Concerts in the West

Scobie - Vioque-Judde - Rey-Bellet - Fournel
2020-09-03 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | Dorset
ONLINE SERIES
CONCERT 4 – 3 SEPTEMBER 2020 6.15PM (18.15) UK

COLIN SCOBIE violin
MANUEL VIOQUE-JUDDE viola
ZÉPHYRIN REY-BELLET cello
JONATHAN FOURNEL piano

Please visit their websites for their biographies

www.maxwellstringquartet.moonfruit.com/colin-scobie/

www.vioque-judde.com

www.zephyrinreybellet.com

http://jonathanfournel.com/index.php/en/biography/

We are planning a tour in 2021/22 for Colin Scobie, Manuel Vioque-Judde and Zéphyrin Rey-Bellet. In the meantime we are delighted to broadcast this concert given by the trio as part of the Kalmarsund Festival this summer. We apologise to our audience for tiny disruptions that might occur during the broadcasting due to temporary connection issues.

DOHNÁNYI Serenade in C
CHAUSSON Piano Quartet in A major, Op 30

Mariela Shaker & Riyad Nicolas
2020-08-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Dorset
ONLINE SERIES
CONCERT 3 – 27 AUGUST 2020 6PM (18.00) UK

MARIELA SHAKER violin
RIYAD NICOLAS piano

For their biographies please go to their websites

http://www.riyadnicolas.com/

http://marielashaker.com/about/

Riyad Nicolas was due to come in 2021 and we hope that it will still be possible. We are delighted to welcome Riyad and his wife, Mariela Shaker, to our Online Series this summer.

SCHUBERT Sonata in A major for Piano D 664
Allegro Moderato – Andante – Allegro

MOZART Sonata No 21 in E minor, K 304 for Violin and Piano
Allegro – Tempo di Menuetto

MAIAS ALYAMNI Sea waves for Violin and Piano

PS – It has been impossible for piano tuners to work during these past months so tuning will vary.

Solem Quartet
2020-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Dorset
ONLINE SERIES
CONCERT 2 – 24 AUGUST 2020 6PM (18.00) UK

SOLEM QUARTET
WILLIAM NEWELL violin
AMY TRESS violin
STEPHEN UPSHAW viola
STEPHANIE TRESS cello

For biographies please go to www.solemquartet.co.uk

We are delighted that the Solem Quartet can join us online this summer. We are planning a tour for 2021/22.

STEPHANIE TRESS – Traditional arrangement – ‘Ca the Yowes’

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/KREISLER arr. Amy Tress – Hymn to the Sun from The Golden Cockerel

CASSANDRA MILLER Warblework movement IV. Veery

WILLIAM BYRD Mass for Four Voices

THOMAS ADÈS ‘Days’ from ‘The Four Quarters’

SCHUMANN arr. William Newell – Ghost Theme

GABRIELI O Magnum Mysterium

FLORENCE PRICE ‘Drink To Me Only with Thine Eyes’

BARTÓK Transylvanian Dances

Carmenco - Andrews - Massey - Correa
2020-08-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Dorset
ONLINE SERIES
CONCERT 1 – 20 AUGUST 2020 6PM (18.00) UK

CARMENCO
EMILY ANDREWS flute/voice
DAVID MASSEY guitar
FRANCISCO CORREA guitar

For biographies please go to www.carmenco.co.uk

Sadly CarmenCo’s tour had to be cancelled this July. We hope that they will come down in 2021. In the meantime they launch our Online Series this Summer.

GEORGES BIZET arr. Carmenco
‘Aragonaise’ from Carmen

GEORGES BIZET arr. Carmenco
‘Entracte’ from Carmen

JUAN LUIS MERLIN ‘Joropo’

FEDERICO GARCIA-LORCA
‘Nana de Sevilla’LUIZ DE NARVAEZ
‘Baxa de Contrapunto’

IAN CLARKE ‘Hypnosis’ (new arrangement by Carmenco, World premiere)

MANUEL DE FALLA
‘Spanish dance number 1’ from La Vida Breve

GEORGES BIZET arr. Carmenco
‘les Toreadors’ from Carmen

GEORGES BIZET arr. Carmenco
‘Habanera’ from Carmen

Nicholas McCarthy
2020-03-05 19:30 - 2020-03-07 22:00 | Private: Minehead, The Methodist Church, 7 The Avenue, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5AY, United Kingdom
TOUR 5 – 7 MARCH 2020

MINEHEAD – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
5 MARCH
7.30PM

THE METHODIST CHURCH
7 The Avenue – MINEHEAD
Somerset – TA24 5AY

FRIDAY
6 MARCH
11.30AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
6 MARCH
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
7 MARCH

11.45AM

CENTRE FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
(CYMT) Richard Huish College
South Road – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3DZ – WORKSHOP

SATURDAY
7 MARCH

7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street
CREWKERNE – TA18 7AL

NICHOLAS MCCARTHY piano – left hand only

Minehead – Ilminster – Crewkerne

SCRIABIN

Prelude & Nocturne, Op 9

Julie COOPER

Galilean Moons

Alice
CHARBONNET

M’appari

REINECKE

Sonata in C Minor, Op 179

BACH
arr Brahms

Chaconne in D minor

R STRAUSS
arr J Mann

Morgen! No 4, Op 27

BELLINI/
Fumagalli

Casta Diva from ‘Norma’

BARTÓK

Etude for the Left Hand

Bridport: Bartók, Cooper, Charbonnet, R Strauss, Bellini/Fumagalli, and Bach.

