MUSIC CLUBS & FESTIVALS

2012 was another thrilling year for the ensemble, with great concerts across the UK, and the most wonderful audience response.

We have been delighted to play for so many music clubs and festivals this season and the great variety of programmes that we have performed has been exciting and inspiring for the group - we have also greatly enjoyed the enthusiastic response from audiences!

We are still taking bookings for the 2013/14 Season, and we are now focusing on the 2014/15 season - our 24th Season:

We have a number of suggested programmes for the season, but below is a full list of our repertoire that we can draw on. We're always interested in creating special programmes for societies and festivals to encompass their desires, but also to fit in with themes and anniversaries. The 10/11 season may seem a bit thin on the ground in terms of significant anniversaries, but we've got a few wonderful pieces available.

Please do contact us to devise a programme together.

TRIO

Mozart - Divertimento Trio (violin, viola, cello)
Dohnayni - Serenade  - 50th Anniversary in 2010
Villa-Lobos - String Trio
Schubert - String Trio Movement in E flat  
Dvorak - Terzetto (2 violins & viola)
Stravinsky - Soldier's Tale Suite for violin, clarinet & piano
Ravel - Trio (flute, viola, harp)

QUARTET

Mahler – Piano Quartet Movement - 100th Anniversary in 2011
Faure - Piano Quartet in C minor
Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major, K.370
       Britten Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Op. 2
Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time
Mozart - Horn Quintet
Arensky - Quartet (violin, viola, 2 cellos) - 150th Anniversary in 2011
Mendelssohn - Piano Quartet Op. 1
Rossini String Sonata No. 2 

 

QUINTET

Schubert - String Quintet
Mendelssohn - String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87
Vaughan-Williams - Phantasy Quintet
Mozart - String Quintet No. 6 in G minor
Dvorak - String Quintet   
Enescu – Piano Quintet
Elgar – Piano Quintet in A minor
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor
Brahms  String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Finzi - Interlude for Oboe and String Quartet
Bridge - Piano Quintet
Bax – String Quintet
       Beethoven - String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet 
Strauss - Till Eulenspeigel, einmal anders (violin, bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Schubert - "Trout" Quintet  

 

SEXTET

Dohnanyi - Sextet for Violin, viola, cello, clarinet, horn, piano
Ireland – Sextet for string quartet, clarinet & horn
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 
       Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht (original string sextet version)
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Strauss - Prelude to Capriccio
Dvorak - String Sextet
Korngold - String Sextet  
Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34 (Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet)

 

 

SEPTET

Beethoven - Septet in E flat, Op. 20
(violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Berwald - Grand Septet in B flat
Adolf Blanc - Septet in E flat, Op. 40  
Strauss - Metamorphosen (string septet version) 
Ravel - Introduction & Allegro (string quartet, harp, clarinet, flute)

OCTET

Mendelssohn - String Octet in E flat, Op. 20
Enescu - String Octet in C major
Schostakovich - 2 pieces for String Octet, Op. 11
Schubert - Octet (2 violins, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn)
Francaix - "A Huit" Octet 

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Gypsy Strings

Piazzolla and Beyond

The Reinvention of Tango

 

A SELECTION OF OUR BAROQUE & CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE

Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor
Bach - Violin Concerto in E major
Bach - Concerto for Violin & Oboe
Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins
Vivaldi - Flute Concerto "La Notte"
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons      
Albinoni - Oboe Concerto in D minor
Corelli - "Christmas" Concerto
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos
Telemann - Viola Concerto
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
Handel - Harpsichord Concerto "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" 
Vivaldi - Concerto for Strings (various)
Handel - Concerto Grosso (various)
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 violins in A minor
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 violins & cello in D minor
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Purcell - Chaconne
Mozart     - Divertimento for Strings (K. 136, 137 & 138)
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusic
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A major K. 414

LARGER ENSEMBLES

Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
Ireland - Concertino Pastorale
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Arensky - Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky - Andante Cantabile
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 (chamber version) - 200th Anniversary in 2010
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
Dvorak - Serenade for Strings
Walter Leigh - Concertino for Harpsichord & Strings
Holst - St. Paul's Suite
Grieg -  Holberg Suite
Nielsen - Little Suite for Strings
Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht (string orchestra version)
Warlock - Capriol Suite
Elgar - Introduction & Allegro
Finzi - Romance
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky - Concerto in D for Strings
Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Bartok - Divertimento for Strings
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Finzi - Clarinet Concerto 
Debussy - Danses sacrée et profane (harp & strings)

