Events

 

2008-9 Season

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Sunday 19 October 4 pm at East Bergholt Church Carducci Quartet
Sunday 16 November 4 pm at East Bergholt Church Adam Walker flute & Lucy Wakeford harp
Friday 12 December 8 pm at the Constable Hall Katie Stillman violin & Victoria Simonsen, cello
Saturday 10 January 7.30 pm at the Constable Hall Supper Concert : Canteloube Trio
Friday 30 January 8 pm at the Constable Hall Charles Owen Piano
Friday 20 February 8 pm at the Constable Hall Illustrated Art Lecture by Mary Hawkins
Sunday 22 March 4 pm at East Bergholt Church Badke Quartet

 

Sunday 19 October 2008 4pm  St Mary’s Church East Bergholt

Carducci Quartet 

Matthew Denton violin
Michelle Fleming violin
Eoin Schmidt-Martin viola
Emma Denton cello

 

Haydn   String Quartet Op 50 No.6 'Frog'
Glass 

String Quartet No 4

Beethoven

String Quartet Op 59 No3

Prize winners in no less than 7 International Chamber Music Competitions in the space of 5 years, the Carducci Quartet has quickly become recognised as one of Europe's top young string quartets. Prizes include 1st prize at the 2004 Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition in Finland, and other major awards at the Bordeaux, London, Osaka and 'Charles Hennen' competitions. Most recently, they were winners of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York. 

Generously sponsored by Lady Anne Wake-Walker

 

Sunday 16 November 2008 4pm St Mary’s Church East Bergholt 

Adam Walker flute
Lucy Wakeford, harp

 

We are pleased to welcome back the flautist Adam Walker.  Since his last visit, Adam has  been selected for representation by YCAT  and performed in a number of high profile concerts, receiving excellent reviews.  As Sally Pryce is unable to play for us this time, he will be joined by Lucy Wakeford (a former YCAT artist).

Photo: Susie Ahlburg

 


Lucy Wakeford is Principal  Harpist of the Philharmonia Orchestra and also has a busy solo and chamber music career.  She is also the harpist for the Nash Ensemble

 

Bach 

Sonata in E minor BWV 1034

Mozart  Andante in C
Ingelbrecht  Sonatine
Fauré   Fantaisie

Nadermann/Tulou  

Nocturne, Tyrolienne et Rondoletto
Debussy  Arabesque No.1
Hilse Suite for flute and harp Op 6
Damase  Variations 'Early Morning’

  

Friday 12 December 2008 8pm Constable Hall East Bergholt

Katie Stillman violin
Victoria Simonsen cello 

                                   

Martinu   Duo No 1
Corelli Sonata in A Op 5 No 9
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello

Handel/Halvorsen

Passacaglia
Kodaly Duo Op 7

At the age of 16 Katie from Canada won the prestigious Grand Prize at the Canadian Music competitions in Montreal. Victoria is a former New Zealand Young Musician of the Year. Both have successful solo careers and also play together in the award winning Barbirolli Quartet

This is an extra event, not included in the season ticket.  Tickets at £15  including a two course supper are available from the Hon. Secretary 

Generously sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

 

Saturday 10 January 7.30 2009 Constable Hall East Bergholt

Supper Concert:  Canteloube Trio

 Jennie-Lee Keetley oboe
Peter Cigleris clarinet
Fiona Troon bassoon

 

Rossini  Largo al Factotum
Mozart  Divertimento in Bb
Canteloube  Trio
Jacob Trio
Milhaud Suite d'après Corrette
Ibert    Trio

Jennie-Lee Keetley gave our Countess of Munster recital during the 2004-5 season to great acclaim.  We are looking forward to welcoming her back as part of the Canteloube Trio. The Trio was formed in 2003 and its members are now graduates of the Royal College of Music who combine careers in chamber and orchestral work with education and outreach work. The members of the group regularly perform and tour with some of the country's leading professional orchestras and ensembles.

Generously sponsored by Grier & Partners

 

Friday 30 January 2008  8pm Constable Hall East Bergholt 

Charles Owen piano

 

Bach

Partita No 5 in G

Debussy 

Images II

Fauré
 

3 Barcarolles:
No 2 in G major
No 3 in G Flat major
No 6 in E Flat major
Chopin     Sonata No 3 in B minor

Described by Gramophone Magazine as ‘one of the finest British pianists of his generation’ Charles Owen makes a welcome return to SVAM, this time as a soloist.  Charles Owen’s recordings include two solo discs of works by Janáček and Poulenc and a recording of cello and piano sonatas by Brahms and Schubert, with Natalie Clein, which won a Classical Brit Award in 2005. A more recent recording, again with Natalie Clein, features works by Rachmaninoff and Chopin.  Charles Owen is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
  

Friday 20 February 2009 8pm Constable Hall East Bergholt

Illustrated Lecture by Mary Hawkins: ‘Renaissance Art in Venice – the influence of Northern Europe’ 

Mary Hawkins has lectured in Art History for many years, working in Further and Adult Education, and for the Centres of Lifelong Learning of the Universities of Cambridge and Essex, and tutoring extensively for the Open University. She regularly takes groups round the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and all the London public galleries, and leads study tours to Italy and Holland and other European countries for several specialist organisations.

The lecture is included in the SVAM season ticket
 
 

Sunday 22 March  2009 4pm  St. Mary's Church East Bergholt

Badke Quartet

 Heather Badke violin
Emma Parker violin

Eniko Magyar viola
Jonathan Byers cello

 

Haydn    String Quartet Op 76 No 5
Schumann  String Quartet Op 41 No 3 
Beethoven  String Quartet Op 59 No 3

The Badke Quartet, formed in 2002, is widely recognised as one of Britain’s finest young string quartets.  The players are graduates of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College and  alumni of the Britten-Pears School.  They gave their Wigmore Hall debut in June 2008.  Last year the quartet won the 1st prize and the audience prize at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and was awarded the Senior Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music.

 

 

 

 

 

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