The extraordinary NICHOLAS MCCARTHY returns this season. Not only does he give performances all over the world but he has helped many companies motivate their workforce, improving profitability and loyalty by sharing his unique and inspiring story. During his tour of the West Country he will work with young players from the Centre for Young Musicians Taunton (CYMT) and I am sure he will inspire them too.

‘He has been a great inspiration to many of his fellow students.’ Prof Vanessa Latarche, Royal College of Music

https://nicholasmccarthy.co.uk/

Mulroy, Reid & Lindley
2020-02-21 11:30 - 2020-02-22 22:00 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
TOUR 21 – 22 FEBRUARY 2020

BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

FRIDAY
21 FEBRUARY
11.30AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
21 FEBRUARY
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
22 FEBRUARY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE
Somerset – TA18 7AL

MULROY, REID & LINDLEY
NICHOLAS MULROY tenor
JOHN REID piano
WILLIAM LINDLEY artist

Ilminster – Crewkerne

PURCELL

An Evening Hymn; In the Black Dismal Dungeon of Despair

WD BROWNE

Arabia; To Gratiana

TIPPETT

Compassion (from The Heart’s Assurance)

BRITTEN

Canticle 1 (My Beloved is Mine)

ELGAR

Symphony No 1 (Transcribed for piano by Iain Farrington)

Bridport

SCHUBERT

Der Musensohn; Abendstern; Der Winterabend; Alinde

FAURÉ

Poème d’un Jour & Ballade, Op 19 (for piano)

WD BROWNE

Arabia; To Gratiana

We welcome back NICHOLAS MULROY and JOHN REID, who bring with them WILLIAM LINDLEY, whose projected moving images will give a fascinating backdrop to the music.

‘Nicholas Mulroy is now an Evangelist of choice, dramatic yet never over-involved, engaged reporter rather than partisan witness.’ Fiona Maddocks

‘Best of all, perhaps, is Nicholas Mulroy – in territory far removed from the Baroque works in which we usually hear him – singing milongas like one born to it. Exhilaratingly done, and a fine achievement.’ Tim Ashley – Gramophone

‘John Reid proudly leant back at his piano as if riding a circus pony decked with plumes. And so he was, given the concerto’s decorative charms and invention. Delightful music-making, this.’
Geoff Brown – The Times

http://nicholasmulroy.com/
https://johnreidpiano.com/
http://www.williamlindley.co.uk

Marriner, Beatson & Petrov
2020-01-17 11:30 - 2020-01-18 22:00 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
TOUR 17 – 18 JANUARY 2020
BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

FRIDAY
17 JANUARY
11.30AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
17 JANUARY
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
18 JANUARY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE
Somerset – TA18 7AL

MARRINER, BEATSON & PETROV
ANDREW MARRINER clarinet
MICHAEL PETROV cello
ALASDAIR BEATSON piano

FUNDRAISING TOUR for Concerts in the West

Ilminster – Crewkerne

BEETHOVEN

Trio in B flat, Op 11

FAURÉ

Trio in D minor, Op 120

SCHUMANN

Adagio and Allegro for cello and piano, Op 70

BRAHMS

Trio in A minor, Op 114

Bridport: Beethoven, Schumann, and Fauré

We are delighted that these three wonderful musicians are coming together to do a special fundraising tour to celebrate our 15th Season.
‘An orchestral player without equal, ANDREW MARRINER is a musical conjurer whose sleight-of-hand style makes everything look deceptively easy.’ – Classic FM Magazine
ALASDAIR BEATSON ‘ … shapes and weights every phrase with a caring devotion, liquid sonority and gentle cantabile ideal for Mendelssohn’s sound world.‘ – Classic FM Magazine
MICHAEL PETROV ‘… captivating musical temperament and a direct eloquence, as if speaking through his instrument’ – Die Welt

http://www.andrewmarrinerclarinet.com/
https://alasdairbeatson.com/
https://www.mpetrovcello.com/

Ruisi Quartet
2019-11-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2019

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE (only)

FRIDAY
15 NOVEMBER
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

RUISI QUARTET
ALESSANDRO RUISI violin
OLIVER CAVE violin
LUBA TUNNICLIFFE viola
MAX RUISI cello

BRITTEN

Three Divertimenti

HAYDN

String Quartet No 2 in B minor, Op 64

MENDELSSOHN

String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13

Max Ruisi stepped in at the last minute to help us in 2018 and we are delighted that he is bringing the RUISI QUARTET to Concerts in the West this year. We also welcome back Luba Tunnicliffe. Founded in 2012 by half-Sicilian brothers, Alessandro and Max, the Quartet has a busy schedule including a residency in Aldburgh and concerts in venues including Wigmore Hall and King’s Place. The Ruisi Quartet was the winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s award for Young British String Players and has also been accepted into the Belcea Quartet’s prestigious Quartet Scheme for 2018-19.

www.ruisiquartet.com

Consone Quartet
2019-10-31 11:00 - 2019-11-02 22:00 | Taunton, SS Peter & Paul Church, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5EB, United Kingdom
TOUR 31 OCTOBER, 1, 2 NOVEMBER 2019

TAUNTON – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
31 OCT
7.30PM

CICCIC
Memorial Hall – Paul Street
TAUNTON – TA1 3PF

FRIDAY
1 NOV
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
1 NOV
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
2 NOV
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – Somerset – TA18 7AL

CONSONE QUARTET
AGATA DARASKAITE violin
MAGDALENA LOTH-HILL violin
ELITSA BOGDANOVA viola
GEORGE ROSS cello