 

 

 

Previous performances include:

  • Queen Elizabeth Hall
  • Theatre Royal Drury Lane
  • Barbican
  • Royal Opera House
  • St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • King's Place, London
  • Purcell Room
  • Wigmore Hall
  • St. John's Smith Square
  • St. James' Piccadilly
  • Milverton & Fitzhead Music Society
  • Harrow Arts Centre
  • Southend Subscription Series
  • Thames Concerts Society
  • Maidenhead Music Society
  • Leicester Cathedral
  • Bournemouth Chamber Music Society
  • Cambridge Music Club
  • Keele Concerts Society
  • Bromley Music Society
  • Dorset County Museum Music Society
  • Mayfield Festival
  • Redbridge Music Society
  • Weald Music Society
  • Weymouth Music Club
  • Repton School Subscription Series
  • Great Comp Festival
  • Rochdale Music Society
  • Wiltshire Music Centre
  • Brighton Autograph Series
  • Swaledale Festival
  • Hull Chamber Music Society
  • Larnaca Music Festival, Cyprus
  • Wye Valley Music
  • Rhyl Music Club
  • Cockermouth Music Society
  • Jordans Music Club
  • Music in Leamington Hastings
  • Assembly Rooms, Presteigne
  • Scunthorpe & North Lincolnshire Music Society
  • Keswick Music Society
  • Brancaster Summer Music Festival
  • Amersham Concert Club
  • Berkhamsted Music Society
  • Music at Duffield
  • East Bergholt Music Club
  • Peak Music Society
  • Halifax Philharmonic Society
  • Nailsworth Festival
  • Music at St. Peter's Wallingford
  • Chichester Chamber Concerts
  • City Music Society
  • Brickwall Music & Arts Society
  • USA tour
  • Steyning Music Club
  • Carlisle Festival
  • SASRA
  • Skipton Music Society
  • Bideford Music Club
  • Music at St. Peter's, Budleigh
  • Whitstable Music Society
  • Music in Lyddington
  • Newark & District Music Society
  • Lakeside Arts Centre
  • Mayfield Music Society
 
  • Seaton & District Music Club
  • Truro 3 Arts
  • Oxted & Limpsfield Music Club
  • Luton Music Club
  • Radlett Music Club
  • Bedford Music Club
  • Avon Valley Concerts
  • Mill Hill Music Club
  • Oxshott & Cobham Music Society
  • Alnwick Music Society
  • Kensington & Chelsea Music Club
  • St. David's Festival
  • Leominster Festival
  • Broxbourne Summer Festival
  • Safron Walden Music Society
  • Aberdeen Chamber Music Society
  • Thurso Music Club
  • Dundee Chamber Music Society
  • Kelso Music Society
  • Biggar Music Club
  • Grimsby Music Society
  • Canterbury Music Club
  • Witney Music Society
  • Richmondshire Subscription Series
  • Hexham Music Society
  • Uppingham Concerts
  • South Holland Concerts
  • Sevenoaks Music Club
  • Wakefield Music Society
  • Teesside Music Club
  • Horsham Music Circle
  • Plymouth Chamber Music Concerts
  • Holmes Chapel Music Society
  • Lanercost Priory Festival
  • Barton Music Week
  • Stratford-upon-Avon Chamber Music Society
  • Gower Festival
  • South Shropshire Music Festival
  • Bishop Auckland Music Club
  • Faversham Music Club
  • Sidmouth Music Society
  • Nicholas Younge Society
  • Harris Music Society
  • Banstead Arts Festival
  • Vigo Philharmonic Society, Spain
  • Childwickbury Arts Fair
  • Vinehall School Subscription Series
  • Live at St. Wilfrid's
  • Autumn in Malvern Festival
  • Tonbridge Music Club
  • Oxford Chamber Music Society
  • Evesham Music Society
  • Ashford Music Society
  • HHH Concerts
  • Kendal Midday Concerts
  • Elmbridge Music Club
  • Concerts at Cratfield
  • London Chamber Music Festival
  • Farnham Castle
  • BDP Music Society
  • Worcester Concert Club
  • Nottingham Music Society
  • Chipping Campden Music Society
  • Welwyn Garden City Concert Club
  • The Village Music Society, Stansted
  • Hoylake Chamber Concerts Society

 


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