CITY MUSIC SOCIETY
Lunchtime Concerts
Tuesdays
at 1.05 pm at
Bishopsgate Institute Great Hall
230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH
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Admission
to all lunchtime concerts is Free. The
Free admission to Young Artists Series concerts is kindly sponsored by A
collection will be taken at the end of each concert at Bishopsgate to
benefit Seats
cannot be guaranteed after 1.00pm. |
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We celebrate anniversaries of Haydn, Mendelssohn and Martinu. In collaboration with Bishopsgate Institute we are introducing pre-concert talks before some of the Tuesday lunchtime concerts. Broadcaster and writer Anthony Burton and scholar and lecturer Roger Thomas introduce some of the fascinating music in our concerts. The talks begin at 12.15pm and last 30 minutes. See below for details. |
| 13 January 2009 [FWS] | |
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KUNGSBACKA PIANO
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| Enesco | Sonata No. 3 in A minor for violin and piano Op. 25 |
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Mendelssohn |
Trio in D minor Op. 49 |
| Formed in 1997, the Kungsbacka Trio quickly established itself after winning the 1999 Melbourne Chamber Music Competition and then becoming BBC Young Generation Artists in 2000. Named after the Swedish town in which it gave its first performance (and where now it organises a festival each year), the trio enjoys a busy career with concert appearances in the UK and many other countries and recordings for Naxos and BIS. Our celebration of the 1809 anniversaries is given a first-rate inauguration! | |
| 20 January 2009 [YAS] | |
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BARBIROLLI QUARTET |
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Beethoven |
Quartet in F minor Op. 95 ('Serioso') |
| Ravel | Quartet in F major |
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Known for its diverse and prolific repertoire, The Barbirolli Quartet was formed (as the Stillman Quartet) at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester in 2003. Originally from Canada, Wales, Australia and New Zealand, the quartet's members now use London as a base for their extensive activities. Winner of awards from the Countess of Munster and the Tunnell Trust during 2008, the quartet currently holds an Artists' Fellowship at the Guildhall School. |
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| 27 January 2009 [YAS] | |
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ARIS WIND QUINTET |
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Albeniz |
Eritana (Iberia, Book 4) |
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Hindemith |
Quintet: Kleine Kammermusik |
| Poulenc | Sextet |
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Since its formation in 2004, the Aris Quintet has performed in a wide range of projects and concerts. Joining forces with Fergal O'Mahony in 2007, the group won the Society's Ivan Sutton Prize in May 2008 with a scintillating performance of the Poulenc Sextet. All former postgraduate students at the Guildhall School, the quintet is dedicated to performing a wide spectrum of repertoire, including creating unique live performances and collaborations with artists, dancers and audio-visual technology. |
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| 3 February 2009 [FWS] |
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LIBOR NOVACEK piano |
| Celebrating the music of Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) |
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Haydn |
Sonata F major Hob XVI/23 |
| Janacek | On the Overgrown path (selection) |
| Martinu | 3 Czech Dances |
| Born in Prague, Libor Novacek studied with Joan Havill at the GSMD before commencing a highly-successful career playing concertos and giving recitals in many parts of the world. His recordings of Liszt with Landor Records have drawn exceptional acclaim, including the Diplom d'Honneur of the Ferenc Liszt Society in Budapest. As well as continuing our celebration of Haydn, Novacek marks Martinu's anniversary alongside one of fellow Czech Janacek's few keyboard works. |
| Pre-concert talk at 12.15 by Anthony Burton on Janacek's On the Overgrown path |
| 10 February 2009 [YAS] |
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RCM WIND ENSEMBLE |
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Celebrating
the music of Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
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Martinu |
Sextet
for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet and two bassoons Divertimento for two recorders Nonet for wind quintet with violin, viola, cello and double bass |
| The Royal College of Music helps mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the leading Czech composer after Janacek, with a concert of distinctive chamber music. Influenced by Stravinsky, jazz, neo-classicism and his native folk music, Martinu's works are full of wit and charm. |
| Pre-concert talk at 12.15 by Anthony Burton on Bohuslav Martinu |
| 17 February 2009 [YAS] | |
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PAUL SIDES soprano, Winner of the Eric Falk Trust Award |
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JONATHAN GALE piano |
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Schumann |
Widmung
