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Concerts - Kings Place - October to December 2008 |
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NEW!
Watch video clips about the new hall
and the history of the Sunday Concerts on our site |
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 23 November 2008 |
18:30 |
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Mozart – String Quartet in G K.387
Martinu – String Quartet No.2
Dvorak – String Quartet in A flat Op.105
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The famous Wihan Quartet in a programme featuring their native Czech music and opening with Mozart’s sublime G major quartet from late 1782. The Dvorak work in the last of his fourteen string quartets, premiered in Vienna in 1896.
You can view a short VIDEO here. |
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30 November 2008 |
18:30 |
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Schubert – Notturno D.897
Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major Op.70 no.1 'Ghost'
Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor Op.50
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International soloists Martino Tirimo (piano), Ben Sayovich (violin) and Daniel Veiss (cello) in a pair of beautiful Viennese masterworks, followed by Tchaikovsky’s mighty piano trio in A minor from 1882.
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07 December 2008 |
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Orchestra of St John’s Chamber Ensemble |
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Huw Watkins – Piano Quintet
Cesar Franck – Sonata for Violin & Piano in A
Schubert – Quintet for Piano & Strings Op.114 ‘Trout’
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Musicians from the OSJ: Jan Peter Schmolck (violin), Frances Angell (piano), Jane Atkins (viola), John Hely (cello), Linda Houghton (bass). Their programme features the Piano Quintet by the Welsh-born composer Huw Watkins, the Franck Sonata - a late work dating from 1886 - and Schubert’s great Trout Quintet.
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14 December 2008 |
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Aurora Wind Ensemble & John York (piano) |
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Mozart - Quintet for piano and winds in E flat K.452
Goleminov - Wind Quintet No.2
Debussy - Syrinx
Mendelssohn - Concert Piece No.2 in D minor Op.114
Poulenc – Sextet for piano and winds
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The Aurora Ensemble - Maxine Willis (flute), Gwenllian Davies (oboe), Andrew Mason (clarinet), Helen Shillito (horn), Constance Tanner (bassoon) - is joined by John York on the piano for a selection of pieces for wind, ranging from famous works by Mozart and Poulenc, to a quintet by the Bulgarian composer Marin Goleminov (1908-2000), and Debussy’s haunting flute solo ‘Syrinx’.
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21 December 2008 |
18:30 |
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Vaughan Williiams – String Quartet No.2
Haydn – String Quartet in D Op.64 No.5 ‘The Lark’
Beethoven – String Quartet in Bb Op.130
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The Dante Quartet - Krysia Osostowicz, Giles Francis (violins), Judith Busbridge (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) - won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for chamber music in 2007. Their recital begins with the second quartet by Vaughan William, composed between 1942 and 1944, followed by Haydn’s famous ‘Lark’. Beethoven’s late great Op.130 quartet completes our first autumn season in Kings Place.
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| - Last concert of 2008 - |
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Concerts for 2009 will be added as soon programming is finalized. (early Nov) |
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