Young Musicians' Festival Showcase
16th-18th November 2006

All concerts take place at Square Chapel Centre for the Arts unless otherwise specified.

Programme

Thursday 16th November

7.30pm Vyacheslav Sidorenko, piano

Royal Northern College of Music

A programme of contrasts and virtuosity from this prize-winning young Russian pianist.

• Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor WoO80
• Beethoven Sonata no. 18 in E flat op. 31 no. 3
• Rachmaninov Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor op. 36
• Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli op. 42

About Vyacheslav Sidorenko

Friday 17th November

7.30pm Rowena Calvert, cello
and Jonathan Scott, piano

Royal Northern College of Music

One of the UK's leading young cellists performs key works in the cello repertoire from across three centuries, and pays tribute to Shostakovich in his centenary year.

• J S Bach Da Gamba Sonata in D BWV 1028
• Crumb Sonata for solo cello
• Beethoven Sonata no. 4 in C op. 102
• Schumann Adagio and Allegro
• Macmillan Kiss on Wood
• Shostakovich Sonata op. 40

About Rowena Calvert

Saturday 18th November

7.30pm The Myrios String Quartet

Sadie Fields, first violin
Emanuela Buta, second violin
Michael Gurevich, viola
David Edmonds, cello

Royal Northern College of Music

This immensely talented undergraduate quartet has already attracted critical attention and will be making its Wigmore Hall debut with this same programme shortly after its YMF Showcase appearance.

• Haydn Quartet in G op. 54 no. 1
• Mozart Quartet in D K.575 ('Prussian')
• Shostakovich Quartet no. 9 in E flat op. 117

"...they played [Shostakovich's] dark and demanding ninth string quartet not only with fine technique and stamina but also mature understanding." Richard Morrison, The Times

About Myrios Quartet