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Chamber Music Subscription Concerts 2010/11 From rising young performers such as the Doric String Quartet to international virtuosi such as pianist Piers Lane, the Kettle’s Yard Thursday Evening Subscription Series has been attracting the stars of the chamber music scene to Cambridge for forty years.
Michaelmas Term 21 October Doric String Quartet Schumann ~ Quartet No.2 in F, Op.41 Bartok ~ Quartet No.1 in A minor Webern ~ Quartet Op.28 Schubert ~ Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804, ‘Rosamunde’ 28 October Piers Lane, piano Brahms ~ Four Piano Pieces, Op.119 Beethoven ~ Sonata in A flat, Op.110 and works by Schubert and Chopin. 4 November Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert Owen Willetts, counter tenor Nathan Vane, tenor Jonathan Beatty, piano Britten ~ Canticle 2 ‘Abraham & Isaac’ and songs, folk songs and duets by Purcell and Britten. 11 November Andrew Watkinson & Sara Trickey, violins Jean-Marie Leclair ~ Sonata in F major David Matthews ~ Eight Duos Op.79 Haydn ~ Duo in B flat Op.99 Bartok ~ Selection of Duos Prokofiev ~ Sonata Op.56 18 November Gould Piano Trio Haydn ~ F# minor Trio, XV:26 Clara Schumann ~ G minor Trio, Op.17 Brahms ~ Trio No.2 in C major, Op.87
pictured from top: Elizabeth Watts, Alasdair Beatson, Nicholas Daniel cover: Heath Quartet
Lent Term
Easter Term
3 February Elizabeth Watts, soprano Roger Vignoles, piano Songs by Purcell, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and folk songs arranged by Britten.
28 April Doric String Quartet Haydn ~ Quartet in C, Op.20 No.2 Bartok ~ Quartet No.4 Schubert ~ Quartet in D minor, D.810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
10 February JIM AND HELEN EDE CONCERT Alasdair Beatson, piano Mendelssohn ~ Fantasia in F sharp minor, Op.28 ‘Sonate écossaise’ Beethoven ~ Sonata in F minor, Op.57 Fauré ~ Theme and Variations, Op.73 Dutilleux ~ Sonata
5 May Huw Watkins, piano John Woolrich ~ Pianobook 11, 12 Ravel ~ Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn Knussen ~ Ophelia’s Last Dance Ravel ~ Valses nobles et sentimentales Schumann ~ Albumblatter Op.124 Nos.4, 11, 17 and Carnaval
17 February Doric String Quartet Haydn ~ Quartet in A, Op.20, No.6 Mendelssohn ~ Quartet No.5 in E flat, Op.44, No.3 Berg ~ Lyric Suite 24 February Philip Higham, cello Nicola Eimer, piano Brahms ~ Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38 and music by JS Bach, Janacek, Schumann.
12 May Nicholas Daniel, oboe Lucy Wakeford, harp Boccherini ~ Sonata in C Britten ~ Harp Suite and music by Spohr, Boccherini, Birtwistle and Jolivet.
3 March Francesco Piemontesi, piano Handel ~ Suite in B major Brahms ~ Variations & Fugue on a theme of Handel in B major, Op.24 Tognetti ~ Hommage a Schumann Schumann ~ Sonata No.1 in F# minor, Op.11
19 May Rhodes Piano Trio Haydn ~ Trio B Flat Hob.XV:20 Schumann ~ Trio No.2 in F, Op.80 Beethoven ~ Trio in B flat, Op.97 ‘The Archduke’ 26 May Heath Quartet Haydn ~ Quartet in D, Op.71, No. 2 Britten ~ Quartet No.1 in D, Op.25 Beethoven ~ Quartet in B flat, Op.130
Full programme details are available online www.kettlesyard.co.uk/chamber Concerts begin at 8pm, doors open 7.30pm. Programmes are subject to change without notice.
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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 £105, Term subscription £45 (Full time students annual £35, term £17) Subscribers may bring guests on the night, cost £10. Please note not all seats are sighted.
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.
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