2017

• Sun

  15

  Jan

  2017

  RNCM Strings Festival with Toby Hughes (double bass)

  4:30pm

  RNCM

  Alfred Desenclos Aria and Rondo

  Adolf Mišek Sonata in E minor

• Thu

  19

  Jan

  2017

  Psappha: 8 Songs

  7:30pm

  Hallé St. Peter's, Ancoats, Manchester

  Peter Maxwell Davies Stedman Doubles
  David Horne Resonating Bodies
  Peter Maxwell Davies 8 Songs for a Mad King

• Fri

  27

  Jan

  2017

  Champs Hill with Sophie Rosa

  7:30pm

  Champs Hill, West Sussex

  Beethoven Violin Sonata op. 12 no. 2 in A major
  Ravel Violin Sonata
  John Ireland Violin Sonata no. 2 in A
  Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

• Sun

  29

  Jan

  2017

  Ellerby Cabaret Concerto with Cory Band

  6:30pm RNCM

  Martin Ellerby’s Cabaret Concerto played with the legendary Cory Band for the RNCM Festival of Brass. Concert to be broadcast at a later date on BBC Radio 3.

• Mon

  30

  Jan

  2017

  Vonnegut Collective: reworked: Quartet for the End of Time

  5:45pm Peel Hall, Salford University

  As part of the BBC Philharmonic presents Chamber Music Mondays’ the Vonnegut Collective perform movements from Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and new pieces inspired by this seminal work.
  Regular collaborators Graham South and Craig Farr along with composition students from Salford University have responded to Messiaen’s music and also the historical context of the work’s origin. Messiaen wrote the Quartet whilst captive in a prisoner of war camp in Görlitz in 1941. These new works explore themes of holocaust, incarceration, migration, free will and how they are very much relevant today.

• Thu

  16

  Feb

  2017

  Psappha: Light and Matter

  7:30pm Hallé St. Michael's, Ancoats, Manchester

  Emily Hall Advert – wedding dress (Psappha commission, world première)
  Xenakis Psappha
  Kaija Saariaho Light and Matter
  Joe Duddell Nightswimming
  Elliott Carter Intermittences
  Tom Coult Two Games and a Nocturne (Psappha commission, world première)

• Sun

  05

  Mar

  2017

  RNCM Gold Medal Winners Concert

  7:30pm

  Wigmore Hall, London

  Andres Yauri, bassoon and Benjamin Powell
  Antoine Dard Bassoon Sonata in A minor Op. 6 No. 2
  Camille Saint-Saëns Bassoon Sonata in G major Op. 168

  Tyler Hay, piano
  Franz Liszt Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
  Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

  James Girling, guitar
  Lennox Berkeley Sonatina for guitar Op. 52 No. 1
  Tōru Takemitsu All in Twilight

  Abel Selaocoe, cello and Benjamin Powell
  Claude Debussy Cello Sonata
  Maurice Ravel Pièce en forme de habanera
  Giovanni Sollima Lamentatio

• Tue

  07

  Mar

  2017

  Recital with Sophie Rosa

  7:00pm

  Mansfield Street, London

  Music at 22 Mansfield Street
  Franck Violin Sonata
  Ravel Violin Sonata
  Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

  Tickets can be booked by contacting Elisabeth & Bob Boas.
  020 7436 0344
  boas22m@btinternet.com
  22 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NR

• Sun

  12

  Mar

  2017

  Tattenhall Music Society with German Martinez Merino and Andres Yauri

  6:30pm

  St. Alban's Church, Tattenhall, Cheshire

  Recital with German Martinez Merino (clarinet) and Andres Yauri (bassoon)
  Bruch 8 Pieces (selection)
  Debussy Première rhapsodie
  Saint-Saëns Sonata for bassoon and piano
  Widmann Fantasie
  Rossini Introduction, theme and variations
  Dard Bassoon Sonata no. 6
  Brahms Clarinet Sonata op.120 no. 2
  Mikhail Glinka Trio Pathetique for clarinet, bassoon and piano

• Thu

  16

  Mar

  2017

  Recital with Sophie Rosa

  1:00pm

  Wigmore Hall, London

  Franck Violin Sonata
  Ravel Violin Sonata
  Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

• Mon

  24

  Apr

  2017

  Schumann and Brahms Piano Quintets

  5:45pm

  Peel Hall

  Lisa Obert, Sophie Hudgell (violins), Kimi Makino (viola), Adam Szabo (cello)
  Schumann Piano Quintet
  Brahms Piano Quintet

• Wed

  07

  Jun

  2017

  Gran Caffè Venezia

  7:30pm

  Storyhouse, Chester

  “This concert has been a sold-out favourite for the past 4 years and this time it’s in an actual caffè, in Storyhouse.

