Concerts in the West

Moriarty Winds
2019-06-13 11:00 - 2019-06-15 22:00 (Europe/London) | 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.

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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/

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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

Alasdair Beatson
2017-06-01 11:00 - 2017-06-03 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
1 / 2 / 3 JUNE 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster, Crewkerne

THURSDAY
1 JUNE
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
2 JUNE
11AM

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE
South Street, Bridport
Dorset, DT6 0AN

FRIDAY
2 JUNE
8PM

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

SATURDAY
3 JUNE
7.30PM

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

ALASDAIR BEATSON piano

Hatherleigh, Ilminster, Crewkerne

BEETHOVEN

7 Bagatelles Op. 33

BARTÓK

from Mikrokosmos / Hungarian Peasant Songs Sz 71 (selection)

DEBUSSY

Images, 2ème série

SCHUMANN

Kinderszenen, ‘Scenes from Childhood’ Op. 15

DOHNÁNYI

Rhapsody in C Op. 11 No 3

ERIC SATIE

Embryons Desséchés

Bridport

Beethoven, Debussy & Dohnanyi

It is three years since our patron, ALASDAIR BEATSON, performed in this series. He came first in 2007 as he was embarking on a life as a professional musician.
Alasdair combines a career as one of the UK’s most prominent chamber pianists with appearances as soloist in especially varied and adventurous repertoire all over the world. His chamber collaborations include performances with Adrian Brendel, Alexander Melnikov and Pieter Wispelwey.

‘the most commanding performance… an entirely convincing reading to rank alongside the finest.’ – International Record Review

REVIEW

http://alasdairbeatson.com/

Maxwell Quartet
2017-05-04 11:00 - 2017-05-06 22:00 | Hinton St George, St George's Church, Hinton St George, Somerset, TA17 8SE, United Kingdom
TOUR 4 / 5 / 6 MAY 2017
Hinton St George, Bridport, Ilminster, Shute

THURSDAY
4 MAY
7.30PM

ST GEORGE’S CHURCH
Hinton St George
Somerset, TA17 8SE

FRIDAY
5 MAY
11AM

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

FRIDAY
5 MAY
8PM

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

SATURDAY
6 MAY
7.30PM

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH
Haddon Road, Shute
Devon, EX13 7QR

MAXWELL QUARTET
COLIN SCOBIE violin
GEORGE SMITH violin
ELLIOTT PERKS viola
DUNCAN STRACHAN cello

RAVEL

String Quartet in F

BRITTEN

String Quartet No 2 in C Op. 36

BARTÓK

String Quartet No 4 Sz91

Bridport

Haydn & Ravel

We are delighted that Elliott Perks joins us again following his visit in 2015 with the Perks Ensemble. Formed in 2010 the MAXWELL QUARTET is rapidly establishing itself as a dynamic and exciting force in the chamber music world. In 2015 the Quartet was selected for the finals of the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition, and was a finalist in the 2016 Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition.
‘wonderful playing … so many great qualities … fiery and imaginative readings’ Clive Greensmith, cellist, Tokyo Quartet

REVIEW

http://www.maxwellstringquartet.com/

Bartholomew Lafollete & Caroline Palmer
2017-04-06 11:00 - 2017-04-08 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 6 / 7 / 8 APRIL 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster, Crewkerne

THURSDAY
6 APRIL
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
7 APRIL
11AM

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

FRIDAY
7 APRIL
8PM

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

SATURDAY
8 APRIL
7.30PM

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

BARTHOLOMEW LAFOLLETTE cello
CAROLINE PALMER piano

Hatherleigh, Ilminster and Crewkerne

JS BACH

Cello Suite No 4 in E flat Major

BEETHOVEN

Sonata for piano and cello in G minor,
Op 5 No 2

POULENC

Sonata for cello and piano Op 143 (1949)

BRAHMS

Cello Sonata No 2 in F, Op. 99

Bridport

Bach and Brahms

There has been a change of programme
due to a family bereavement

BARTHOLOMEW LAFOLLETTE has been identified as ‘the most exciting young classical talent in Britain’ after winning the Arts Club’s and Decca Records’ inaugural Classical Music Award in 2013. Admired equally as a solo, duo and concerto performer. he regularly collaborates with the Doric String Quartet. Bartholomew has lived in Britain since the age of 13 and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Bartholomew’s duo partner is CAROLINE PALMER, who studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and has been a professor there since 1990.

REVIEW

Clare McCaldin & Libby Burgess
2017-03-16 11:00 - 2017-03-17 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 16 / 17 MARCH 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster

THURSDAY
16 MARCH
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY,
Highampton, Hatherleigh,
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
17 MARCH
11AM

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

FRIDAY
17 MARCH
8PM

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

CLARE MCCALDIN mezzo-soprano
LIBBY BURGESS piano
CLARE MCCALDIN has built a diverse career spanning the opera stage and concert platform. She has sung at many festivals including Salzburg Easter Festival, BBC Proms and Edinburgh.
On this tour her recital partner is LIBBY BURGESS, a pianist dedicated to song and chamber music, collaborating regularly with some of the finest musicians of her generation.

A beautiful programme of Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Fauré, Head, Britten, John Ireland, Dominic Muldowney, David Owen Norris, Poulenc, Cole Porter and Richard Rodney Bennett.

REVIEW
http://www.libbyburgess.com/
http://www.claremccaldin.com/

Matthew Drinkwater
2017-02-02 11:00 - 2017-02-03 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 2 / 3 FEBRUARY 2017
Hatherleigh, Bridport, Ilminster

THURSDAY
2 FEBRUARY
7.30PM

LOWER PULWORTHY,
Highampton, Hatherleigh,
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
3 FEBRUARY
11AM

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

FRIDAY
3 FEBRUARY
8PM

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

MATTHEW DRINKWATER piano

LOWER PULWORTHY & ILMINSTER:

MOZART

Sonata in B flat major K281

BRAHMS

Six Piano Pieces Op. 118

SCHUBERT

Moments Musicaux D780

BEETHOVEN

Variations and Fugue
in E flat major Op.35 ‘Eroica’

BRIDPORT:

Mozart, Schubert and Brahms

We launch the 2017 season with a tour by MATTHEW DRINKWATER who began playing the piano when he was six. He then went on to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music in London.
Matthew has a special passion for the core 18th and 19th century piano repertoire, in particular the works of Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert and Brahms.

REVIEW
http://www.matthewdrinkwaterpianist.co.uk/

Emma Halnan & Daniel King Smith
2016-11-17 11:00 - 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 17 / 18 / 19 NOVEMBER 2016

THURSDAY
17 NOVEMBER

LOWER PULWORTHY 7.30pm
Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
18 NOVEMBER

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
18 NOVEMBER

THE OLD RECTORY 8pm
Chaffcombe, Nr Chard, TA20 4AH (change of venue)

SATURDAY
19 NOVEMBER

THE HUB 7.30pm
Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

EMMA HALNAN flute
DANIEL KING SMITH piano
EMMA HALNAN studied at the Royal Academy of Music and won the woodwind category of BBC Young Musician of the Year 2010. She is currently principal flute of the European Union Youth Orchestra and The Assembly Project, and has recently performed as guest principal of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
We welcome back DANIEL KING SMITH, who has given concerts all over the world as both soloist and accompanist.

HARTY

In Ireland

JS BACH

Sonata in C major, BWV 1033

MESSIAEN

Le Merle Noir

YORK BOWEN

Sonata for flute and piano

COPLAND

Duo for flute and piano

BOULANGER

Nocturne

SCHUBERT

Introduction and Variations on ‘Trockne Blumen’

MIKE MOWER

Doodle & Flight

Bridport

Harty, Bach, Boulanger, Schubert and Mower

www.emmahalnan.co.uk

Josep-Ramon Olive & Ricardo Gosalbo
2016-10-07 11:00 - 22:00 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
TOUR 7 OCTOBER 2016

FRIDAY
7 OCTOBER

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
7 OCTOBER

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE 8pm
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN

JOSEP-RAMON OLIVE baritone
RICARDO GOSALBO piano
JOSEP-RAMON OLIVE was Winner of the 2015 prestigious Handel Singing Competition. Born in Barcelona, he is currently on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
He is joined by RICARDO GOSALBO a Spanish-French collaborative pianist who is a Junior Fellow in piano accompaniment at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and a Spanish vocal music coach at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he has also held a fellowship.

