Programme

We are fortunate indeed to welcome back the stunning and joyful Kleio Quartet.

Programme:

Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
String Quartet in C major Op. 33 No. 3

• I. Allegro moderato
• II. Scherzo Allegretto
• III. Adagio
• IV. Presto

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
String Quartet in E minor Op. 83

• I. Allegro moderato
• II. Piacerole (poco andante)
• Allegro molto

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No. 2

• I. Allegro
• II. Molto Adagio. Si tratta questo con molto di sentimento
• III. Allegretto – Maggiore (Thème Russe)
• IV. Finale. Presto

This concert is kindly sponsored by Patricia and Richard Millett.

We have the treat of hearing the Ébène Quartet, who are considered by many to be the top quartet in the world right now.

Programme:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
String quartet n°1 opus 18 n°1

• I. Allegro con brio
• II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
• III. Scherzo Allegro molto
• IV. Allegro

*** INTERVAL ***

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
String quartet n°13 opus 130, Grande fugue opus 133

• I. Adagio ma non troppo — Allegro
• II. Presto
• III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo. Poco scherzando
• IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
• V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
• VI. Grande Fugue

Angela Hewitt occupies a unique position among today’s leading pianists. Her performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters.

Programme:

• Bach: Goldberg Variations 

This concert is kindly sponsored by Natalie and Jonathan Points.

We are really excited to hear Boris Giltburg playing a gorgeous programme of Chopin, appropriately enough on his way to Warsaw.

Programme:

Chopin
24 Preludes, Op. 28

These are a set of short pieces, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.

• Interval
• Sonata No. 2, in B flat minor, Op. 35
• Ballade No. 4, in F minor, Op. 52
• Scherzo No. 4, in E major, Op. 54

This concert is kindly sponsored by Anne Grafe-Buckens and Vanessa de Launoit.

Three incredible musicians, each rightly famous in their own right, join forces to form a piano trio for one night only, playing a programme of Mozart, Bruch and Schubert.

Programme:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Piano Trio in G major, K496

• I. Allegro
• II. Andante
• III. Allegretto (con variazioni)

Max Bruch (1838 – 1920)
8 Pieces, Op. 83

• I. Andante
• II. Allegro con moto
• III. Andante con moto
• IV. Allegro agitato
• V. Rumänische Melodie: Andante
• VI. Nachtgesang: Andante con moto
• VII. Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
• VIII. Moderato

*** INTERVAL ***

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 929

• I. Allegro
• II. Andante con moto
• III. Scherzo: Allegro moderato
• IV. Allegro moderato

This concert is kindly sponsored by Denise and David Joseph.

join us at the festival finale for a beautiful evening of French song. We are really excited to welcome the wonderful French Soprano Axelle Fanyo accompanied by Kunal Lahiry (piano).

Programme:

Kurt Weill (1900 – 1950) – Trois Chansons

• lament of the Seine
• JI don’t love you
• Youkali

Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951) – Brettl Lieder

• Galathea
• The contented suitor
• Seit ich so viele Weiber sah

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

• Montparnasse
• Hyde Park
• Hôtel
• Voyage à Paris
• Les chemins de l’amour

Sofia Avramidou (1988 – ) – commission composition

*** INTERVAL ***

Gershwin (1898 – 1937)

• The Man I Love – arranged for solo piano by Earl Wild

Spiritual (1870)

• Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Florence Beatrice Price (1887 – 1953)

• Song to the Dark Virgin

Margaret Bonds (1913 – 1972)

• The Negro Speaks Rivers

Gershwin ( 1898 – 1937)

• Fascinating Rhythm
• Foggy day
• I got Rhythm

Bolcom (1938) – cabaret songs

• Toothbrush Time
• Song of Black Max
• George
• Amor