CONCERTS THIS SEASON:
Details of each concert can be found on the drop down menu from our 2019-2020 season page
11th October 2019 7.30pm
Lauren Zhang (piano)
Lauren is the current holder of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award
This concert is generously sponsored by Clugston Group Limited
Bach Toccata in C minor BWV 911
Beethoven Sonata no. 31 in A flat Major op. 110
Chopin Polonaise-fantasy op. 61
Chopin Nocturne op. 48 no. 1
Rachmaninov Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36 (revised version)
Ravel La Valse
Links to the music Lauren played:
Bach – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71afaDRGiA
Beethoven – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbnM-1MQSGw
Chopin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbnM-1MQSGw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=107Iwx5RKSM
Rachmaninov – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRreYEJS1WY
Ravel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Tdtbo_6yY
“Lauren Zhang’s power never let up, yet what most impressed was the magical delicacy of her playing in the softer passages” BBC Young Musician final, The Times, May 2018
“A superhuman display of keyboard virtuosity” BBC Young Musician final, The Arts Desk, May 2018
“Lauren owned [Prokofiev’s 2nd Piano Concerto] from the very first bars, revealing not only exceptional technically mastery but also acute musical intelligence and insight in a work of striking contrasts, substance and depth” BBC Young Musician final, The Cross-Eyed Pianist, May 2018
The Meiningen Ensemble with Clare Wheat
We have received a generous donation from the Herbert Howells Trust to support this concert
W.A. Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
Dunhill Song Cycle: ‘The Wind Among the Reeds’ (Arr. by Jonathan Gooing)
Howells Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 21
Jonathan Gooing – pianist: ‘Exquisitely balanced and responsive’ Patric Standford , (Yorkshire Post)
Clare Wheat – soprano: ‘A voice with lots of quality’
Julian Smith, (Music Advisor, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/463420
6th December 2019 7.30pm
Daniel Shao (flute) & Joseph Havlat (piano)
Daniel is supported by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust
J.S. Bach Sonata for flute in E minor, BWV 1034
G. Hue Fantaisie for flute and piano
E. Elgar Salut-d’amour, Op 12
G. Fauré Sonata for violin and piano No 1 in A. Op13 arr. for flute and piano
H. Harty ‘In Ireland’
C. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits
C. Debussy Three Chansons from ‘Bilitis’ arr. for Flute, ‘Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été’, ‘Pour que la nuit soit propice’ and ‘Pour l’Égyptienne’
G. Heard Olde Redding
F. Poulenc Flute Sonata FP 164
Daniel’s playing has been described as “shapely and silvery” (Classical Source, 2017) and possessing “virtuosity, charm, and charisma in abundance” (The Telegraph, 2014).
Joseph’s playing has been described as ‘dazzling’ (Tempo Magazine, 2018) and he is ‘a performer of powerful presence’ (New York Times, 2016), displaying ‘ warmth, sensitivity and intent’ as well as ‘unflinching calmness and confidence’ (CutCommon Magazine, 2017).
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/463425
17th January 2020 7.30pm
Martin James Bartlett (piano)
Martin was winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award in 2014
J.S. Bach : Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. Busoni)
J.S. Bach : Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Hess)
Mozart : Piano Sonata No.12 in F major, K.332
Liszt : Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: Italie, S.161: 5. Petrarch’s Sonnet 104
Julian Anderson : Sensation: She Hears
Scriabin : Piano Sonata No.4 in F-sharp major, Op.30
R. Schumann : Widmung (arr Liszt)
Granados : Goyescas, Op.11: El Amor y la Muerte
Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, WWV.90: Liebestod (arr. Liszt)
Rachmaninoff : Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 (arr. Wild)
Rachmaninoff : Polka de W.R.
Gershwin : The Man I Love
Gershwin : I Got Rhythm
Gershwin/Wild: Embraceable You
Gershwin/Wild : Fascinating Rhythm
Martin James Bartlett is not only a prodigy of the piano but an accomplished artist who counts among the greats of his generation. Nice Matin
Martin James Bartlett brought maximum feeling to the music and played with astonishing delicacy and punch. Daily Telegraph
The wit and colour in pianist Martin James Bartlett’s playing was thrilling. Times
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/466325
7th February 2020 7.30pm
The Kanneh-Mason Ensemble
Featuring Braimah, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata and Mariatu Kanneh-Mason
Jeneba was a finalist in the keyboard section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2018
The Kanneh-Mason ensemble is made up of five siblings from this famous and musically-gifted family. The family first came to the attention of the public in Britain’s Got Talent in 2015 and made it all the way to the semi-finals. Simon Cowell said they were, “probably the most talented family in the world!
