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Kendal Midday Concert Club Programme 2019-20
KENDAL MIDDAY CONCERT CLUB
LIST OF PATRONS
2018/19
Mr and Mrs Giles Archibald David McInnes
Mr and Mrs E M Astle Judith Marshall
Roderick Bedgar Mr and Mrs Michael Mattock
Val Brodie Nigel Maxwell
Joan Cheminais Robert Metcalf
Mr and Mrs G M Clarke Robin Orr
Oliver Coles Mr and Mrs Tim Osmaston
Kate East Mary Powney
Sheila Edwards Ron Pursell
Anthony Firth Mr and Mrs I J Royle
Peter Freyhan Mr and Mrs David Smethurst
Mary Gladstone Jennifer Smith
David Grundy Nicholas Stainforth
Richard Hall Fiona Stevens
Jennifer Hewitt Jones Janet Vaughan
John Hiley Meg Wakelin
David Holmes Sally Westmacott
Elizabeth Howe Peter Williams
Dorothy Howie Mr and Mrs Bill Willink
Mike Jackson Dr and Mrs P H Woodhead
Arthur Lloyd A E J Yelland
You can become a patron for a suggested minimum donation of £50 which can be gift-aided.
Please send your cheque payable to ‘Kendal Midday Concert Club’
to the Treasurer: AVRIL HALLAM, 5 Harmony Hill, Milnthorpe, LA7 7QA
or to the Membership Secretary when you renew your membership.2019-20
It is a real pleasure to unveil the performers and programmes for our 2019/2020 season.
As ever our Artists’ Secretary, John Hiley, has found an intriguing mixture of solo performers and
ensembles. The programmes, too, offer works by established composers and those less often
heard so we look forward to a voyage of discovery as the season progresses.
Our first concert will be dedicated to the memory of Brian Paynes who died earlier this year. For
many years he gave us the benefit of his time and wisdom, writing splendid programme notes and
biographies and reporting our concerts in the Westmorland Gazette with thoughtful judgement.
He is sadly missed.
Our Steinway piano continues to give pleasure to our audiences and draws favourable comments
from our performers. However, it is nearly 45 years old and we must think to the future.
Fortunately we have a piano replacement fund, built up over many years and large enough for us
to proceed when the time is right. Advice and guidance has been offered from a number of the
most experienced pianists who have graced our stage so be assured that the process of securing
exactly the right instrument for our needs will be both measured and thorough.
After careful consideration we have raised the price of single tickets and subscriptions a little. We
have kept the prices level for a number of years but fees and expenses continue to rise. However
Membership at £8 remains the same and we are pleased to announce that the voucher scheme
offered to subscribers will remain for this coming season. It is also worth noting that, despite the
increased cost of a subscription, there is a generous saving of £35 over the 12 concerts.
We wish you happy concert going and look forward to welcoming both existing members and new
faces in October.
Mary Powney
Chairman May 2019
ALL PROGRAMMES AND ARTISTS MAY BE SUBJECT TO
ALTERATION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE
THE CLUB GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROUS
DONATION OF PAPER FOR THIS BROCHURE BY JAMES CROPPER plc2019 - 2020
SEVENTY-SIXTH SEASON
CALENDAR
2019
Oct: 02 Simon Callaghan (piano) Piatti Quartet
16 English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
30 Ashley Fripp (piano)
Nov: 13 Charles Daniels (tenor) Martin Dussek (piano) Bridge Quartet
27 Pomegranate Piano Trio
Dec: 11 Gitarrissima of Vienna
2020
Jan: 08 Royal Northern Sinfonia Ensemble
22 Sarah Beth-Briggs (piano)
Feb: 05 Katherine Bryer oboe quartet
19 Kathryn Rudge (mezzo) Duncan Glenday (piano)
Mar: 04 Jack McNeill (clarinet) Gildas Quartet
18 Sacconi Quartet
All concerts are at Kendal Town Hall at 13.00 on alternate Wednesdays.
Snack lunches are served from 11.50.
The Club’s website is:
www.kendalmiddayconcertclub.org
Please check here for further information about the concerts and artists
and for any changes to programmes and performers.
In the event of bad weather, and the unlikely event a concert has to be cancelled,
every effort will be made to place up-to-date information there.October 2nd 2019
SIMON CALLAGHAN (PIANO) PIATTI QUARTET
String Quartet no. 3 in B flat major, op. 67 Brahms
Piano Quintet in G Minor, op. 57 Shostakovich
Steinway Artist Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. His
recent tours have taken him to Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, throughout Europe and Canada. He has
performed at all of the UK’s major concert halls including Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall,
Birmingham Symphony Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, St David’s Hall Cardiff and Manchester’s
Bridgewater and Stoller Halls. Simon’s interest in rarely-performed works has led to invitations to
perform concerti by Françaix and Tippett and to give the first UK performance since 1946 of Medtner’s
3rd Concerto. His rapidly-expanding discography includes solo works by Sterndale Bennett, Parry,
Sacheverell Coke, and chamber music by Brahms, Schumann, Chopin and Delius.
The Piatti Quartet are one of the most distinguished quartets of their generation. Prizewinners at
the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, they have performed in all the major
venues and festivals around the U.K., and given concerts throughout the world, with national
broadcasts on BBC Radio, ABC (Australia), RTÉ (Ireland) and France Musique. The Piattis are renowned
for their diverse programming and for passionate interpretations across the spectrum of quartet
writing. World premieres are regularly performed alongside old masterpieces and the Piattis are
particularly known for expanding the quartet genre through their collaborations with leading British
composers. The quartet have collaborated with artists such as Ian Bostridge, Michael Collins, Krzysztof
Chorzelski, Julius Drake, Charles Owen and Guy Johnston. The Piatti Quartet takes its name from the
great 19th-century cellist Alfredo Piatti, who was a leading professor and exponent of chamber music
at the Royal Academy of Music.
October 16th 2019
ENGLISH CORNETT AND SACKBUT ENSEMBLE
‘Echoes of Venice’
including works by Gabrieli, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi
Cornetts and sackbuts conjure up the sound of 16th and 17th century Venice: the beautiful and still
powerful city that was home to Europe's finest musicians. This introduction to a lost world brings to
life music that echoed around St Marks, entertained nobility in palaces on the Grand Canal, or was
performed in the winding streets and open campi of this captivating city.
The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble is a virtuoso period instrument ensemble with a host of
distinguished recordings to its name. Since its formation in 1993, ECSE has performed at many major
music festivals in the UK and abroad. As well as concerts at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and
the Purcell Room, it has also performed at the York Early Music Festival, Bath International Festival,
Spitalfields Festival, La Folle Journée, Laus Polyphoniae, and the International Izmir Festival. ECSE
regularly travels abroad with vocal ensembles inlcuding I Fagiolini, Alamire and Cantus Cölln. The group
has appeared on numerous CDs, the latest of which - The Spy's Choirbook with David Skinner and
Alamire - won the prestigious 2015 Gramophone Award for Early Music.
Following the success of its debut CD Accendo in 2001 - which achieved three 5-star awards - ECSE
has been involved in a variety of recordings, including The Madrigal in Venice, a large-scale recording
of Andrea Gabrieli’s madrigals with I Fagiolini, described as 'one of the most enthralling madrigal
anthologies on the market'. Its discography also includes the world premiere of Francesco Scarlatti’s
'Miserere' with Emma Kirkby and The Armonico Consort, a critically acclaimed Monteverdi’s Vespers of
1610, and a CD by the Flemish composer Philippe Rogier with the choir of King’s College London. 2011
saw the release of Le Divin Arcadelt with Musica Contexta, and a further CD collaboration with I
Fagiolini: the world premiere recording of the momentous 40-part mass Ecco si beato giorno by
Alessandro Striggio, which won both the Gramophone Award for Early Music and the Diapason d'Or.October 30th 2019
ASHLEY FRIPP (piano)
Four Impromptus, D899 Schubert
Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op. 58 Chopin
British pianist Ashley Fripp has performed extensively as recitalist, chamber musician and concerto
soloist throughout Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australia in many of the world’s most
prestigious concert halls. Highlights include the Carnegie Hall (New York), Musikverein (Vienna),
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and the Royal Festival, Barbican and Wigmore Halls (London). He has won
prizes at more than a dozen national and international competitions, including at the Hamamatsu (Japan),
Birmingham and Leeds International Piano Competitions, the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, the
Concours Européen de Piano (France) and the coveted Gold Medal from the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama. He has also performed in the Chipping Campden, Edinburgh, Brighton, Bath, City of London and St.