BOCCHERINI

String Quartet No 5 in E minor, Op 33

MOZART

Quartet No 16 in Eb major KV428 (Haydn Quartet)

SCHUBERT

String Quartet No 2 in C Major, D32

MENDELSSOHN

String Quartet in Eb major (1823)

In 2015 the CONSONE QUARTET delighted audiences in the West Country. Formed at the Royal College of Music the Quartet is dedicated to exploring Classical and Early Romantic repertoire on period instruments. Winner of the 2016 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize, Consone was also awarded prizes at the 2015 York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. The Consone Quartet is rapidly gaining international recognition, performing all over Europe and recently in Bolivia and Peru. The Quartet recently released their debut CD, featuring Haydn and Mendelssohn.

www.consonequartet.com

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Boyd & Lane
2019-10-03 11:00 - 2019-10-05 22:00 | Tiverton, Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NY, United Kingdom
TOUR 3, 4, 5 OCTOBER 2019

WELLHAYES – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
3 OCTOBER
7.30PM

WELLHAYES VINEYARD
Wellhayes Farm – Clayhanger
TIVERTON – Devon – EX16 7NY

FRIDAY
4 OCTOBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
4 OCTOBER
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
5 OCTOBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE
Somerset – TA18 7AL

BOYD AND LANE
NATHANIEL BOYD cello
SIMON LANE piano

MENDELSSOHN

Sonata in D major, Op 58

BEETHOVEN

Sonata No 4 in C major, Op 102 No 1

CHOPIN

Sonata in G minor, Op 65

PIAZZOLLA

Le Grand Tango

We welcome back NATHANIEL BOYD. As an internationally recognised chamber musician and soloist, Nathaniel has appeared at the world’s leading concert halls. He has received numerous awards in particular for his work with the Navarra String Quartet. We heard him in our 2018 season with the Albion Quartet.

We are also delighted to invite back SIMON LANE (last here in 2015), who has gained recognition for his compelling and sensitive performances, and has collaborated with many of the world’s most exciting musicians including Danielle de Niese, and Iestyn Davies. His CD release with cellist Philip Higham was selected as Strad Magazine‘s ‘CD of the month’.
www.albionquartet.com/about
www.simonlane.eu

REVIEW

Eusebius Quartet
2019-09-05 19:30 - 2019-09-07 22:00 | Taunton, SS Peter & Paul Church, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5EB, United Kingdom
TOUR 5, 6, 7 SEPTEMBER 2019

BISHOPS HULL – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
5 SEPT
7.30PM

SS PETER & PAUL CHURCH
Bishops Hull – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 5EB

FRIDAY
6 SEPT
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
6 SEPT
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
7 SEPT
10.45AM

CYMT
Richard Huish College
South Road – TAUNTON – Somerset – TA1 3DZ
Workshop for students

SATURDAY
7 SEPT
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE Somerset – TA18 7AL

EUSEBIUS QUARTET
BEATRICE PHILIPS violin
VENETIA JOLLANDS violin
HANNAH SHAW viola
HANNAH SLOANE cello

HAYDN

String Quartet No 6 in A major, Op 9

BARTÓK

String Quartet No 6, Sz 114

BEETHOVEN

String Quartet No 15 in A minor, Op 132

MOZART

String Quartet in D major, K 499 ‘Hoffmeister’

SCHUMANN

String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 41

Formed in 2015 the EUSEBIUS QUARTET were finalists in the 2018 Royal Overseas Competition. They enjoy exploring new repertoire and experimenting with new styles of playing. They have performed with Alasdair Beatson (who joins us in May) and clarinetists, Matthew Hunt and Michael Collins amongst others. They are keen to share their love of chamber music with young people; setting up several projects with schools in London and Lewes. They will be working with the Centre for Young Musicians Taunton on this tour.

www.eusebiusquartet.com

REVIEW

Clare Hammond
2019-07-04 11:00 - 2019-07-06 22:00 | Tiverton, Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NY, United Kingdom
TOUR 4, 5, 6 JULY 2019

WELLHAYES – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
4 JULY
7.30PM

WELLHAYES VINEYARD
Wellhayes Farm – Clayhanger
TIVERTON – Devon – EX16 7NY

FRIDAY
5 JULY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
5 JULY
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
6 JULY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – Somerset – TA18 7AL

CLARE HAMMOND piano

JOSEF MYSLIVECEK

Sonata No 3 in A major

MICHAEL ZEV GORDON

Diary Pieces (2018) WORLD PREMIERE

SCHUMANN

Humoreske in B flat major, Op 20

DEBUSSY

Selection from Préludes

RACHMANINOV

Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 36 (1931 version)

We are delighted to welcome CLARE HAMMOND to the depths of the West Country. She has a great interest in contemporary piano music. The BBC and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic have co-commissioned a concerto by Kenneth Hesketh to be premiered in 2019. On this tour she will premiere Michael Zev Gordon’s new work. In 2016 she won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in recognition of outstanding achievements.

