Jeremy Sams New work for flute, harp, cello/voice
Debussy Sonate for flute, viola and harp
Bizet Adieux de l’Hôtesse Arabe for soprano and piano
Manuel de Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas in a special arrangement
Chausson Concerto Op. 21 for violin, piano and string quartet
Debussy Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge for tenor, string quartet and piano
Ravel Tzigane for violin and piano
Ravel Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
Robert Plane and the Elias String Quartet
Haydn Quartet no. 29 in G major, op. 33, no. 5, Hob.III:41, How do you Do
Bliss Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Mendelssohn String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 13
Strauss Sextet from Capriccio
Strauss arr. Ledger Four Last Songs
Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D major for nonet
Rebecca Evans – soprano, Simon Crawford Phillips – conductor, Mathilde Milwidsky, David Adams, Malin Broman – violin, Scott Dickinson, Tom Dunn – viola, Amy Norrington, Alice Neary – cello, David Stark – double bass, Matthew Featherstone – flute, Lucie Sprague – oboe, Robert Plane – clarinet, Lenny Sayers – clarinet, Florence Plane – bassoon, George Strivens – french horn, Jâms Coleman – piano
Elias Quartet
Robert Plane, clarinet
Alec Frank Gemmill, horn
Robin O’Neill, bassoon
Philip Nelson, bass
Franz Schubert – Octet in F major, D. 803
Guildhall’s Chamber Music Festival opens with a programme of chamber works by Malcolm Arnold, Dmitri Shostakovich, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonin Dvo?ák.
Guildhall professors Phillip Munns (horn), Simon Wills (trombone), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Robert Plane (clarinet, standing in for Joy Farrall), Garfield Jackson (viola), Caroline Palmer (piano) and Simon Blendis (violin) perform in collaboration with Guildhall instrumentalists.
Malcolm Arnold Brass Quintet No 1, Op 73
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No 11 in F minor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet, Op 10
Antonin Dvo?ák Piano Quartet No 2 in E-flat major, Op 87
With musicologist Richard Wigmore.
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 with the Heath Quartet
With musicologist Richard Wigmore.
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115 with the Heath Quartet
Robert Plane and the Elias String Quartet
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Bliss Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115
London Mozart players
Conductor Nicholas Cleobury
Soloist Robert Plane
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) – Danse sacrée et danse profane, L113
Judith Bingham OBE (b.1952) – Concerto for Clarinet (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Clarinet Concerto
Michael Collins is indisposed and we are delighted that Robert Plane will be the clarinet soloist and Nicholas Cleobury will conduct.
Elias String Quartet and Robert Plane
Haydn Quartet in G major, op. 54, no. 1
Bliss Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
From the Bowhouse in St Monan’s, the Elias Quartet and friends perform Schubert’s Octet in F. It was written in Schubert’s late twenties and is similar to some of his other chamber music Schubert weaves in themes from his songs.
Schubert: Octet in F, D.803
Elias Quartet
Philip Nelson, bass
Robert Plane, clarinet
Robin O’Neill, Bassoon,
Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn
Presented by Tom Redmond
Produced by Laura Metcalfe
Artistic Directors:
Gould Piano Trio
Robert Plane, clarinet
with special guests
Elias String Quartet
Piers Hellawell, composer-in-residence
Sinéad Morrissey, narrator/poet
Roberto Carrillo-Garcia, Double bass and guitar
Artistic Directors:
Gould Piano Trio
Robert Plane, clarinet
with special guests
Elias String Quartet
Piers Hellawell, composer-in-residence
Sinéad Morrissey, narrator/poet
Roberto Carrillo-Garcia, Double bass and guitar
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821, arranged for clarinet quintet, arr. Brian Newbould
Haydn String Quartet in G major, op. 54, no. 1
Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90, Dumky
Folk Fun!
A light-hearted concert taking inspiration from folk music both ancient and modern. An eclectic programme from the festival musicians, including Scottish fiddler Donald Grant, returning to the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival by popular demand, and Spanish double-bassist Roberto Carrillo-Garcia, a former Royal Northern Sinfonia member, who trades his bass for a guitar for the evening.
Relaxed, café-style table seating. Refreshments available.
Exhibition: Pamela Harrison (1915-1990)
A Musical Life in letters, pictures and programmes.
The Gould Piano Trio and Robert Plane recorded a CD of chamber music by Pamela Harrison last spring, and they perform two of these works at this year’s festival. Together with Timothy Phillips, the composer’s son, Robert Plane has assembled an exhibition of photos, letter, concert programmes and musical memorabilia celebrating the work of a pioneering woman composer.
1-2pm
3:30-4:30pm
Come and Play!
Festival String Orchestra
Robert Plane, clarinet
Calling all local amateur string players! Come and join the Festival pros for a rehearsal and performance of Pamela Harrison’s Suite for Timothy and Finzi’s ever popular Five Bagatelles, with clarinet soloist Robert Plane. Led and directed by Lucy Gould, violinist of the Gould Piano Trio.
Rehearsal: 11am-1pm
Concert: 2.30pm
Harrison Suite for Timothy
Finzi Five Bagatelles
Schubert, arr. Brian Newbould Dances for Piano Trio ‘Brian’s Bouquet’
Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E flat
Harrison Violin Sonatina
Bliss Clarinet Quintet
Harrison Clarinet Sonata
Hellawell Up by the Roots, for piano trio and narrator
Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
Schubert Quartettsatz, D. 703
Rabl Clarinet Quartet in E flat major, op. 1
Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, The Trout
Lunchtime concert: “French mirrors”
Germaine Tailleferre: String Quartet
Ravel: Piece en forme de Habanera for violin and piano.
Faure: Songs
…interwoven with…
Messiaen: from the Catalogue des Oiseaux for solo piano
Darius Milhaud: Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Evening concert: “Crescendo”
Borodin: String Trio in G minor (826) on a Russian folk Song
Berio: Duos for two violins
Berio: Sequenza iii for solo soprano
Beethoven: Songs on Irish and Scottish Melodies for soprano, violin, cello and piano
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Lunchtime concert: “In da house of Vladimir Mendelssohn”
Bach: some counterpoints
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major
Felix Mendelssohn: from Songs Without Words, arranged for clarinet and piano
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Evening concert: “Menage a Trois”
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor Op. 9, No. 3
Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D965, for soprano, clarinet and piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor