Fauré's haunting and elegaic Requiem dominates a programme which includes works by James Francis Brown and Deborah Pritchard. Many other Festival events, August 25 - 30, detailed on website.
Messiaen's chamber music masterpiece shares the programme with a new work from Adrian Williams and Mendelssohn's delightful Concertante Variations. Many other Festival events, August 25 - 30, featured on website.
Joined by two outstanding soloists of the younger generation, oboist Emily Pailthorpe and pianist Clare Hammond, the Festival Orchestra brings together a varied programme of works by Shostakovich, David Matthews, Richard Blackford and the premiere of Robert Saxton’s The Resurrection of the Soldiers – inspired by Stanley Spencer’s powerful canvas of the same name.
There is much sense of fantasy in the wonderful music being played by the much-acclaimed French pianist Patrick Hemmerle. His programme comprises Bach’s virtuosic Prelude (Fantasy) in A minor BWV 922; Schumann’s dramatic and powerful Kreisleriana; the second of Chopin’s four beautiful Ballades; the first of Liszt’s ever popular Mephisto Waltzes; and Ravel’s dark and … Continued
Whether the theme is the beauty of Nature or the dark stirrings of the subconscious the Forest provides music with one of its most powerful images. Composers as diverse as Wagner, Haydn, Purcell and Smetana have profound things to say on the subject.
Sarah Newbold (flute) and Katherine Thomas (harp) are joined by Martin Outram, violist from the celebrated Maggini Quartet. Their programme includes the premiere of an arrangement of an early Mozart string quartet and a work based on themes from Mozart's Magic Flute, both by acclaimed Malvern-resident composer and arranger Derek Smith; two major works for … Continued
A celebration of the amazing musical legacy of Britain's greatest composer including odes, anthems and songs, with acclaimed Purcell interpreter Charles Daniels.
Borders Trio (Anna Perry - clarinet, David Grubb - violin, Jess Ryan-Phillips - piano) present a concert of new exciting music. With some pieces commissioned by them, some written for them in the last two years, Borders will play at least five unpublished works amongst two trio favourites!
How best to follow the example of this musical titan who had changed the world of classical music forever? Sandy Burnett takes an in-depth look at how Beethoven’s compositions affected the work of following composers such as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and many others.
The extraordinary Norwegian trumpet virtuoso, Tine Thing Helseth joins Manchester Camerata for an eclectic programme mixing classical favourites with a contemporary twist. One hundred years on from the earth-shattering Battle of the Somme, Deborah Pritchard’s Trumpet Concerto, Seven Halts on the Somme takes its inspiration from Hughie O’Donaghue’s acclaimed series of paintings of the same … Continued