Magnus International Festivals as well as the Oxford International Piano Festival and the Festival Pontino di
Musica (Italy). A frequent guest on broadcasting networks, Ashley has appeared on BBC television and
radio, Euroclassical, Eurovision TV and the national radio stations of Hungary, Spain, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and Portugal. He has collaborated with orchestras including the Lithuanian
National Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, and the Kammerorchester der
Universität Regensburg (with whom, in 2012, he recorded Chopin Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2). Ashley Fripp
studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Ronan O’Hora. He is currently undertaking doctoral
studies into the piano music of Thomas Adès at the Guildhall School.
November 13th, 2019
CHARLES DANIELS (tenor) MICHAEL DUSSEK (piano) BRIDGE QUARTET
Piano Quintet in D minor Bridge ‘When you are old and grey’ Bridge
'Sleep' Gurney 'On Wenlock Edge' Vaughan Williams
Charles Daniels studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and at the Royal College of Music in London. He has
a prolific recording legacy having made over ninety recordings ranging from the earliest renaissance music
through to the contemporary repertoire. Charles performs frequently with Netherlands Baroque Society
(Jos van Veldhoven) and makes regular appearances throughout Canada where he works with Les Voix
Baroques, Les Voix Humaines, Toronto Consort, Tafelmusik and with Early Music Vancouver and at the
Montreal Baroque Festival.
Michael Dussek specialises in chamber music and song accompaniment. For more than thirty years he
has been privileged to perform in the world’s major concert halls with internationally acclaimed artists. He
has also collaborated with the Bridge, Chilingirian, Coull and Dante String Quartets. As a member of three
chamber ensembles, the Dussek Piano Trio, Endymion and Primavera, Michael performs regularly at
Britain’s major concert venues. With Endymion he has performed at Kings Place and the Wigmore Hall.
Michael’s discography is extensive and includes a highly acclaimed series of recordings of 20 th century
British composers. These include York Bowen’s first three Piano Concertos with the BBC Concert Orchestra
under Vernon Handley. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, where he is also Head of Piano
Accompaniment.
Since 1989, the Bridge String Quartet of London enjoys a reputation as an ambassador for English music
through enterprising programming supported by excellent recordings. The group has travelled widely to
festivals in USA, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Kenya and has broadcast English music live on the
BBC and on various continental radio stations. The history of the Bridge Quartet has been sprinkled with
“discoveries”, some of which have now gone into publication, such as Delius’ 1888 Quartet and Alwyn’s
“Winter Poems”, not to mention Bridge’s own early works for quartet and quintet. Their CDs of Frank
Bridge chamber music all received great critical acclaim, the most recent of these featuring his Piano
Quintet, Rhapsody String Trio, “Lament” for two violas and smaller quartet works. Their latest EMR CD
“Heracleitus”, is a WW1 Gurney and Butterworth collaboration with tenor Charles Daniels and pianist
Michael Dussek. This has inspired a “follow-on” 2018 CD project of Gurney’s song cycle “The Western
Playland” with Roderick Williams baritone, and the completion of Gurney’s 1925 D minor quartet.November 27th, 2019
POMEGRANATE PIANO TRIO
Piano Trio in B flat major, K502 Mozart
Piano Trio in A Minor Ravel
Since giving its debut concert for the City of London Chamber Music Society in 2014 the Pomegranate
Piano Trio, has quickly established a reputation for fine performances. It now pursues a busy concert diary
throughout the U.K. As highly successful musicians in their own right, the highlights of their combined solo
and chamber concerts have been at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wiener
Musikverein, The Lincoln Center, New York, and Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Fenella Barton (violin) has performed as a chamber musician at the BBC Proms, Queen Elizabeth Hall,
Wigmore Hall, Kings Place and internationally. Her collaborators include Martin Lovett, Piers Lane, Thomas
Carroll, Finghin Collins, the Vellinger and Medici Quartets, the Schubert, Fibonacci, and Capricorn
Ensembles and the Gaudier Ensemble formed of principal players of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Rebecca Hepplewhite (cello) performs throughout the UK and abroad as a soloist and chamber musician.
