Flute Focus
Tarantelle Op.6 We shine the spotlight on the flute in this programme, in a youthful Beethoven trio, Messiaen’s evocation of a blackbird’s vocal prowess, and dancing alongside a clarinet in Saint-Saens’ cure for a scorpion’s bite.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir
Camille Saint-Saëns: Tarantelle, op. 6
Festival Finale
The sound of the cimbalom brings extra Eastern European spice to our closing concert. Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrated his 100th birthday this February, and his Tre Pezzi are typical of his evocative work. But Debussy also fell for the cimbalom’s quirky charm! The Gould Trio complete their Schumann cycle, and Tchaikovsky finally sends us away bathed in Tuscan sunshine.
Claude Debussy: La plus que lente
György Kurtág: Tre Pezzi for clarinet and cimbalom, op. 38
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 3 in G minor, op. 110
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, op.70, Souvenir de Florence
For the End of Time
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time The Gould Trio and Robert Plane have been playing Messiaen’s monumental quartet together for over thirty years. Don’t miss this opportunity to marvel at Messiaen’s kaleidoscopic creation, today enhanced by the words of one of its most ardent admirers, poet Michael Simmons Roberts.
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Under Nordic Skies
We travel north to explore the music and the folk traditions of Scandinavia with the evocative strains of the Hardanger fiddle and a selection of Danish folk tunes, as arranged by the Danish String Quartet. These sit alongside lesser-known works from the classical tradition in this night under the Northern Lights.
Niels Gade: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, op.43
Folk music performed on the Hardanger Fiddle
Edvard Grieg: Andante con Moto in C minor, for Piano Trio
Danish String Quartet arrangements
Once Upon a Time…
Weber was renowned for his mastery of German Romantic Opera, and the clarinettist certainly gets to play the diva in his ebullient quintet. Ravel’s enchanting set of fairy tales sets the scene.
Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’oye
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op.34
Festival Curtain Raiser
The Gould Piano Trio launch their Corbridge Festival Schumann Trio cycle with his first tempestuous essay in the genre. After quirky contributions from a youthful Benjamin Britten and Jamaican British composer Eleanor Alberga we return to the world of high Romanticism with Brahms at the peak of his powers.
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Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63
Eleanor Alberga: Duo from Dancing with the Shadow
Johannes Brahms: String Sextet in G major, op. 36
Festival Fundraiser concert
Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no.1
Interval
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 in B Flat major, op. 99, D. 898
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Walter Rabl: Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, op. 1, 1st movement
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, movements 4 and 5
Gerald Finzi: Five Bagatelles, op. 23 (selection)
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio, 1st movement
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 70, no. 2, 2nd movement
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, excerpts from movements 7 and 8
Ludwig van Beethoven: Duo for Viola and Cello in E flat major, with two eyeglasses obbligato
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 28, Sonatensatz
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Piers Hellawell: Up by the Roots, with poet and narrator Sinéad Morrissey
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost