Concerts 2005
Bronte String Quartet
4th February, 1.15pm
Bishopsgate Institute, London
Sara Trickey and Katy Gorsuch (violins), Jon Thorne (viola), Daisy Gathorne-Hardy ('cello)
| Dobrinka Tabakova | On a Bench in the Shade |
| Benjamin Britten | 2nd String Quartet |
The Bronte Quartet players have now gone in different directions but you can view their previous website here. Bronte website
Sounds Underground Ensemble
4th February, 7.30pm
Bishopsgate Institute, London
Conductor: Matilda Hofman
Quartet:Tom Hankey and Tom Evans (violins), Jonathan Stone (viola) Andrew Skidmore ('cello)
Violas: Juliet Jopling and Catharine Bullock
| Dylan Pugh | Open Secret (2nd performance)* |
| Bethany Weimers | Music for double bass, percussion and clarinet** |
| Tom Evans | Cantilena (2nd performance)* |
| George Benjamin | Viola, viola |
| Leos Janacek | 2nd String Quartet, "Intimate Letters" |
*Commissioned by Sounds Underground with funding from the Elias Fawcett Trust
**World première. Commissioned by Sounds Underground
Kreisler Ensemble
6th February
Bush Hall, London
Matilda Hofman (conductor)
Natalie Raybould (voice), Tom Hankey (violin/viola), Chris Richards (clarinet), Juliette Bausor (flute), Naomi Williams ('cello), Simon Williams (percussion), Iain Farrington (piano)
The Kreisler Ensemble present two recently written works: Eleanor Alberga's magical setting of Ariel's paean to freedom and the premiere of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's 'Memoria' (revised). They return to fin de siecle Vienna for Schoenberg's masterpiece, Pierrot Lunaire, which hovers on the edge of the world of the theatre and cabaret, and end the evening with music from the Golden Twenties. The photographer Quentin Huys will add his interpretation of the Scoenberg with a series of projected images.
| Eleanor Alberga | On a Bat's Back I do Fly |
| Cheryl Frances-Hoad | Memoria |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Pierrot Lunaire |
| Kurt Weill arr. Iain Farrington | Extracts from the 'Seven Deadly Sins' |
Ravel, Stravinsky and all that Jazz
27th October
Bishopsgate Institute, London
Sounds Underground Ensemble
Hazel Cropper (conductor)
Susi Evans (solo clarinet)
Matthew Harrison (solo trombone)
Quartet:Tom Hankey and Tom Evans (violins), Jonathan Stone (viola) Oliver Coates (cello)
The Sounds Underground Ensemble recreates the heady ferment of the early 20th century when the crazy rhythms and catchy tunes of dance hall jazz exploded onto the musical scene.
| Leonard Bernstein (orch. Ramin) | Clarinet Sonata |
| Brian Lynn | Doolallynastics |
| Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F |
| Igor Stravinsky | A Soldier's Tale (Concert Suite) |
Daniel Browell (piano)
9th November
Holywell Room, Oxford
A recital full of characters, brought to life by an imaginative young pianist from the RAM. Tchikowsky's Inventions, written in 1962, are a series of ten caricatures of friends, and in Carnival, Schumann conjures up a masked ball in which one guest after another takes centre stage.
| Andre Tchaikowsky | Inventions |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Sonata No. 3 in A minor |
| Robert Schumann | Carnival |
Rebecca Knight ('cello)
Bernard Lanskey (piano)
9th December
Holywell Room, Oxford
Two masterpieces of the 'cello repertoire will be performed in this programme alongside a piece for solo cello by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, written a few years ago.The artists are both closely connected with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Rebecca has just completed her studies at the conservatoire, and Bernard is Assistant Director of Music there.
| Claude Debussy | Sonata for Cello and Piano |
| Cheryl Frances-Hoad | Excelsus |
| Johannes Brahms | Sonata in F major |