She has appeared in international chamber music festivals and concert series with performances at
prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall and the Bridgewater Hall. Her performance of the Elgar Cello
Concerto was named in the Sunday Times 'Top Ten', and she was subsequently invited to undertake major
concerto tours of Ireland, France and Spain, performing the Elgar, Saint-Saens and Dvorak Concertos.
Andrew West (piano) is Artistic Director of the Nuremberg Chamber Music Festival and professor of
piano at the Royal Academy of Music. Partners have included violinist Sarah Chang and a long-standing
collaboration with flautist Emily Beynon. He works regularly with some of Britain’s leading singers; in
particular, his work with Mark Padmore has included a world premiere by Birtwistle (Aldeburgh Festival)
and Schubert recitals at the South Bank, Lincoln Center, New York, and the Library of Congress,
Washington. He has given solo recital and concerto performances worldwide.
December 11th, 2019
GITARRISSIMA OF VIENNA
Olga Dimitrova (octave guitar), Maksim Jablocnik (acoustic bass guitar)
Reka Mihalovics-Zottmann, Antonina Ovchinnikova, Katarina Maric (concert guitars)
‘A Christmas Celebration’
including works by Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Copland and Khachaturian
This internationally sought-after ensemble, was formed in 2001. By 2002, Gitarrissima was a prize-
winner at the International Guitar Competition Open Springs in Osnabrück (Germany) and, with bold
arrangements of music which were originally not composed for guitars, the ensemble quickly rose to
prominence on concert platforms not only in Europe: in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, England,
Croatia, Hungary, and Estonia, but also beyond: in Taiwan, China and Mexico. In 2014 they won 3rd
Prize and the special Audience Prize at the 3rd International Competition for Guitar Ensembles in
Aschaffenburg, Germany.
The repertoire of this unique ensemble of five young female guitarists comprises not only
arrangements of well-known orchestral works from the classical music repertoire, but also from jazz
and pop, as well as from exotic ethnic groups. Thanks to their original arrangements and their unusual
line-up - the quintet consists of an octave guitar, three concert guitars and an acoustic bass guitar -
the ensemble breaks new ground in the genre of classical guitar music. They create a refreshingly
original sound characterized by a wealth of musical colour which gives a new dimension to popular
classical works as well as to less well known compositions. One former member of the ensemble,
Krisztina Groß Dobó is responsible for many of the arrangements, which make ingenious use of the
entire range of guitar playing techniques including percussive effects.January 8th, 2020
ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA ENSEMBLE
String Sextet in F minor Op 23 no 4 in F minor Boccherini
String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, ‘Souvenir de Florence’ Tchaikovsky
We look forward once again to another mouth-watering programme by an ensemble from Royal
Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of Sage Gateshead, the UK’s only full-time chamber orchestra. Founded
in 1958, RNS has built a world-wide reputation for the North East through the quality of its music-
making and the immediacy of the connections the musicians make with audiences. The orchestra
regularly flies the flag for the region at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms, their 2019
performance of Handel’s Water Music at The Stage @ the Dock in Hull being the first Prom performed
outside of London since 1930. They appear frequently at venues and festivals in Europe, and recently
toured to South America, China and South Korea.
Boccherini's six String Sextets are not only among the finest of his works, but also among the best,
and earliest, of the genre. If ever proof was needed that Boccherini was no poor country cousin to his
contemporary celebrities, Haydn and Mozart, it can be found in these works in which Boccherini
‘delightfully blends dignity, pensiveness, ebullience and wit.’ Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence was
begun in Florence in 1890 during work on The Queen of Spades. The glorious duet for violin and cello in
the Adagio probably gives the piece its title but the whole work has an over-riding ‘Russian’ feel. It is
one of the most popular and happiest works in the string chamber music repertoire.
