AMS Brochure 2016-2017 - Alnwick Music Society

Tuesday 30th August 2016
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU – Piano
“Magnificently projected playing, Alexandra Dariescu is enormously
impressive” BBC Music Magazine.
Tuesday 29th November 2016
JOHN CASKEN - Composer
MARCUS FARNSWORTH – Baritone
JAMES BAILLIEU - Piano
Recently named as one of 30 pianists under 30 destined for a
spectacular career.
John Casken, a contemporary classical composer, has composed this
Song Cycle for the Alnwick Music Society.
Mendelssohn
Bartholdy Variations sérieuses d-Moll op. 54 für
Klavier
Messiaen
2 Preludes
Marcus Farnsworth handled superbly…Butterworth’s six songs from
‘A Shropshire Lad’ …sung by Farnsworth with heartbreaking fragile
masculinity’ The Guardian, 2014
Beethoven
Klaviersonate Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 10/2
Fauré
9 Préludes op. 103
Tschaikovsky
Der Nussknacker - Suite op. 71a aus dem Ballett in
zwei Akten
Tuesday 11th October 2016
VAN KUIJK QUARTET
James Baillieu “… is surely the leader of the new generation of
accompanists. …a natural singer’s accompanist:. … in a class of his
own” Wigmore Hall.
Schubert
Liebesbotschaft
Casken
Lines from a Wanderer - premiere
Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad
Britten
Three Folksong Arrangements
Tuesday 4th April 2017
BRASS ENSEMBLE OF OPERA NORTH
The Brass Ensemble of Opera North is a flexibly sized chamber
ensemble, comprising of players from one of the United Kingdom's
most versatile orchestras.
Russell
Franck
Speer
Gabrieli
Various arr. Greig
Bach arr, Greig
Gounod arr. Greig
Maxwell Davies
Ellin
Fillmore
Stravinsky
Verdi arr. Greig
Dubensky
Gershwin
Hancock
Villa – Lobos
Flourish
Sonata No.6 (Intrada)
Sonata No.1
Canzona per sonare No.2
Suite of Aires and Dances
Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat
Funeral March of a Marrionette
Farewell to Stromness
Stow Sketches
Lassus Trombone
Fanfare for a New Theatre
Overture to ‘Nabucco’
Concerto Grosso
Promenade (Walking the Dog)
Cantaloup
Bachianas Brasilieras
“Style, energy and a sense of risk… These four young Frenchmen made
the music smile” The Guardian 2015
Winners of the 1st prize, Haydn prize and Beethoven prize at the
2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.
Haydn
String Quartet Op.76/4 in B flat major “Sunrise”
Ravel
Quartet Op.35 in F major
Beethoven
String Quartet No.16 Op.127 in E flat major
Tuesday 15th November 2016
ANGELA HEWITT – Piano
“The paramount quality of Angela Hewitt’s piano playing is the joy it
communicates.” Daily Telegraph
One of the world’s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt regularly appears
in recitals and with major orchestras of the world.
Scarlatti
Sonatas (a selection)
Mozart
Sonata in B flat major, K333
Beethoven
Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2 “The Tempest”
Beethoven
Sonata in E flat major, Op.27 No.1
Tuesday February 21st 2017
GINA McCORMACK – Violin
NIGEL CLAYTON – Piano
“Gina McCormack … an excellent violinist, fluent, suave in tone and
technically at ease”. The Scotsman
Tuesday 2nd May 2017
MARTIN ROSCOE
Gina McCormack, for 13 years Leader of the Sorrel Quartet, is one
of Britain’s leading artists.
“…Roscoe is a pianist who both thinks and offers full-blooded playing of
breadth and depth. In this country, he is an uncommon creature…” Daily
Telegraph
Nigel Clayton, a piano soloist with a particular interest in
accompanying was recently appointed Professor of Piano at the
Royal College of Music.
With an extraordinary career spanning over 4 decades, our
President, Martin Roscoe, is arguably one of the UK’s best loved
pianists.