Beethoven: Spring Sonata
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No 2
Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale
Chopin Etudes op 10 nos 3 & 4
Fauré: Elegie
Haydn: Gypsy Rondo
Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses
Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79 No1
Massenet: Meditation
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco;
Saint-Saens: Allegro Appassionato
Frank Bridge: Valse Russe
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/466335
13th March 2020 7.30pm
Tabea Debus (recorder) & Alex McCartney (theorbo)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/466341
Tabea is a YCAT artist 
Ode on an earworm
Until the 15th century music was predominantly an aural tradition. However, with the
invention of the printing press this tradition began to disappear. Still, some melodies are
innately memorable – why?
“I was [un]able to think of any thing, but remained all night transported.” – Samuel Pepys
Music has a tendency to continue playing inside our minds, whether we want it to or not. Today, studies are being conducted to examine the causes and cures of such so-called earworms. From Pepys, we gather that musical earworms are in no way unique to our century. Without specific studies of the phenomenon to guide us, how can we follow the traces of earworms back in time?
Programme:
Anonymous (14th century) – Lamento di Tristano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEKmSUpKoDs
Ciacona – after Antonio Bertali (1605-1669), Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwfAbX_MwyQ
Anonymous (16th century) – La Monica or Une jeune fillette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPTBUvQY9ec
Pierre-Francisque Carroubel (1556-1611/15) – Spagnolette from: Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum (Michael Praetorius, 1612)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eicxEAhOxYc
Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656) – La suave melodia, y su corrente from: Il primo libro di canzone… (Napoli 1650)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6O-Khn9SYE
Anonymous – Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor from: A Musicall Banquet (Robert Dowland, 1610)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aRmsvz7vwc
Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783) – Fandango in D minor, R. 146 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMvgGUGn1-E
Freya Waley-Cohen – Caffeine for solo recorder (commissioned by Listenpony for Tabea Debus, 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3MiAQ2qXtw
Gareth Moorcraft – New piece written for Tabea Debus in 2019
Anonymous – When Daphne did from Phoebus fly – with diminutions by Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590-1657)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPNMREFB4eU
John Dowland (1563-1626) – The Earle of Essex Galiard, or Can she excuse my wrongs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXkRgUvY6PM
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – Fairest Isle – from: King Arthur (Z. 628) and Orpheus Britannicus (London, 1698)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPOdGv-h1ss
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – Lascia ch’io pianga – from: Rinaldo (HWV 7b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hOx8uLzkI
Jig – from: Siroe, re di Persia (HWV 24)
Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) – Auld Bob Morrice – from: An Introduction to Good Taste in Musick (London, 1749)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0zardtERIA
Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752) – Sonata in D minor, op. 1 no. 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q23t8OqScPA
Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747) Adagio – from: Concerto in D minor (ornaments: BWV 974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYZJSzUrrg
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) – The Favourite Gigg in Corelli’s 5th Solo with Divisions by Sig. Cateni & Valentini
Debus is a charismatic virtuoso. The Times / XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto CD / 2018
Only very rarely do we get the chance to encounter musicians in full artistic control and bestowed with a technical ability that makes you sit and listen in awe. Early Music Review / XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto / 2018
Alex is ‘A consumate lutenist…’ Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 InTune
‘With the rich, deep tones of the theorbo, and some rippling and cascading runs, deftly articulated here by McCartney, this is a delightful programme.’ Classical Notes (about Alex’s album Toccata: Touched; theorbo music by Kapsberger).
3rd April 2020 7.30pm
Laura van der Heijden (cello) & Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Laura was winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award in 2012
Katya was a prize winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1996
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major Op. 5/1
JS Bach: Gamba Sonata No.3 BWV1029
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Boulanger, Nadia: 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano
Poulenc: Cello Sonata
Laura’s reviews:
“The beauty of Laura van der Heijden’s playing lies in the fact that she has a wonderful expressivity, but never, ever overdoes it.” Jane Shuttleworth, Bachtrack
“At just 19, this tremendously charismatic performer displayed a confidence and artistry far greater than her years, delivering a rich, treacly tone warmed with a robust vibrato’. The Australian (April 2016)
Reviews of Katya’s playing:
‘Most outstanding…superbly controlled technique and commanding musicality throughout… astonishing…’
The Yorkshire Post at the Leeds International Piano Competition
‘A profoundly gifted artist who has already achieved artistic greatness’. Gramophone