Season 2009/10
ALL CONCERTS START AT 7.45PM
WEDNESDAY
14 OCTOBER 2009
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THE BARBIROLLI QUARTET Raki Singh, Katie Stillman, Ella Brinch, Victoria Simonsen
www.tashmina.co.uk/artists/the-barbirolli-string-quartet |
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Our season opens with an award winning quartet. Known for its diverse prolific repertoire and dynamic approach to performance, The Times described the Barbirolli as ‘forthright, full-blooded musicians afraid of nothing’
Music: Haydn, Britten and Brahms
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WEDNESDAY
11 NOVEMBER 2009
WAYNE WENG - PIANO
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Wayne is a recent winner in the Pacific Piano Competition and the Washington International Competition for Piano, and has performed in Canada, the United States, Holland, France, England, Serbia, Belgium, Austria and Egypt. He is appearing at Howgills as winner of the piano section in the Haverhill Sinfonia Competition.
Music: Chopin, Albeniz and Beethoven’s stunning ‘Appassionata’ |
WEDNESDAY
9 DECEMBER 2009
WEDNESDAY
13 JANUARY 2010
SOOJIN HAN – VIOLIN
MARIANGELA VACATELLO
- PIANO
Two prize-winning musicians, specially selected by the Kirckman Concert Society have joined forces to present an evening of stunning music. Soojin plays on a JB Guadagnini violin kindly lent by Mr Charles Beare since 2001.
Music: Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel and Prokofiev
WEDNESDAY
10 FEBRUARY 2010
These extremely talented musicians from Vienna are including Letchworth on their British tour.
‘It is easy to appreciate the sophisticated playing of this fine ensemble, with their meaningful phrasing and expressive control of rhythmic inflection’ The Daily Telegraph
Music: Haydn, Schumann and Brahms
WEDNESDAY
10 MARCH 2010
Warren is one of the UK's outstanding new generation concert pianists. His career has already taken him to Carnegie Hall as well many of the UK’s leading platforms for young performers and has been featured on Classic FM and Radio 3.
Music: Mozart, Chopin and Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata
WEDNESDAY
14 APRIL 2010
THE LENDVAI STRING TRIO
Nadia Wijzenbeck, Ylvali Zilliacus and Marie Macleod
www.lendvaistringtrio.com/
“… Full of charm… an abundance of wit… gentle and intense… the musicians shone. Throughout the fluidity of their phrasing and the way that they balanced the work’s Classical elegance and its emotional complexity were compelling.” The Strad
Marie delighted us when she visited us two years ago and we are delighted she has agreed to return with her trio.
Music: Sibelius, Finzi and Schnittke
WEDNESDAY
12 MAY 2010
AGM Followed by a short recital – details to be announced.
Laura was the youngest winner of the Shell/LSO Scholarship and recently won first prize in the Royal Overseas League Competition. John has performed concertos with several orchestras and is currently an accompanist at The Royal Academy of Music. They are generously sponsored by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust.
Music: Bennett, Burton, Schubert, Harvey and Frank