Masterworks with Piano
Holy Innocents Church, Highnam Highnam, Gloucester, Glos, United KingdomThe 2017 Festival opens with Beethoven's highly charged 'Serioso' quartet Op. 95, followed by Schubert's luminous piano sonata in G major, for which we are delighted to welcome pianist Martin Roscoe. With Martin, the Carducci Quartet will be performing Schumann's glorious piano quartet, first performed in 1842 with Mendelssohn at the piano.
A unique evening with the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Plymouth
Hereford Cathedral Cathedral Close, Hereford, Herefrodshire, United KingdomThis is a unique evening with the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Plymouth for a one-off concert and 35th Falklands War commemoration, (including the loss of Hereford’s affiliated ship HMS Antelope), on a wonderful evening in May in the beautiful setting of Hereford Cathedral. Seating is zoned and tickets are priced at just £25 … Continued
Harpsichord Recital
Lion Ballroom Lion Yard, off Broad Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, United KingdomMay 2017 marks the 350th anniversary of the death of Johann Jacob Froberger, a German composer, organist, and harpsichordist whose keyboard works are widely acknowledged to be among the richest of the early Baroque era and whose music strongly influenced composers that followed. He was the first German harpsichord composer of real significance and his … Continued
Beethoven’s Letters
Holy Innocents Church, Highnam Highnam, Gloucester, Glos, United KingdomCrawford Logan reads a selection of Beethoven's Letters written to friends, family and colleagues, including the famous 'Immortal Beloved' letters from 1812. The letters will be read between movements from his masterpieces Op. 18, Op. 59, Op. 95 and the late quartets Op. 131, Op. 132 and Op. 135.
Wye Valley Chamber Music: Early Summer Chamber Music Party
Callow Hill House Welsh Newton, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, United KingdomTim Crawford, a young prize-winning violinist who has given several brilliant performances for us before, and Wye Valley Chamber Music Artistic Director Daniel Tong, will give a violin and piano recital in the glorious hilltop surroundings of Callow Hill House, followed by tea-time treats and bubbly. Programme: Schubert Sonata in G minor, D408 Beethoven Sonata in G, op. 96 and … Continued
Mozart’s ‘Gran Partita’ in Leominster
Lion Ballroom Lion Yard, off Broad Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, United KingdomA wind ensemble of senior students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama will play Mozart’s Serenade for 13 wind instruments, otherwise known as the 'Gran Partita'. Although there are numerous recordings of the work, this is a comparatively rare opportunity to hear a live performance and to see the marvellous array of … Continued
50th Anniversary Concert – Part 2
St Mary’s Priory Church, Monmouth St Mary’s Priory Church, Monk Street, NP25 3NX, Monmouth , Monmouthshire, United KingdomSince its formation in 2000 the group has performed the complete piano quartets of Brahms, Dvorák, Fauré and Mozart. It also takes a keen interest in performing gems that are not so often heard in the concert hall by the likes of Frank Bridge, Arthur Bliss and Richard Strauss. Recent concerts have been at the … Continued
A Musical Offering – Ensemble Boquhan, Holy Trinity Church, Hereford
Holy Trinity Church Whitecross Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, United KingdomEnsemble Boquhan was formed in Boquhan by the flautist Fiona Mancey-Jones, violinist and composer Valerie Pearson and pianist and composer Panos Demopoulos Music by Bach, Bonis, Shostakovich & Rota At Holy Trinity Church, Hereford 3pm Sunday 25th June 2017 Tickets on the door £12/£8
Concerts for Craswall Summer Concert
Dore Abbey, Abbeydore Abbeydore, Hereford, Herefordshire, United KingdomA FEAST OF MUSIC BY HANDEL AND BACH HANDEL Overture to Samson J.S.BACH Cantata BWV 62 “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” HANDEL As pants the hart HANDEL Let God arise J.S.BACH Cantata BWV1 “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”