Robert Plane (clarinet)
Rachel Roberts (viola)
Chris Hopkins (piano)
Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas
John Hawkins: Urizen (for viola and piano)
Michael Berkeley: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (world premiere)
Witold Lutoslawski:: Dance Preludes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat, K. 498, Kegelstatt
Robert Plane (clarinet)
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin)
George Vass (conductor)
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
David Matthews: Three Birds and a Farewell, Op. 118
Electra Perivolaris: Mastiha
Roxanna Panufnik: Four World Seasons
Sarah Frances Jenkins: The First Swallow, for clarinet and string orchestra
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, op. 48
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in E flat major, K. 493
Judith Bingham: Hodge, Dr. Johnson’s Cat (world première)
Interval talk by Laura Tunbridge – Professor of Music, Oxford University and author of Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, op. 130
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano in C major
Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Interval
Franz Schubert:Three Songs for Bassoon and String Quintet arr. Iain Farrington
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen (realisation for string septet by Rudolf Leopold)
The PMCF 10th anniversary celebration day at RWCMD begins with this mini-Schubertiade
Franz Schubert: Auf dem Strom D.943
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano, D. 934
Franz Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock, D. 965
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Huw Watkins:
Richard Strauss, arr. D. Matthews: Capriccio Sextet and Closing scene with dramatisation by Sir David Pountney
The Gould Piano Trio and Robert Plane, joint Artistic Directors of Corbridge Chamber Music Festival, talk about this year’s edition, live from The Bowes Museum on BBC Breakfast. They will also play:
Louise Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in E flat major, op. 44, Adagio
Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 15, Scherzo
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. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
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
Dmitri Shostakovich/BarshaiChamber Symphony in C minor, Op 110a
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
Ensemble 360 and Claire Booth, who have forged a dynamic partnership through their performances of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire together, now turn their attention to Berio’s quirky and intriguing Folk Songs in the composer’s centenary year. Indeed, folk influences pervade the whole programme, from Rebecca Clarke’s pastoral-tinged duo for clarinet and viola and Katherine Hoover’s evocation of the Hopi people to Ravel’s sultry, sun-drenched pictures of Madagascar.
A preconcert thread of Berio Sequenzas sets the scene…..
Join members of Ensemble 360 in the Carne Foyer at 6pm for a pre-concert performance of Luciano Berio’s Sequenzas:
Luciano Berio: Sequenza Ixa for Clarinet
Luciano Berio: Sequenza III for Female Voice
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IV for Piano
Concert:
Luciano Berio: Quattro Canzoni Populari
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale
Maurice Ravel: Chansons madécasses
Interval
Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli for Solo Flute
Manuel De Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole
Luciano Berio: Folk Songs (with RWCMD student harp and percussion students)
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
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