Presented by Hexham & District Music Society Image: Floriegium
One of the UK's most outstanding period instrument ensembles, the internationally renowned Floriegium come to Hexham with a programme including three of Haydn's London Symphonies, arranged for chamber ensemble by the man who brought the composer to London in the 1790s, Johann Peter Salomon. We will also hear Mozart's first flute quartet.
Florilegium have played in many of the world's leading concert halls, from Sydney Opera House to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. They were ensemble-in-residence at London's Wigmore Hall from 1998 to 2000 and have been ensemble-in-association at the Royal College of Music since 2008.
Programme: Haydn (arr. Salomon) Symphony no. 101 in D major ('The Clock') Mozart Flute Quartet no. 1 in D major, K285 Haydn (arr. Salomon) Symphony no. 94 in G major ('Surprise') Haydn (arr. Salomon) Symphony no. 104 in D major ('London')
Sunday 20 February: 3pm Tickets: £17.50, £8 Student, Schoolchild Free
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The Mithras Trio were formed in 2017 and are already earning a reputation as one of the next generation's most exciting piano trios. They have won several awards, including first prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music competition and the Royal Philharmonic Society's prestigious Henderson Award for emerging chamber ensembles. They are currently on the Countess of Munster Trust Recital Scheme, which showcases and supports young talent, and in June 2021, they were announced as members of the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme.
Their programme this evening features three classics of the repertoire, beginning with masterpieces by Haydn and Brahms, and ending in Schubert's great E-flat trio with its instantly hummable melodies.
Programme: Haydn Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:41 Brahms Piano Trio no. 3 in C minor, op. 101 Schubert Piano Trio no. 2 in E-flat major, D929
Tuesday 22 March: 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50, £8 Student, Schoolchild Free
Zeynep Özsuca made a huge impression at the Queen's Hall in 2019 when she played the piano for the saxophonist, Jess Gillam. She returns here tonight her other duo partner, the clarinettist, Sacha Rattle.
Both Zeynep and Sacha have successful international careers as soloists and chamber musicians. The names of the musicians they have performed with read like a who's who of musical greats: Gustavo Dudamel, Antonio Pappano, Simon Rattle, Mitsuko Uchida, Lars Vogt and Isabelle Faust - to name but a few.
The duo's programme tonight is a great showcase for the two instruments, embracing romantic classics by Schumann and Brahms, a rarely heard gem by Stanford and Bernstein's early sonata.
Programme: Hindemith Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat major Stanford Three Intermezzi, op. 13 Bernstein Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Schumann Fantasiestücke, op. 73 Berg Four Pieces, op. 5 Brahms Sonata in F minor for Clarinet and Piano, op. 120 no. 1
Thursday 7 April: 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50, £8 Student, Schoolchild Free
Patrick is a French pianist living in England, acclaimed for the originality of his concert programmes and the depth of his interpretations.While often heard performing core repertoire by composers such as Chopin and Bach, he is also a champion of less familiar works.
His recent album of music by Jean-Roger Ducasse was hailed 'a wonderful recording' by the BBC Music Magazine. His programme tonight is a musical journey, starting with the world of landscapes and distant lands in Debussy's Estampes, passing through Java as seen through the eyes of Godowsky, returning to the Iberia of Albéniz and then finally arriving in Liszt's Venezia e Napoli, the composer's 'supplement' to the Italian volume of his Années de Pélerinage. It promises to be a fascinating evening of superlative music-making.
Programme: Debussy Estampes Godowsky Java Suite, book 1 Albéniz Iberia, book 1 Liszt Venezia e Napoli
Thursday 21 April: 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50, £8 Student, Schoolchild Free
