College of Music awarded the quartet the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize for Chamber Music. |
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The Heath Quartet displayed a rare musicality...A keen interpretive insight combined with refined playing, this is one of the most interesting young quartets I have heard in recent years." - THE STRAD |
Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust |
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Sunday 9th March 2008 - 8pm- Stratford Town Hall
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Le Page Ensemble
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| David Le Page |
Violin |
String Quintet No.4 in G minor K.516 |
Mozart |
| Catherine Leech |
Violin |
String Quintet in C minor Op.18 No.4 |
Beethoven |
| Malcolm Henderson |
Viola |
String Quintet in E flatG minor Op.97"American" |
Dvorak |
| TBA |
Viola |
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| Christopher Allan |
Cello |
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"The audience was left in no doubt as to the quality of what they had experienced...rarely do we experience music of this quality outside London". |
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