LETCHWORTH MUSIC CLUB

Season 2009/10

 

ALL CONCERTS START AT 7.45PM

WEDNESDAY

14 OCTOBER 2009

THE BARBIROLLI QUARTET

Raki Singh, Katie Stillman,

Ella Brinch, Victoria Simonsen

 

www.tashmina.co.uk/artists/the-barbirolli-string-quartet

 

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

 

WEDNESDAY

11 NOVEMBER 2009

WAYNE WENG - PIANO

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

THE VIENNA MOZART TRIO

Irina, Daniel and Diethard Auner 

 

http://members.aon.at/

dauner/index2.html

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

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AGM Followed by a short recital – details to be announced.

LAURA LUCAS – FLUTE DOMINIC JOHN - PIANO

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