May 2019
Leamington Music Festival: Warwickshire
Howard Skempton Man and Bat
Howard Skempton The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Roderick Williams baritone
Benjamin Nabarro violin
Claudia Ajmone-Marsan violin
Rachel Roberts viola
Gemma Rosefield cello
Elena Hull double bass
James Pillai horn
Tim Horton piano
Howard Skempton’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was first performed by Roderick Williams with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and then taken on by him and Ensemble 360 for performances in Sheffield, the Wigmore Hall and the 2017 Leamington Music Festival. The setting of D.H. Lawrence’s Man and Bat by Howard followed in July 2017, premièred in Sheffield, and this will be its first performance in Leamington.
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Roderick Williams baritone
James Pillai horn, Benjamin Nabarro and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan violins,
Rachel Roberts viola, Gemma Rosefield cello, Elena Hull double bass, Tim Horton piano
Howard Skempton Man and Bat
Howard Skempton The Rime
September 2019
October 2019
Klassiske Dage, Holstebro International Music Festival: Denmark
Concert of short pieces of music alternating with prayers, including works by Schubert, Bach, Kurtag, Harbison.
Janne Thomsen, Flute
Christoffer Sundqvist, Clarinet
Hugo Ticciati, Violin
Siljamari Heikinheimo, Violin
Rachel Roberts, Viola
Julian Arp, Cello
Alasdair Beatson, Pian
Klassiske Dage, Holstebro International Music Festival: Denmark
From Follies to Prayers
Bloch Meditation for viola and piano
Golijov The dreams and prayers of Isaac the Blind
Christoffer Sundqvist, Clarinet
Hugo Ticciati, Violin
Siljamari Heikinheimo, Violin
Rachel Roberts, Viola
Julian Arp, Cello
Alasdair Beatson, Piano
Klassiske Dage, Holstebro International Music Festival: Denmark
Liv, død, heltemod og næstekærlighed
(Life, death, heroism and charity)
Beethoven Duet mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern, WoO 32
Roussel Trio for flute, viola and cello, op. 40
Janne Thomsen, Flute
Rachel Roberts, Viola
Julian Arp, Cello
Klassiske Dage, Holstebro International Music Festival: Denmark
Concert to be recorded by Danish National Radio for later broadcast.
Om åkander, månseskin, vemod og romantic
(On waterlilies, moonlight, melancholy and romanticism)
Holbrooke Nocturne, op. 57, no. 1, Fairyland
Schumann Märchenerzählungen (fairy tales), op. 132
Janne Thomsen, Flute
Christoffer Sundqvist, Clarinet
Rachel Roberts, Viola
Alasdair Beatson, Piano
Klassiske Dage, Holstebro International Music Festival: Denmark
Short Stories
Vieuxtemps Capriccio Hommage à Paganini in C minor for viola solo, op. 55 (op. 9 posthumous)
Mozart Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, K. 285
Janne Thomsen, Flute
Hugo Ticciati, Violin
Rachel Roberts, Viola
Julian Arp, Cello
November 2019
The Purcell School: Hertfordshire
Masterclass, followed by short recital:
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D. 821
Brahms Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, op. 120, no. 1
January 2020
Newcastle Chamber Music Society: Gateshead
Leonore Piano Trio
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Tim Horton, piano
with Rachel Roberts, viola
Beethoven Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost
Judith Weir Piano Quartet
Dvorák Piano Quartet no. 2 in E