Leighton Buzzard Music
Telephone:   01525 371219 & 01525 237369
Fax:   01525 633375
E-mail: 
Mail@LBMusic.co.uk




SEASON 2002/2003 - PUBLIC CONCERTS HELD  


 
SATURDAY 21st September 2002 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ


FINE ARTS BRASS ENSEMBLE
 

Simon Lenton and Angela Whelan, trumpets
Claire Briggs, horn   Simon Hogg, trombone   Sean O'Neill, tuba
(
The tuba player in the photo above is not Sean O'Neill)

Amongst the very finest brass ensembles in the country,
the FABE also enjoys a world-wide reputation


 Malcolm Arnold
- Brass Quintet No 1
Leonard Salzedo - Toccata.
Glinka - Overture to Russlan & Ludmilla
Bach
- Violin Concerto Bwv 1041
Gershwin - 4 Songs in 3 Movements
 Hefti/Nestico arr. Lenton
- A Count Basie Suite 
G. McPherson
- Helensburgh Derive
Arr. Roberts  -  Londonderry Air

CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROGRAMME NOTES
 
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SATURDAY 19th OCTOBER 2002 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ

 
Walton Centenary Concert
 
 

BRIDGE STRING QUARTET    

Madeleine Mitchell and Catherine Schofield, violins
Michael Schofield, viola   Lucy Wilding, cello


This top-rate British quartet celebrates Sir William Walton's centenary year with his vibrant Quartet in A minor together with Haydn's wonderful "Bird" Quartet, Op 33
and
Ravel's sumptuous Quartet in F.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE QUARTET


STRING MASTERCLASS at 11 a.m.
The quartet will lead a masterclass for string ensembles in the theatre
on Saturday morning.  For full details contact David Phillips on 01525 237369.

 
(This concert and masterclass are supported by 
the National Lottery Awards for All programme)
 
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SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2002 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU71BQ

 
Trio Mercurio   

 


Andrea Brown, 
soprano   
Hazel Brooks,
violin,  Liz Pallett  theorbo and guitar
 

"A Garden of Delights"

Richly sensuous music from restoration London 
by
Purcell, Blow, Lawes and many others

FULL PROGRAMME:
 

Tomorrow the fox 
(to the tune of Trenchmore)

Anon. Popular song

Where the bee sucks (from The Tempest)

John Wilson, Short Ayres for three voices, 1638

Gathering peascods, Cuckolds all in a row

John Playford, The Dancing Master, 1651

Gather ye rosebuds

William Lawes, Short Ayres for three voices, 1638

Childgrove

John Playford, The Dancing Master, 1651

Farewell dear love (from Twelfth Night)

Robert Jones, First Booke of Songes and Ayres

Symphony

William Lawes, Court Ayres

Young and simple though I am

Nicholas Lanier

Stay silly heart

Nicholas Lanier, 1670

Woodycock

Anon.

Country dance

John Playford, The Dancing Master, 1651

While dancing rests

John Coperario

Diverse bizarrie sopra la Vecchie
Sarabanda ò pur Ciaconna

Nicola Matteis, Ayres for the Violin, 1676

Seek not to know

Henry Purcell, Orpheus Britannicus, 1678

The town gallant

Anon. Drinking song

  

Interval
 

My lady Greensleeves

Anon. Ballad

Ayre

William Lawes, Court Ayres

Take O take those lips 
(from Measure for Measure)

John Wilson (1595-1674)

A division

Anon.

The Marigold: Mark how the blushful morn

Nicholas Lanier, 1699

Gentle Knights

Alfonso Ferrabosco II

John come kiss

Thomas Baltzar, The Division Violin, 1684

Venus lamenting her lost Adonis

Charles Coleman, Select Musical Ayres, 1652

Adsonns Maske

Anon.

Cupid, the slyest rogue alive

Henry Purcell

The baffled knight

Anon. ballad, Deuteromelia, 1609

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE TRIO
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SATURDAY 25th JANUARY 2003 at 8.00 pm
at Hockliffe Street Baptist Church,
Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 8EZ


FIONA CROSS, clarinet & HUGH WEBB,  harp

          

Two brilliant and charismatic musicians 
in a programme of refinement and delight. 

Francaix:  Cinque Piccoli Duetti
Pierné:  Canzonetta
Rossini/Muller: 
Cavatina
Debussy: 
Arabesque, No 1 and la Plus que Lente
Rolf Hind: 
Your Black Mouth
Damase:  Sonata 
Ravel: 
Pièce en forme d'habanera
Piazolla:  Tangos

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE DUO

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SATURDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2003 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ

 
ANNE APPLIN & GEOFFREY PRATLEY   
Piano Duo

Distinguished duettists explore the highways and byways of the rich 
and varied duet repertoire.  Programme includes music by
Mozart, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Brahms and Tchaiko
vsky

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SATURDAY 29th MARCH 2003 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ

 
The return of the internationally acclaimed        
 

VIENNA MOZART TRIO       

Irena Auner  Piano,  Leonid Sorokow  Violin,  Diethard Auner  Cello

The VMT's concert here in 2000 still resounds in the memory.
Not to be missed!

Mozart - Trio in C, KV 548
Mendelssohn - Trio in C minor, Op 66
Shostakovich - Trio no 2 in E minor, Op 67
 
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SATURDAY 26th APRIL 2003 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ

 
SARAH FIELD, saxophone  
CHRISTOPHER DIXON, 
baritone  
SIMON LEPPER, 
piano 

    


Vivaldi - Sonata,  Maurice - Tableaux de Provence, Woods - Jazz Somata.   
Songs by
Butterworth
(A Shropshire Lad), Tchaikovsky, Schubert & Ravel

Three outstandingly gifted young artists 
sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust


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SATURDAY 10th MAY 2003 at 8.00 pm
at Leighton Buzzard Theatre,
Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1BQ

 
A piano recital by

 

SAM HAYWOOD



An exciting young British pianist who has already earned 
rave notices at the Vienna and Leipzig Festivals.

Grieg - Holberg suite, 
Mozart - Sonata in A, K 331
Chopin - Barcarolle and Fantaisie, Op 49
Schubert - Sonata in B flat

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT SAM HAYWOOD
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