Acclaimed as a pianist of 'amazing power and panache' and recent Royal Philharmonic Society Award winner Clare Hammond gives a recital including delightful miniatures by Dutilleux and three dances from Stravinsky's riotous ballet Petrushka, brilliantly arranged for piano solo.
Elgar’s towering Introduction and Allegro is the finale to an exciting programme of orchestral music by Frank Bridge, Huw Watkins, Dobrinka Tabakova and composer-in Robert Saxton.
Brahms' beautifully autumnal Clarinet Trio features, with works by Schumann, David Matthews and John Metcalf whose work, Not the Stillness, gives its name to this performance in recognition of his 70th birthday. Many other Festival events, August 25 - 30, detailed on our website.
Choral works by Richard Rodney Bennett, William Walton and Cecilia McDowall are performed in the lovely setting of St Mary's Church, Pembridge. Many other Festival events, August 25 - 30, detailed on our website.
One of the UK's most vibrant string quartets in music by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Huw Watkins. Many other Festival events Aug 25 - 30 fully detailed on website.
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.