BRAHMS

Romanzen aus Magelone Op.33 (selection)

R STRAUSS

Songs

FINZI

Songs

FAURE

La bonne chanson

www.josepramonolive.cat

REVIEW

Albion Quartet
2016-09-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 1 / 2 / 3 SEPTEMBER 2016

THURSDAY
1 SEPTEMBER

LOWER PULWORTHY 7.30pm
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
2 SEPTEMBER

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
2 SEPTEMBER

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE 8pm
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
3 SEPTEMBER

THE DANCE HOUSE, CREWKERNE 7.30pm
Gouldsbrook View, North Street
Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 7AL

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

BEETHOVEN

String Quartet in F minor, Op 95

SCHUMANN

Quartet No 1 in A minor, Op 41

RAVEL

Quartet in F major

Bridport

Beethoven and Ravel

We are delighted to welcome back TAMSIN WALEY-COHEN and three other equally gifted chamber musicians, who have all played in the major London venues and abroad.
www.rosalindventris.com
www.tamsinwaleycohen.com
www.badkequartet.co.uk/emma-parker

REVIEW

Oliver Wass & Luba Tunnicliffe
2016-07-15 11:00 - 22:00 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
TOUR 15 / 16 JULY 2016

FRIDAY
15 JULY

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street
Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
15 JULY

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE 8pm
East Street
Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
16 JULY

THE DANCE HOUSE, CREWKERNE 7.30pm
Gouldsbrook View, North Street
Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 7AL

OLIVER WASS harp
LUBA TUNNICLIFFE viola

OLIVER WASS graduated from the University of York with First Class Honours, and is now studying on a full scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He was awarded the highest ever final recital mark at the University of York and has won many other awards, including three concerto prizes in 2014 alone.
LUBA TUNNICLIFFE also studied at the Guildhall. She won the Max and Peggy Morgan Award with the Bartók Viola Concerto, and was soloist in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Guildhall Chamber Orchestra in the Milton Court Concert Hall.

Ilminster & Crewkerne

PROKOFIEV

selected pieces from Romeo and Juliet

JS BACH

Chaconne (solo viola)

BRITTEN

Lachrymae for viola and harp Op 48a

TCHAIKOVSKY

Melodie in E flat from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op 42

DEBUSSY
Valse Romantique for harp

DE FALLA

Spanish Dance No 1 from La Vida Breve

BAX

Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp

Bridport

The programme above but not the Bax

REVIEW

Trio Isimsiz
2016-06-23 11:00 - 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 23 / 24 JUNE 2016

THURSDAY
23 JUNE

LOWER PULWORTHY 7.30pm
Highampton, Hatherleigh
Devon, EX21 5LQ

FRIDAY
24 JUNE

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street
Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
24 JUNE

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE 8pm
East Street
Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN

TRIO ISIMSIZ
PABLO HERNAN BENEDI violin
MICHAEL PETROV cello
ERDEM MISIRLIOGLU piano

HAYDN

Piano Trio in E flat minor, HobXV:31

SCHUMANN

Piano Trio No 3 in G minor, Op 110

SCHUBERT

Piano Trio No 2 in E flat, D 929

THE TRIO ISIMSIZ was formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. They have undertaken residencies at the Banff Centre, Canada and Mozarteum, Salzburg, and have taken part in masterclasses with Andras Schiff, Steven Isserlis, Menahem Pressler, and the Gould Piano Trio. In 2015 the Trio attended IMS Prussia Cove working with Ference Rados. Concert highlights over the last year have included recitals at Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Purcell Room. The Trio return to Aldeburgh for a recital in the Britten Weekend and a further residency in 2016. Also they will give recitals at Wigmore Hall, throughout the UK and further afield in New York.
www.ycat.co.uk/artist/trio-isimsiz

The Ilminster concert is to benefit Polio Plus
Tickets: £17 to include a glass of wine
Suppers will be available

REVIEW

Mr Handel Comes West
2016-06-19 15:30 - 18:00 | Ilminster Arts Centre, East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN, United Kingdom
SUNDAY 19 JUNE 2016 from 3.45pm
St Mary’s Church, Whitelackington and
Whitelackington Manor, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 9EF
In aid of Concerts in the West

MR HANDEL COMES WEST
LAURENCE CUMMINGS harpsichord
RUBY HUGHES soprano
HELEN KRUGER violin
& CELLO to be confirmed

