C
hamber Concerts
Chamber Music Subscription Concerts 2009/10 From rising young performers such as the Doric Quartet to international virtuosi such as Andreas Haefliger, the Kettle’s Yard Thursday Evening Subscription Series has been attracting the stars of the chamber music scene to Cambridge for nearly forty years.
Michaelmas Term 22 October Doric String Quartet Mozart ~ String Quartet No.2 in D minor, K.421 Janåcˇek ~ Quartet No.2, Intimate Letters Beethoven ~ String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 (Rasumovsky) 29 October Andrew Marriner, clarinet & Olga Sitkovetsky, piano Works include Schumann, Bax, Berg, Schubert and Brahms. 12 November Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert Wendy Dawn Thompson, mezzosoprano & Iain Burnside, piano Songs by Mozart, Copland, Schubert, Strauss and De Falla. 19 November Michala Petri, recorders & Lars Hannibal, guitar Works by Bach, Mayseder, Beethoven, Carulli, Berio and others. 26 November Olivier Ensemble Ravel ~ Ziganne Brahms ~ Clarinet Trio Messaien ~ Quartet for the End of Time
pictured from top: Aronowitz Ensemble, Wendy Dawn Thompson, Andreas Haefliger cover: Doric String Quartet
Lent Term 28 January Leonid Gorokhov, cello & Caroline Palmer, piano Schubert ~ Sonata in A minor, D821 Beethoven ~ Sonata in A, Op.69 Rachmaninov ~ Sonata in G minor, Op.19 4 February Christopher Purves, baritone & Andrew West, piano Songs by Britten, Mozart and a specially commissioned work by former New Music Fellow Richard Baker. 11 February Alexandra Dariescu, piano Works by Bach, Beethoven, Dutilleux, Chopin and Ravel. 18 February Jim and Helen Ede Concert Doric String Quartet & Alasdair Beatson, piano Beethoven ~ String Quartet in C minor, Op.18 No.4 Korngold ~ String Quartet No.2 Op.26 (1933) Brahms ~ Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 with Alasdair Beatson 25 February Sitkovetsky Trio Smetana ~ Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 Tchaikovsky ~ Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Easter Term 22 April Francesco Piemontesi, piano Works by Handel, Brahms, Tognetti and Schumann. 29 April Aronowitz Ensemble Bridge ~ Phantasy Trio Mendelssohn ~ Viola Quintet Dvorˇák ~ Piano Quintet No.2, Op.81 6 May Nobuko Imai, viola & Huw Watkins, piano Britten - Elegy Brahms - Sonata in F minor Britten - Suite arr. Nobuko Imai, 1st performance 13 May Andreas Haefliger, piano Mozart ~ Sonata in C, KV 330 and Sonata in A, KV 331. Wagner/Liszt ~ Isolde’s Liebestod Schubert ~ Sonata in B flat major, D960 20 May Doric String Quartet Haydn ~ String Quartet No.6 in E flat, Op.76 Britten ~ String Quartet No.2 in C, Op.36 Schumann ~ String Quartet No.3 in A, Op.41
Full programme details are available online www.kettlesyard.co.uk/chamber
C
hamber Concerts
Listen to these wonderfully enjoyable performances in the intimate setting of the house at Kettle’s Yard. Concerts take place amongst the art works displayed in Jim Ede’s house. In the interval you can explore the latest exhibition in the gallery, with a drink in hand.
Annual Subscription £95, Term subscription £40 (Full time students annual £30, term £15) Subscribers may bring guests on the night, cost £10.
Book online
www.kettlesyard.co.uk/chamber or phone 01223 748100 Full programme details are available on the website. Subscriptions are limited so please book early. Please note not all seats are sighted.
Music at Kettle’s Yard
Kettle’s Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ 01223 748100 • mail@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk