CHAMBER MUSIC

CONCERTS

2019

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Welcome to the 2019–20 Chamber Music Concert Series.

I’m delighted to share with you our programme of concerts for the 2019–20 season and hope you will find plenty here to enjoy. As ever I have tried to synthesise that special blend that characterises music at Kettle’s Yard – traditional and new, familiar and surprising – and that goes for players as well as repertoire. Here you will find the ambrosia of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert spritzed with Lutoslawski and Berg and chased up to date by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Joey Rukens.

This year we have perhaps more ensemble playing than ever – no fewer than six quartets will perform and we’ve mustered two quintets as well. We start the series with the Van Kuijk Quartet who gave a memorable performance for us in St John’s Divinity School back in 2017 but will now experience the delights of our home acoustic. The Maxwell Quartet return too, spicing their offering with idiosyncratic renditions of Scottish folk music. And look through these pages to find plenty more, each with their own particular character, like newcomers the Consone Quartet, just selected for the prestigious BBC New Generation Artists scheme.

To balance these collectives come a number of superb individual players. We welcome Daniel Rowland (late of the Brodsky Quartet) always fizzing with enthusiasm, Alasdair Beatson on piano, young cellist Jamal Aliyev and Sicilian rising star, pianist Giuseppe Guarrera. And the walls will ring with song – ancient and modern, soprano and baritone – always memorable in the intimate surroundings of Kettle’s Yard.

Our loyal band of subscribers knows well the pleasures of spending Thursday evenings listening to music in this unique place. A subscription ticket offers outstanding value for all fifteen chamber concerts, representing a saving of £110 over the year. Please turn to the back page for information.

I hope you will join me to enjoy another exciting series of concerts and I look forward to welcoming you.

Justin Lee, Chamber Music Programmer

Autumn Term 2019 Kettle’s Yard Chamber Music

Van Kuijk Quartet 17 October Mozart: Divertimento, K.138Shostakovich: Quartet No.8Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.59 No.3

Lonarc Oboe Trio24 OctoberJohan Went: Variations on a Theme by Haydn Beethoven: Trio, Op.87Josef Triebensee: Trio in F majorJames Horan: Variations Humoresque on ‘Carnival of Venice’ (1995)

“The quality [of the Lonarc Oboe Trio] is unquestionable and the entire experience in their company, utterly delightful.” Simon Emes, Malaysian Symphony Orchestra

Van Kuijk Quartet. Photo: Nikolaj Lund

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Julien Van Mellaerts, baritone and Simon Lepper, piano30 JanuarySelected for this year’s BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Van Mellaerts presents a varied programme which includes Mahler’s Ruckert-Leider, Strauss’ Morgen & Cacilie, some of Britten’s most familiar folksong arrangements and a range of songs from Schubert and Schumann to Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Quartetto Noûs 6 February Berg: Lyric Suite (1925/26)Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.127

Jamal Aliyev, cello and Jâms Coleman, piano20 February The Max and Evelyn Forbes Concert Beethoven: Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ (from Magic Flute)Rachmaninov: VocalisePopper: Elfentanz, Op.39; Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op.62Lutoslawski: Sacher VariationBrahms: Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99

Spring Term 2020

Giuseppe Guarrera, piano31 OctoberBach/Busoni: Chaconne (Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004)Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne for Left Hand, Op.9Scriabin: Eight Etudes, Op.42Ravel: Three movements from ‘Miroirs’Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7, Op.83

Daniel Rowland, violin and Craig White, piano21 NovemberMozart: Violin Sonata No.21, K.304Debussy (arr. Craig White): Five Preludes for Violin and PianoStravinsky: Divertimento for Violin and Piano, after The Fairy’s KissLili Boulanger: NocturneRavel: Pièce en forme de habaneraFranck: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Gildas Quartet and Carola Darwin, soprano 28 November Purcell: Chaconne & FantasiasCheryl Frances-Hoad: Endless Forms Most BeautifulNicola LeFanu: But Stars RemainingMozart: String Quartet No.19 in C major K.465, ‘Dissonance’

“Stunning piece, exquisite playing… We’re running out of superlatives!”The Strad on Gildas Quartet

Maxwell Quartet 5 December The Jim and Helen Ede Concert Haydn: String Quartet Op.71 No.3Traditional Scottish Folk MusicJoey Rukens: Visions at SeaSchubert: Quartet, ‘Death and the Maiden’

Britten Oboe Quartet 27 February Thea Musgrave: CantilenaJacqueline Shave: Machair to MyrrhElizabeth Lutyens: Driving out DeathLennox Berkeley: Oboe QuartetMozart: Quartet in C major

“The playing of the Britten Oboe Quartet was a wonder of interweaving textures and perfect balance ... a peak of performance” Andrew Polmear, Strings Attached

Albion Quartet 5 March Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.18 No.5Elizabeth Maconchy: Quartet No.3Brahms: Quartet No.3, Op.6

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Maxwell Quartet. Photo: Louise Mather

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Albion Quartet. Photo: Steve Gullick

Tippett Quartet and Emma Abbate, piano 14 May Mendelssohn: String Quartet, No.1, Op.12Stephen Dodgson: Piano Quintet in CSchumann: Piano Quintet, Op.44

Marsyas Trio, flute, cello, piano 21 May Amy Beach: Pastorale & Caprice, Op.90 ‘The Water Sprites’Hilary Tann: In the Theatre of AirLouise Farrenc: Trio, Op.45Thea Musgrave: Canta, CantaFanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio, Op.11

Consone Quartet, period instruments28 May Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.5, Op.44 No.3Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.131

Alasdair Beatson, piano 4 June Schubert: Impromptu, D.935 No.1Fauré: Thème et Variations, Op.74Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26Poulenc: Trois NovelettesSchubert: Sonata in A major, D.959

Summer Term 2020

New Music 2020Spring 2020 sees the return of Kettle’s Yard’s New Music Programme under the exciting curatorship of Tom McKinney. In a series of six concerts interspersed on Thursdays from January to June, Tom will present a range of innovative music and musicians.

Pre-concert refreshmentsThe Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard is open for drinks and nibbles before each concert at 6.30pm. A sharing platter may be ordered by contacting the café at contact@thegardenkitchencambridge.co.uk by 12 noon on the day of the concert.

Getting here Kettle’s Yard is a short walk from the centre of Cambridge, just over Magdalene Bridge. There is no parking at Kettle’s Yard. The nearest on-street parking is at Pound Hill, (2 minutes walk, limited spaces). There are larger car parks at Castle Hill and Park Street. There is cycle parking on Northampton Street. Taxis should be directed to Northampton Street.

Bags and large coats must be left at the information desk and cannot be brought in to the House.

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Cambridge University Library

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Booking Individual chamber concert tickets: £20 (£5 full time students).Annual Subscription Ticket to all fifteen chamber concerts: £190 (£65 full time students)To book please visit: kettlesyard.co.uk/music

To pay by cheque for a subscription ticket send a cheque made out to Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, with your name and contact details to: Kettle’s Yard, Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AQ. Subscription tickets will be available to collect at the first concert you attend.

Please note that the House is not fully wheelchair accessible. To find out more and to reserve an accessible seat please call 01223 748100.

Student Music 2020 Another pleasure for the spring is the return of Friday lunchtime concerts curated and performed by students.

For further information on both of these series, please visit our website: kettlesyard.co.uk/music

Jamal Aliyer. Photo: Kaupo Kikkas

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