June 2014 saw the launch of a series of concerts for primary school audiences called Primary Proms. These concerts continue to delight young audiences and we regularly welcome over 300 primary school children and their teachers to the Assembly Rooms. As part of the music club’s ongoing YouthWorks initiatives, Faversham Music Club will be supporting
June 2014 saw the launch of a series of concerts for primary school audiences called Primary Proms. These concerts continue to delight young audiences and we regularly welcome over 300 primary school children and their teachers to the Assembly Rooms. As part of the music club’s ongoing YouthWorks initiatives, Faversham Music Club will be supporting
Audiences will remember Nicole who created the role of the King’s falcon in Toads on a Tapestry as part of Faversham’s Magna Carta celebrations. Hear her in a selection of French songs with pianist Helen Crayford. Ticket Information Full price ticket: £7 Student Tickets & Friends of Faversham Music Club: £5 Under 16s: FREE
Vivaldi, Schumann, Debussy & Prokofiev Both award-winning performers, Aleksandra Henszel from Poland and Maksim Štšura from Estonia bring a wide-ranging programme of music for flute and piano from across the centuries. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal College of music, Henszel is both a fine chamber musician and has also
Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto RV495 Ireland Sextet Beethoven Septet Op. 20 Based in London this mixed ensemble was formed by clarinettist Poppy Beddoe whilst at the Royal Academy of Music and was created to follow the instrumentation of Schubert's Octet drawing together a virtuosic line-up of individual performers. The ensemble has flourished in the last few
In the chimney cowls And black dogs bay at the moon Then is the spectre‘s holiday Then is the ghost‘s high noon Handel, Manuel da Falla, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz & Arthur Sullivan Following Faversham Voices and Young Voices intriguing theatrical survey of music inspired by Shakespeare last season, they return with a musical investigation of ghosts
Bach, Beethoven, Medtner & Liszt “...She is a real virtuoso, a born pianist, a very natural player ” Sir Andras Schiff Award-winning Ukranian pianist Dinara Klinton recorded her debut disc at the age of sixteen and last year released a new disc of Liszt’s Trancendental Studies. She went on to win awards at many of
John Dowland - Fantasia Ia Guilio Regondi - Reverie ‘Nocturne’ J.S. Bach Andante & Allegro from Violin Sonata II Vicente Asencio - Collectici Intim Heitor Villa-Lobos - Five Preludes Leo Brouwer - Ritual and Festive Dances Born in Moscow and raised in Australia, Andrey Lebedev is one of the most successful young guitarists of his
“I didn’t know the recorder could sound like that!” Barbara Law and friends present an entertaining and enlightening programme of innovative and exciting recorder music . A highly regarded performer and teacher, Barbara Law is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Purcell School. Here she is joined by fellow recorder player
Beethoven, Debussy & Kreisler Recent winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Anderson Prize, Amarins Wierdsma was born in Utrecht and after studying in the Hague completed her musical education at the Guildhall School in London. An internationally active soloist and chamber musician, Amarins is also co-founder of the Barbican String Quartet which regularly performs at
Mussorgsky & R. Strauss “...but the revelation is the Irishman Alan Ewing. He has a masterly technique.” Hugh Canning / The Sunday Times Alan Ewing has sung for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, ENO, WNO, Netherlands Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Zurich, Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, Opera National de Lorraine Nancy, Lille, Nantes, Opera Colorado and at the Festivals
Bach & Adrian Sutton “...Humphreys’s utter absorption and delight shines forth at every turn” Gramophone magazine With playing described in the press as ‘alluring’, ‘unforgettable’ and ‘a wonder’, violinist Fenella Humphreys enjoys a busy career combining chamber music and solo work. Performances have taken her around the world to venues including the Wigmore Hall, the
Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep is best left to Shepherds Gabriel Fauré - Pavane Josie Simmons - Irish Folk Song Suite Rob Buckland - New York Hat Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion & Libertango John Tavener - The Lamb Bob Mintzer - Quartet No.1 George Gershwin - Three Preludes Richard Rodney Bennett - Four Country Dances
Haydn - Quartet Op.76 No.2 Janáček - Quartet No. 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata) Debussy - Quartet Fast becoming one of the UK’s leading quartets, the Gildas Quartet has won five-star reviews for their stylish, intense and committed performances. Passionate exponents of a diverse and varied repertoire, they have commissioned and given many premières alongside their
Bach, Bartók, Kodaly & McGuire “...The two of them are superb players...enthralling versatility and intensity...power, panache and a remarkable intimacy ” Two of the most sought-after young instrumentalists in the UK, Rachel Spencer and Duncan Strachan are no strangers to working together in a vast array of mediums. The couple met whilst students at the
Handel, Mozart, Elgar & Ibert “...a wonderful breath of fresh air” Formed over fifteen years ago, the Thorne Trio is a versatile and virtuosic wind group whose performances have delighted audiences throughout the UK and abroad. They bring a fresh and direct approach to their concerts and have performed at venues ranging from the Wigmore
Bach, Schubert, Rachmaninov & Kreisler Maya Irgalina was electric, fusing her pieces with a dark, emotive energy that could be felt with every key that was struck. Maya Irgalina from Belarus is a prize-winning pianist who has burst on the scene over the last few years performing throughout the UK, Italy, France, Austria, China, Poland,
Telemann Fantasia nos.1, 2 & 12 Colin Matthews Meditation after Telemann: 12. Fantasie Bach Flute Sonata Alastair Penman Mirrored Lines Handel ‘Sorge nel Petto’ & ‘Fa pur Guerra’ Described by Classic FM as challenging perceptions of the instrument, Tabea is constantly exploring the horizons of music for recorder and has performed widely in Europe, Asia
FOUR TALES OF ENCHANTMENT ALASDAIR NICOLSON FOUR SEASONS EACH WITH A TALE TO TELL A spring murder by a cruel sister. A summer search for a singing rose. An autumn tidal wave. A winter ghost in the snow. Devised as a work to involve a wide range of performers, Two Sisters is a series of
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor Beethoven Sonata No.26 in E-flat major ‘Les adieux’ Debussy Images book 1 Chopin Ballade 1 Ben-San Lau presents an historical survey of music by some of the master composers for the keyboard. The music ranges from the rigorous counterpoint of Bach to Beethoven’s enigmatic and passionate ‘Les Adieux’
Prokofiev Prelude Bach Lute Suite no. 1 De Falla Spanish Dance from ‘La Vida Breve’ Ravel Prelude, À la Manière de Chabrier, Jeux d’eau Chertok Around the Clock Suite Prokofiev Music from ‘Romeo and Juliette’ Posse Variations on Carnival of Venice Oliver became the first harpist ever to win the Guildhall Gold Medal and went
Debussy Syrinx Debussy Sonate for flute, viola & harp Leclair Trio Sonata in D major op. 2 no.8 Ravel Prelude Ravel Jeux d’eau Ravel Sonatine An all-French programme features Debussy’s masterwork for this unusual instrumental combination alongside music by his contemporary Ravel. The elegance of eighteenth century France is represented by music from the violinist
Milhaud Scaramouche Albeniz Suite Española Maurice Tableaux de Provence De Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas An exciting and colourful exploration of the cultural sympathy and musical styles of the two countries on either side of the Pyrenees, Spain and France. Jonathan Radford features as a ‘rising star’ in BBC Music Magazine 2018 and is a
Debussy Piano Trio in G major Ravel Piano Trio Vasks Plainscapes Shostakovich Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor The intensely beautiful trios by contemporaries Ravel and Debussy contrast with the sharply mercurial trio of the sixteen-year-old Shostakovich. Pēteris Vask’s work is a version of one originally scored with choir: an extended meditation culminating in