January 22nd, 2020
SARAH BETH BRIGGS (piano)
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, Book 1 of 48 Bach
Sonata in C minor, op 13 'Pathetique' Beethoven Sonatina no 2 in A minor Gál
Arabeske Schumann Ballade no 1 in G minor Chopin
Sarah Beth Briggs was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition at the age of 11 in 1984 and
one of the youngest recipients of a Dame Myra Hess Award at the same age. She was joint winner of
the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg at the age of 15. She studied in Newcastle, York and
Birmingham with Denis Matthews, in Switzerland with one of Claudio Arrau's most renowned
students, Edith Fischer and, through a Hindemith Foundation chamber scholarship, with Bruno
Giuranna.
A soloist and chamber musician, she has broadcast, performed live and given masterclasses in the
UK, around Europe and the USA and has worked with many international orchestras including the
Hallé, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,
BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. She was a
founder member of Trio Melzi (2000 -2016). In addition to her piano duet venture with James Lisney,
she now leads three chamber groups: Anton Stadler Trio (with clarinettist Janet Hilton and violist Robin
Ireland), Clarion3 (with Janet Hilton and bassoonist Laurence Perkins), and a duo with Janet Hilton. She
also taught keyboard at the University of York.
She has recorded works by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten (the world premiere of whose Three
Character Pieces she gave in 1989), Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Rawsthorne. In
May 2016, Briggs released her first concerto CD featuring Mozart Concerto in E flat, K482 and the
world premiere recording of Hans Gál's Piano Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Kenneth
Woods.February 5th, 2020
Katherine Bryer (oboe) Jessica Coleman (violin) Marsailidh Groat (viola) Donald Robinson (cello)
Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370 Mozart Oboe Quartet Helen Grime
‘Mondnacht’ (arr. Colin Matthews) Schumann Phantasy Quartet Britten
Katherine Bryer studied at St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh, with Joe Houghton. She graduated with first
class honours from the Royal Academy of Music in 2017, continuing her studies on the Academy’s Master of Arts
course. Katherine has appeared with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and is the recipient of numerous awards, including all three of the
Academy oboe and cor anglais prizes, as well as a Dewar Arts Award, and a ‘Star Award’ from the Countess of
Munster Musical Trust.
Scottish violinist, Jessica Coleman, is based in London. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, she
has worked alongside renowned conductors such as Vasily Petrenko and Sir Roger Norrington and has
performed with many orchestras including City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestraa and Scottish Chamber
Orchestra. Jessica also performs regularly as a chamber musician and was a founding member of the Vasara
Quartet, receiving first prize at the Britten Intercollegiate String Quartet Competition. Her chamber music
engagements have led to performances in the Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall, and tours to
Sweden, Spain, Italy and Kuwait.
Marsailidh Groat is London based, performing throughout Europe as a chamber musician, teacher and
orchestral player. She graduated from the Royal College of Music in July 2018, where she studied with Andriy
Viytovych. In her final year she was awarded the RCM Unaccompanied Bach Prize, and performed as Principal
Viola alongside musicians from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Marsailidh has performed throughout the UK
with orchestras including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Mozart Players and led the violas of
Street Orchestra Live, an orchestra committed to bringing music to people outside the traditional setting of the
concert hall, in UK-wide tours.
Donald Robinson, from Glasgow, was principal cello of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland taking part in
a BBC Prom at the Royal Albert Hall conducted by Donald Runnicles. From 2013-2016 Donald studied with
Professor Alexander Baillie in Bremen. He gave his concerto debut in 2013 playing Saint-Saen’s Concerto in A
minor. In September 2016 Donald began studying at the Royal College of Music with Melissa Phelps, and was
principal cellist of the RCM Symphony, Philharmonic and Opera Orchestras under such conductors as Vladimir
Ashkenazy and Bernard Haitink. Donald graduated with first class honours in 2018 and now works in London as
a cellist and teacher.
