Concerts in the West

Marmen Quartet
2018-03-15 11:00 - 2018-03-17 22:00 (Europe/London) | 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’

www. ciarahendrick.com
www.jadranduncumb.com

www.kingaujszaszi.blogspot.co.uk

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Amy Jolly & Gemma Beeson
2016-04-21 11:00 - 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 21 / 22 / 23 APRIL 2016

THURSDAY
21 APRIL

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

FRIDAY
22 APRIL

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

FRIDAY
22 APRIL

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

SATURDAY
23 APRIL

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

AMY JOLLY cello
GEMMA BEESON piano

This exciting young cellist has just graduated from the Hallé/RNCM String Leadership Diploma at the RNCM. AMY JOLLY graduated with distinction from the MA programme at the Royal Academy of Music. Amy was the first ever instrumentalist to win the Royal Warrant Holders Aldeburgh Bursary in 2013. Amy performs with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Opera North. She is performing with GEMMA BEESON who is a busy soloist, accompanist and chamber musician.

Lower Pulworthy, Ilminster & Lyme concerts

SCHUBERT

‘Arpeggione’ Sonata in A minor D821

JANACEK

Pohadka for Cello and Piano

RACHMANINOV

Sonata for Piano & Cello in G minor, Op 19

Bridport

Janacek and Rachmaninov

www.amyjolly.co.uk
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The Kruger Quartet
2016-03-03 11:00 - 22:00 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
TOUR 3 / 4 / 5 MARCH

THURSDAY
3 MARCH

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

FRIDAY
4 MARCH

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

SATURDAY
5 MARCH

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

THE KRUGER QUARTET

HELEN KRUGER violin
CLAUDIA NORZ violin
NICHOLA BLAKEY viola
CARINA DRURY cello

We welcome back Helen Kruger with her Quartet. The Kruger Quartet came together in 2014, for their love of Classical Quartet repertoire and to be honest, also their shared love of cake! Their core repertoire consists of the works of Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven and they use instruments and bows from the 18th century. ‘The string quartet is the most comprehensible genre of instrumental music… one may learn something from their discourse and recognize the special characteristics of their instruments.’
THE PRUSSIAN QUARTETS
Evening concert programme:

MOZART

String Quartet No 21 in D K575

ABEL

String Quartet in Bb, Op 8 No 2

HAYDN

String Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6 Hob.III:49

MOZART

String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589

www.littlebaroqueco.com
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Nicholas McCarthy
2016-02-19 11:00 - 22:00 | Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR, United Kingdom
TOUR 19 / 20 FEBRUARY 2016

FRIDAY
19 FEBRUARY

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

FRIDAY
19 FEBRUARY

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

SATURDAY
20 FEBRUARY

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

NICHOLAS MCCARTHY piano – left hand only
NICHOLAS MCCARTHY is becoming widely known as a very successful disabled artist and has performed all over the UK and abroad and has appeared regularly on television and radio. He was born with no right hand and only started playing the piano aged 14. He is very proud to have played at the 2012 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony and supports other young disabled artists. He is the only one-handed pianist to have graduated from the Royal College of Music in 130 years. We are delighted to welcome him to our series.

Evening concert programme:

SCRIABIN/CIMMIRO

Etude Op 2 No 1

SCRIABIN

Nocturne Op 9 No 2

GERSHWIN/MCCARTHY

Summertime

GERSHWIN/WILDE

Etude No 3
‘The Man I Love’

LISZT/ZICHY

Liebestraum No 3

BELLINI/FUMAGALLI

Casta Diva Che Inargenti from ‘Norma’, Op 61

R STRAUSS/MANN

Morgan, Op 27 No 4

CHOPIN/GODOWSKY

Etude Op 10 No 3

PUCCINI/MEINDERS

‘O Mio Bambino Caro’

BLUMENFELD

Etude in A flat Op 36

RACHMANINOV/MEINDERS

Vocalise

CHOPIN/GODOWSKY

Etude Op 25 No 12

Bridport:

SCRIABIN/CIMMIRO

Etude Op 2 No 1

SCRIABIN

Nocturne Op 9 No 2

GERSHWIN/MCCARTHY

Summertime

GERSHWIN/WILDE

Etude No 3 ‘The Man I Love’

LISZT/ZICHY

Liebestraum No 3

BELLINI/FUMAGALLI

Casta Diva Che Inargenti from ‘Norma’, Op 61

R STRAUSS/MANN

Morgan, Op 27 No 4

CHOPIN/GODOWSKY

Etude Op 10 No 3

CHOPIN/GODOWSKY

Etude Op 25 No 12

www.nicholasmccarthy.co.uk

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Consone Quartet
2015-12-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Exeter, St. Stephen's, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Thursday 3 December 2015 7.30pm
St Stephen’s, Exeter, Devon
Friday 4 December
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 5 December 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

CONSONE QUARTET
Agata Darashkaite violin
Magdalena Loth-Hill violin
Louisa Tatlow viola
George Ross cello
Schubert Overture in C minor D8a
Haydn Quartet – Op 20, No 5 in F minor
Schubert a selection of Minuets and German Dances D89 & D90
Mozart Quartet in F major K590
Bridport: Mozart, Beethoven
A student of the Purcell School and the RCM George Ross is equally at home on the modern and baroque cello. He comes with fellow musicians from the RCM, who have formed this exciting new quartet.

