Season 2001-2002 concerts - Leighton Buzzard Music

SATURDAY 16th SEPTEMBER at 3.00 pm
at Cedars Upper School Theatre,
Mentmore Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 7PA

A Family Concert: "FLUTES FANTASTIC!"
Trevor Wye with Robert Scott (Piano)
"prodigious musicality . . . a consummate humourist"
Flute virtuoso Trevor Wye plays 53 flutes and pipes from all over the world,
ranging from a 750 years old ocarina found in a mountain tomb in Ecuador,
through the very rare triple flageolet, human tibia, electric flute, to the modern flute
- a presentation which also includes elements of pyrotechnics and magic!. His portrait of this vast family concludes with the grandiose variations on the "Carnival of the Animals" by Genin.
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SATURDAY 30th SEPTEMBER at 8.00 pm
at Hockliffe Street Baptist Church,
Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8EZ

THE BERGERE TRIO
Cheryl Hawkins Soprano, Chris Allen Clarinet, Richard Heyes Piano
An evening to delight from three outstanding artists.
The programme includes Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock",
Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata and French Songs of Love by Michael Rose.

MASTERCLASS FOR SINGERS at 10.30 am
Cheryl Hawkins conducts a masterclass for solo singers
and duettists, classical operetta or musicals.
For details apply to David Phillips, 01525 237369
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SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8TA

VIENNA MOZART TRIO

Irena Belaskaja-Auner Piano, Leonid Sorokow Violin, Diethard Auner Cello

One of Europe's finest ensembles play Mozart's Divertimento in B flat,
Fauré's Trio in D minor, Rachmaninov's Trio Elegiaque, Dvorak's "Dumky" Trio.
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SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8TA

The Russian virtuoso pianist
ALEXANDER ARDAKOV
One of the leading pianists of the former Soviet Union,
Alexander Ardakov has settled in this country and has given much
acclaimed recitals in London's Wigmore Hall and the Carnegie Hall, New York.

His programme includes Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition",
Chopin's Four Impromptus, Liszt's Consolation No. 3, and the Mephisto Waltz.
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SATURDAY 10th FEBRUARY, 2001 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8TA

YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL

Musical stars of the future from this world famous specialist music school present a programme of music for piano and strings:-

Beethoven	Andante Favori	Cliodna Shanahan (piano)
Beethoven	Romance in G op 40	David McCarroll (violin), Jordi Bitlloch (piano)
Liszt	Piano Sonata in B minor	Emmanuel Despax
Martinu	Variations on theme by Rossini	Reinoud Ford (cello) and Cliodna Shanahan (piano)
Debussy	Images, Book I	Jordi Bittloch (piano)
Barber	String Quartet	Natalie Dick, Nicola Benedetti, (violins) David McCarroll (viola) Reinoud Ford (cello)

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SATURDAY 24th FEBRUARY, 2001 at 8.00 pm
at Hockliffe Street Baptist Church.
Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8EZ

CONCANENTES

Hazel Brooks Fiddle, Arngeir Hauksson Lute, Guitar
Faye Newton Soprano, Catherine Fleming Recorder,

This leading renaissance group
perform on a multitude of period instruments.
Vocal and instrumental music from "The Courts of Renaissance Europe".

An NFMS Concert Promoters Network concert
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SATURDAY 17th MARCH, 2001 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8TA

BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC
Senior students from this leading music college:

Philippa Green Violin, Scott Harris Viola,
Jennifer Owens Cello, Nathalie Topalian PIano

in a programme of string chamber music with piano, including:
Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478,
Ravel's Sonata for Violin & Cello,
Elisabeth Maconchy's Theme & Variations.
And possibly some piano solo works.
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SATURDAY 7th APRIL, 2001 at 8.00 pm
at Hockliffe Street Baptist Church,
Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8EZ

Katherine Spencer Clarinet, Sam Haywood Piano, Juliet Jopling Viola

Three brilliant young artists who have already astounded audiences throughout Europe.
The programme will include:-
Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio
Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in F minor (viola version)
Bruch's 8 Pieces for Trio (the first four)
Schumann's Marchenerzhalungen Trio (Fairy tales)
Brahms' Sonata in E flat (clarinet version)
Bruch's 8 Pieces for Trio (the last four).

Sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
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