ENDELLION STRING QUARTET - 20th Season as ‘Quartet in Residence’, University of Cambridge.

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ - The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Wednesday, 7th March 2012 (7.30 pm)
Mendelssohn String Quartet No.3 in D Op.44 No.1
Fauré Quartet for Piano and Strings No.1 in C minor Op.15
Brahms Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor Op.34

Guest Pianist Kathryn Stott

We shall be joined in this concert by the wonderful pianist Kathryn Stott for Fauré’s magical First Piano Quartet and Brahms’s intensely powerful Piano Quintet. These will be preceded by the brilliance of Mendelssohn’s dazzling D major quartet – his Op.44 No.1 was actually written the year after Op.44 No.2.

This concert is sponsored by MILLS & REEVE.

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Further Endellion concerts in the series at West Road Concert Hall are on 25 APRIL & 9 MAY 2012. For full details, a leaflet and special offers, please email: sarah.biggs@orchidpromotions.com or phone Hazard Chase on 01223 312400.

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET - 20th Season as ‘Quartet in Residence’, University of Cambridge.

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ - The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Wednesday, 18th January 2012 (7.30 pm)
Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op.71 No.3 (‘Apponyi’)
Walton String Quartet in A minor
Mendelssohn String Quartet No.4 in E minor Op.44 No.2

In this concert we shall be performing another of Haydn’s wonderful ‘Apponyi’ quartets of 1793 followed by Walton’s large scale and fascinating quartet. The scherzo in Walton’s quartet must have been inspired by Mendelssohn’s many brilliant scherzi: there will be a perfect example of one of these in this concert’s quartet.

www.endellionquartet.com

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Further Endellion concerts in the series at West Road Concert Hall are on 7 MARCH, 25 APRIL & 9 MAY 2012. For full details, a leaflet and special offers, please email: sarah.biggs@orchidpromotions.com or phone Hazard Chase on 01223 312400.

ENDELLION STRING QUARTET - 20th Season as ‘Quartet in Residence’, University of Cambridge.

‘The Endellion is arguably the finest quartet in Britain’ - The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Wednesday, 30th November 2011 (7.30 pm)
Haydn String Quartet in G minor Op.74 No.3 (‘The Rider’)
Tippett String Quartet No.2
Mendelssohn String Quartet No.1 in E flat Op.12

Haydn’s ever popular ‘Rider’ Quartet and the very beautiful Second Quartet by Tippett (in which he pays homage to the great English composers of the 16th and 17th centuries) will precede another early Mendelssohn quartet, this time related to Beethoven’s Op.74, ‘The Harp’.

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The concert will begin at 7.30 p.m. and end at approximately 9.30 p.m.

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Other concerts in the series on 18 JANUARY, 7 MARCH, 25 APRIL & 9 MAY 2012. For full details, a leaflet and special offers email: sarah.biggs@orchidpromotions.com or phone Hazard Chase on 01223 312400.

Cambridge International Piano Series
West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambirdge CB3 9DP

Wednesday, 16th November 2011 (7.30 p.m.)
PIERS LANE

Australian virtuoso pianist Piers Lane will take us through the musical and chronological journey of Chopin’s waltzes, which will include some of his inimitable commentary. He will contrast this with the most warm-hearted of Schubert’s great late sonatas.

CHOPIN Valses (complete)
SCHUBERT Sonata in A major for Piano No.20 D.959

Cambridge International Piano Series
Artistic Director: Martin Roscoe

Wednesday 12 October 2011 (7.30 p.m.)
West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Martin Roscoe - Piano

One of Britain's most celebrated and best-loved pianists, Martin Roscoe presents a programme where two of Beethoven's greatest popular sonatas frame the childhood-inspired miniatures of Schumann and Debussy.

BEETHOVEN Sonata No.8 in C minor for Piano, Op.13 ('Pathétique')
SCHUMANN Kinderszenen Op.15
SCHUMANN Arabesque in C, Op.18
DEBUSSY Arabesque No.1
DEBUSSY Children's Corner Suite
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.23 in F minor for Piano, Op.57 ('Appassionata')

‘ … [Roscoe’s] pacing, the expressive energy, the understanding of form, the tension, absolutely wonderful.’ – Rob Cowan, BBC Radio 3

Book online: www.cambridgeartstheatre.com

Cambridge Guitar Club is for local classical, flamenco and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists, and all those who enjoy listening to guitar music performed live.

Club events give everyone who wishes the chance to perform for the audience, and to meet other local guitarists. Bring your guitar and play or come along and listen.

Website
http://cambridgeguitarclub.awardspace.co.uk

Cambridge Guitar Club is for local classical, flamenco and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists, and all those who enjoy listening to guitar music performed live.

Club events give everyone who wishes the chance to perform for the audience, and to meet other local guitarists. Bring your guitar and play or come along and listen.

Website
http://cambridgeguitarclub.awardspace.co.uk

One of Britain’s best known and loved international masters of the cello, Raphael Wallfisch, returns to Ely Cathedral on Saturday 1st October to play one of the most poignant pieces in the cello repertoire, Dvorak’s 2nd cello concerto in B minor, accompanied by the area’s best-known orchestra, the Ely Sinfonia. The concert, which will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the year for Ely Sinfonia and Ely Cathedral, also includes Wagner's stirring overture to Tannhauser and the ever popular Hary Janos suite by Kodaly.
The sheer emotion expressed in Dvořák’s 2nd cello concerto reflects his sorrow at the serious illness and subsequent death of Josefina Cermakova, his first great love. No wonder Brahms was moved to say: “Why on earth didn’t I know that one could write a cello concerto like that?”; and no wonder it is one of the most loved concertos of all.
Tannhäuser and Háry János are no less well known in their own ways. “Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg” is an opera based on the legend of a knight, Tannhäuser, who abandons the woman he loves for the goddess Venus. In contrast, the Háry János suite is a rumbustious romp based on a Hungarian folk story about a veteran hussar from Austrian army, who sits in the local tavern spinning yarns about his past life. Not only (he says) did he win the heart of the Empress Marie Louise, the wife of Napoleon, but he then defeated Napoleon and his armies - single-handedly. Despite it all, he finally renounced all riches in order to go back to his village with his sweetheart.

A sparkling evening of music by Mozart for choir, orchestra and soloists, under the direction of Ralph Woodward

A Saturday afternoon guitar concert featuring traditional English and Celtic music.

The music includes 'Greensleeves', 'Scarborough Fair', 'Helston Floral Dance', 'Rakes of Mallow' and 'Strawberry Fair'. And music from the great 17th century Irish harper, Turlough Carolan. Tuneful hornpipes, slow airs and lively jigs. Played by guitarist Timothy Christmas.

Michaelhouse Arts Centre is in the centre of Cambridge next to the market square and provides a fine setting for the guitar.

The doors will open at 2.45pm, and the concert will end at 4pm.
Tickets eight pounds at the door.
Or buy tickets online at www.concertsales.co.uk

The venue website is www.michaelhouse.org.uk