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The Putney Music society presents A Life of Lucky Chances, an evening in conversation with Stephen Dodgson’s widow, Jane Clark Dodgson. Jane is herself an accomplished harpsichordist and authority on the music of François Couperin and Scarlatti. Her lively personality has ensured friendships down the decades with a Who’s Who of composers, BBC music producers, fellow-performers, composers and other important figures in the music world. She talks to Peter Avis about this rich sphere of musicians, musical memories and influences, and will also play a number of Stephen Dodgson tracks and discuss his approach to composition and life. Putney Music meetings are £8 or year-long membership[...]

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.

Cellist Evva Mizerska and pianist Emma Abbate perform a lunchtime recital of Stephen Dodgson’s Two Romantic Pieces for Cello & Piano, Set A at St George’s Bristol alongside works by Schumann, Janáček and Debussy. The Two Romantic Pieces also feature on a disc of Stephen Dodgson’s complete cello and piano music which the duo recently recorded. Reviews British Music Society Fanfare Planet Hugill  

Cellist Leo Popplewell performs a lunchtime recital featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Partita for Cello alongside works by Benjamin Britten and Elliot Carter as part of the 2019 Barnes Music Festival. St. Mary’s Church, Church Road SW13 9HL. Tickets: http://www.barnesmusicfestival.com/tickets. For the full festival programme, please visit http://www.barnesmusicfestival.com/programme-2019.

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

Karolos, in their trio format of Harriet Mackenzie, Sarah-Jane Bradley and Graham Walker, perform Stephen Dodgson’s 1st trio alongside Mozart Divertimento in E Flat K563. Programme Dodgson –Trio No. 1 Mozart – Divertimento in E Flat K563 Performers Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Graham Walker (cello)

Oboist James Turnbull and harpist Eleanor Turner perform Stephen Dodgson’s Countdown at the Swaledale Festival in a concert which also includes works by Bach, Ravel, Fauré, Donizetti and Vaughan Williams.     St Mary’s Church, Arkengarthdale, Richmond, DL11 6EW The full Swaledale Festival programme will be available at: https://swalefest.org/Whats-On/Programme.   CD reviews Countdown was also recently recorded by James and Eleanor on a complete CD of Stephen Dodgson oboe works. British Music Society (1) British Music Society (2) Klassisk Musikk MusicWeb International Double Reed News Review of Countdown – UK Harp Magazine   Sample or buy the recording Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Music for Oboe’ recording is available[...]

A concert performance of Stephen Dodgson’s chamber opera Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart – a tale of misguided loyalty, passion and fate. Dodgson’s 1979 chamber opera tells the story of Suffolk heroine, criminal and chronicler Margaret Catchpole. The opera immerses us in the internal battle between her own good character and values, and her heartfelt loyalty to Will Laud, a smuggler – the man she loves. Libretto by Ronald Fletcher based on the novel by Richard Cobbold. A pre-performance talk by Anthony Cobbold will be given at 6pm. Venue: The performance is at the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Cast: Kate Howden, Matthew[...]

If Italy was the ‘cradle of the renaissance’, it was also the ‘playground of the Baroque’. Julian Perkins and Sounds Baroque’s The Italian Connection celebrates the infusion of Italian music throughout Europe with a programme that juxtaposes works by esteemed Baroque Masters with Baroque-inspired tonal works by Stephen Dodgson. Dodgson works include Invention No. 5 from Set 1: ‘The Worm’; Invention No. 5 from Set 2: ‘Plush and Roses’ and The New Terpsichore, Book 1. Julian Perkins harpsichord Sophie Barber violin Karin Björk violin Henrik Persson cello Sounds Baroque Italian Connection programme Find out more about Concerts at Cratfield.