Weinberg
Sonatina for violin and piano
Prokofiev
Five Melodies, Op.35bis
Mendelssohn
Sonata in F major (1838)
Szymanowski
“La Fontaine D’Arethuse” No.1 from Three Mythes
Strauss
Sonata Op.18
Weber
Bach
Beethoven
Schubert
Ravel
Smetana
Martinu
Szymanowski
Chopin
Chopin
Invitation to The Dance
French Suite No.6 in E
Polonaise Op.89
16 German Dances D783
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Polka in A minor
Polka
2 Mazurkas Op.62
Mazurka in A minor Op.17/4
Polonaise in A flat Op.53
Welcome to the 2016 – 17 season.
The Society’s thirty eighth.
We begin the season much earlier than usual in order to present the
concert that had to be postponed in February when we were asked
to vacate the Guest Hall. The only date Alexandra Dariescu could
offer us was Tuesday, August 30th and since she was keen to come
to Alnwick and we were equally enthusiastic and determined to
promote her piano recital, August 30th it is. Alexandra Dariescu is an
outstanding emerging talent, predicted to reach the pinnacle of her
profession.
As usual we are always delighted to present the winners of the
International String Quartet Competition and last year the Van Kuijk
Quartet won a string of prizes at the Wigmore Hall. Despite the
name, these four young men hail from France and received great
accolades from the judges in London in the face of fierce
competition.
You will see we are promoting two concerts in November. Having
finalised our programme Angela Hewitt’s agent, who I had been
pursuing for some time, eventually confirmed that Angela would be
available to play for us in November. The committee agreed this was
an opportunity not to be missed so we will have the pleasure of
listening to this outstanding talent who members may remember
gave us a memorable evening a few years ago when she performed
the Goldberg Variations. This will be a 7th additional concert and not
part of the subscription package.
The Society is delighted to be breaking new ground by
commissioning a piece of work by our near neighbour John Casken
who is one of the leading contemporary composers of the day. John,
more used to work with prestigious orchestras including the Halle
and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, has kindly agreed to produce a
Song Cycle for an Alnwick Music Society World Premiere! The well
known Baritone Marcus Farnsworth will perform the piece as part of
a delightful programme, accompanied by the pianist James Baillieu.
It was always the Society’s intention to invite the Sorrel String
Quartet back to Alnwick following the string of wonderful concerts
they had performed for us. Sadly, the Quartet is no longer in
existence but happily its leader, the violinist Gina McCormack, now
lives in the Borders and has agreed to come and play. It will be a
great pleasure for the Society to hear once again a musician who has
given us so much pleasure in the past.
It is some time since we had a Brass concert and our President,
Martin Roscoe, recommended the Brass Ensemble from Opera
North who have performed for him at his Ribble and Beverley
Festivals. We welcome them to Alnwick and look forward to an
eclectic programme of music which hopefully interests not only our
members but a wider audience of Brass players in the area.
The season ends with the return visit of our President Martin
Roscoe who not only performs wonderful recitals for us on a
regular basis but supports the Society with his extensive knowledge
of the contemporary classical music scene. We are greatly indebted
to him.
Chairman.
2016
30th August
11th October
15th November *
29th November
2017
21st February
ALEXANDRA DARIESCU
Piano
VAN KUIJK QUARTET
ANGELA HEWITT *
Piano
JOHN CASKEN – Premiere
MARCUS FARNSWORTH
Baritone
GINA McCORMACK – Violin
NIGEL CLAYTON - Piano
4th April
BRASS ENSEMBLE OF OPERA
NORTH
2nd May
MARTIN ROSCOE
Piano
* This is an extra concert and tickets (£10 for members)
can be purchased from Alnwick Playhouse.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION 6 CONCERTS £75
- A SAVING OF £30
SINGLE TICKET £16.00
CONCESSION £15.00
STUDENTS FREE
NON-MEMBERS WELCOME
Membership Secretary – Jocelyne Tait – 01665 578 231
Registered Charity Number 702722
Tickets may be purchased in advance in person from Alnwick
Playhouse Box Office 01665 510 785 or on line at
www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk
The A.G.M will be held at 6.30p.m. prior to the
first concert in the Playhouse on Tuesday, August
30th
ALNWICK
MUSIC SOCIETY
President: Martin Roscoe
CONCERTS
2016 - 2017
SEASON
VENUE: ALNWICK PLAYHOUSE
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Secretary:
Roy Todd 01665 830 898
Hazel Pringle 01665 830 366
Anita Harvey 01665 606 489
Joan Littler 01665 577 088
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