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Classical Music in St Andrews, Fife

 

Chamber Music Concerts

 

 

The St Andrews Music Club, founded in 1952, each year invites professional musicians to St Andrews in a series of concerts of chamber music.  These concerts are open to all - members and non-members alike.

 

Concerts are subsidised by Enterprise Music Scotland supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland

 

 

The Location

 

Concerts take place in the fine auditorium of the Music Department in St Leonard’s School.  The auditorium is accessed from The Pends and has an excellent acoustic, comfortable seats and an intimate atmosphere for chamber music.  Refreshments are available at the interval.

 

 

2011-2012 Programme

 

 

Sunday 9th October 2011 4pm

Sam Haywood (piano) and Arisa Fujita (violin)

 

Bach               Sonata in E major BWV 1016

Beethoven      Sonata in C minor Op 30 No 2

Brahms           Scherzo in C minor

Brahms           Sonata No 2 in A Major Op 100

  

 

Wednesday 16th November 2011 8pm

Edinburgh String Quartet

 

Mozart                        Quartet in D, K499 (Hoffmeister)

Shostakovich             Quartet no 7

Beethoven                  Quartet in F, op59/1

 

 

 

Sunday 4th December 2011 4pm

Clarion 3     (Sarah Beth Briggs - piano, Janet Hilton - clarinet and Lawrence Perkins - bassoon)

 

Beethoven                  Trio Op.8 (composer’s arrangement of his Septet Op.20)

Hurlstone                    Trio

Glinka                         Trio Pathetique

Bedford                      ‘Dreams of Stac Pollaidh’ (bassoon solo)

Trad, arr Perkins       Three Hebridean Melodies (bassoon solo)

Poulenc                      Sonata (clarinet solo)

Britten                         Character Pieces (piano solo)

  

 

Wednesday 25th January 2012 8pm

Allan Neave (guitar) and Robert Irvine (cello)

 

Antonio Vivaldi                      E minor sonata

Carlo Domeniconi                 Seven short pieces

Roland Dyens                        Songe Capricorn for solo guitar

Camille Saint-Saëns            The Swan

Radames Gnattali                 Sonata

Gabriel Faure                        Après Une Rève

Pablo Casals                         Song of the Birds

Johann Sebastian Bach       A selection from Suite no.1 for solo violoncello

Jaime Zenamon                    Reflexos No.6

Manuel de Falla                     Nana from Siete Cancions & Danza Espagnole No. 1 from ‘La vie Da Breve’

  

 

Monday 27th February 2012 8pm

Passacaglia (flute/recorders/violin/viola da gamba and harpsichord)

 

Passacaglia re-traces the journey of a cultured gentleman’s ‘Grand Tour’ with music by Handel, Lully, Marais, Bach, Telemann, Corelli and Vivaldi

 

 

Tuesday 13th March 2012 8pm

Badke String Quartet

 

Mozart            Quartet no 23  in F K 590

Britten             Quartet No.3 op.94

Beethoven    Quartet Op.18 No.2 in G

 

  

 

 

How much does it cost?

 

Membership with a season ticket for all six concerts costs:

 

    £49  (full price)

    £45  (concessions)

    £9    (students)

 

Buying a season ticket saves £17 on the cost of buying single tickets for all six concerts. Season tickets are transferable.  Season tickets will be available at the first concert (9th October) or may be obtained in advance by contacting the Treasurer.

 

 

Tickets for individual concerts [available at the door] cost:

 

            £11  (full price)

            £10  (concessions)

            £3    (students)

            £2    (children)

 

 

The Committee

 

Hugh Morris (President), Miranda Morris (Vice-President), Kate Elliot (Secretary), Harry Hine (Treasurer), William Berry, Alan Cairns, Alison Cross,  Michael Downes, Catherine Erskine and Simon Kidd

 

 

   

 

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