THE PHOENIX SINGERS
We are very grateful to Lord and Lady Cameron for hosting this event to support Concerts in the West.
Our patron and international Handel specialist, conductor and harpsichordist, LAURENCE CUMMINGS, is joined by award-winning soprano, RUBY HUGHES.
A programme of delightful arias composed by Handel and his contemporaries for the Italian singer, Giulia Frasi. Ruby Hughes feels a particular affinity with her eighteenth-century comrade as Ruby’s favourite Handel roles are the ones he composed for Frasi. Together with Laurence Cummings, Ruby is embarking on an exciting recording project of these beautiful, lyrical and exciting arias.
4PM CONCERT in St Mary’s Church
6PM RECEPTION in the Whitelackington Manor Barn
REVIEW
RUBY HUGHES began her musical studies as a cellist graduating from the Guildhall School of Music in London. She went on to study voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Munich and was awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Susan Chilcott award to support her post graduate studies there. She gained a full scholarship to study with Lillian Watson at the Royal College of Music, London, graduating in July 2009.

Holder of a 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, Shortlisted for a 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, Winner of both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2009 London Handel Singing Competition and a BBC New Generation Artist for 2011/2013, Ruby Hughes is the daughter of the celebrated Welsh ceramicist Elizabeth Fritsch.LAURENCE CUMMINGS is one of Britain’s most exciting and versatile exponents of historical performance both as conductor and harpsichord player. He has been Artistic Director of the London Handel Festival since 1999 and of the Internationale Händel-Festpiele Göttingen since 2012, as well as acting as Music Director for Orquestra Barroca Casa da Musica Porto and as a trustee of Handel House London. He is the William Crotch Professor of Historical Performance at the Royal Academy of Music.
He has conducted productions for English National Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Gothenburg Opera, Opernhaus Zurich, Opera de Lyon, Garsington Opera, English Touring Opera and at the Linbury Theatre Covent Garden. He regularly conducts the English Concert and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and has worked with the Hallé, Bournemouth Symphony, Britten Sinfonia, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), St Paul Chamber Orchestra (Minnesota), Wiener Akademie, Musikcollegium Winterthur, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony and Basel Chamber Orchestra.

www.rubyhughes.com

To raise funds to support future series of
Concerts in the West
Charity no 1139301

Repicco and Friends
2016-05-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Exeter, St. Stephen's, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
TOUR 19 / 20 / 21 MAY 2016

THURSDAY
19 MAY

ST MICHAEL’S, SHUTE 7.30pm
Haddon Road, Shute,
Devon, EX13 7QR

FRIDAY
20 MAY

BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE 11am-12pm
South Street
Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3NR

FRIDAY
20 MAY

ILMINSTER ARTS CENTRE 8pm
East Street
Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN

SATURDAY
21 MAY

THE MARINE THEATRE, LYME 2pm
Church Street, Lyme Regis
Dorset, DT7 3QB

REPICCO AND FRIENDS
CIARA HENDRICK mezzo-soprano
ANDRE LISLEVAND viola da gamba
KINGA UJSZASZI violin
JADRAN DUNCUMB theorbo/baroque guitar
KINGA UJSZASZI and JADRAN DUNCUMB return with glorious mezzo-soprano, CIARA HENDRICK, and ANDRE LISLEVAND, to perform Secular cantatas and chamber pieces by Handel and colleagues connected to the Accademia degli Arcadi in Rome.

APPENA CHIUDO GL’OCCHI
Shute, Ilminster, Lyme concerts

SCARLATTI

Appena chiudo gl’occhi H. 59

STRADELLA

Sinfonia 22 for violin and two bass instruments

STRADELLA

Due arie italiane

LONATI

Violin Sonata No 2 in G minor

HANDEL

Cantata:No se emendera jamas HWV140

CORELLI

Sonata ‘La Follia’

HANDEL

Figlio d’alte speranze HWV113

HANDEL

Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV205

Bridport

MARINI

Sonata Quarta, Per sonar con due Corde

STRADELLA

Sinfonia 22 for violin and two bass instruments

BUXTEHUDE

Sonata in G minor, Op 2 No 3

LONATI

Violin Sonata No 2 in G minor

KAPSBERGER

Ballo Primo from Book four of Intavolatura
del Chitarone

CORELLI

Sonata ‘La Follia’

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REVIEW
