A concert to launch the programme for the 2026 Penarth Chamber Music Festival (25–28 June).
This will be a fundraising concert with all proceeds going to support the Summer Festival.
David Adams and Katharine Gowers Violin
Isobel Neary-Adams Viola
Alice Neary Cello
Robert Plane Clarinet
Felix Mendelssohn: Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major, D. 897, Notturno
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Interval
Piers Hellawell: The Rising of Sirius
Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
To include:
Bernard Herrmann: Clarinet Quintet ‘Souvenirs de Voyage’
Franz Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D.943
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965
Interval
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 no 1
Franz Schubert: Twelve German Dances, D. 790
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A flat major, D. 899, no. 4
Interval
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803
Chris Addison’s Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music
Programme includes excerpts from:
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata da Camera in D Major, op.2, no.1
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Birchall: Che si può fare, op.8
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq.22
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 62 in C major, op. 76, no. 3, Hob.III:77, Emperor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, op. posth.
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: Piano Trio in D Minor
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Arnold Schönberg: Suite, op. 25
Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet and tape
Anna Meredith: Tuggemo
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
Paul Rissmann: The Storm Whale
Imogen Holst: Phantasy String Quartet
Benjamin Britten: Three Divertimenti
Josef Holbrooke: Eilean Shona op.74
Herbert Howells: Phantasy String Quartet op. 25
Interval
Henry Purcell, arr. Peter Warlock: Three-Part Fantasias no. 1-3
Pamela Harrison: Quintet for clarinet and strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Martin Gerigk: The Lark Ascending
Chris Addison’s Incomplete Guide to Chamber Music
Programme includes excerpts from:
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata da Camera in D Major, op.2, no.1
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Birchall: Che si può fare, op.8
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Bach Flute Concerto in D minor Wq.22
Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet no. 62 in C major, op. 76, no. 3, Hob.III:77, Emperor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Ludwig van Beethoven: Serenade op. 25
Frédéric François Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor, op. posth.
Claude Debussy: Syrinx
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth: Piano Trio in D Minor
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Arnold Schönberg: Suite, op. 25
Steve Reich: New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet and tape
Anna Meredith: Tuggemo
Miklós Rózsa: Sonatina for Solo Clarinet op. 27
Zoltán Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op.7
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op. 114
Johann Sebastian Bach: Solo work for viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat major K. 502
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, after K. 380
Franz Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D. 471
Bela Bartók: Romanian Dances
Trad., arr. Patrick Rimes: Ar Hyd y Nos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor K478
With Claire Booth (soprano)
Judith Weir: King Harold’s Saga
Harrison Birtwistle: Cortege for 14 musicians
Interval
Johannes Brahms: Serenade no. 1 in D major, op. 11
Paul Rissmann: Izzy Gizmo
Debussy (arr. Simcock) ‘Children’s Corner’
Grainger (arr. Simcock)
Bold William Taylor
Twa Corbies )
Hard Hearted Barb’ra Ellen
Vaughan Williams (arr. Simcock) Infinite Shining Heavens
Grieg (arr. Simcock) Haugtussa Op.67 III. Blåbaer-Li
Fauré (arr. Simcock)
Après un Rêve
Au bord L’eau
Debussy (arr. Simcock) Nuits d’étoiles
Schoenberg (arr. Simcock) Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal
Levent/Heyman (arr. Simcock) Blame It On My Youth
Weill (arr. Simcock) My Ship
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op.34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Interval
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Quintet, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major, op. 24, Spring
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op 18, no. 4
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet in E flat major, op. 20
Maurice Ravel, arr. Strivens: Shéhérazade
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
Claude Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane
Maurice Ravel, arr. Strivens: Shéhérazade
Interval
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, op. 67
Julian Philips: Henny Penny
Song Cycle devised by Sheffield Schools project
Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, op. 85
Ellen Sargen: New Work
Jean Sibelius: En Saga, op. 9, reconstructed for chamber ensemble
Interval
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll for chamber orchestra
Richard Strauss, arr. Ledger: Four Last Songs