The Music Society International Concert Series

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SAINSBURY ROYAL ACADEMY SOLOISTS
CLIO GOULD, Director
Saturday May 6th 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Programme
CALLUM SMART (Violin)
RICHARD UTTLEY (Piano)
Saturday 10th June 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
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Schubert arr. Mahler ‘Death and the Maiden’ D810
Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence Op.70
Programme
Strauss
Nielsen
Beethoven
Spohr
Till Eulenspiegel
Wind Quintet, op. 43
Variations in C Major on ‘La ci darema la
mano’ (Mozart’s Don Giovanni) WoO 28
Nonet in F major Op.31
London Conchord Ensemble is one of Europe’s leading chamber
ensembles. Their imaginative and highly original programming has won
them many accolades over the years, and in 2013 they celebrated their
10th anniversary with a BBC Chamber Music Prom at Cadogan Hall.
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CALLUM SMART
SAINSBURY ROYAL ACADEMY SOLOISTS
LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLE
SOUND COLLECTIVE
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LONDON CONCHORD ENSEMBLE
Saturday March 18th 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Highlights of recent seasons include performances at the Amsterdam
Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival,
Dusseldorf Tonhalle, Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts, Library of Congress
in Washington D.C., and tours of Germany, France and America. Last year
the group launched their own festival - an annual weekend of worldclass performances and international artists. In 2016, Conchord Festival
takes up residence on the banks of the River Thames in Twickenham.
The ensemble enjoys regular collaborations with guest singers, and
their concerts in the Schleswig Holstein, Windsor, Newbury, Winchester
and Chelsea Festivals have included Dame Felicity Lott, Susan Bickley,
Andrew Kennedy, James Gilchrist and Katherine Broderick.
The London Conchord Ensemble has been ensemble-in-residence
at Champs Hill, Sussex, where the group has recorded much of its
discography. They have also recorded on the Sanctuary Classics/ASV,
Black Box and Quartz labels. Their latest Champs Hill recording – a
double disc exploring the complete chamber works of Francis Poulenc was released to great critical acclaim in February 2012. The ensemble’s
most recent project is a double CD in its ongoing “cities” series,
concentrating on Vienna, to be released later this year. It consists of
Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio and Quintet for Piano and Winds, Beethoven’s
Quintet for Piano and Winds and chamber music by Zemlinsky, Berg and
Schoenberg.
Chamber Music New Zealand has invited London Conchord Ensemble
to tour the islands in the autumn of 2016, as part of their International
Concert Season ‘Kaleidoscopes’. Presenting three different programmes
across ten venues, the group will perform in Auckland, Hamilton, New
Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch,
Dunedin and Invercargill.
‘They reveal the music’s musculature and passion in a refreshingly direct way’
— The Guardian
‘If this is typical of the standards being set these days on Marylebone Road,
the future of Britain’s orchestral community seems assured’ — BBC Music
Magazine
The Sainsbury Royal Academy
Soloists are the Academy’s elite
string ensemble, with a deserved
reputation for performing to the
highest standard. The group’s
players are selected annually
from top undergraduate and
postgraduate students. Their
CD of music by Strauss and
Schoenberg was praised by
International Record Review in
September 2005: ‘This disc will
be welcomed with open arms by
readers with fond memories of
student music-making at the Royal Academy of Music. The programme is
logical, the playing expert and the design first-rate... The tensile strength
of the Royal Academy Soloists should attract those keen to abandon the
familiar berth of Karajan-inspired smoothness for choppier seas.’ The
Soloists perform regularly at the Academy and at festivals around Britain.
Clio Gould enjoys a varied career as a violinist and performs as soloist,
director and leader throughout Britain and Europe. She made her
BBC Proms concerto debut in 1999 with the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, and has made concerto appearances with the London
Sinfonietta, London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony
Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Hallé Orchestra, Ulster
Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of
Ireland and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
In 2002 Clio was appointed leader of the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming the
first female leader of a symphony orchestra
in London. She held the position of Artistic
Director of the Scottish Ensemble (1993–
2005) and was Principal Violin of the London
Sinfonietta (1996–2010). Clio plays the
‘Rutson’ Stradivarius of 1694, which has generously been lent to her by
the Royal Academy of Music, where she regularly directs the Sainsbury
Royal Academy Soloists. In 1999 she was awarded Honorary Membership
of the Royal Academy of Music.
International Classical
Concert Series
28th Season
2016 - 17
Photo: Patrick Allen
Programme
Prokofiev
Brahms
Poulenc
Debussy
Ysaye
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Sonata 2 in D major for Violin and Piano Op. 94
Sonata 1 in G major Op. 78
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
Caprice after the Study in the form of a Waltz, by
Saint-Saëns
“…the sincerity of Smart’s singing line is cause for celebration, and the
recital is quite outstanding in its unique sequence and profile of a superb
young player.” Andrew Parker, International Record Review
Callum Smart attracted wide public attention at the age of thirteen having
won the strings category of the 2010 BBC Young Musicians Competition
performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the BBC National
Orchestra of Wales conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Also in 2010, Callum
became the top European prize-winner in the Menuhin Competition in
Oslo. He has since appeared at a number of European festivals including
the Dvorak Festival in Prague and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad. In
March 2016 he gave recital performances in Birmingham, London’s
Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris.
