This concert on May 10th will be given by seven of our 2024 Bursary winners and will be followed by an opportunity to get together over wine and cheese. We do not sell tickets for this event but invite donations to help cover the cost.  

J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1
Schumann - Gesange der Fruhe, Op. 133, No. 1
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor, BWV 849
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Thomas Luke - Own composition
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 872
Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 11, ‘Harmonies du soir’

Marin Marais - ‘Les Voix Humaines’
Schumann - 3 Romances, arr. for cello and piano, Op. 94
Beethoven - 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46
Granados - Intermezzo from ’Goyescas’
Poulenc - Souvenirs’
Poulenc - Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP. 143

HAYDN: String Quartet in B flat, Op.76 No.4 The Sunrise
SMETANA: String Quartet in E minor, From my Life (1876) Interval
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 131

Scarlatti - 2 Sonatas
Handel - Suite in F Major
Mozart - Sonata in G Major K283
Liszt/Wagner - Liebestod
Schumann - Fantasiestücke Op. 12
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Callum Au - Crown and Spectre
Leonard Bernstein - Overture from ‘Candide’ arr. D Thomas
Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer arr. Bates
Joseph Kosma - Autumn Leaves arr. Bates
Percy Grainger - Shepherd’s Hey arr. Bates
Elgar - Salut d’amour arr. Bates, 5 Miniatures (Excerpts), LR: A Chirpy Lark, IM: A Rhythmic Interlude, EJ: A Boisterous Fugue, Christian Overhead
J.S Bach - 15 Inventions (Nos. 1-4) arr. Bates
Jared McCunnie - Just Cause
Pentatonix - Carol of the Bells arr. Robertson
Traditional - Away in a Manger arr. Bates
Irving Berlin - ‘Wight’ Christmas arr. Robertson
John Hartmann - La Belle Americaine arr. Robertson
Mendelssohn - Saltarello arr. Robertson

Mendelssohn - Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 88
Schumann - Trio in D Minor, Op. 63

Mozart - String Quartet No. 17 ‘The Hunt’
Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op. 13
Ravel - String Quartet

Schumann - So wahr die Sonne scheinet
Schumann - Ich bin dein Baum
Schubert - Auf dem Strom
Massenet - Amours benis
Luigi Denza - J’ai peur de l’aimer
Pauline Viardot - Havanaise
Heinrich Proch - Aria di Concerto, Op. 110
Frank Bridge - 3 Viola Songs
Havelock Nelson - Four Irish Folksongs
Manning Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Sq.
Kurt Weil - The Saga of Jenny
Arthur Pryor - Fantastic Polka
Eric Street - Tonight I Can Fly

Ina Boyle: Quartet in E minor

Charlotte Harding Iorsa

World Première The Holy Isle for solo cello

Kildonan

Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80

Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major

“Django and The Five Elements”

The Tim Kliphuis Trio are one of the world’s top string groups, combining jaw-dropping virtuosity and mesmerizing improvisations with a beautifully varied repertoire sourced from classical, gypsy jazz and North-European folk music. Award-winning violinist Tim Kliphuis (Netherlands) and Scotsmen Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (double bass) celebrate their 17th year of touring together.

Edie Suite William Lovelady

I) A Free Spirit

II) Then The Wind Would Set Her Racing

III) In Autumn Mist

IV) She Ran Through The Fields

Sakura Theme and Variations Yuquijiro Yocoh

Across The Plain

Railroad Gary Ryan

Galway Shawl Traditional Irish

INTERVAL

Van Diemen's Land Traditional Irish

Shenandoah American Folk (arr. Ryan)

Wayfaring Stranger American Folk (arr. Ryan)

Improvisation Manus Noble

Always Kevin Lynch

Koyunbaba Carlo Domeniconi

🌍 AROUND THE WORLD IN 88 PIANO KEYS 🌎

• Norway             Grieg                            Evening in the Mountains - March of the Trolls

• Switzerland       Liszt                             Les Cloches de Genève

• Italy                   Liszt                             Les Jeux d’Eaux à la Villa d’Este

• Spain                Albeniz                         En la Alhambra - Seguidillas (Castilla)

• Ukraine             Serge Bortkiewicz          Les Rochers d’Outche-Coche (from Esquisses de Crimée)

• Romania           Bartók                          Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56 

• Nigeria             Ayo Bankole             Variations for little Ayo      

• Middle East      Roxanna Panufnik         Babylonia (new commission supported by Dangoor Education)

• USA                  Artie Matthews             Two Pastime Rags

• Australia           Peter Sculthorpe           Djilile

• Hong Kong        Abram Chasins              Rush Hour in Hong Kong

• Mexico              Manuel Ponce               Balada Mexicana

Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach, Op. 81

A pastoral journey between Utopia and reality - English pastoral music with Brahms Lieder in the first half, followed by

Ravel’s setting of Renard’s Histoires Naturelles in the second.

Manifesto on Love

Centred around Janacek’s second string quartet, « Intimate Letters » this programme explores the idea of love in different shapes.

Mozart - K 575 in D major
Janacek - String quartet no. 2 « Intimate Letters »

Interval

Joy Lisney commission piece
Schumann - String quartet op. 41 no. 3

J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Minor BWV 883 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II Mozart - Piano Sonata K. 333 in B Flat Major Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 2 (Sonata-Fantasy) in G Sharp Minor

INTERVAL

Chopin - Four Scherzos

• Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20

• Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 31

• Scherzo No. 3 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 39

• Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54

Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor

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Matthew Kaner: Highland Scenes
I. Out on the hills 
II. A light dusting
III. Snowbells
IV. Thawing
V. Fireside Tale

Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor

JORG WIDMANN: Air for Solo Horn
BEETHOVEN: Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17
Solo piano piece
SCHUMANN:  Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op.70

Interval

HUW WATKINS: Lament (2020)
VOLKER DAVID KIRCHNER: Tre Poemi (1986-1987)
YORK BOWEN: Horn Sonata in Eb, Op.101

Poulenc - 'Napoli' Suite, FP40

E. Chabrier - Pièces pittoresques - II. 'Mélancolie' ; VII. 'Improvisation'

G. Fauré - Nocturne in B major, op. 33 no. 2

M. Ravel - 'Le tombeau de Couperin’

MOZART: Violin Sonata No.25 in F, K.377

STRAVINSKY: Divertimento, transcription for violin & piano by Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin (after The Fairy's Kiss)

Interval

SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.121

GERSHWIN: 3 preludes for violin and piano arr. Heifetz

Chiaroscuro String Quartet, Matthew Hunt clarinet, Alec Frank-Gemmill horn, Juliane Bruckmann, double bass and Chris Rawley bassoon.

• Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major K581

• Schubert Octet in F Major D803