‘amazing power and panache’ (The Telegraph)
‘star interpreter of contemporary music’ (Gramophone)

www.clarehammond.com

REVIEW

Moriarty Winds
2019-06-13 11:00 - 2019-06-15 22:00 | Uplyme, St Peter & St Paul Church, Uplyme, Somerset, DT7 3TT, United Kingdom
TOUR 13, 14, 15 JUNE 2019

LYME REGIS – BRIDPORT – TAUNTON – YEOVIL

THURSDAY
13 JUNE
7.30PM

UPLYME CHURCH
Pound Lane – Uplyme
LYME REGIS – Dorset – DT7 3TT

FRIDAY
14 JUNE
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
14 JUNE
7.30PM

CICCIC
Memorial Hall – Paul Street
TAUNTON – Somerset – TA1 3PF

SATURDAY
15 JUNE
7.30PM

ST ROCH CHURCH
Pendomer – YEOVIL
Somerset – BA22 9PH

MORIARTY WINDS
ANNA KONDRASHINA flute
AMY ROBERTS/JAMES HULME oboe
MATTHEW WILSHER clarinet
PATRICK BOLTON bassoon
JOEL ROBERTS french horn

ORLANDO GIBBONS

I feign not friendship where I hate

ANTON REICHA

Wind Quintet No 2 in Eb major, Op 88

DEBUSSY

Petite Suite

SAMUEL BARBER

Summer Music Op 31

HINDEMITH

Kleine Kammermusik No 2, Op 24

This is the first wind quintet to join the Concerts in the West rosta. The group, named after the famous Holmes adversary, met as postgraduate students at the Royal Academy of Music, where they were Chamber Fellows. MORIARTY WINDS enjoy performing repertoire ranging from Classical to contemporary. Individually they have won many awards and perform with the major UK orchestras.

www.moriartywinds.com

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Cassini and Beatson
2019-05-02 11:00 - 2019-05-04 22:00 | Tiverton, Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NY, United Kingdom
TOUR 2, 3, 4 MAY 2019

WELLHAYES – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
2 MAY
7.30PM

WELLHAYES VINEYARD
Wellhayes Farm – Clayhanger
TIVERTON – Devon – EX16 7NY

FRIDAY
3 MAY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
3 MAY
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
4 MAY
10.45AM

CENTRE FOR YOUNG
MUSICIANS TAUNTON
Richard Huish College
South Road – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3DZ

SATURDAY
4 MAY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – Somerset – TA18 7AL

CASSINI & BEATSON
ELISSA CASSINI violin
ALASDAIR BEATSON piano

SCHUBERT

Violin Sonata (Sonatina) No 3 in G minor, Op 137 D 408

FAURÉ

Sonata No 1 in A major, Op 13

BRAHMS

Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108

We are privileged to have ALASDAIR BEATSON perform again for us this season. He brings with him a wonderful colleague and friend, ELISSA CASSINI.
Elissa’s repertoire ranges from Beethoven to Philip Glass and she has premiered works by several contemporary composers. She is also a passionate chamber musician. She lives in France and we are delighted to welcome her to the West Country.

‘truly communicative’ – (New York Times)
Alasdair is now one of our most prominent chamber pianists, performing in London’s major venues and festivals in the UK and abroad. He has recently become co-artistic director of Ernen Festival in Switzerland where he has performed many times.

‘Artistry incarnate – that was Beatson’ – (Sunday Times)

www.alasdairbeatson.com
www.elissacassini.com

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Mela guitar quartet
2019-04-04 11:00 - 2019-04-06 22:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
TOUR 4, 5, 6 APRIL 2019

ILMINSTER – BRIDPORT – TAUNTON – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
4 APRIL
7.30PM

JORDANS COURTYARD
Horton Cross – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 9PT

FRIDAY
5 APRIL
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
5 APRIL
7.30PM

CICCIC
Memorial Hall – Paul Street
TAUNTON – Somerset – TA1 3PF

SATURDAY
6 APRIL
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – Somerset – TA18 7AL

MELA GUITAR QUARTET
MATTHEW ROBINSON
GEORGE TARLTON
DANIEL BOVEY
JIVA HOUSDEN

JS BACH

Organ Fugue BWV 578

SAINT-SAËNS

Bacchanale

PHILIP HOUGHTON

Opals

STEVEN GOSS

Carmen Fantasy

BRYAN JOHANSON

Pluck, Strum and Hammer

DAVE BRUBECK

Medley

TIMOTHY BOWERS

Fantasy on an Old English Melody

DARIUS MILHAUD

Brazileira from Scaramouche

EGBERTO GISMONTI

Aqua y Vinho

SERGIO ASSAD

Uarekena

Four masters of the guitar will make a wonderful sound in our intimate West Country venues. The MELA GUITAR QUARTET have performed all over the UK and individually have worked with many different groups. They have recorded the works of Stephen Dodgson and Anthony Burgess in 2016 and 2017. Recently they became Park Lane Group artists and received the IGF Young Artists Award in 2016.

www.melagq.com

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Sara Deborah & Friends
2019-03-14 11:00 - 2019-03-16 22:00 | Tiverton, Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NY, United Kingdom
TOUR 14, 15, 16 MARCH 2019

WELLHAYES – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – TAUNTON

THURSDAY
14 MARCH
7.30PM

WELLHAYES VINEYARD
Wellhayes Farm – Clayhanger
TIVERTON – Devon – EX16 7NY

FRIDAY
15 MARCH
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
15 MARCH
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – ILMINSTER
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
16 MARCH
7.30PM

CICCIC
Memorial Hall – Paul Street
TAUNTON – Somerset – TA1 3PF

SARA DEBORAH & FRIENDS
SARA DEBORAH TIMOSSI violin
LUCY SCOTCHMER cello
JOHAN LÖFVING theorbo

BIBER

Sonata No 1 in A

BOISMOITIER

Trio Sonata for cello, violin & bc

BOISMOITIER

Sonata for guitar & violin & bc

BERTALI

Ciaconna in C

ABEL

Trio Sonata

TARTINI

Sonata ‘Didone Abbandonata’ No 10 in G minor

KAPSBERGERx

Canario for solo theorbo

PORRO/MOZART

Grand Trio (Extrait de Mozart)

PAGANINI

Cantabile for violin and guitar

GIULIANI

Serenade in A major, Op 19

SARA DEBORAH has many musical interests, including running her own Spirit of Music Festival in Hampshire. She returns to Concerts in the West this season having performed for us in 2009 and 2012.