Last season Callum made his Royal Festival Hall debut with the
Philharmonia under Michael Collins. Previous concerto appearances
include venues such as Cadogan Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
and performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the
European Union Chamber Orchestra. In 2014 Callum released his first
recital disc which was met with critical acclaim. Described by the BBC
Music Magazine as ‘an exuberantly assured debut’ the recording received
4 stars. He was also named as a BBC Music Magazine Rising Star: Great
Artists of Tomorrow. His second disc, featuring Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel
with Richard Uttley, was released in March 2016.
Richard Uttley has been recognised for his ‘musical intelligence and
pristine facility’ (International Record Review), ‘amazing decisiveness
… tumultuous performance’ (Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph), and
featured as a Rising Star in BBC Music Magazine. He has given solo
recitals or played concertos in the UK’s major halls, and his playing is
frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Richard read Music at Cambridge, graduating with a Double First in
2008. He studied piano with Martin Roscoe at the Guildhall School. He
was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT)
in 2011. Last season Richard released his third CD, Ghosts & Mirrors, to
critical acclaim; appeared at Cheltenham, Beaminster and Manchester
International Festivals; as well solo recitals in Bridgewater Hall, Wigmore
Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Auditorium du Louvre.
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Welcome to International Classical
Concerts at Vinehall
The Vinehall Concert Series, now in its 28th year, continues
to bring the best of both British and international musicians
to East Sussex. Performances take place in a purpose-built
250 seat theatre with superb piano and intimate acoustic
which is ideal for chamber music.
CEDRIC TIBERGHIEN (Piano)
Saturday October 8th 2016 at 7.30 p.m.
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R.M. and S.J. Arblaster
Programme
Beethoven
Beethoven
Chopin
Chopin
Sonata in C major op.51 “Waldstein”
Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101
Sonate No.2 in Bb minor, Op.35 “Funebre”
Preludes (selection)
Cédric Tiberghien’s career has taken him to some of the world’s most
prestigious halls, including most recently; Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy
Centre, Washington, Wigmore Hall and the Barbican in London, Salzburg’s
Mozarteum and the Sydney Opera House. Recent and upcoming highlights
include debuts with the London Symphony Orchestra and Opera di Roma
Orchestra, return projects with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Auckland
Philharmonia, Tasmania Symphony and the continuation of his complete
Beethoven concerto cycle with the Orchestre National d’Ile de France.
Recital plans include a return to London’s Wigmore Hall, debuts at the
Konzerthaus in Vienna and the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and a return to
the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Cédric Tiberghien’s most recent
recital disc released on Hyperion ( April 2016) is the first in a 3 volume
exploration of Bartok’s solo piano works. His discography also includes
Szymanowksi Etudes and Masques, Franck’s Symphonic Variations and Les
Djinns, Brahms’s Concerto No.1 and six recital discs on Harmonia Mundi.
With over 60 concertos in his repertoire, Cédric Tiberghien has appeared
with some of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony,
Cleveland Orchestra, Washington National Symphony, Tonhalle Orchestra
Zurich, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre
National de France and Sydney Symphony. He is also a dedicated chamber
musician, with regular partners including Alina Ibragimova, with whom he
has recently completed an extensive recital and recording project featuring
the complete Mozart sonatas for violin and piano.
SOUND COLLECTIVE
Sunday February 5th 2017 at 3.00 p.m.
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Sponsored by Phil Frost and Phoebe - in celebration of joy given
by Vinehall musical concerts
Programme
SKAMPA QUARTET
TOM POSTER (Piano)
Saturday November 12th 2016 at 7.30 p.m.
Wolf
Puccini
Shostakovich
Mendelssohn
Italian Serenade
Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110
String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op. 80
String Quartet in D minor Op 103
Quartet No 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’
Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
The Škampa Quartet is among the very finest of an outstanding group of
current Czech string quartets that has represented their country around
the world for twenty five years. Through their mentors, the legendary
Smetana Quartet, they trace their roots to the earliest quartets - such
as the Bohemian Quartet - in a land described in the 18th century as the
Conservatoire of Europe and that remains, to this day, the very cradle of
European Chamber Music.
Their recordings of the quartets by Janacek and Smetana in particular are
quoted as the bench-marks against which other performances are judged.
Prizes at International Competitions, Awards from the Royal Philharmonic
Society and others - and their appointment as the first-ever Resident Artists
at Wigmore Hall led to invitations to perform at major Festivals world-wide.
Thes Quartet work with many fine internationally recognised artists
including Melvyn Tan, Josef Suk, Michael Collins, Kathryn Stott and Janine
Jansen among others. They regularly broadcast from Wigmore Hall, St
John’s Smith Square, LSO St Luke’s and the Chamber Music Proms. The
Škampa Quartet have been award-winning recording artist for Supraphon
for most of the Quartet’s career. They have also been selected for release
on the Wigmore Hall Live label.
