Press Release
Music by moonlight – Brautigam shines with Beethoven From October 2011, Ronald Brautigam will perform in one of sixteen riveting chamber music concerts in Cambridge. Both internationally acclaimed artists and rising stars will perform amongst the artworks in the intimate setting of the House at Kettle’s Yard. World-renowned countertenor Michael Chance opens the Series on 27 October with a magical programme of songs by Purcell, Butterworth and Schubert. Harpsichordist Maggie Cole will accompany him. The award-winning Sitkovetsky Trio will burst onto the scene with a three-concert residency beginning on 3 November 2011. Excitingly, they are bringing mystery special guests to perform with them, whose identities will be revealed on the actual concert day. The Sitkovetskys are highly regarded as one of the most vibrant and energetic young chamber ensembles and won First Prize at the International Commerzbank Chamber Music Award 2008. On 24 November regular Proms guest cellist Colin Carr gives the first of two complete Beethoven concerts. Carr will perform the stunning Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from The Magic Flute and three Cello sonatas. For our second Beethoven concert on 23 February 2012, virtuoso pianist Ronald Brautigam will serenade with Music by Moonlight. He will play the popular ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, as well as the 'Eroica Variations', 'Pathétique' and 'Appassionata’ Piano Sonatas. 16-year old Winner of BBC Young Musician 2010, pianist Lara Melda ends the series in May. Also in May, tenor Allan Clayton returns to his roots to perform songs by Purcell, Schubert and Wolf. He first performed at Kettle’s Yard as a student. Now his career sees him preparing for the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte in a performance at New York City Opera in 2012. Full programme details are available at http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/music/chamber/ An annual subscription costs £110 or a term subscription costs £47 and tickets are available to buy online. -ENDS-
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Editor’s Notes Kettle’s Yard is a beautiful and unique house containing a distinctive collection of modern art. Kettle's Yard was founded by H.S. 'Jim' Ede as a place where visitors would 'find a home and a welcome, a refuge of peace and order, of the visual arts and of music.' http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/ Useful Links: http://www.michaelchancecountertenor.co.uk/ http://www.sitkovetskytrio.com/ http://www.ruthwall.co.uk/ http://www.hazardchase.co.uk/artists/andrew_watkinson http://www.saratrickey.com/ http://www.colincarr.com/ http://www.thomas-sauer-berlin.de/ http://www.jackliebeck.com/ http://www.katyaapekisheva.com/ http://www.ycat.co.uk/adam-walker http://www.ycat.co.uk/james-baillieu http://www.ronaldbrautigam.com/ http://www.maxinerobertson.com/index.php?load=artists&artist=KC http://www.simonlepper.com/ http://www.allanclayton.com/ http://juliusdrake.com/ http://www.londonhaydnquartet.co.uk/ Kettle’s Yard Chamber Subscription Series 2011-12 Michaelmas Term 27 October Michael Chance, counter-tenor and Maggie Cole, harpsichord Campion, Dowland, Purcell, Monteverdi, Tippett, Butterworth, Schubert, Britten 2 November Sitkovetsky Trio & Friends Martinů - Madrigals (violin&viola) Chausson - Piano Trio Fauré - Piano Quartet No.1 in C Minor 10 November Ruth Wall – The Girl with 3 Harps 17 November Andrew Watkinson, violin and Sara Trickey, violin Mozart - A minor Piano Sonata arrangement Bridges - Tzvi Avni Bartók - Violin duos Leclair - Sonata in C major Rawsthorne - Theme and Variations 24 November Colin Carr, cello and Thomas Sauer, piano Beethoven: Sonatas in G minor, Op.5, No.2, D major, Op.102, No.2, A major, Op.69 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ from The Magic Flute Lent Term 2 Feb Sitkovetsky Trio & Friends Ravel - Duo Sonata for Violin and Cello Brahms - Trio No.2 in C Major Franck - Piano Quintet 9 Feb Jack Liebeck, violin and Katya Apekisheva, piano Brahms - G Major Sonata Szymanowski - Three Mythes Bridge - Violin Sonata H183 Tchaikovsky – Valse-scherzo in C, Op.34 16 Feb Adam Walker, flute and James Baillieu, piano Martinů - Scherzo
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Barber - Canzone Schubert - Variations on Trockne Blumen in E minor, D.802 Bartók - Suite Paysanne Hongroise Messiaen - Vocalise Etude and Le merle noir Poulenc - Sonata (1957) Ronald Brautigam, piano Beethoven: 'Pathétique' 'Moonlight' 'Appassionata' Piano Sonatas 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat 'Eroica Variations' Op.35 Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano and Simon Lepper, piano songs by Brahms, Duparc, Grieg, Scottish Songs (arr. Clare Lidell) Sitkovetsky Trio & Friends Debussy - Petite Suite for 4 hands Dvořák - Trio in F Minor Fauré - Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor. Allan Clayton, tenor and Julius Drake, piano Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf - settings of Goethe Henry Purcell (realizations by Britten) Nico Muhly - The Adulteress (UK premiere) Benjamin Britten - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne London Haydn Quartet Haydn - Quartets in A, Op.9, No.6, B minor, Op.33, No.1 Beethoven - Quartet in B flat, Op.18, No.3 Bartosz Woroch, violin and Robert Thompson, piano Mozart Sonata in E flat major Mozart Sonata in E minor Elgar Violin Sonata Winner of BBC Young Musician 2010 - Lara Melda, piano Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Messiaen, Chopin