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As part of the 25th Northern Aldoborough Festival, the hugely experienced conductor and keyboard player Julian Perkins performs ‘Clavichord Connections’, an exploration of works by Stephen Dodgson and Herbert Howells in addition to pieces that inspired them by composers as diverse as William Byrd and Domenico Scarlatti. ‘Exuberantly stylish’ Sunday Times Buy tickets > More details about the festival and other concerts can be found at: http://www.aldboroughfestival.co.uk/

The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Sonata for Wind Quintet along with works by Ibert, Berkeley and more in Windermere as part of the Lake District Summer Music.   Programme Ibert – Trois pièces brèves attr. Haydn – Divertimento [Feldpartita] in B flat major ‘St Anthony’, Hob.II:46 Dodgson – Sonata for Wind Quintet Milhaud – La cheminée du roi René, Op.205 Michael Berkeley – Re-Inventions Françaix – Quatuor à vents Farkas – Ancient Hungarian Dances Patterson – Westerly Winds, Op.84

The Vickers-Bovey guitar duo will be performing a programme of music for Lake District Summer Music, including Stephen Dodgson’s Promenade I and Pastourelle, at the beautiful setting of Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House in Bowness-on-Windermere. Their programme will also include works by Rameau, Pierre Petit, Joaquin Nin-Culmell and Nikita Koshkin.

The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Suite for Wind Quintet along with works by Bach, Haydn, Gershwin, Ligeti and more in southeast London’s beautiful and intimate Dulwich Picture Gallery. Programme  Haydn – Divertimento in Bb major arr. Harold Perry JS Bach – Prelude and Fugue in Bb minor BWV 867 arr. Joseph Shiner Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Wind Quintet George Gershwin – Porgy and Bess Suite arr. Bill Holcombe György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles Paul Patterson – Westerly Winds

The talented Magnard Trio (subgroup of the Magnard Ensemble), consisting of oboist Mana Shibata, bassoonist Catriona McDermid and pianist Suling King, gives a performance of delightful music which includes Stephen Dodgson’s Suite in C minor alongside works by Elgar, Britten Poulenc and lesser-known composers worthy of exploration and discovery. Programme Peter Hope – Trio Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Oboe and Piano Edward Elgar – Romance for Bassoon Op.62 Nino Rota – Toccata for Bassoon and Piano Anonymous – Caprices for solo bassoon Clemence de Grandval – Trio de Salon Benjamin Britten – Pan, Phaeton, Niobe and Arethusa from Six[...]

The talented Magnard Trio (subgroup of the Magnard Ensemble), consisting of oboist Mana Shibata, bassoonist Catriona McDermid and pianist Suling King, gives a performance of delightful music which includes Stephen Dodgson’s Suite in C minor alongside works by Elgar, Britten Poulenc and lesser-known composers worthy of exploration and discovery. Programme Peter Hope – Trio Stephen Dodgson – Suite for Oboe and Piano Edward Elgar – Romance for Bassoon Op.62 Nino Rota – Toccata for Bassoon and Piano Anonymous – Caprices for solo bassoon Clemence de Grandval – Trio de Salon Benjamin Britten – Pan, Phaeton, Niobe and Arethusa from Six Metamorphoses[...]

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet unite for a performance of piano quintets, hosted by the Stratford-upon-Avon Music Society, including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 which they recently recorded on the Toccata Classics label and a voted a MusicWeb recording of the year. Programme Haydn: String quartet op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson: Piano quintet no. 1 in C Puccini: “Crisantemi” for String quartet Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat major   Quintets CD reviews MusicWeb review British Music Society review Klassisk Musikk review Musical Opinion review You can also listen to/buy the recording at Toccata Classics.

Karolos (Harriet Mackenzie, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Graham Walker, Craig Ogden and Juliette Bausor) perform an array of Stephen Dodgson’s chamber pieces bookended by works by Mozart and Schubert. Programme Mozart – Flute Quartet Dodgson – Echoes of Autumn Dodgson – String Trio no. 2 Dodgson – Pastoral Sonata (flute/cello/guitar) Schubert – Quartet D96 (flute, guitar, viola, cello) Performers Juliette Bausor (flute) Craig Ogden (guitar) Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Graham Walker (cello)

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet unite for a performance of piano quintets, hosted by the Canterbury Music Club, including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 which they recently recorded on the Toccata Classics label and a voted a MusicWeb recording of the year. Programme Haydn: String quartet op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson: Piano quintet no. 1 in C Puccini: “Crisantemi” for String quartet Schumann: Piano quintet in E flat major   Quintets CD reviews MusicWeb review British Music Society review Klassisk Musikk review Musical Opinion review You can also listen to/buy the recording at Toccata Classics.

The Magnard Ensemble will perform Stephen Dodgson’s Suite for Wind Quintet along with works by Ibert, Bach, Barber and more in Alnwick as part of the Alnwick Music Society series.   Programme Ibert – Trois pièces brèves Dodgson – Suite for Wind Quintet Bach arr. Shiner – Prelude & Fugue in C# minor BWV 849 Arnold – Three Shanties Barber – Summer Music Woolrich – Book of Studies Set 1 Amy Beach – Pastorale Patterson – Westerly Winds