2019 - 2020 SEASON
Solem String Quartet
Monday 16 September 2019 7.30 pm
in the Old Hall, Lampeter University
The Solem Quartet are old friends. They came together in Manchester in 2011 and are now Quartet in Residence at Liverpool University, as well as Ensemble in Residence at Aberystwyth MusicFest.
Haydn Quartet no. 23 in F minor, op. 20, no. 5, [Hob.III:35]
Shostakovich Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110
Interval
Beethoven Quartet no. 12 in E flat major, op. 127
Anton Stadler Trio (piano, clarinet, viola)
Thursday 17 October 2019 7.30 pm
in the Hall, Lampeter Secondary School
Three exceptional performers make up the Anton Stadler Trio: Janet Hilton, widely recognised as one of the finest clarinettists in the UK, Robin Ireland, for twenty years viola player in the Lindsay Quartet, and the virtuoso pianist Sarah Beth Briggs.
Bruch – Pieces 1 – 4 from 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Britten – Three Character Pieces (Piano solo)
Schumann – Marchenerzahlungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, op 83
Interval
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Prokofiev – Introduction and Mercutio from Romeo and Juliet - transcribed by Borisovsky (viola and piano)
Mozart – Trio in E flat major, K498 ‘Kegelstatt’
Thomas Mathias (violin)
Sunday 24 November 2019 2.30 pm
in the Old Hall, Lampeter University
Tom is going places. From Aberystwyth, he gained first class honours at the Royal Northern College, with further studies at the Royal Academy of Music. He plays Saint-Saens in the Gala opening concert of this year’s MusicFest.
Bach E major partita
Ysaye Sonata no.2 1st movement
Garth Knox - selection of Studies
Interval
Dobrinka Tabakova - Pirin
Paganini caprices 9 and 17
Flausino Vallé Preludes
Piva: The Renaissance Collective
Thursday 27 Feb 2020 7.30 pm
in the Old Hall, Lampeter University
The members of PIVA have wide musical backgrounds and between them play renaissance, jazz, classical, baroque, folk and roots music. They combine these diverse musical influences with a wide knowledge of renaissance music and instruments. All are multi-instrumentalists, even playing up to 40 different instruments at a gig!. The result is a unified approach to the renaissance repertoire: PIVA aims to be faithful to the music of the period whilst adding their own innovative arrangements and interpretations.
PIVA is delighted to join Lampeter Music Club to present their “Measure for Measure” programme of William Shakespeare's time. He wrote for all of society, from the courtiers who paid handsomely for the best seats in the theatre, through to the servants paying a penny to stand as groundlings in the pit.
They will be performing pieces which run the gamut from village green to stately court and rowdy tavern to country house. As with any PIVA show, they bring the period alive with stories and tales about life in Shakespeare’s theatre.
Aquilae (flute & harp)
Tuesday 24 March 2020 7.30 pm
in the Old Hall, Lampeter University
Lisa Nelsen and Eleanor Turner have been playing together for more than ten years. They think they are spoilt for choice of repertoire for flute and harp duo!
Angela Brownridge (piano)
Friday 24 April 2020 7.30 pm
in the Arts Hall, Lampeter University
Critics have compared Angela’s playing with that of legendary pianists such as Solomon, Rachmaninov, Cherkasky, and Bolet. She brings spontaneity, character and beautiful sound to the platform.