Sara Deborah regularly works with early music groups including Florilegium, La Serenissima, The Sixteen, Dunedin Concert, Brandenburg Baroque Soloists and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She has won many awards including the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2017 Premio Bonporti International Baroque Violin Competition in Rovereto, Italy. We are delighted to welcome her back with Lucy Scotchmer and Johan Löfving.

www.sara-deborah.com/

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Trio Sora
2019-02-14 11:00 - 2019-02-16 22:00 | Tiverton, Wellhayes Vineyard, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NY, United Kingdom
TOUR 14, 15, 16 FEBRUARY 2019

WELLHAYES – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
14 FEB
7.30PM

WELLHAYES VINEYARD
Wellhayes Farm, Clayhanger – TIVERTON
Devon – EX16 7NY

FRIDAY
15 FEB
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – BRIDPORT
Dorset – Devon – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
15 FEB
7.30PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
16 FEB
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street – CREWKERNE Somerset – TA18 7AL

TRIO SORA
PAULINE CHENAIS piano
MAGDALENA GEKA violin
ANGÈLE LEGASA cello

CLARA SCHUMANN

Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17

BRAHMS

Piano Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8

BEETHOVEN

Piano Trio No 1 in E-flat major, Op 1

We are delighted to welcome TRIO SORA to Concerts in the West for the first tour of the 2019 season. Based in France the Trio has won several awards including Lauréat HSBC 2017 at the Festival d’Aix, and a special prize at the Verbier Festival Academy 2018. Recently they have been given a Parkhouse Award enabling them to perform at Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room in the Autumn 2018.
www.triosora.com/en/home

Alexander Ullman
2018-10-04 11:00 - 2018-10-06 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
4 OCTOBER
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
5 OCTOBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
5 OCTOBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
6 OCTOBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – TA18 7AL

ALEXANDER ULLMAN piano

HAYDN

Variations in F minor, Hob.XV11.6

BEETHOVEN

Sonata in F minor, Op 57 (Appassionata)

BEETHOVEN/
LISZT

Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21

SCHUBERT
Hungarian Melody in B minor, D 817

LISZT
Hungarian Rhapsody No 10, S244/10

Praised for his subtle interpretations and refined technical mastery, British pianist ALEXANDER ULLMAN has impressed audiences and critics worldwide with his deep understanding of the scores he interprets, his elegant touch and crystalline phrasing.

The 18/19 season sees Alexander Ullman debut with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (Pavel Kogan), Beijing’s NCPA Orchestra (Markus Stenz) and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. He performs recitals in Germany (Schloss Elmau, Stadthalle Bayreuth and Festhalle Weimar), Austria (Liszt Festival Raiding), Hungary (Liszt Academy Budapest), the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Georgia, Mexico, Korea (Seoul Arts Center) and his native UK. Chamber music projects include a tour with violinist Barnabas Kelemen and his debut at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. In Spring 2019, Rubicon releases his first album, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev’s Six Pieces from Cinderella, as well as Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Firebird suites.

The winner of the 2017 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, Alexander has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Budapest Radio Orchestra and Korean Symphony Orchestra, as well as the New Jersey, Fort Worth and Montreal symphonies, working with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Giancarlo Guerrero, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Valentin Uryupin and Markus Stenz. In the 17/18 season he closed the Lille Piano(s) Festival with Orchestre de Picardie under Jean-Claude Casadesus. Future plans include recital tours to China, Japan and North America (April 2020).

Alexander first came to international attention in 2011 after winning the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. From 2014 to 2017 he was represented by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Born in London, in 1991, he studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music, completing his Artist Diploma as the Benjamin Britten Piano Fellow in 2017 (awarded by the Philip Loubser Foundation). His teachers have included William Fong, Leon Fleisher, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Robert McDonald, Dmitri Alexeev, Ian Jones and Elisso Virsaladze. We are delighted to welcome Alex back to the depths of the West Country. We will miss MICHAEL PETROV but hope that he will return in a future series.

https://www.alexanderullman.com/

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Pixels Ensemble
2018-09-06 19:30 - 2018-09-08 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 6, 7, 8 SEPTEMBER 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
6 SEPTEMBER
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
7 SEPTEMBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
7 SEPTEMBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
8 SEPTEMBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View
North Street CREWKERNE
Somerset – TA18 7AL

PIXELS ENSEMBLE
IAN BUCKLE piano
ALEX HOLLADAY cello
SOPHIE ROSA violin

JEAN-PHILIPPE
RAMEAU

Pièces de clavecin en concert: Troisième concert

RAVEL

Piano Trio in A minor

SCHUBERT

Notturno in E flat, D897

BRAHMS

Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 101

PIXELS ENSEMBLE is a collective of established chamber music players with a shared passion for performing the finest repertoire, from the classical period to the present day. Vastly experienced and versatile, the group appears in a wide range of combinations and line-ups, lending itself to innovative programming and enabling huge variety within individual concerts. We are delighted to welcome back Sophie Rosa.

http://www.pixelsensemble.org/

Pelléas Ensemble & Friends
2018-08-02 11:00 - 2018-08-04 22:00 | Odcombe, Brympton House, Brympton D'Evercy, Odcombe, Somerset, BA22 8TD, United Kingdom
TOUR 2, 3, 4 AUGUST 2018
BRYMPTON – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – TAUNTON

