11th Young Musicians' Festival, 5th-13th March 2004

at Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Please note that food is available in the bar before and after each performance.

Programme

Friday 5th March, 7.30pm

The Tavec Quartet

The Festival opens with a concert by the Tavec Quartet, first heard at the 8th Young Musicians' Festival in 2001. Their extraordinary performance of Britten's Second Quartet on that occasion inspired composer Anthony Gilbert to write a new string quartet for them, which they play tonight. (This concert is given in association with the Halifax Philharmonic Club.)

• Haydn Quartet in D major op.20 no.4
• Anthony Gilbert Quartet no.4
• Schubert Quartet in G major

About the Tavec Quartet

Saturday 6th March, 1.00pm

Stella Hartikainen (violin) and Patrick McBeth (piano)

Birmingham Conservatoire

A lunch-time recital

• Beethoven Sonata op.30 no.3
• Brahms Sonatensatz for violin and piano
• Liszt 'Vallée d'Obermann' (Annés de Pélerinage Bk 1)
• Schubert Rondo op.70 D895

About Stella Hartikainen and Patrick McBeth

Saturday 6th March, 7.30pm

Marésienne Consort

Trinity College of Music

A concert of Baroque music on period instruments by Trinity's leading early music ensemble, recently featured on BBC Radio 3. The evening's programme is on the theme of 'Telemann in Paris' — works by musicians in 18th-century Paris centring around Telemann's 1737 visit.

• Telemann Gaiment (Concerto II)
• Blavet Sonata in E minor op.2 no.3
• Marais Sonnerie de Ste Genevieve du Mont de Paris
• Couperin Les Barricades Mistérieuses
• Telemann Affettusoso & Vivace (Concerto II)
• Forqueray Suite V from Pièces de Viole
• Robert de Visée Suite
• Telemann 2ème Nouveau Quatuor

About the Marésienne Consort | Programme notes: Telemann in Paris

Sunday 7th March, 12 noon

LCM Big Band

A long-standing favourite at the Festival and, as ever, in top form!

Sunday 7th March, 7.30pm

6.30pm, Pre-Concert Talk: Dr Kris Worsley talks about Beethoven's second 'Razumovsky' quartet.

The Singh String Quartet

Royal Northern College of Music

One of the RNCM's leading quartets.

• Haydn Quartet in G major op.76 no.1
• Mendelssohn Quartet in D major op.44 no.1
• Beethoven Quartet in E minor op.59 no.2 ('Razumovsky')

About the Singh String Quartet

Monday 8th March, 7.30pm

6.30pm, Pre-Concert Talk: for details, please contact the YMF office on 01706 817633

RWCMD Wind Ensemble, with piano

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

An evening of twentieth-century music from the WCMD's top wind ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, french horn), joined by piano for the concluding work, Poulenc's exuberant Sextet.

• Bridge Divertimento
• Stravinsky Three pieces for clarinet
• Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik
• Janacek Mladi
• Poulenc Sextet

About the RWCMD Wind Ensemble

Tuesday 9th March, 7.30pm

6.30pm, Pre-Concert Talk: for details, please contact the YMF office on 01706 817633

Academy Ensemble

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

A wonderful programme from this mixed ensemble — violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, french horn and piano.

• Beethoven Septet op.20
• Schubert Quintet D667 ('Trout')

About the Academy Ensemble

Wednesday 10th March, 10.30pm for Special Schools, 1.30pm for Young People with Hearing and Visual Impairment

LCM Sax Quartet

For information about both concerts please contact the YMF office on 01706 817633.

Wednesday 10th March, 7.30pm

Aria Brass Quintet

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

• Lutoslawski Mini-Overture
• Anon. Bankelsangerlieder
• Ewald Symphony no.3
• Reich Clapping Music
• Harniess Three Episodes
• Chabrier Espana

About the Aria Brass Quintet

Thursday 11th March, 7.30pm

6.30 pm, Pre-Concert Talk: Dr Nick Baragwanath (RNCM) talks about Janacek's 'Kreutzer Sonata'.

The Bowen String Quartet

Royal College of Music

• Haydn Quartet op.54 no.1
• Janacek Quartet no.1 ('Kreutzer Sonata')
• Brahms Quartet no.3 in B flat major op.67

About the Bowen String Quartet

Bowen String Quartet website.

Friday 12th March, 7.30pm

6.30 pm, Pre-Concert Talk: Professor Douglas Jarman talks about Ives's Piano Trio.

The Byron Piano Trio

Royal Academy of Music

• Haydn Trio in C major XV:27
• Ives Piano Trio
• Fauré Piano Trio in D minor op.20
• Shostakovich Piano Trio no.2 op.67

About the Byron Piano Trio

Saturday 13th March, 7.30pm

The Snítil String Quartet

A particularly fitting conclusion to the Festival in the year of European enlargement by one of the top student string quartets in the Czech Republic.

• Beethoven Quartet in C minor op.18 no.4
• Viktor Kabalis Quartet no.2 op.19
• Dvorak Quartet in F major op.95 ('American')

About the Snítil Quartet