80^th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

20^th October 2024

Jiaxin & Julian Lloyd Webber

Bach                      Suites 1-3

Malcolm Arnold     Fantasy for cello

To celebrate our 80th Anniversary, we bring the special treat of Julian Lloyd Webber’s wife, cellist Jiaxin, performing the music of Bach and Malcolm Arnold, with insights by Julian into the music and his life.

24^th November 2024

Piatti String Quartet

Moeran                         Quartet 2 in E flat

Fanny Mendelssohn      Quartet in E flat

Schubert                       Rosamunde Quartet

The Piatti Quartet are becoming regular visitors to BCMS.

The Piattis are famed for their diverse programming and for passionate interpretations across the spectrum of quartet writing.

16^th February 2025

Zoe Tweed (horn)      Julian Chan  (piano) 

Piazzolla        Ave Maria

Kirchner         Tre Poemi: i. Lamento D’Orfeo

Erik Satie       Gymnopodie no. 1

R Schumann   Kinderszenen, Op. 15:

     i. Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen

     iii. Hasche-Man 

     iv. Bittendes Kind 

     v. Glükes Genug 

     vii. Träumerei

     ix. Ritter vom Steckenpferd

Charles Koechlin           Horn Sonata op.70

Jean-Michel Damase     Berceuse Op. 19

Wolfgang Plagge           Monoceros

Dukas                            Villanelle

Robert Schumann          Waldszenen:

            vii. Vogels al Prophet

            viii. Jagdlied

York Bowen                    Horn Sonata

Street/Tweed                 Epilogue

Zoe Tweed studied at the Royal Academy of Music. She has recently been appointed 3^rd Horn in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and also is busy playing chamber music and appearing as a soloist.

With a rapidly developing reputation, Julian Chan has given performances at numerous prestigious venues across the UK, including Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, St John’s Smith Square, and the Sheldonian Theatre.

23^rd March 2025

Ensemble Renard  (wind quintet)

Mozart              Andante in F, K.616

Barber               Summer music, op. 31

Mendelssohn    Songs without Words, op.19

Leonarda           Sonata Nona from op. 16

Martin Butler     Down Hollow Winds

Judith Weir        Mountain Airs

Paul Taffanel     Wind Quintet in G minor

Outstanding young musicians who are keen to explore a wide range of timbral possibilities.

They are Tunnell Trust and Countess of Munster artists and Britten Pears young artists. They champion new music which they perform in recitals, family concerts and workshops.

6^th April 2025

Ashley Wass (piano)

Liszt                 Chapelle de Guillaume Tell

Beethoven        Bagatelles op126

Shostakovich   Prelude & Fugue in D minor

Satie                Gnossienne No1

Faure               Après un rêve

Mompou          Angelico

Debussy          Clair de Lune

Franck             Prelude, Chorale & Fugue

Ashley Wass came to fame as the winner of the London International Piano Competition, and as a prize winner at the Leeds piano competition. Described as an ‘endlessly fascinating artist’, Ashley Wass’s musical career is one of unusual creativity and variety.

27^th April 2025

Trio Shaham – Erez – Wallfisch

Mozart               Trio in E major K542

Shostakovich     Trio no.2 in E minor op.67

Ravel                  Trio in A minor

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch was founded in 2009 and features three of the finest international instrumentalists performing today:

Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano), Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

(Concert made possible by the BCMS Patrons)