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                    The First Half of the Season - Autumn 2009

 

Monday 28th September:  The Primrose Piano Quartet

An enticing start to the season with the glorious rich sound of piano and strings.  This tip-top group play classics by Fauré and Brahms, plus a late Romantic gem by William Hurlstone.

 

Monday 5th October:  Odyssey of Love

The superb pianist Lucy Parham joins forces with leading actors Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis in a words-and-music entertainment celebrating the art and loves of Franz Liszt.

 

Monday 12th October:  Canteloube

An award-winning young wind trio in an entertaining divertissement of music by Mozart, Gordon Jacob, Milhaud, Pierné, Auric, and others.

 

Monday 19th October:  The Badke String Quartet

A stunning new British quartet that is leaping into the classical limelight.  They will play Haydn, Bartók No. 3 and Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.

 

Monday 26th October:  The Bridge Duo, with Lucinda Stuart Grant

Matthew Jones on viola and Michael Hampton on piano return with a wonderful young singer to perform songs by Brahms, Bridge, Wolf, Chaminade, Milhaud, Loeffler and the Viola sonata by Antony Hopkins.

 

Monday 2nd November:  Symphonia Academica

Our regular collaboration with Bedfordshire’s pro band showcases concertos for oboe and violin by Bach and Richard Sisson, plus music by Mozart, Corelli, Karl Jenkins and Holst.

 

Monday 9th November:  The Brahms Trio

Violinist Arisa Fujita, horn player Richard Bayliss and pianist Sam Haywood join forces to play sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms, and the horn trio by Brahms.

 

Monday 16th November:  Danny Driver

Return visit by this most impressive pianist, playing music by Debussy, Brahms, Eugene d’Albert, Medtner, Oliver Knussen and Beethoven.

 

Monday 23rd November:  The Fujita Piano Trio

The Japanese sisters return to regale us once again with their exhilarating artistry in works by Mozart, Clara Schumann and Schubert.

 

Monday 30th November:  Joglaresa

This exciting and highly popular early music group playing Irish folk harp, violin, guitar, dulcimer, percussion, and bagpipes present Four Thousand Winters - medieval and traditional seasonal music and stories.

 

And, next year . . .