Brahms String Quartet in C minor, op. 51, no. 1
Laurence Osborn new work
Korngold Piano Quintet op. 15

The two beautiful Opus 51 quartets were the first works for this formation that Brahms was willing to publish, though only after a period of immense self-doubt and revision. Each is conceived on the same grand scale that characterises Brahms’ symphonic writing. The lavish style of Korngold’s famous Hollywood scores is pre-dated by his wonderful piano quintet in which distinct traces of the late Romantic works of Elgar and Rachmaninov can be detected.

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.

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

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

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

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

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