THURSDAY
2 AUGUST
7.30PM

BRYMPTON HOUSE
Brympton D’Evercy
Odcombe – YEOVIL
Someset – BA22 8TD

FRIDAY
3 AUGUST
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6

FRIDAY
3 AUGUST
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
4 AUGUST
7.30PM

CICCIC
Memorial Hall – Paul Street
TAUNTON – Somerset – TA1 3PF

PELLÉAS ENSEMBLE & FRIENDS
HENRY ROBERTS flute
ELOISA-FLEUR THOM violin
LUBA TUNNICLIFFE viola
MAX RUISI cello

ALBERT ROUSSEL

Trio for Flute, Viola & Cello

BEETHOVEN

String Trio in C minor

MOZART

Flute Quartet in C major

MOZART

Flute Quartet in D major

BOZZA
Image for solo flute

There has been a change to the group coming for this tour. Oliver Wass has broken his thumb which is awful for him and sad for us.
We are very grateful to Luba for managing to put together a lovely flute quartet to take the place of the original grouping and programme. Luba and Henry are still coming and they are bringing ELOISA-FLEUR THOM and MAX RUISI with them. We are so fortunate that they are free to be with us as even musicians are allowed to go on holiday at this time of year!
ELOISA-FLEUR THOM is a prize-winning violinist, director and curator. Highlights of her career so far have included performing J.S Bach’s Concerto for two violins with the celebrated violinist Maxim Vengerov, and chamber music with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (LCO soloists). In the past few years Eloisa-Fleur has given performances at the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, the Southbank Centre’s ‘Deep Minimalism’ festival, St George’s Bristol, and has been broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 6. In 2015/16, Eloisa-Fleur held a creative residency at Heima in Seydisfjordur, Iceland. Eloisa-Fleur is the Artistic Director and Leader of the 12 ensemble, London’s un-conducted string orchestra, whose recent projects have included commissioning a new dance work from acclaimed choreographer Alexander Whitley as part of an Aldeburgh Music Residency, and giving the UK premiere of a work by Bryce Dessner at Kings Place. The ensemble recently toured Germany with Max Richter performing at the Berlin Philharmonie, Düsseldorf Tonhalle and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie to sold-out audiences. Their debut album ‘Resurrection’ will be released on the label Sancho Panza in September 2018.
British/Sicilian cellist MAX RUISI has emerged as a charismatic and expressive young artist with an international career built around his love of chamber music. Cellist of the award-winning Ruisi Quartet alongside his violinist brother Alessandro, Max is also the founder & Artistic Director of The 12 ensemble, recognised as one of the UK’s leading string orchestras. He has performed in major concert halls and festivals throughout Europe and Asia, and in 2017 recorded as a soloist for Decca Classics with Ola Gjeilo.
Recent highlights include appearing as a soloist at the Barbican (Sound Unbound Festival 2017) and performing chamber music alongside the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal oboist Albrecht Mayer at the Reeperbahn Festival. Max also collaborates with a wide range of artists, regularly working closely with composer Max Richter and appearing on Radiohead’s latest album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool.’ Upcoming highlights for 2018 include performances at the Elbphilharmonie, Berlin Philharmonie and the Staatskapelle Dresden.

The Pelléas Ensemble was formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011. Playing with “verve and polish” (The Times), they recently won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Henderson Chamber Ensemble Award, and the 2017 Elias Fawcett Award for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble at the Royal Overseas League competition. In 2016 they won both the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Music Competition, and won a place on the prestigious Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Programme. In 2015 they won First Prize at the British Harp Chamber Music Competition.

https://www.pelleasensemble.co.uk

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Erdem Misirlioglu
2018-07-19 11:00 - 2018-07-21 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 19, 20, 21 JULY 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
19 JULY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
20 JULY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
20 JULY
8PM

ILMINSTER ARS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
21 JULY
10.45AM

OPEN MASTERCLASS at
RICHARD HUISH COLLEGE
South Road – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3DZ

SATURDAY
21 JULY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – TA18 7AL

ERDEM MISIRLIOGLU piano

SCHUMANN

Arabeske in C major, Op 18

BEETHOVEN

Sonata No 4 in E flat major Op 7 (Grand Sonata)

SCHUBERT

Piano Sonata No 18 in G major, D 894

We are delighted to welcome back ERDEM MISIRLIOGLU who performed for us in 2015 with Trio Isimsiz. He has completed his undergraduate studies and master’s course in performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both with first class honours, and has just finished his Artist’s Diploma. In 2006, Erdem was a prizewinner in the International Rachmaninov Competition for Young Pianists and was also awarded both the Keyboard Instrument Prize in 2006 and the Principal’s prize in 2008 at GSMD. Erdem won the piano section of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2008. In 2011, he was awarded first prize in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe’s intercollegiate piano competition. A passionate chamber musician, Erdem is also a member of ‘Trio Isimsiz’, a piano trio formed with friends at the GSMD.Erdem regularly performs across the UK, appearing in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Hall, Snape Maltings, Cardiff Millennium Centre and Wigmore Hall as well as numerous invitations for concerts in Europe and America.

