The vibrant and extremely talented young wind instrument ensemble Magnard Ensemble perform Stephen Dodgson’s Sonata for Wind Quintet along with music by Byrd, Mozart, Nielsen and Amy Beach, in an evening concert at the Swaledale Festival.
Programme
Shostakovich, Dmitri (arr. Shiner) – Prelude in F sharp major op. 87 no.13
Butler, Martin – Down-Hollow Winds
Byrd, William (arr. McDermid) – Vigilate from Cantiones Sacrae 1589
Mozart, W.A. (arr. Shiner) – Rondo in A minor K511
Young, Toby – Variations on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold
Dodgson, Stephen – Sonata for Wind Quintet
Beach, Amy – Pastorale op. 151
Nielsen, Carl – Quintet op. 43
More details/tickets at the Swaledale Festival website.
Karolos perform Stephen Dodgson’s String Trio no. 2 at the Church Stretton Arts Festival. Every member of this dynamic, virtuoso chamber ensemble of classical guitar, violin, viola and ‘cello is an internationally-acclaimed artist. Renowned for the energy and vitality of their concerts as well as their extraordinary musicianship, they perform a broad repertoire ranging from Mozart classics to recent commissions.
“a dynamic, virtuoso chamber collective of first-rate players.” Gramophone Magazine
Programme
Vivaldi – guitar concerto in D major (arranged for violin, viola, cello, guitar)
Astor Piazzolla – Bordello
Schubert – Quartet D96 for violin (originally flute), viola, guitar and cello
Stephen Dodgson – String Trio no.2
Paganini – Terzetto concertante in D major for Viola, Guitar, and Cello
More details at the Church Stretton Arts Festival website.
Rory McLeery’s vocal ensemble performs a rich and varied programme of renaissance and contemporary works to reflect on Mary, who has been celebrated and venerated in Catholic motets and antiphons since the Middle Ages at the North Norfolk Music Festival. The highly distinguished vocal ensemble presents a programme of music by Ludford, Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Britten, Panufnik, Dodgson, Weir and McDowall.
Works range from the simple lullaby Dormi Jesu by Stephen Dodgson, miraculous cascades of sound by Tallis, Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin, Roxana Panufnik’s complex and emotional Magnificat and Judith Weir’s ebullient Ave Regina Caelorum.
Pre-pandemic, the group both recorded and toured the exquisite Dormi Jesu as part of their ‘Queen of Heaven’ programme.
Taking its name from the Blessed Virgin Mary, a focus of religious devotion in the sacred music of all ages, the Marian Consort is a young, dynamic and internationally-renowned early music vocal ensemble. This ‘astounding’ (The Herald) ensemble has given concerts throughout the UK and Europe, features regularly on BBC Radio 3, and is a former ‘Young Artist’ of The Brighton Early Music Festival. Tonight’s programme, features settings by English Renaissance composers Robert Fayrfax, Walter Lambe and John Taverner juxtaposed with contemporary Marian works by Cecilia McDowall, Bedford-based Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Judith Weir, Roxanna Panufnik, Matthew Martin and Hilary Campbell.
