We’re delighted to share with you the programme for the 73rd Season of Faversham Music Club. As ever we have a busy year of events and a rich and diverse selection of solo performers and ensembles. We continue our Thursday Evening and First Sunday series of concerts, there are performances by Faversham Voices and Youth Voices and, in April, we have a Gala Spring Event.
We have a wonderfully eclectic range of repertoire and instruments this year beginning our Sunday and Thursday series with the unique talents of recorder player Tabea Debus and virtuoso harpist Oliver Wass. Brass instruments feature in concerts from the Buck Brass Trio and A4 Brass, saxophone with Jonathan Radford and the guitar is represented in the form of Nova Guitar Duo who play the 6 and 12 string ‘Brahms’ guitar. French repertoire, and particularly the work of Debussy and Ravel, is featured in concerts by the Pelléas Ensemble and Argenta Trio and of course we have a fine array of pianists – Ryan Drucker, Niklas Oldemeier and Ben San Lau – surveying centuries of keyboard repertoire.
In April we have a Gala Concert, a banquet of Baroque favourites, performed by the exciting Period Instrument Ensemble Convivio. They will be playing popular works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann in a concert to add funds to Faversham YouthWorks our educational programme. This promises to be an evening not to miss.
Our ongoing collaboration with the Musicians’ Company helps us to bring many of the freshest talents across the season and we’re grateful to the Countess of Munster Musical Trust for their support for the concert by harpist Oliver Wass.
We’re pleased to announce that since the last season Sheila Doak, our former Chair, has become Honorary Vice President.
We know that you’ll find many interesting events this year and hope that you will continue to support us by joining our Friends membership scheme. We look forward to seeing you at the new season’s concerts
Alasdair Nicolson
Chairman
Following last week’s AGM, we’re delighted that Alasdair Nicolson has taken over the role of Chair of FMC. Alasdair lives in Faversham and combines his work as a composer and conductor with his role as Artistic Director of the St. Magnus Festival in Orkney. You can find out more about Alasdair on his website and
Faversham based trumpeter extraordinaire, Alex Caldon, performs with his group, Cantia Quorum at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate on Saturday 8th October at 1.45pm Don’t miss this premiere performance of ‘HAZE’ by Helen Caddick, a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the distinctive colour and light of JW Turner. Join CantiaQuorum at the opening of the
In March 2016, Faversham Music Club acquired a brand new piano on loan from the Blüthner Foundation. This fabulous instrument, situated in the newly-refurbished Assembly Rooms, offers an enormous range of music-making opportunities for the Club. You’ll notice that many of this season’s concerts feature the piano, ranging from solo recitals to chamber music and our very first piano