@ConsoneQuartet

Sophie Rosa & Simon Lane
2015-11-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
Thursday 12 November 2015 7.30pm
Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ
Friday 13 November
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 14 November 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

SOPHIE ROSA violin
SIMON LANE/SHOLTO KYNOCH piano
Beethoven Sonata in A major Op 12 No 2
Elgar Violin Sonata
Brahms Sonata No 1
Ravel TziganeBridport: Beethoven, Elgar and Ravel
Emerging as one of the UK’s most exciting violinists Sophie studied at Chetham’s School of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and in the USA. She was a recipient of the RNCM Gold Medal and was also awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal.

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www.sophierosa.com
www.simonlane.eu

Ensemble Perpetuo
2015-10-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Exeter, St. Stephen's, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Thursday 8 October 2015 7.30pm
St Stephen’s, Exeter, Devon
(Opposite Marks & Spencer in the High Street)
Friday 9 October
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 10 October 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

ENSEMBLE PERPETUO
James Turnbull oboe
Fenella Humphreys violin
Andrew Berridge viola
Cara Berridge cello
Krommer Oboe Quartet No 1 in C major
Sutton Spring Masque (for violin and viola)
Bartok Hungarian Folk Duos
Britten Phantasy Quartet
Horovitz Oboe Quartet
Martinu Duo No 1 for Violin and Cello
Mozart Oboe Quartet K370
Bridport: Krommer, Britten, Martinu, Mozart
James Turnbull and Fenella Humphreys return with Ensemble Perpetuo, a dynamic and versatile collective of musicians, including Andrew and Cara Berridge of the Sacconi Quartet.
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www.james-turnbull.com
www.fenellahumphreys.com
www.sacconi.com

Musicians of London Wall
2015-10-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
Thursday 1 October 7.30pm
Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ
Friday 2 October
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 3 October 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

MUSICIANS OF LONDON WALL
EMILY BAINES/ OONAGH LEE recorder
IVANA CETKOVIC violin
ALEXIS BENNETT viola
KATE CONWAY cello
KATIE DE LA MATTER harpsichord
THE OLD VIRTUOSITY SHOP
A host of composers to intrigue the imagination: Merula, Smeltzer, Hotteterre, Handel, Telemann, Mancini, Vivaldi, Barrière, Corelli and Biber.Over the years and across the nations virtuosity has had many different incarnations and its nature has been bitterly disputed. This programme contains music written both by and for just a few of the great virtuosic players of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and demonstrates the different styles of virtuosity admired by their audiences.
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Huw Wiggin & Timothy End
2015-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
Thursday 17 September 2015 7.30pm
Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ
Friday 18 September
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 19 September 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

HUW WIGGIN saxophone
TIMOTHY END piano

Milhaud Scaramouche
Bozza Aria
Jean Matitia The Devil’s Rag
Graham Fitkin Gate
Schumann Widmung (arr Liszt)
Savari Fantaisie on themes from ‘Der Freischütz’
Andy Scott Three Letter Word
Rachmaninov Vocalise & Etude Tableau in E flat minor Op 39 No 5

Commonwealth Musician of the Year, 1st Prize and Gold Medal Winner of the Royal Overseas League Music Competition 2014, Huw Wiggin is one of the most popular saxophonists of his generation. Huw studied at Chethams School of Music and the RNCM.
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www.huwwiggin.com
www.connaughtartists.com/index.php/timothy-end/

The Perks Ensemble
2015-09-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Exeter, St. Stephen's, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Thursday 3 September 7.30pm
St Stephen’s, Exeter, Devon
(Opposite Marks and Spencer in the High Street)
Friday 4 September
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 5 September 7.30pm
St Michael’s, Shute, Haddon Road, Shute, Devon, EX13 7QR
THE PERKS ENSEMBLE:
OSCAR PERKS violin
ELLIOTT PERKS viola
REINOUD FORD cello
Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E flat major K 563
Francaix String Trio (1933)
Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3
Bridport: Francaix and Beethoven
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The Perks Ensemble is a vibrant and flexible chamber ensemble, formed in 2012.
Oscar also plays with the Dante Quartet and won the BBC Guardian Young Composer Competition with his composition for string quartet, The Twin Towers, premiered at Wigmore Hall (2002).
www.oscarperks.com
www.elliottperks.com
www.reinoudford.com

An Evening of Sweet Enchantment
2015-07-04 20:00 - 21:00
4th July 2015

FUNDRAISER
Whitelackington Manor, Ilminster
Somerset, TA19 9EF
Helen Kruger returns with The Little Baroque Company for an hour’s glorious Baroque music in the Church followed by a sumptuous dinner and an auction in Whitelackington Manor.
Charity evening to benefit
Concerts in the West

www.littlebaroqueco.com
Illustration by Elizabeth Gadsby

Alexander Ullman
2015-06-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Hatherleigh, Lower Pulworthy, Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ, United Kingdom
Thursday 4 June 2015 7.30pm
Lower Pulworthy
Highampton, Hatherleigh, Devon, EX21 5LQ
Friday 5 June
11am – Bridport Arts Centre
South Street, Bridport, Dorset, TA6 3NR
8pm – Ilminster Arts Centre
East Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0AN
Saturday 6 June 7.30pm
The Hub, Church Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3BS

ALEXANDER ULLMAN piano
JS BACH Prelude and Fugue in C sharp, BWV.848 (Book 1)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2
TCHAIKOVSKY Theme and variations in F, Op.19 No.6
RACHMANINOV Etude in E flat minor, Op.33 No.6
CHOPIN Etude in E minor, Op.25 No.5
LISZT Paganini Etude No.6 in A minor
DEBUSSY Estampes
STRAVINSKY Trois Mouvements de PetrouchkaAlexander studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the RCM. He is the recipient of many awards and has played all the over the world. ‘His performance … will live in my mind’s ear for ever’
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