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An Evening of Chamber Music performed by Violins: Gwen Owen Richer and Victoria Anderson Viola: Andrew Ware Cello: Veronica Henderson Flute: Hugh Robinson Clarinet: Sarah Bowden
Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op. 10 Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.6 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
Admission by programme on the door: £10 (£8.00 concessions)
THE CAMBRIDGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College Friday 15 October at 7.45pm
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor Op 49 Matyas Seiber – ‘Permutazioni a Cinque’ Ferenc Farkas – Early Hungarian Dances for Wind Quintet Dvorak – Piano Trio in E minor Op 90 ‘Dumky’
Hisayo Shimizu – piano Stephen Foster – violin Oliver Gledhill – cello
Sally Landymore (flute), Graham Dolby (oboe), Sarah Whitworth (clarinet), Paul Ryder (horn), Laura Macleod (bassoon)
TICKETS: £10 (£5 students under 23) – includes interval refreshments Phone 01223 506064 or 0794 135 1111, Mon – Sat, 9am-9pm Tickets also available at the door, subject to availability
20th century music for Wind Quintet by Hungarian composers is framed by two of the outstanding works for Piano Trio from the Romantic period – Mendelssohn’s bravura Trio in D minor, and Dvorak’s ever-popular and most ‘folky’ chamber work. 2010 is the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of Matyas Seiber and the composer’s daughter, Julia Seiber Boyd, Chair of the Cambridge-Szeged Society, will be in attendance.
ENDELLION STRING QUARTET University of Cambridge ‘Resident Quartet’
String Quartet No 1 in B minor Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 – Dmitry Shostakovich String Quartet No 7 in F, ‘Razumovsky’ Op 59/1 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Tickets: £21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled) Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010 Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
Tickets also available at the door, subject to availability
One of Haydn’s masterly Op. 33 set of quartets (sometimes called the ‘Russian’) opens each concert this season. Shostakovich’s very expressive eighth quartet – dedicated to the victims of war and fascism – combines ferocity, compassion and despair. Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ completes the Russian flavour. Setting new standards of breadth and depth it also includes a Russian folksong as a nod to its Russian dedicatee.
‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
‘The Endellion Quartet’s fastidious and elegant playing … every movement delivered with energy, musical insight and a good deal of wry humour’ – BBC Music Magazine
Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400.
The ACE Foundation are delighted to welcome Prime Brass as the stars for this playing day. If you play a Brass instrument you will play alongside this great ensemble with suitable parts for your ability. The day is open to all ages from Grade 1 to Diploma and will include a mixture of large and small ensembles, playing with professionals, tutors and likeminded learners. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. £45.00
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from ‘Tristan und Isolde’
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1
Mark Austin, Peter Britton (conductors), Josie Robertson (violin) Tickets: £5 (students and OAPs), £10 (full) 10% discount for online booking
Website: www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com
String Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 – Robert Schumann String Quartet No 20 in D, ‘Hoffmeister’ K499 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet No 2 in E Flat, ‘Joke’ Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn
Haydn’s delightful ‘The Joke’ quartet is followed by Schumann’s warm-hearted, individual and Romantic quartet. The concert ends with the exquisite lightness of a Mozart masterpiece.
String Quartet No 4 in B flat Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn String Quartet No 7, ‘Concerto da camera’ H314 – Bohuslav Martinu String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor Op 131 – Ludwig van Beethoven
Tickets £21, £19 (OAP), £12 (Child, Student, Registered Disabled) Phone for tickets: 01223 312400 Mon – Sat: 12 – 8 pm from 13 September 2010 Book Online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com
Tickets available at the door, subject to availability Endellion String Quartet
Haydn’s Op. 33 quartet precedes Martinu’s seventh and last quartet. Full of vitality and neo-classical rhymic verve, it carries the listener along on its waves of energy. Beethoven Op. 131 is simply one of the most miraculous pieces ever composed: as original as it is profound it shows the composer at his height – and he was condemned to deafness well before he wrote it.
This concert is sponsored by MILLS & REEVE.
‘Intonation, balance, rhythmic precision, subtleties of dynamics and colour: all were unimpeachable …. Special glory lay in the Endellions’ light conversational tone. From the very first bar, every rhythmic nicety took on a lilt and sparkle. Graceful sighs, filigree dancing and jumping-jack rhythms dominated the middle movements. In the finale, melancholy weighed in on cue, but nothing could shake the music’s smile. A lovely performance’ – The Times
String Quartet No 6 in D Op 33 – (Franz) Joseph Haydn String Quartet No 14 in A flat Op 105 – Antonn Dvork String Quintet with Cambridge University Student (TBC)
Haydn’s Op. 33 is followed by the first of Bartok’s six great quartets. He was one of the great quartet composers of the 20th century and his quartets are a monument to his strong individual and utterly compelling voice. Dvorak’s ‘American’ quartet is one of the most charming and melodious pieces in the repertoire – a great favourite with players and audiences.
Subscription booking for the Endellion String Quartet’s concerts at West Road is available until 27 August 2010 by contacting Deborah Gordon on 01223 312400. Concert dates: 20 October 2010, 1 December 2010, 19 January 2011, 9 March 2011, 23 March 2011, 25 May 2011.
