The Tenth Young Musicians' Festival, March 2003

Friday 7th March, 7.30pm

The Schubert Ensemble

The Festival opens with a concert by the Schubert Ensemble, internationally renowned for its performances of chamber music for piano and strings. In 2003, it celebrates its 20th anniversary with a UK tour focusing on the major works in its repertoire, including pieces it has commissioned. This concert is given in association with the Halifax Philharmonic Club.

• Judith Weir ‘I Broke Off a Golden Branch’ for piano quintet
• Schubert Piano Quintet in A major ('Trout')
• Brahms Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor

Saturday 8th March, 1.00pm

Sergio Simon Alvarez (oboe/cor anglais) and Pei-Chun Liao (piano)

Birmingham Conservatoire

A lunch-time recital of works new to the Festival.

• Bach Sonata in G minor BWV1020
• Schumann Romanze op.94 and Humoresque
• Nielsen Fantasiestüke
• Hindemith Sonata for cor anglais and piano

Saturday 8th March, 7.30pm

Sacconi String Quartet

Royal College of Music

• Haydn Quartet in D op.76 no.5
• Beethoven Quartet in E flat op.74 ('Harp')
• Brahms Quartet in A minor op.51 no.2

Sunday 9th March, 12 noon

LCM Latin Big Band

Leeds College of Music

An exciting new ensmeble with a programme of Latin Jazz in the classic styles such as mambo and cha-cha - and a touch of Cuban sunshine!

Sunday 9th March, 7.30pm

The Roh Piano Trio

Royal Academy of Music

• Mozart Trio in B flat major K254
• Brahms Piano Trio in B major op.8
• Ravel Piano Trio in A minor

Monday 10th March, 7.30pm

Millennium Ensemble

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

An evening of contemporary music from the WCMD's top new music ensemble which combines acoustic and electronically-treated sounds.

With free pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm. Composer Tim Raymond and members of the Millennium Ensemble talk about their programme.

• Raymond ‘Hymn Tune Harmonies’
• Carter ‘Con Leggerezza Pensosa’
• Riley Keyboard Study no. 2 for piano and electronics
• Roger Butler ‘Parallel Universe’ for ensemble and electronics
• Carter ‘Esprit rude, esprit doux’
• Turnage ‘Sleep On’
• George Crumb ‘Eleven Echoes of Autumn’

Tuesday 11th March, 7.30pm

Musicians of the RSAMD

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

An exciting programme for this unusual combination of clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello.

With free pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm. Martin Hughes (RSAMD) talks about Dohnanyi's Sextet.

• Mozart Trio for Horn, Clarinet and Piano (arranged from the Horn Quintet K407)
• Bartok ‘Contrasts’
• Khachaturian Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
• Dohnanyi Sextet

Wednesday 12th March, 10.30pm

Concert for Special Schools by the Langdale Wind Ensemble

Royal Northern College of Music

Please telephone 01706 817633 for details.

Wednesday 12th March, 1.30pm

Concert for Young People with Hearing and Visual Impairment by the Langdale Wind Ensemble

Royal Northern College of Music

Please telephone 01706 817633 for details.

Wednesday 12th March, 7.30pm

Rite Brass Quintet

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

• Monteverdi Toccata from ‘Orfeo’
• Mozart Horn Concerto in D
• Goodall Waltz
• J S Bach from the ‘Goldberg Variations’ (Theme and Variations 2, 21, 4, 15, and 30)
• Ewald Symphony for Brass
• Fats Waller ‘Ain't Misbehavin'’
• Mussourgsky Promenade from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
• Lassus et al ‘Renaissance Dances’
• Trad/Handel ‘Saints Hallelujah’
• Handel ‘The Harmonious Blacksmith’
• Maschwitz and Gershwin ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square’
• Horowitz ‘Music Hall Suite’

Thursday 13th March, 7.30pm

Viva! Sax Quartet

Trinity College of Music

With free pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm by members of the Quartet (tbc)

• Trad ‘Agincourt Song’
• Street ‘Tango’
• Moulds (arr. Wood) 3 Russian Songs
• Mussorgsky from ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ (Promenade, Old Castle, Promenade, Tuileries, Hut on Fowl's Legs, The Great Gates of Kiev)
• Nyman ‘Songs for Tony (No.1)’
• Barber ‘Adagio’
• Bernstein from ‘West Side Story’ (I Feel Pretty, Somewhere, Gee Officer Krupke)
• Whitlock ‘Celtic Suite’

Friday 14th March, 7.30pm

Chichele String Quartet

Royal Northern College of Music

With free pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm. Professor Douglas Jarman (RNCM) talks about Janacek's Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters'.

• Mendelssohn Quartet in E flat op. 12
• Janacek Quartet no. 2 ('Intimate Letters')
• Walton Quartet

Saturday 15th March, 7.30pm

The KC Chamber Ensemble

Royal Dutch Conservatoire, The Hague

A programme of contemporary music for strings, wind, harp, piano and voice from this leading European conservatoire.

• Milhaud Sonate op.47 for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
• Willem Pijper Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon
• Kees Van Baaren ‘Musica per flauto solo’
• Stravinsky 3 Songs from William Shakespeare for soprano, flute, clarinet and viola
• Webern String Trio
• Diderkik Wagenaar ‘La volta’ for solo piano
• Louis Andriessen ‘La voce’ for solo cello
• Martijn Padding ‘Shuffle’ for alto flute, tenor sax, violin, harp and piano

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