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Tuesday 10th October 2017 MORAY WELSH – Cello MARTIN ROSCOE – Piano Moray Welsh has had a very distinguished career as soloist and chamber music player. Martin Roscoe performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician. “Moray Welsh produced a wonderful tone, combined with a sense of passionate conviction.”
Beethoven Variations on “See the Conquering hero comes” from Judas Maccabaeus
Schumann Five pieces in Folk-style, op. 102
Janacek Fairy Tale
Debussy Cello Sonata
Brahms Cello Sonata No.2 in F, op.99
Tuesday 28th November 2017 SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE This ensemble is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading exponents of music for piano and strings. “… thanks to the clarity of Schubert Ensemble’s performance, Zustände was a piece which stirred conscience and senses together.” The Guardian
Beethoven Piano Trio, op. 70/1 ‘Ghost’
Charlotte Bray Zustandë for Piano Quartet (2017)
Brahms Piano Quartet no.1, op. 25
Tuesday 6th February 2018 GOULD PIANO TRIO Lucy Gould (violin) Alice Neary (cello) Benjamin Frith (piano) Cantabile playing is fundamental to this internationally acclaimed trio.
“Lucy Gould, Alice Neary and Benjamin Frith are delightful partners, clearly having a ball; their enthusiasm is infectious.” Gramophone
Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, op1/3
Mark Simpson Piano Trio ‘After Avedon’ (2017)
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Tuesday 27th February 2018 CHIYAN WONG – Piano Chiyan Wong has been astonishing audiences with the sincerity and sheer authority of his playing. “Chiyan Wong is an exciting, original and thoughtful pianist.” Stephen Hough
Bach/Busoni
Goldberg Variations
Beethoven
Six Bagatelles, op. 126
Busoni
Sonatina seconda
Liszt Reminiscenses de ‘Don Juan’, S481 (Fantasy on themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni)
Wednesday April 4th 2018 PASCAL ROGÉ Pascal Rogé exhibits the finest in French pianism.
“Poulenc’s Les soirees de Nazelles was bold and spirited, full of improvisatory passages and rapid shifts of mood, dynamic and tempo” June 2014
Satie
Gymnopadie no.1, Gnossienne No.3 Croquis et agaceries.
Ravel
Sonatine
Poulenc
Les soirees de Nazelles
Satie
Embryons Désséchés
Debussy Preludes book 1
Tuesday 1st May 2018 PIATTI QUARTET Prizewinners of the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. “The Piatti’s playing held the audience spell-bound… the clarity and lightness of their playing had the audience holding its breath in the quiet passages.” The Buckinghamshire Press, March 2016
Beethoven String Quartet No.11, op.95 ‘Serioso’
Janacek String Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate letters’
Bridge Three Idylls
Debussy String Quartet, op.10
Welcome to the 2017 – 18 season.
Our 39th season of concerts offers the usual mix of well established artists and those who are newer to the scene.
In the former category are Moray Welsh and Martin Roscoe who begin our season with a cello and piano recital. Martin, our President, plays for us regularly and has played here with Moray as part of the Cropper/Welsh/Roscoe Trio.
The Schubert Ensemble has been playing together for 35 years and has an unrivalled reputation in the Piano Quartet repertoire. We are fortunate to have them as, just after we booked them, they announced that they would retire as an Ensemble in 2018.
The members of the Gould Piano Trio are no strangers to Alnwick and Northumberland; their Corbridge Chamber Music Festival has been going for 18 years. We look forward to their concert in early February.
We have two contrasting piano recitals. Chiyan Wong is a young pianist, born in Hong Kong, but who has lived and studied in the UK since the age of 12. His interest in Busoni and Liszt is reflected in the programme he will perform.
Pascal Rogé exemplifies the finest in French pianism and he brings us an all French programme ending with Debussy’s first book of Preludes.
The season ends with the Piatti Quartet, a young British String Quartet with a growing reputation, concluding their recital with Debussy.
By accident, rather than design, we have two themes running through the season with French music in four concerts and works by Beethoven in five out of the six concerts as well as two new works, following a world premiere by John Casken in our last season. The Schubert Ensemble has commissioned more than 80 new works and brings a short piece by Charlotte Bray. The Gould has commissioned a Piano Trio from Mark Simpson for their 25th anniversary in 2017.
We hope you enjoy the rich variety in this season’s music given by some of the finest musicians around.
2017
10th October MORAY WELSH – Cello MARTIN ROSCOE – Piano
28th November SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE
2018 6th February GOULD PIANO TRIO
27th February CHIYAN WONG – Piano
4th April PASCAL ROGÉ – Piano
1st May PATTI QUARTET
THE AGM WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 16TH,
2017 AT 10.30A.M. IN THE PLAYHOUSE, ALNWICK.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION 6 CONCERTS £75 - A SAVING OF £21
SINGLE TICKET £16.00 CONCESSION £15.00
STUDENTS FREE NON-MEMBERS WELCOME
Membership Secretary – Jocelyne Tait – 01665 578 231
Registered Charity Number 702722
ALNWICK MUSIC SOCIETY
President: Martin Roscoe
CONCERTS 2017 - 2018
SEASON VENUE: ALNWICK PLAYHOUSE
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