Past Season 2016-2017
McLachlan family and Chetham’s
Haydn Gypsy Rondo Trio, Mozart Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, Grainger Zanzibar Boat Song, Schumann Quintet Rose, Matthew and Callum return to us with a completely different kind of programme from their Beethoven Concerto cycle. Wind and string players from...
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Carducci String Quartet
Beethoven String Quartet op.95 Glass String Quartet no.3 Beethoven String Quartet op.132 We enjoyed a marvellous evening with this Quartet recently; you may recall the Shostakovich quartet and indeed their Royal Philharmonic Award was for their season long concerts of...
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Yuanfan Yang – piano
A selection of music from Ravel Chopin Rachmaninov and own compositions I have invited Yuanfan back to Rhyl for this season to give us another solo recital. His concert in February was an outstanding success. Yuanfan was born in Edinburgh and now lives in London where...
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Joo Yeon Sir – violin and Laura Snowden – guitar
Debussy Rodrigo Piazzolla Snowden, Sir and other composers Both of these artists have been included on the Making Music scheme following auditions. We already know about the fantastic musical and technical ability of Joo Yeon from her performance here last season and...
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Kanneh-Mason Trio
Isata - piano Braimah - violin Sheku - cello Rachmaninov - Trio Elegiaque No 1 in G Minor Dvorak (cello)- Rondo no 9 in G Minor Saint-Saens (violin)- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Chopin (piano) Sonata no 2 in B Flat Minor - 1st Movement Shostakovich - Piano...
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Fenella Humphreys – violin and Nicola Eimer – piano
Prokofiev 5 melodies Bach Chaconne from BWV 1004 Brahms 3rd violin sonata Gershwin/Heifetz 3 preludes Ravel Violin sonata Fenella was part of the Samantha Ward Trio last season. Reviews of both her concerts and CDs are most complimentary and here is one which refers...
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Vale of Clwyd Singers
Directed by Robert Sells A varied selection of a cappella choral music. The choir performed a selection from several centuries of western music at the recent North Wales International Music Festival. Robert Sells has carved out a second career in his “retirement”. His...
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Nicki Pearce – cello and Christina Mason-Scheuermann – piano
Schumann Adagio and allegro (cello/piano) Chopin 2nd Ballade (piano solo) Scriabin 9th Sonata (piano solo) Chopin Polonaise brillante (cello/piano) Rachmaninov Sonata (cello/piano) A popular programme has been assembled by two local musicians. Nearly everybody will...
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Dinara Klinton – piano
Dinara took the place of fellow Ukrainian Alexei Grynyuk at short notice and with both her sensitivity and virtuosity was an exceptional find for the...
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Jørgensen Trio
Cecilia Bignall - cello Olga Jørgensen - violin Antonia Kesel - piano Music Beethoven Opus 1 no. 2 Ravel Piano Trio Takemitsu Piano trio A trio from the Royal Academy of Music with a programme to provide interest for varied tastes. Have we had anything by Takemitsu at...
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Tubalaté
The four members of Tubalaté are Paul Walton and John Powell (euphoniums), Ryan Breen and Les Neish (tubas). Music by: Gorb Nicklas Schmidt JSBach Buckland Forbes McQueen Scott Stevens and McGarr Brass bands have been crucial in assisting many youngsters to develop an...
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Mary Hofman – violin and Richard Ormrod – piano
Dvorak 4 Romantic pieces Bartok Out of doors suite Janacek Sonata Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie Enescu Sonata no 3 Mary and Richard have studied and performed internationally but they live in a delightful cottage in Snowdonia so this is also a local concert. I recently...
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