Copyright 2009 Chris Farrell

2004 - 2005 Archive of Concerts.

 

All concerts take place at: Leighton Buzzard Theatre Lake Street,, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 1RX
Unless otherwise stated

 
Saturday 18 September 2004 at 8:00PM

Trillium Brass Quartet

Sarah Field & Giles Lidiard, trumpets
Richard Cross, trombone
Alex Kidston, tuba

This event is organised through:
Making Music Eastern Region's "Breakout" Scheme

Programme:

Handel, arr. Kidston - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon

Purcell. arr. Kidston - Dido & Aeneas Suite
- Overture, Witches' Dance,
- Dido's Lament, Triumphing Dance

George Butterworth, arr. Kidston - Three songs from A Shropshire Lad
- Loveliest of Trees
- Look Not in My Eyes
- The Lads in Their Hundreds

Graham Fitkin - Habit (2003) (Making Music commission)

Interval

Holst, arr. Kidston - Brook Green Suite, Prelude, Air, Dance

Kurt Weill, arr. Kidston - Three Penny Opera Suite
- Overture, Mack the Knife
- Kanonen Song

Tom Armstrong - Damascene Portrait (2003)

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Saturday 23 October 2004 at 8:00PM

Rutsuko Yamagishi

Recital by the brilliant young Japanese pianist

Programme:

Beethoven - a Sonata
Schubert, arr. Liszt - Three Songs
Tchaikovsky - Dumka Op 59, Three Pieces from The Seasons
Stravinsky - Petrouchka

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Saturday 27 November 2004 at 8:00PM
 

Kate Royal, soprano
Jennie-Lee Keetley, oboe
Jonathan French, piano
Sholto Kynoch, piano

Outstanding young professional musicians sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

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Saturday 29 January 2005 at 8:00PM

The welcome return visit of
Aria Concertata


Photo by: Carpenter Turner

Steven Devine, harpsichord
Emma Murphy, recorders
Antonia Cviic, soprano
Nick Stringfellow, cello

"An Evening with Samuel Pepys"

Words and music from the English Restoration period with the outstanding Baroque quartet led by harpsichordist Steven Devine with actor Richard Mulholland

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Saturday 26 February 2005 at 8:00PM

Yehudi Menuhin School

A dazzling display of musical talent by pupils from this internationally renowned specialist music school.

(This year's BBC Young Musician of the Year, the violinist NICOLA BENEDETTI
played here with the Menuhin School in February 1999, aged 11).

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Saturday 12 March 2005 at 8:00PM
 

The Sacconi String Quartet

Ben Hancox & Hannah Dawson, violins
Robin Ashwell, viola
Cara Berridge, cello

Prizewinning graduates of the Royal College of Music

Programme:

Mozart - Quartet in G (K 387)
Dvorak - Op 51 in E flat
Beethoven - Op 59 No 2 in E minor (Rasoumovsky)

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Saturday 23 April 2005 at 8:00PM
 

A lecture recital by
Rose Cholmondeley

One of the leading authorities on Chopin, and President of the Chopin Society, London.

Programme:

Beethoven - Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No1
Schumann - "Scenes from Childhood"
Debussy - Suite "Pour le Piano"
Chopin - Scherzo in C Sharp minor, Op 39
Chopin - Nocturne in Db, Op 27/2
Chopin - Berceuse in Db, Op 57
Chopin - Ballade in F minor, Op 52

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Saturday 21 May 2005 at 8:00PM

The Bryant-Sheridan-Clayton Piano Trio

Stephen Bryant, violin
Mark Sheridan, cello
Nigel Clayton, piano

Three of the country's finest chamber musicians providing a superb finale to the season!

Programme:

Frank Bridge - 3 Miniatures
Beethoven - Trio in Bflat Op 11
Tchaikovsky - Trio in A

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