CONFIRMED: Fantasy Divisions – Michael Butten

The Magnard Ensemble and a cast of soloists perform Stephen Dodgson’s short chamber opera Cadilly alongside his Gipsy Songs at the Barnes Music Festival. Cadilly, based on one of the Tales from the Fens by W. H. Barrett, tells the story of a beautiful woman and ‘willing maid’ who is loved by the scholars, their tutors and the townsmen alike but jailed for ‘immoral behaviour’. The performance will take place twice in one evening (at 6pm and 8pm), allowing for a larger audience in a safe an environment as possible. For booking details and other Barnes Music Festival concerts, see www.barnesmusicfestival.com

The Magnard Ensemble and a cast of soloists perform Stephen Dodgson’s short chamber opera Cadilly alongside his Gipsy Songs at the Barnes Music Festival. Cadilly, based on one of the Tales from the Fens by W. H. Barrett, tells the story of a beautiful woman and ‘willing maid’ who is loved by the scholars, their tutors and the townsmen alike but jailed for ‘immoral behaviour’. The performance will take place twice in one evening (at 6pm and 8pm), allowing for a larger audience in a safe an environment as possible. For booking details and other Barnes Music Festival concerts, see www.barnesmusicfestival.com

Guitarist Michael Butten performs Stephen Dodgson’s Fantasy Divisions in the latter’s much beloved Barnes as part of the Barnes Music Festival. This intimate lunchtime concert, rescheduled from last year, also includes works by Dowland, Bach, Legnani and Albeniz. The intention is to have the concert open to the public to attend in person with suitable modifications in place and also streamed but there will be updates nearer the time. For more details, see http://www.barnesmusicfestival.com.

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet reunite to perform a concert of quartets and quintets including Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 2 for the Holmes Chapel Music Society. This is a special occasion as this work was originally commissioned by the society. The Tippett Quartet and Abbate went on to record it together in 2017 and now they are bringing it back to its birthplace. Programme Haydn String quartet in B minor op. 33 no. 1 Dodgson Piano Quintet No. 2 (HCMS commission) Puccini Crisantemi Schumann Piano quintet

Pianist Emma Abbate and the Tippett Quartet pair Stephen Dodgson’s Piano Quintet No. 1 with Schumann’s piano quintet in an evening concert for the Whitstable Music Society. Programme Mendelssohn: String quartet in E flat op. 12 Dodgson: Quintet no. 1 in C Schumann: Quintet in E flat op. 44