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CMF returns to The Wallace Collection for our 4th annual Summer Residency.
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th July 2019
Featuring six CMF Artists, 2019 sees the residency expanded beyond the popular free lunchtime recitals to include a children’s concert, a performance for dementia sufferers, and an evening concert centred around Schubert’s ‘Trout Quintet’ with guest performer, Sholto Kynoch.
Lunchtime Recitals (free)
The daily lunchtime recitals feature five of our newest 2018 CMF Artists: Ariana Kashefi (cello), Tom Millar (jazz piano), Toby Hughes (double bass), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), and A4 Brass Quartet. Their programmes include music by Brahms, Debussy, Clara Schumann, and Jonathan Bates, a member of A4 Brass Quartet, who also offer a world premiere (the winning entry from their latest composition competition). See below for the full lunchtime recital schedule and programmes.
Children’s Concert with A4 Brass Quartet (free)
A4 Brass Quartet will also present an interactive concert for children and their families (Friday 26th July, 10.30am) during which the audience will have the chance to sing and play along in music ranging from film favourites to Rossini and Tchaikovsky.
‘Discover the Wallace’ with Tom Millar (free)
On Wednesday 24th July, from 2pm, jazz pianist Tom Millar presents an intimate ‘Discover the Wallace’ concert. ‘Discover the Wallace’ is the Collection’s programme for people living with the early stages of dementia and their friends and families. Taking the audience on a trip down memory lane, Tom’s programme will include hits of yesteryear, with songs such as ‘Tea for Two’, ‘Mack the Knife’, and ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’. The performance starts at 3pm, with tea and an opportunity to gently explore the Collection with specialist educators starting from 2pm. This is event is free, but booking is essential. Book here.
Schubert’s Trout (ticketed)
The residency will culminate in our first evening concert at the Collection, an evening of chamber music and song centred around the bubbling ‘Trout Quintet’. Joining to present Schubert’s ever-popular quintet, the Eblana String Trio (2017 CMF Artist) and double bassist Toby Hughes (2018 CMF Artist) collaborate with guest performer, the celebrated pianist Sholto Kynoch. The first half of the concert sees Kynoch join with mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston (2018 CMF Artist) to present a selection of fish-inspired songs, including Schubert’s Die Forelle [The Trout]. Adding dolphins, crayfish, and a few singing fishermen to this lyrical aquarium, Charlston’s programme also includes songs by Mahler, Poulenc & Faure. Tickets start at £25 and are able from the Wallace Collection’s website.
2019 Summer Residency: full schedule and programmes
MONDAY 22nd JULY 1pm
Ariana Kashefi (cello) with Maksim Štšura (piano)
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Sonata for cello and piano
i. Prologue
ii. Sérénade
iii. Finale
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Après un rêve
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
i. Allegro vivace
ii. Adagio affettuoso
iii. Allegro passionate
iv. Allegro molto
TUESDAY 23rd JULY 1pm
Tom Millar (jazz piano)
Programme to be announced on the day
WEDNESDAY 24th JULY 1pm
Toby Hughes (double bass) with Daniel King Smith (piano)
Alfred Desenclos (1912 – 1971)
Aria from Aria and Rondo
Vilmos Montag (1908 – 1991)
Sonata for double bass in E minor
Giovanni Bottesini (1821 – 1889)
Elegy No. 1 in D major
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
i. Allegro non troppo
ii. Allegretto quasi minuetto
iii. Allegro – Più presto
WEDNESDAY 24th JULY 3pm
‘Discover the Wallace’ with Tom Millar (jazz piano)
THURSDAY 25th JULY 1pm
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) with Adam Cigman-Mark (piano)
Garden Paradise
Alma Mahler (1879 – 1964)
In meines Vaters Garten
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Ständchen
An eine Äolsharfe
Karl Horwitz (1884 – 1925)
Das Gartenfest
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Im Garten am Seegestade
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)
Die stille Lotosblume
Paul Kletzki (1900 – 1973)
Der tote Park
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Die Mainacht
Paradise Lost
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
Feldeinsamkeit
Rudi Stephan (1887 – 1915)
Heimat
Karl Horwitz (1884 – 1925)
Lied eines Knaben
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
O kühler Wald
Alban Berg (1885 – 1935)
Vier Gesange, Op. 2
Paradise Remembered
Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)
Die gute Nacht, die ich sage dir
Karl Horwitz (1884 – 1925)
Die Nacht
Herbst
FRIDAY 26th JULY 10.30am
Children’s Concert with A4 Brass Quartet
FRIDAY 26th JULY 1pm
A4 Brass Quartet
Jonathan Bates (born 1995)
Toccata 3
Domenico Cimarosa (1749 – 1801) arr. Chris Robertson
Overture to ‘The Impresario’
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) arr. Chris Robertson
‘Little’ Fugue in G minor, BWV578
Andy Wareham (born 1994)*
The Code (world premiere)
Kentaro Sato (born 1981) arr. Jonathan Bates
Mae-e
Percy Grainger (1882 – 1961) arr. Chris Robertson
Shepherd’s Hey
Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945) arr. Chris Robertson
Six Romanian Folk Dances
Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992) arr. Jonathan Bates
Libertango
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) arr. Illiam Quane
Arabesque No. 2
Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) arr. Chris Robertson
Locus Iste
Jonathan Bates (born 1995)
Mists of the Mountains (excerpt)
iii. Requiem from the Tuvan Hills
iv. A Tale of Two Peaks
*A4 Brass Quartet Composition Competition Winner
FRIDAY 26th JULY 7pm
Schubert’s Trout – click here to book tickets
Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Rheinlegendchen [Little Rhine Legend]
Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)
Songs from Le bestiaire:
Le dauphin [The dolphin]
L’écrevisse [The crayfish]
La carpe [The carp]
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Les berceaux [The cradles]
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Liebhaber in allen gestalten [Love in all guises]
Erlafsee [Lake Erlaf]
Der Fischer [The fisherman]
Des Fischers Liebesglück [The fisherman’s luck in love]
Das Fischermädchen [The fisher maiden]
Die Forelle [The trout]
Meeres Stille [Calm at sea]
Fischerweise [Fisherman’s ditty]
[Interval]
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Piano Quintet in A major ‘Trout’, D. 667
Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Jonathan Martindale, violin*
Lucy Nolan, viola*
Peggy Nolan, cello*
Toby Hughes, double bass
* members of Eblana String Trio
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