Concert Season 2017 – 2018
Jonathan Richards – guitar and Syrinx – recorders
Jonathan: Dowland, Tansman, Tarrega and others Syrinx: from Elizabethan to jazz Jonathan + Syrinx: Vivaldi guitar concerto Jonathan is an accomplished guitarist who has visited us many times over the years and tonight he returns with music extending from the...
read moreIsata, Konya and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
Konya: Haydn: Sonata in Eflat major No 59 Liszt: Sonetto Del Petrarca 104 Isata: Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (with poetry) Jeneba: Scarlatti: Sonata K29 in D major Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau No 5 Glinka-Balakirev: The Lark Bartok: Étude No 1 Isata: Beethoven: Sonata...
read moreJonathan Radford – saxophone and Kaoli Ono – piano
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for soprano, alto and tenor saxophone and piano Debussy: Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and piano Grieg: (violin) sonata op.8 Lauba Christian: Jungle for solo alto saxophone Vitali Tomaso: Chaconne in G minor Vivancos Bernat: Moustik’s Etude...
read moreMcLachlan family
W.A.Mozart: piano concertos 9, 12, 13, 14 Rose, Matthew, Callum and Murraydemonstrate their pianistic prowess in transcriptions of four of Mozart’s piano concertos and Elizaveta Saul brings her quartet with three ex-Chetham’s students who performed the Schumann...
read moreDinara Klinton – piano
Bach-Busoni: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 Medtner: Sonata in B flat major “Sonata Romantica”, Op 53 No 1 Beethoven: Sonata No 28 in A, op. 101 Liszt: Transcendental Etudes nos 8-9 Last season’s great find, the outstanding Ukrainian pianist has been performing...
read moreWelsh Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director – Anthony Hose
Soloists: Jeremy Huw Williams baritone, Ellis Thomas piano Programme: Divertimento in F major, K138 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Dark Island Grace Williams Prologue Piano Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052 Johann Sebastian Bach ‘The Soul’s Expression’ Eleanor...
read moreYoung Musicians Concert
Providing a platform for some of the latest and most gifted young talent from across North Wales as they aspire to follow careers in music. Over the years some remarkable youngsters have graced our evenings. Llŷr Williams is a pre-eminent example. This year we...
read moreJoo Yeon Sir – violin and Irina Andrievsky – piano
Please note their change of programme: J.S.Bach – Felix Mendelssohn: Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 arranged for violin and piano Bela Bartok: Rhapsody No.1 for violin and piano Pancho Vladigerov: Bulgarian Rhapsody “Vardar” for violin and...
read moreKathryn Williams – flute and Elinor Nicholson – harp
Charles Rochester Young: The Lark JS Bach: Sonata G minor BWV 1020 Bernard Andres: Narthex Arvo Part: Spiegel im Spiegel for alto flute and harp Claude Debussy: Syrinx Emily Hall: Join Toru Takemitsu: Toward The Sea III for alto flute and harp Marilyn Bliss: Blue Dawn...
read moreSam Haywood – piano
Beethoven: Sonata Op 10 No 3 in D major Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op 23 Nos 4 and 5 Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso Robert Schumann: Papillons Op 2 Ravel: Sonatine Sam Haywood: The Other Side Frederic Chopin: Polonaise No 5 in F sharp minor Op 44 Sam is a...
read moreCarducci String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet op.80 Shostakovich: String Quartet no.4 Beethoven: String Quartet op.132 The celebrated 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Award winners bring quartet playing of the highest order as they return for our 70th anniversary...
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