Op. 25 No. 1 Waldegespräch Op. 39 No. 3 Mondnacht Op. 39 No. 5 |
| Brahms | Meine
Liebe ist grün Op. 63 No. 5 Vorschneller Schwur Op. 95 No. 5 Liebestreu Op. 3 No. 1 Anklänge Op. 7 No. 3 Wehe so willst du mich wieder Op. 32 No 5 Wie Melodien Op. 105 No. 1 Wir wandelten Op 96 No. 2 |
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Mahler |
Rückert Lieder |
| Tennessee-born Paul Sides moved to the UK in 2005 to gain stage experience and to study at the RCM with Sally Burgess. Opera roles include Atalanta for Handel Opera Society and she will sing Pamina with English Touring Opera in 2009. | |
| 24 February 2009 [YAS] | |
| GUILDHALL
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA GORDAN NIKOLITCH conductor |
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Mozart |
Overture, The Marriage of Figaro |
| Schubert | Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 |
| The annual visit of one of the leading ensembles in the Guildhall School is always one of our most popular concerts. Led this year by London Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Gordan Nikolitch, the orchestra plays two of the most popular pieces in the whole repertoire. | |
| 3 March 2009 [FWS] | |
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JOSEPH TONG and WAKA HASEGAWA piano 4 hands |
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Mozart |
Sonata in D major KV381 |
| Schubert | Andantino Variations in B minor D823 No. 2 |
| Schubert | Fantasie in F minor D940 |
| Ravel | Rapsodie Espagnole |
| Prizewinners in the Tokyo International Piano Duo Competition and the Schubert International Competition, Tong and Hasegawa have given recitals throughout the UK as well as in Japan, Germany and the USA. Their debut CD of Debussy was Album of the Week in The Independent and recommended in BBC Music Magazine, and the duo are now planning recordings of Schubert and Julius Röntgen. | |
| 10 March 2009 [YAS] |
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LAURA LUCAS
flute |
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| Telemann | Sonata in F |
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Doppler |
Airs Valaques |
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Lowell Liebermann |
Sonata Op. 23 |
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Poulenc |
Sonata |
| Winner of the First Prize and Gold Medal of the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition, Laura Lucas at 22 has already enjoyed a remarkable career. She was the youngest winner of the Shell/LSO Scholarship in 2001 and reached the national finals of the BBC Young Musician Competition the same year. | |
| 17 March 2009 [YAS] | |
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JAMES BARRALET
cello |
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RPS Young Artist Recital |
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Beethoven |
Sonata No. 4 in C Op. 102 No. 1 |
| Shostakovich | Sonata in D minor Op. 40 |
| As joint winner of the 2007 Abstract Securities Landor Records competition, James Barralet will shortly be recording his debut CD. He won the RPS Julius Isserlis Scholarship in 2003 and has since studied in Manchester and Basel. His studies have also included Indian music in Calcutta and he gives concerts with tabla player Sankar Chowdhury, as well as taking a big interest in contemporary music. | |
Presented
with the support of the Royal Philharmonic Society |
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| Pre-concert
talk at 12.15 by Roger Thomas on Shostakovich's Sonata in D minor Op. 40 |
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| 24 March 2009 [YAS] | |
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BERKELEY ENSEMBLE TATIANA BYSHEVA violin REBECCA MATTHEWS violin DAN SHILLADAY viola GEMMA WAREHAM cello JACQUELINE DOSSER double bass JOHN SLACK clarinet ROSEMARY BURTON bassoon PAUL COTT horn |
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Vaughan Williams |
Quintet in D for piano, violin, cello, clarinet and horn |
| Ferguson | Octet Op. 4 |
| Growing out of the Southbank Sinfonia, the Berkeley Ensemble aims to explore repertoire for mixed wind and strings groupings with particular reference to British composers. The concert includes a belated celebration of the centenary of Howard Ferguson (born October 1908), composer, pianist and editor, whose Octet with the same scoring as Schubert's is a delightful piece in a style somewhat similar to Walton's. | |
| 31 March 2009 [FWS] | |
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THOMAS GUTHRIE
baritone |
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| Schubert | Die Schöne Mullerin |
| More of a mini-opera than a song-cycle, this remarkable work tells the story of a young miller as he wanders along a stream in search of work, meets a miller's daughter, falls in love with her, loses her, and in deep despair drowns himself in the mill stream. The multi-talented Thomas Guthrie brings his directorial insights to this beautiful work which will be heard to advantage with an 1853 Pleyel piano providing appropriate timbres and textures. | |
| Pre-concert talk at 12.15 by Roger Thomas on Die Schöne Mullerin | |
For further information
about these concerts please contact
Josephine Richardson, City Music Society Administrator, Tel. 020-8542 0950
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Latest
update: 31 December 2008
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