Tom Poster is internationally recognised as a pianist of outstanding artistry,
equally in demand as soloist and chamber musician across an unusually
extensive repertoire. He has been described as “a marvel, [who] can play
anything in any style” (The Herald), “mercurially brilliant” (The Strad), and
as possessing “velvet-tipped sonority” (Gramophone). Since his London
concerto debut at the age of 13, Tom has appeared in a wide-ranging
concerto repertoire of over 40 major works. He features regularly on BBC
radio and television and has made multiple appearances at the BBC Proms.
Tom is pianist of the Aronowitz Ensemble and works with Alison Balsom, Ian
Bostridge, Steven Isserlis and Guy Johnston. His critically-acclaimed debut
solo CD was entitled ‘In Dance and Song’. He also regularly features as
soloist on film and television soundtracks, including the Oscar-nominated,
Golden Globe-winning score for The Theory of Everything.
Programme
“The Brodsky’s ability to communicate on so many levels - humanity and
virtuosity all part of the essential integrity of their approach – promises to
make this a memorable cycle.” The Guardian, 2014 (Shostakovich Cycle)
Since forming in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet have performed over 3,000
concerts on the major stages of the world and have released more than
60 recordings. A natural curiosity and an insatiable desire to explore has
propelled the group in a number of artistic directions and continues to
ensure them not only a prominent presence on the international chamber
music scene, but also a rich and varied musical existence. Their energy and
craftsmanship have attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide.
Throughout their career of more than 40 years, the Brodsky Quartet have
enjoyed a busy international performing schedule, and have extensively
toured the major festivals and venues throughout Australasia, North
and South America, Asia, South Africa, and Europe, as well as in the UK,
where the quartet is based. Over the years, the Brodsky Quartet have
undertaken numerous performances of the complete cycles of quartets by
Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Webern
and Bartok. It is, however, the complete Shostakovich cycle that has now
become synonymous with their name. In 2016, Chandos will release their
second recording of the cycle, this time live from the Muziekgebouw,
Amsterdam.
The Brodsky Quartet have always had a busy recording career. Releases
include Petits Fours, a celebratory album of ‘Encore’ pieces arranged
exclusively by the quartet for their 40th anniversary; a Debussy compilation
including the quartet’s long-awaited recording of the great Debussy
Quartet; In the South, featuring works by Verdi, Paganini, Wolf and Puccini;
New World Quartets, comprising works by Dvorak, Copland, Gershwin
and Brubeck; and the first of two Brahms discs, which includes the iconic
Clarinet Quintet with Michael Collins. Awards for recordings include the
Diapason D’Or and the CHOC du Monde de la Musique and the Brodsky
Quartet have received a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
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concerts. The SIX CONCERT OPTION and the FIVE CONCERT
OPTION allow you to select six or five different concerts of your
choice. SINGLE TICKETS may also be booked for all concerts.
Please indicate your choice on the form overleaf. Complimentary
refreshments are served at each concert.
We regret that we cannot exchange or refund tickets unless a
concert is sold out. As concerts are booked many months on
advance there may be changes in advertised details. We are able to
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Sponsored by Alexander Stiller
Programme
Haydn
Smetana
Brahms
“It was plainly evident why they have been celebrated as masters of the
Czech repertoire. …I doubt that there was a foot in the Hall that was not
tapping to the beat of the vigorous dance that the Škampa launched
with joyful freedom.” Sean and heard International, 2014
“Tiberghien’s technique is formidable, but it’s his intensity and
poetic impulsiveness that catch the ear.” Boston Globe
(Boston Celebrity Series )
BRODSKY QUARTET
Saturday December 3rd 2016 at 7.30 p.m.
Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b
Sterndale Bennett Chamber trio Op. 26 in A major for Violin,
Cello and Piano.
Klughardt
Schilflieder (Songs of the Reeds) op.28 for
Oboe, Viola and Piano (1873)
Mendelssohn
Piano Quartet No 3 in B minor Op. 3
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Violist than Sarah-Jane Bradley?” The Strad
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share the ethos of aiming for exceptional performance standards,
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music with audiences. Working with composers, writers and education,
sound collective devises projects focusing on excellence, innovation and
communication, along with imaginative programming.
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The chamber players are drawn from previously longstanding
collaborations, and include John Lenehan (piano), Sara Trickey (violin),
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Tim Lowe (cello), and Daniel Bates (oboe).
Concerts for the 2016/2017 season include appearances at the Lichfield
and Ripon International Festivals, London King’s Place and Scotland.
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“I am very much looking forward to opening the new season of
concerts at Vinehall. The series has an excellent reputation amongst
musicians; having attracted many great performers over the years,
with pianists such as Radu Lupu, Louis Lortie and Stephen Hough.
This season has some tremendous artists, both well-established and
talented new-comers. I wish you all well during the Twenty-Eighth
Season and look forward to meeting you in October.”