THIS CONCERT IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTESS OF MUNSTER MUSICAL TRUST
February 19th, 2020
KATHRYN RUDGE (mezzo) DUNCAN GLENDAY (piano)
Songs from British composers, 1823-1945; music by Elgar, Britten, Eric Coates and Ivor Novello.
Liverpool-born, Kathryn Rudge studied at the RNCM and has been the recipient of numerous awards including
the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary. Featured as The Times Rising Star of Classical Music 2012, she made her
professional opera debut with ENO as Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) directed by Fiona Shaw. Since then,
Kathryn has performed leading roles at English National Opera, Garsington, Glyndebourne and Opera North.
Kathryn also regularly performs with orchestras and has performed under the baton of both Sir Mark Elder and
Sir Andrew Davis. Concert highlights include a WW2 remembrance concert in Westminster Chapel with the Band
of the Household Cavalry; Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius (Angel) with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; and
Elgar’s ‘Sea Pictures’ with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Kathryn has a recordings portfolio including: Elgar
Orchestral Songs with BBC Concert Orchestra; Michael Nyman’s ‘Symphony No.11 Hillsborough Memorial’ with
the RLPO and her debut recital disc: ‘Love’s Old Sweet Song‘ with pianist James Baillieu.
British concert pianist Duncan Glenday enjoys a busy career as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician
and teacher. He trained at the RNCM with Renna Kellaway and John Gough, on the joint course with Manchester
University, graduating with a first class honours degree and the prestigious RNCM Diploma in professional
performance. He won first prize in the 1994 John Ireland Competition. He has performed extensively throughout
the UK at venues such as St James’ Piccadilly, Bridgewater Hall, the Sheldonian Theatre, and with the Northern
Chamber Orchestra at the Lowry in Salford. In addition to an active solo career, Duncan is in great demand as an
accompanist and chamber musician, with collaborations recently taking him to LDSM and the Buxton and
Ryedale Festivals. He has recorded for BBC Radio and has partnered numerous exceptional vocalists in recital,
including David Kempster, Katherine Broderick and Kathryn Rudge. Duncan is currently a tutor of piano at
Manchester University, Chetham’s School of Music and at the RNCM Junior Department.March 4th, 2020
JACK McNEILL (clarinet) GILDAS QUARTET
Clarinet Quintet in F Sharp Minor Op.10 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Gumboots (2008) David Bruce
Jack McNeill is a clarinettist, composer and cross-discipline musician, performing regularly with the
Gildas Quartet, members of Le Page Ensemble and CHROMA. His work as a freelance musician
involves musical collaborations ranging from the LSO with Steve Reich, RSC and Gecko Theatre, BBC
Singers, the Hilliard Ensemble and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Improviser and
passionate contemporary musician, Jack has given complete performances of Henze's Le Miracle de la
Rose and Stockhausen’s Harlekin; a substantial work performed from memory where the clarinettist is
required to dance and mime while playing! A passionate educator, Jack teaches at Birmingham and
Nottingham Universities and is currently director of the chamber music strand of Aldeburgh Young
Musicians.
Gildas Quartet have performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall,
Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, and on BBC Radio 3. Praised for their 'energy, verve and refreshing
approach', their bold and explorative approach to performance has been widely recognised. They are
equally passionate about new music and works from the quartet canon. The quartet has been
privileged to work with composers including Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Colin Matthews on performing
their works for quartet. They recently completed a recording of two works by Cheryl Frances-Hoad for
the Champs Hill label. The quartet has given recitals at international festivals such as Two Moors,
Oxford Lieder, Kings Lynn, and Cheltenham, and have collaborated with musicians such as the Brodsky
Quartet, Nicholas Daniels, Robin Tritschler, Alexander Baillie, and Matthew Barley.