REVIEW

Jubilee String Quartet
2018-05-31 11:00 - 2018-06-02 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 31 MAY, 1, 2 JUNE 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – SHUTE

THURSDAY
31 MAY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
1 JUNE
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
1 JUNE
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
2 JUNE
7.30PM

ST MICHAEL’S, SHUTE
Haddon Road – Shute
Nr AXMINSTER – Devon –
EX13 7QR

JUBILEE STRING QUARTET
TEREZA PRIVRATSKA violin
JULIA LOUCKS violin
LORENA CANTÓ WOLTÈCHE viola
TOBY WHITE cello

HAYDN

String Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2

BEETHOVEN

String Quartet, Op 18 No.1

SCHUBERT

String Quartet No 14 in D minor
(Death and the Maiden)

HAYDN

String Quartet in G major, Op 64 No 4

JANÄ€ÄŒEK

String Quartet No 2, (Intimate Letters)

The Jubilee String Quartet were first prize winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition 2010 and the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2013. They also won prizes at the Karol Szymanowski International String Quartet Competition 2014, and Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2013. In 2012 the quartet were finalists in the Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition, Weimar, and in 2013 and 2015, in the Royal Over-Seas League. This prize-winning Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music. They held a Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship there during 2012-13, and the Richard Carne Junior Fellowship at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance during 2013-14.We welcome the Quartet for the first time to Concerts in the West.

http://www.jubileequartet.co.uk/

REVIEW

Ceruleo
2018-05-03 11:00 - 2018-05-05 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 3, 4, 5 MAY 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
3 MAY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
4 MAY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
4 MAY
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
5 MAY
10.45AM

CENTRE FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
WORKSHOP
RICHARD HUISH COLLEGE
South Road – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3DZ

SATURDAY
5 MAY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – TA18 7AL

CERULEO
EMILY OWEN soprano
JENNI HARPER soprano
SATOKO DOI-LUCK harpsichord
KATE CONWAY cello and viol
TOBY CARR guitar and lute
NIALL ASHDOWN Henry Purcell

BURYING THE DEAD
More than a concert, ‘Burying the Dead’ will provide an exciting glimpse into life in Restoration London, through the deathbed testimony of Henry Purcell, written by scriptwriter Clare Norburn. CERULEO formed in 2014 at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and were delighted to be invited back as Artist Fellows for 2016-17. They have performed both at home and abroad, including concerts as part of the Brighton Early Music Festival, at St John’s Smith Square and live on BBC
Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’.

http://www.ceruleo.co.uk/

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Albion Quartet
2018-04-05 11:00 - 2018-04-07 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 5, 6, 7 APRIL 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – TAUNTON

THURSDAY
5 APRIL
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
6 APRIL
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
6 APRIL
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
7 APRIL
7.30PM

CICCIC
The Memorial Hall
Paul Street – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3PF

ALBION QUARTET
TAMSIN WALEY-COHEN violin
EMMA PARKER violin
ROSALIND VENTRIS viola
NATHANIEL BOYD cello

Dvořák

String Quartet No 5 in F minor, Op 9 (B. 37)

Schubert

String Quartet No 13 in A minor (Rosamunde), D 804, Op 29

Dvořák

String Quartet No 8 in E major, Op 80 (B 57)

We are delighted to welcome back the ALBION QUARTET. A shared belief in the communicative power of the string quartet has brought together four outstanding performers of their generation. The Albion Quartet feels a particular affinity for the chamber music of Antonín Dvořák. Their debut recordings of Dvořák’s quartets will be released in 2018, the first in a series of discs for Signum Records.

http://www.albionquartet.com

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Marmen Quartet
2018-03-15 11:00 - 2018-03-17 22:00 | Pendomer, The Church of St Roch, Pendomer, Somerset, BA22 9PH, United Kingdom
TOUR: 15, 16, 17 MARCH 2018
ST ROCH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – CREWKERNE

THURSDAY
15 MARCH
7.30PM

ST ROCH CHURCH
Pendomer – YEOVIL
Somerset – BA22 9PH

FRIDAY
16 MARCH
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Bridport – Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
16 MARCH
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
17 MARCH
10.45AM

CENTRE FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
WORKSHOP
RICHARD HUISH COLLEGE
South Road – TAUNTON
SOMERSET – TA1 3DZ

SATURDAY
17 MARCH
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View – North Street
CREWKERNE – Somerset
TA18 7AL

MARMEN QUARTET
JOHANNES MARMEN violin
RICKY GORE violin
BRYONY GIBSON-CORNISH viola
STEFFAN MORRIS cello

HAYDN

String Quartet in F sharp minor, Op 50, No 4

MOZART

String Quartet No 14 in G major, K 387

RAVEL

String Quartet in F

MENDELSSOHN

String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op 80

We are delighted to welcome the MARMEN QUARTET. Marmen Quartet are the current holders of Music In The Round’s ‘Bridge’ scheme and winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Albert and Eugene Frost Prize. They also feature as a Selected Artist with Making Music for 2017, and are Ensemble in Residence with Salomon Smith Chamber Music Society. Performing regularly in venues around the UK and internationally, they were founded at the Royal College of Music, London, in 2013.

http://www.marmenquartet.com

Ferio Saxophone Quartet
2018-02-15 11:00 - 2018-02-17 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 15, 16, 17 FEBRUARY 2018
HATHERLEIGH – BRIDPORT – ILMINSTER – TAUNTON

THURSDAY
15 FEBRUARY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton – HATHERLEIGH
Devon – EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
16 FEBRUARY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street – Bridport
Dorset – DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
16 FEBRUARY
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street – Ilminster
Somerset – TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
17 FEBRUARY
7.30PM

CICCIC
The Memorial Hall
Paul Street – TAUNTON
Somerset – TA1 3PF

WILL GREGORY

Hoe Down

BERNSTEIN
(arr. J Boatman)

