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Tuesday 10 th October 2017 MORAY WELSH – Cello MARTIN ROSCOE – Piano Moray Welsh has had a very distinguished career as soloist and chamber music player. Martin Roscoe performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician. “Moray Welsh produced a wonderful tone, combined with a sense of passionate conviction.” Beethoven Variations on “See the Conquering hero comes” from Judas Maccabaeus Schumann Five pieces in Folk-style, op. 102 Janacek Fairy Tale Debussy Cello Sonata Brahms Cello Sonata No.2 in F, op.99 Tuesday 28 th November 2017 SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE This ensemble is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading exponents of music for piano and strings. “… thanks to the clarity of Schubert Ensemble’s performance, Zustände was a piece which stirred conscience and senses together.” The Guardian Beethoven Piano Trio, op. 70/1 ‘Ghost’ Charlotte Bray Zustandë for Piano Quartet (2017) Brahms Piano Quartet no.1, op. 25 Tuesday 6 th February 2018 GOULD PIANO TRIO Lucy Gould (violin) Alice Neary (cello) Benjamin Frith (piano) Cantabile playing is fundamental to this internationally acclaimed trio. “Lucy Gould, Alice Neary and Benjamin Frith are delightful partners, clearly having a ball; their enthusiasm is infectious.” Gramophone Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, op1/3 Mark Simpson Piano Trio ‘After Avedon’ (2017) Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Tuesday 27 th February 2018 CHIYAN WONG – Piano Chiyan Wong has been astonishing audiences with the sincerity and sheer authority of his playing. “Chiyan Wong is an exciting, original and thoughtful pianist.” Stephen Hough Bach/Busoni Goldberg Variations Beethoven Six Bagatelles, op. 126 Busoni Sonatina seconda Liszt Reminiscenses de ‘Don Juan’, S481 (Fantasy on themes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni) Wednesday April 4th 2018 PASCAL ROGÉ Pascal Rogé exhibits the finest in French pianism. “Poulenc’s Les soirees de Nazelles was bold and spirited, full of improvisatory passages and rapid shifts of mood, dynamic and tempo” June 2014 Satie Gymnopadie no.1, Gnossienne No.3 Croquis et agaceries. Ravel Sonatine Poulenc Les soirees de Nazelles Satie Embryons Désséchés Debussy Preludes book 1 Tuesday 1 st May 2018 PIATTI QUARTET Prizewinners of the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. “The Piatti’s playing held the audience spell-bound… the clarity and lightness of their playing had the audience holding its breath in the quiet passages.” The Buckinghamshire Press, March 2016 Beethoven String Quartet No.11, op.95 ‘Serioso’ Janacek String Quartet No.2 ‘Intimate letters’ Bridge Three Idylls Debussy String Quartet, op.10