  Sit at tables with wonderful food and summer drinks to complement the kind of sumptuous music you would hear in a Venetian caffè if it were taken over by world class musicians who were determined to entertain.”

• Thu

  15

  Jun

  2017

  Psappha: The Mad Kings

  8:00pm

  Israel Museum, Jerusalem

  Schoenberg Chamber Symphony no. 1 op. 9 arr. Webern
  Mark Simpson Ariel
  Peter Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King

• Sat

  17

  Jun

  2017

  RNCM Gold Medals

  All day

  RNCM Concert Hall

  Performances with Emma McPhilemy (saxophone), Daniel Carias (double bass), German Martinez Merino (clarinet), and Vykintas Civas (saxophone).

• Fri

  30

  Jun

  2017

  Recital with Toby Hughes

  7:30pm

  Artrix, Bromsgrove

  Paul Hindemith Sonata
  Derek Bourgeois Sonata
  Dvořák Silent Woods
  Schubert Ständchen
  Bottesini Elegy
  Desenclos Aria et Rondo
  Schumann: Adagio and Allegro

• Thu

  27

  Jul

  2017

  Recital with Toby Hughes for Three Choirs Festival

  11:00am

  Worcester Baptist Church

  Paul Hindemith Sonata
  Derek Bourgeois Sonata
  Dvořák Silent Woods
  Schubert Ständchen
  Bottesini Elegy
  Desenclos Aria et Rondo
  Schumann: Adagio and Allegro

• Sat

  23

  Sep

  2017

  Steyning Music Society with Sophie Rosa

  7:30pm

  Steyning Music Society, the Steyning Centre, BN44 3XZ

  Schubert Sonatina in G minor, Op.137, D.408
  Ravel Sonata No.2 in G major
  
  Franck Sonata in A major
  
  Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A major, Op.28

• Sun

  08

  Oct

  2017

  Sinfonia Viva: Making a Song and Dance

  3pm

  Lincoln Drill Hall

  Programme to include:
  Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes
  Elgar Sospiri
  Grainger Molly on the Shore
  Barber Adagio
  Copland Appalachian Spring

• Wed

  18

  Oct

  2017

  Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

  7:30pm

  Hettie's Cafe Bistro, Skipton

  A performance with Sophie Rosa (violin), Colin Blamey (clarinet), and Douglas Badger (cello).

• Thu

  26

  Oct

  2017

  Psappha: Penelope

  7:30pm

  Hallé St. Peter's, Ancoats, Manchester

  Molly Joyce Rave
  
  Anna Clyne Steelworks
  
  Sarah Kirkland Snider Penelope*
  
  
  
  Richard Balcombe conductor*
  
  Jessica Walker vocalist*
  
  
  
  Suspended somewhere between art song, indie rock, and chamber folk, the music of Sarah Kirdland Snider’s Penelope moves organically from moments of elegiac strings-and-harp reflection to dusky post-rock textures with drums, guitars and electronics, all directed by a strong sense of melody and a craftsman’s approach to song-writing. More information about this amazing piece here.
  
  
  
  Molly Joyce’s Rave gives the impression of impossible virtuosity, transforming the piano into a multi-dimensional piano/organ hybrid. Giving a fascinating glimpse into a disappearing world, the music of Steelworks by Anna Clyne interacts with film and with recorded interviews of employees at the last steelworks factory in Brooklyn.

• Tue

  31

  Oct

  2017

  Royal Overseas League Showcase

  7:30pm

  Carole Nash Recital Room, Royal Northern College of Music

  Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in A minor K 175
  György Ligeti Études Book 2 Nos 8, 11 and 13
  Dominic Degavino piano

  Sally Beamish Albatross
  Astor Piazzolla Fugata
  Astor Piazzolla Oblivion
  Huw Wiggin saxophone
  James Sherlock piano

  Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A fl at major Op 70
  Reinhold Glière Prélude and Scherzo Op 32
  Toby Hughes double bass
  Benjamin Powell piano

• Sun

  05

  Nov

  2017

  Recital with Timothy McAllister

  2:15pm

  Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music

  Programme to be confirmed

• Mon

  06

  Nov

  2017

  Wigmore Hall with Toby Hughes

  7:30pm

  Wigmore Hall

  Programme to include:
  Alfred Desenclos Aria & Rondo
  Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro
  Reinhold Glière 2 Pieces Op. 32
  No. 1 Prelude
  No. 2 Scherzo
  2 morceaux Op. 9
  No. 1 Intermezzo
  No. 2 Tarantella

• Sat

  16

  Dec

  2017

  Christmas with Music in the Round

  7:15pm

  Upper Chapel, Sheffield

  Roderick Williams (baritone), Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano), Louise Thomson (harp), Gary Farr (trumpet), Fraser Willson (organ) and Sheffield Young Singers dir. Helen Cowen.

  Including seasonal music by Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Bach and Britten.