West Side Story

JS BACH

Preludes and Fugues

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

Café 1930

JS BACH

Italian Concerto

REINHART

Quartet in F minor

GUILLERMO LAGO

Ciudades

FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET
HUW WIGGIN soprano
ELLIE MCMURRAY alto
JOSE BAÑULS tenor
SHEVAUGHAN BEERE baritone

We welcome back HUW WIGGIN who played for us in 2015.As one of the leading British saxophone quartets among the new generation of artists, the FERIO SAXOPHONE QUARTET has received deservedly enthusiastic reactions from audiences and critics alike. In 2015 FERIO made their debut at the Purcell Room, as winners of The Philharmonia /Martins Musical Ensemble Award and during the same year were winners of the Royal Over-Seas League’s Ensemble Competition. The ensemble has also been appointed as a St John’s Smith Square Young Artist 2016-2017.

http://feriosax.co.uk/

Really Classical
2017-11-30 11:00 - 2017-12-01 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 30 NOVEMBER / 1 DECEMBER 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster

THURSDAY
30 NOVEMBER
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
1 DECEMBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport
Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
1 DECEMBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 0AN

REALLY CLASSICAL
JOHN CROCKATT violin & viola
GUY BUTTON violin & viola
JAMES TOLL violin & viola
JONATHAN REES cello

Hatherleigh and Ilminster

JS BACH

Preludes and Fugues, K404a (arr. MOZART)

HAYDN

String Quartet Op. 20 No 2 in C major

BEETHOVEN

String Quartet Op. 132 in A minor

Bridport

Bach and Beethoven

Four chamber musicians from the acclaimed Bristol’s Really Classical Relay bring three of the festival’s highlights to Concerts in the West, including Beethoven’s luminous and transcendent late quartet Op. 132. We welcome back JONATHAN REES who played for us in 2012 with Reveries Musicales. He performs with all the major early music groups and is the Director of Really Classical Relay.

http://www.reallyclassicalrelay.co.uk/
http://www.johncrockatt.co.uk/
http://www.jonathanreescello.co.uk/

Carneval String Trio
2017-10-05 19:30 - 2017-10-07 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 5 / 6 / 7 OCTOBER 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster, Crewkerne

THURSDAY
5 OCTOBER
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
6 OCTOBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport
Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
6 OCTOBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
7 OCTOBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View, North Street
Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL

CARNEVAL STRING TRIO
KAMILA BYDLOWSKA violin
SHIRY RASHKOVSKY viola
TIMOTHÉE BOTBOL cello

Hatherleigh, Ilminster and Crewkerne

DOHNÁNYI

Serenade for Strings Op. 10

BEETHOVEN

String Trio Op. 9 No 3 in C minor

KODÁLY

Intermezzo for String Trio

KLEIN

String Trio (1944)

Bridport

Dohnányi and Beethoven

We welcome back the passionate polish violinist KAMILA BYDLOWSKA who played for us in 2015 with the Skazki Piano Trio. She is joined by award winning SHIRY RASHKOVSKY and TIMOTHÉE BOTHBOL for an interesting and eclectic programme.

REVIEW

http://www.shiryrashkovsky.com/ http://www.timotheebotbol.com/

Ensemble Askew
2017-09-07 11:00 - 2017-09-09 22:00 | Odcombe, Brympton House, Brympton D'Evercy, Odcombe, Somerset, BA22 8TD, United Kingdom
TOUR 7 / 8 / 9 SEPTEMBER 2017
Brympton, Bridport, Ilminster, Crewkerne

THURSDAY
7 SEPTEMBER
7.45PM

BRYMPTON HOUSE
Brympton D’Evercy, Odcombe
Somerset, BA22 8TD

FRIDAY
8 SEPTEMBER
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport
Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
8 SEPTEMBER
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
9 SEPTEMBER
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View, North Street
Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL

ENSEMBLE ASKEW
EMILY ASKEW Recorders, bagpipes, shawm, vielle, fiddle and voice
JOHN DIPPER viola d’amore, vielle, fiddle
JAMIE ROBERTS voice, guitar
SIMON WHITTAKER hand percussion and medieval bells
The Artisans were so popular in 2014 that we have invited Emily back with ENSEMBLE ASKEW, formed to fuse Emily’s passions for Medieval and Renaissance melodies/songs and folk styles.
As a member of the Askew Sisters, she has twice been a BBC Young Folk Award semi-finalist and in 2005 won the New Roots competition.

http://www.emilyaskew.co.uk/

Rautio Piano Trio
2017-07-06 11:00 - 2017-07-08 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 6 / 7 / 8 JULY 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster, Crewkerne

THURSDAY
6 JULY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
7 JULY
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport
Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
7 JULY
8PM

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE
East Street, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
8 jULY
7.30PM

THE DANCE HOUSE
Gouldsbrook View, North Street
Crewkerne, Somerset

RAUTIO PIANO TRIO
JANE GORDON violin
VICTORIA SIMONSEN cello
JAN RAUTIO piano

MOZART

Piano Trio KV496

DEBUSSY

Piano Trio in G major

BRAHMS

Piano Trio in B major Op. 8

The RAUTIO PIANO TRIO is one of Britain’s most dynamic chamber ensembles, critically acclaimed for their innovative programming and captivating performances. The Trio regularly use historical instruments for their performances of 18th and 19th century music. JANE GORDON returns to Concerts in the West having delighted audiences in 2014.

http://rautiopianotrio.co.uk/
Jane Gordon
Victoria Simonsen