BOTH THIS CONCERT AND THE ASSOCIATED PRIMARY SCHOOLS CONCERT
ARE SPONSORED BY THE BEQUESTS OF MARGARET JACKSON AND DERRICK JOHNSON
March 18th, 2020
SACCONI QUARTET
Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson (violins) Robin Ashwell (viola) Cara Berridge (cello)
String Quartet Op 64 No. 5 in D major ‘The Lark’ Haydn
String Quartet No.1 in E flat, Op.12 Mendelssohn
The award-winning Sacconi Quartet is recognised for its unanimous and compelling ensemble, and
fresh, imaginative approach. Formed in 2001, its four founder members continue to demonstrate a
shared passion for string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy
and enthusiasm. They are Quartet in Association at the Royal College of Music.
2017 saw the release of three highly praised new CDs: In Damascus, their CD of music by Jonathan
Dove including In Damascus, commissioned by the Quartet, and featuring Mark Padmore and Charles
Owen; Graham Fitkin’s complete string quartets; and three of John McCabe’s quintets, with the
composer on piano, horn player David Pyatt, and baritone Roderick Williams. In Damascus hit the
Classical Top Ten, and was chosen as one of Gramophone Magazine’s 2018 Recordings of the Year.
2018-19 included a cruise to the Arctic circle, performing fifteen concerts with artists including Simon
Rowland-Jones and Tim Horton; two Wigmore Hall concerts (the first with Daniel Hope and Freddy
Kempf); a tour of the rarely heard John Ireland Sextet with Robert Plane and Alec Frank-Gemmill; and a
new commission by Judith Bingham. 2018 saw the eleventh year of the Sacconi Chamber Music Festival
in Folkestone, with Graham Fitkin as composer in residence and collaborations with the London Bridge
Trio, Moray Welsh and African trio Chesaba.
The name Sacconi Quartet comes from the outstanding twentieth-century Italian luthier and
restorer Simone Sacconi, whose book The Secrets of Stradivari is considered an indispensable
reference for violin makers. Robin is indebted to Ellen Solomon for the use of his viola. Ben, Hannah &
Cara have all been generously loaned their instruments by the Royal Society of Musicians, a charity
which helps musicians in need, for which they are extremely grateful.Westmorland Orchestra 2019-20 Season
Music Director: Richard Howarth
Sunday 8th December 2019 at 3.00pm
Westmorland Hall, Lakes Leisure, Kendal
Shall We Dance?
A selection of dance music including De Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance
and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, plus music by Prokofiev and Glazunov
Joo Yeon Sir - Violin
Saturday 14th March 2020 at 7.30pm
Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands
Beethoven Prometheus Overture and Ballet Music
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 Serene Koh - Piano
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4
Saturday 16th May 2020 at 7.30pm
Westmorland Hall, Lakes Leisure, Kendal
Melvin Tay - Conductor
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Rimsky Korsakov Trombone Concerto Ellena Newton - Trombone
Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
www.westmorlandorchestra.org.uk
World-class orchestras come to Kendal!
Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society will be staging
another exciting series of concerts
from September 2019 to April 2020.
Please see the website for details and booking:
www.lakelandsinfonia.org.ukKENDAL MIDDAY CONCERT CLUB
Chairman: MARY POWNEY
Hon. Artists’ Secretary
JOHN HILEY
Woodside Cottage, Ings,
Kendal. LA8 9PY
Hon. Membership Secretary:
ELIZABETH MORETON
South Lodge, The Common,
Windermere, LA23 1JQ
All concerts are for 1 hour at 13.00 on alternate Wednesdays
at Kendal Town Hall, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4DL
Snack Lunch available from 11.50
SEASON TICKET and MEMBERSHIP FEE £93
(Membership Fee (£8) can be Gift-aided)
and for an additional suggested minimum donation of £50,
which can also be gift aided, you can become a Patron
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available in December and January for 2nd half-season
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SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS £10
can be obtained at the hall on the day of performance from 12 noon.
KMCC is supported by Making Music
The National Federation of Music Societies
Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the Town Hall
FIRE PRECAUTIONS:
IF THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDS, THE FIRE STEWARDS WILL EVACUATE THE HALL
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, INDICATING WHICH FIRE EXIT SHOULD BE USED.
IN THE EVENT OF FIRE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE LIFT. DO NOT STOP
TO COLLECT PERSONAL BELONGINGS. DO NOT RE-ENTER THE BUILDING
KMCC is a Registered Charity No. 502340
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