Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Sheffield
Crucible Playhouse Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, EnglandPaul Rissmann: Giddy Goat
Paul Rissmann: Giddy Goat
Kaija Saariaho: Petals
Pierre Boulez: Dialogue de l’ombre double for clarinet and electronics
Interval
Luigi Nono: Nono La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futua
Maurice Ravel, arr. Farrington: Mother Goose Suite
Louise Farrenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds in C Minor, Op. 40
Interval
Maurice Duruflé: Prélude, récitatif et variations for Flute, Viola and Piano, op. 3
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, op. 44
Edmund Meisel, arr. George Morton: Battleship Potemkin
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, op.11, Adagio
Samuel Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings, op. 48
Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
Samuel Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings, op. 48
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (realisation for string septet by Rudolf Leopold)
Interval
Samuel Barber: String Quartet, op.11
Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
Dmitry Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
Francis Poulenc: Oboe Sonata
Interval
Arnold Schönberg, arr. Eduard Steuermann: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
Oliver Knussen: Cantata for Oboe and String Trio
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
Interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Quintet for piano and strings in C minor
Benjamin Britten: Britten Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Close-Up: Music for Curious Young Minds
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, K. 285
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, op. 16
Interval
Edward Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, op. 84
Giddy Goat (schools)
Performed by a stellar ensemble put
together especially for this occasion, and led by Alexander Janiczek.
Alexander Janiczek, violin
Diyang Mei, viola
Philip Higham, cello
Graham Mitchell, bass
Robert Plane, clarinet
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn
Ursula Leveaux, bassoon
Moritz and Leopold Ganz: Duo Concertante – Fantasy on themes from Der Freischütz
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, op. 20
Francis Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat major, op. 16, first movement
Interval
Francis Poulenc: Elégie for Horn and Piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452
With Magnus Johnston (violin), Gary Pomeroy (viola), Philip Nelson (double bass), Flo Plane (bassoon), Ben Goldscheider (horn):
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel Einmal Anders
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major
Richard Strauss: Andante for Horn and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 92
With Magnus Johnston (violin), Gary Pomeroy (viola), Philip Nelson (double bass), Flo Plane (bassoon), Ben Goldscheider (horn):
Carl Nielsen: Serenata in vano
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano in E flat major, op. 40
Diana Burrell: Hidden Forms
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Quintet op. 87
Baroque and Beyond:
An uplifting selection of baroque gems juxtaposed with intriguing masterworks of our time, presented in a relaxed manner with cafe style seating.
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Edwin York Bowen: Phantasie, op. 54
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, op. 132
Interval
Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas
Josef Holbrooke: Nocturne, op. 57, no. 1, Fairyland
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
With Dafydd Jones, tenor
Arnold Bax: Clarinet Sonata
Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Interval
Frank Bridge: Phantasy for Piano Quartet, H.94
Arthur Bliss: Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet no. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Robert Plane clarinet ꞏ Leonore Piano Trio
Dani Howard: Piano Trio – New Commission
Mark Simpson: An Essay of Love
David Matthews: A Song for Barrie
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from The Soldier’s Tale
Huw Watkins: Three Caprices for Clarinet and Piano
Dmitry Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor, op. 8
Festival Finale
Robert Plane clarinet ∙ Emma Roijackers & Laura Rickard violin
Presteigne Festival Orchestra ∙ George Vass conductor
Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue, op. 29
Huw Watkins: Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra (World premiere)
Edward Gregson: Aubade (World premiere)
Steve Reich: Duet for two violins and string orchestra
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, op. 70
Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Three Pieces for Viola and Piano, op. 26
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat major, D. 28, Sonatensatz
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Piers Hellawell: Up by the Roots
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost
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