All concerts 19:30 at Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond DL10 7BQ
Auditorium doors open 19:00
Auditorium doors open 19:00
14 September 2024:
September 14th Huw Wiggin, saxophone and Oliver Wass, harp
Huw Wiggin:
Huw Wiggin has performed in venues all over the world, from the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing as well as those closer to home such as London’s Wigmore Hall. Other highlights include performances at the Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Henley, Ryedale, Newbury and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
He is a member of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet, winners of the Royal Over-seas League Ensemble Prize. The quartet have recorded four albums for Chandos Records: Flux, Revive, Evoke and Revoiced. Huw also performs regularly with harpist Oliver Wass. They have recorded two EP’s for Orchid Classics: ‘Bach’s Sonata in Eb Major’ and ‘A Christmas EP’ featuring the Music of Gruber, Bach and Holst.
Oliver Wass:
Oliver Wass studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Imogen Barford.
He is the only harpist ever to win the Guildhall Gold Medal, the Guildhall’s most prestigious prize. Previous winners include Jacqueline du Pré and Bryn Terfel. He has performed all the major harp concertos, including Lyra Angelica with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto at Wigmore Hall, and has directed Handel's Harp Concerto in Bb in the Barbican Hall. He has won International Competitions in Italy, Hungary and the UK.
His Wigmore Hall debut was praised by Seen and Heard International for “tremendous dynamism” and "remarkable range of timbres and warmth of tone”.
Programme: Around the world in 90 minutes – ranging from Bach to the 21st century via Ravel, Debussy and de Falla.
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September 14th Huw Wiggin, saxophone and Oliver Wass, harp
Huw Wiggin:
Huw Wiggin has performed in venues all over the world, from the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing as well as those closer to home such as London’s Wigmore Hall. Other highlights include performances at the Royal Festival Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Henley, Ryedale, Newbury and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
He is a member of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet, winners of the Royal Over-seas League Ensemble Prize. The quartet have recorded four albums for Chandos Records: Flux, Revive, Evoke and Revoiced. Huw also performs regularly with harpist Oliver Wass. They have recorded two EP’s for Orchid Classics: ‘Bach’s Sonata in Eb Major’ and ‘A Christmas EP’ featuring the Music of Gruber, Bach and Holst.
Oliver Wass:
Oliver Wass studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Imogen Barford.
He is the only harpist ever to win the Guildhall Gold Medal, the Guildhall’s most prestigious prize. Previous winners include Jacqueline du Pré and Bryn Terfel. He has performed all the major harp concertos, including Lyra Angelica with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto at Wigmore Hall, and has directed Handel's Harp Concerto in Bb in the Barbican Hall. He has won International Competitions in Italy, Hungary and the UK.
His Wigmore Hall debut was praised by Seen and Heard International for “tremendous dynamism” and "remarkable range of timbres and warmth of tone”.
Programme: Around the world in 90 minutes – ranging from Bach to the 21st century via Ravel, Debussy and de Falla.
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5 October 2024 :
Wihan Quartet
The Wihan Quartet is one of the leading string quartets to emerge from the great Czech school of performance in recent years. Formed in 1985, the quartet has gained an extraordinary reputation for its interpretation of both the Czech domestic repertoire and many of the foremost works of the quartet repertoire of the Classical and Romantic periods, as well as modern works.
The Quartet is in demand as an exponent of the great traditional quartet repertoire and looks forward returning to the Wigmore Hall in June, following their residency at the Salzburg String Quartet Festival, for Martin Randall Travel, in May. The quartet has won many international competitions including the Prague Spring Festival and Osaka Chamber Festa. They won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 1991 London International String Quartet Competition.
Programme:
Generously sponsored by Isabel Tooze in memory of Malcolm Tooze
Wihan Quartet
The Wihan Quartet is one of the leading string quartets to emerge from the great Czech school of performance in recent years. Formed in 1985, the quartet has gained an extraordinary reputation for its interpretation of both the Czech domestic repertoire and many of the foremost works of the quartet repertoire of the Classical and Romantic periods, as well as modern works.
The Quartet is in demand as an exponent of the great traditional quartet repertoire and looks forward returning to the Wigmore Hall in June, following their residency at the Salzburg String Quartet Festival, for Martin Randall Travel, in May. The quartet has won many international competitions including the Prague Spring Festival and Osaka Chamber Festa. They won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the 1991 London International String Quartet Competition.
Programme:
- Schubert: Quartettsatz
- Beethoven: Quartet Op. 59 Rasumovsky, No. 3,
- Smetana: Quartet No. 1 From My Life
Generously sponsored by Isabel Tooze in memory of Malcolm Tooze
9 November 2024:
Fair Oriana Penelope Appleyard and Angela Hicks sopranos with Sam Brown lute and Harry Buckoke, viol
Described as "pure vocal beauty "by Classic FM, Fair Oriana are a soprano duo known for the purity of their voices and trade-mark blend. They specialise in singing historical repertoire, and, in collaboration with regular teams of instrumentalists, perform chamber concerts with a hint of theatre.
