The Remaining Programme for 2010

 

March 14 The Reinecke Ensemble - Stephen Pierce, clarinet, Christopher Wellington, viola and Terence Allbright, piano. Works by Mozart, Finzi, Dale, Uhl and Reinecke.

Stephen Pierce (Clarinet) has maintained a busy and varied schedule since leaving the Royal College of Music in 1975. He has played in most of the major British orchestras (including the RPO, the CBSO under Simon Rattle and LSO with Andre Previn).   He is a member of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Stephen’s love of and involvement with chamber music has spanned his entire career. On leaving the RCM he joined the Marlborough Wind Quintet, subsequently played in the Stadler Ensemble (clarinet, cello and piano) and even spent many happy years with the Franchi Saxophone Quartet.

He made his debut as a soloist on clarinet at the Wigmore Hall in 1980. He recently returned there with his wind octet, Harmoniemusik of London, to publicise their CD of Mozart and Myslivecek, released by Virgin Records.

Christopher Wellington (Viola) first ever Principal Viola of the National Youth Orchestra, won 1st class honours in Music at Oxford and studied the viola with Frederick Riddle and Keith Cummings.

In a varied career he has appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as soloist on viola and viola d’amore, given recitals in the Purcell Room and elsewhere, played as Principal with the Philharmonia Orchestra and several chamber orchestras and has been the viola player of the Zorian, Amici and Rasumovsky String Quartets and the Music Group of London. Masterclasses and chamber music coaching have taken him to Australia, USA and China.

Currently he is also the viola player of Trio Obbligato (mezzo soprano,viola and piano) and is the editor of the new edition of Walton’s Viola Concerto (published by Oxford University Press) and other compositions for the viola.

Terence Allbright (Piano) was born in Northampton; he studied piano in London with John Bigg and composition in Cambridge with Laurence Picken.

Terence is also the pianist in The Singers’ Ensemble – performing repertoire for four solo voices and piano, and his song recital partners include sopranos Jacquelyn Fugelle, Dame Felicity Lott and Jane Manning OBE, mezzo sopranos Susan Legg and Ann Murray DBE, tenors Neil Jenkins and Philip Langridge CBE and baritones Stephen Roberts and Giles White. Terence gave many performances with the actress and reader Jill Balcon, and has given words and music programmes with Simon Brett, Susan Jameson, Prunella Scales, Peter Thorogood, Timothy West and Gabriel Woolf. His solo piano recitals include repertoire ranging from the 16th century to the 21st.

Terence is a composer whose works include songs, piano pieces, ensemble pieces and choral works as well as many scores for BBC Radio Drama.

 Programme

Trio in Eb, KV498     Mozart                        clarinet,  viola and piano
                                   (1756-1791)
      Andante – Menuetto – Rondeaux (Allegretto)

 

Prelude                       Gerald Finzi                clarinet and piano
                                   (1901 – 1956)

English Dance            Benjamin Dale           viola and piano
                                   (1885 – 1943)

 

Kleines Konzert         Alfred Uhl                  clarinet, viola and piano
                                   (1909 – 1992)
       Allegro con brio – Grave – Vivo

 

INTERVAL

 

Trio in A, op. 264       Carl Reinecke           clarinet, viola and piano
                                    (1824 – 1910)
       Moderato/Allegro – Intermezzo – Legend - Finale

The Reinecke Ensemble

 

 

 

April 11 Piano Recital by Ronan Magill, winner of Polish International and British Contemporary Piano Competitions playing works by Scarlatti, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin.

May 9 The Anemos Ensemble - Helen Walton, flute, Fiona Reeves, oboe, Bridget Bartholomew, horn, Robert Blanken, clarinet and Richard Moore, bassoon. The programme will include works by Danzi and Hindemith.

June 27 Chichester String Ensemble - leader/director Mark Hartt-Palmer and soloists Arisa Fujita and Mark Hartt-Palmer with music by Vivaldi, Bach, Elgar and Rutland Boughton.

July 18 The conductor/lecturer Louis Halsey talks about 'My Life in Choral Music'.

September 19 Sussex Camerata - Rita French and Martin Cannings, violins, Jane Taunton, viola and Christopher Cooper, cello with works by Arriaga, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.

October 17 Poppy Crosby presents a programme about Antonin Dvorak and his Eighth Symphony followed by the Annual General Meeting.

November 21 A Gilbert & Sullivan Afternoon. A selection of solos and ensembles, culminating in a concert performance of 'Trial by Jury'. Chichester Amateur Operatic Society - director, Michael Walsh.

December 12 'Grappelli' - a Celebration. Memories of The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Mike Piggott, violin, Nils Solberg, guitar and Peter Morgan, double bass.

 

 

Franz Schubert