Both members of Dame Emma Kirkby's ensemble Dowland Works, specialist early music sopranos Angela Hicks and Penelope Appleyard joined forces in 2019 to form Fair Oriana, a unique duo that mixes their passion for historical music with entertaining staging, contemporary influences and, varying genres such as folk, jazz and cross-over. Their concerts are often characterised by their use of gesture and acclaimed acting - as well as vocal - abilities.
Progamme: Songs by Dowland, Morley, Wilbye, and Byrd, three new commissions, and lute and viol solos
Generously sponsored by Eithne Henson
Fair Oriana Penelope Appleyard and Angela Hicks sopranos with Sam Brown lute and Harry Buckoke, viol
Described as "pure vocal beauty "by Classic FM, Fair Oriana are a soprano duo known for the purity of their voices and trade-mark blend. They specialise in singing historical repertoire, and, in collaboration with regular teams of instrumentalists, perform chamber concerts with a hint of theatre.
Both members of Dame Emma Kirkby's ensemble Dowland Works, specialist early music sopranos Angela Hicks and Penelope Appleyard joined forces in 2019 to form Fair Oriana, a unique duo that mixes their passion for historical music with entertaining staging, contemporary influences and, varying genres such as folk, jazz and cross-over. Their concerts are often characterised by their use of gesture and acclaimed acting - as well as vocal - abilities.
Progamme: Songs by Dowland, Morley, Wilbye, and Byrd, three new commissions, and lute and viol solos
Generously sponsored by Eithne Henson
8 March 2025:
Carducci Quartet
Described by The Strad as presenting “a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the award- winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today. Not only mastering the core repertoire, the quartet presents a selection of new works each season and diversifies further with programmes of film music, pop and rock.
Founded in 1997, the ensemble has won numerous international competitions, including the USA Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and First Prize at Finland’s Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition.
Programme
Generously sponsored by Fry Family Office
Carducci Quartet
Described by The Strad as presenting “a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the award- winning Carducci Quartet is internationally acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and versatile ensembles of today. Not only mastering the core repertoire, the quartet presents a selection of new works each season and diversifies further with programmes of film music, pop and rock.
Founded in 1997, the ensemble has won numerous international competitions, including the USA Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and First Prize at Finland’s Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition.
Programme
- Haydn: Quartet Op.76, No 4 Sunrise
- Shostakovich: Quartet No 3
- Mendelssohn: Quartet Op. 44 No 1
Generously sponsored by Fry Family Office
29 March 2025:
Fibonacci Quartet
The Quartet are a Resident Ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with former Alban Berg Quartet leader Guenter Pichler and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy in Amsterdam with Marc Danel of the Danel Quartet. They have received mentoring from Quartetto di Cremona at the Stauffer Centre and have been privileged to work closely with Eberhard Feltz.
They have received awards including First Prize in the Royal Overseas League International Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonikoog Festival and the Special Prize of the Shostakovich Association in Paris. The Quartet also received the Peermusik Hamburg Prize and First Prize and Audience Prize at the International Beethoven Competition in London.
Programme
Generously sponsored by Fry Family Office
Fibonacci Quartet
The Quartet are a Resident Ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with former Alban Berg Quartet leader Guenter Pichler and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy in Amsterdam with Marc Danel of the Danel Quartet. They have received mentoring from Quartetto di Cremona at the Stauffer Centre and have been privileged to work closely with Eberhard Feltz.
They have received awards including First Prize in the Royal Overseas League International Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonikoog Festival and the Special Prize of the Shostakovich Association in Paris. The Quartet also received the Peermusik Hamburg Prize and First Prize and Audience Prize at the International Beethoven Competition in London.
Programme
- Mozart Quartet k428
- Schulhoff 5 pieces for string quartet
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden
Generously sponsored by Fry Family Office
12 April 2025:
Lumas Winds
Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.
Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems on their debut album. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensembles visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
Programme:
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Lumas Winds
Lumas Winds is a dynamic, young chamber ensemble based in London. Winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize in 2023, Lumas are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire that it offers. The ensemble are Making Music’s Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists and will take up an Aldeburgh residency in March 2024 as Britten Pears Young Artists.
Alongside performing the classics of the repertoire Lumas enjoy exploring works not currently in the canon but which deserve to be so. This is highlighted in the six hidden gems on their debut album. The disc brings together repertoire from every decade from 1960 to 2010 and includes three world premiere recordings of music by Sally Beamish, Gavin Higgins and Elizabeth Maconchy. Lumas won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize in 2022 with its performance of the latter, a major discovery from the ensembles visit to the Maconchy archive at St. Hilda’s, Oxford.
Programme:
- Pavel Haas: Wind Quintet Op. 10
- Roberto Gerhard: Capriccio for Solo Flute
- Endre Szervánszky: Wind Quintet No.1
- Poldowski : Suite Miniature for Wind Quintet
- Simon Holt: Brief Candles for Solo Clarinet
- Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No.12 American arr. Walter
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