As part of the Monday Platform series at the Wigmore Hall, two exciting young groups, the Vickers Bovey Duo and the Argenta Trio, perform an eclectic programme of works that range from the baroque period to the twenty-first century.
The members of the Vickers Bovey Duo have been described as performers ‘with truly uncanny unanimity’ (Ivan Hewett, Daily Telegraph) who play ‘with astounding exquisiteness’ (Paul Driver, Sunday Times).
Programme
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) – Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. posth
Pēteris Vasks (b.1946) – Plainscapes
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) – Pièces de clavecin
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) – La vida breve; Spanish Dance No. 1
Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013) – Riversong
André Jolivet (1905-1974) – Sérénade pour deux guitares
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) – Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor Op. 8
Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo
- Julian Vickers – guitar
- Daniel Bovey – guitar
Argenta Trio
- Małgorzata Garstka – piano
- Nicolas Dupont – violin
- Margarita Balanas – cello
Tickets are available at https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/select-seats/argenta-trio-vickers-bovey-guitar-duo-201709251930
Enjoy an afternoon recital of romantic music performed by cellist Evva Mizerska and pianist Emma Abbate.
The performance includes Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Two Romantic Pieces for cello and piano, Set A’ as featured on their new recording of the Complete Works for cello and piano.
Programme
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): Pohádka (Fairy Tale)
- Con moto – Andante
- Con moto – Adagio
- Allegro
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849): Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65
- Allegro moderato
- Scherzo
- Largo
- Finale (Allegro)
Stephen Dodgson: (1924–2013): Two Romantic Pieces for cello and piano, Set A
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): Cello sonata in D minor, op. 40
- Allegro non troppo
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
“They have technical ability to spare, and their playing ranges from sensitively shaded in more melodic passages to virtuosically supercharged when the notes start flying thick and fast.” Audiophile Best Find
Reviews of the CD
Join the strings and harpsichord of Sounds Baroque, directed by Julian Perkins in performing a mix of contempory music by Stephen Dodgson, a pair of Handel’s cantatas and a baroque trio sonata inspired by early music from Eastern Europe in the late 17th and 18th Centuries.
Programme
Baroque Trio Sonata
George Frederic Handel – Dramatic Cantata
Stephen Dodgson – Jove’s Nod
Stephen Dodgson – Terpsichore
Stephen Dodgson – Inventions
George Frederic Handel – Dramatic Cantata
“I have seldom seen singers and players enjoying themselves quite as much as in this performance… Julian Perkins’s clear direction must have been a delight to follow.”
Early Music Review
The Mēla guitar quartet and friends perform the launch concert for their collaborative NAXOS CD of the Guitar Chamber works of Stephen Dodgson at one of London’s premier music venues; St. James, Piccadilly.
The concert will include the repertoire from the CD, plus a few extras from their special guests.
Programme:
Change-Ringers
Intermezzo
Roundelay
Selevan Story
Divertissement
Hymnus de Sancto
Four Poems of John Clare
Featuring:
Mēla guitar quartet, Eden-Stell guitar duo, Hartmut Richter violin, Antonia Gentile soprano, Michael Butten guitar, Evva Mizerska cello, Octavia Lamb flute.
Enjoy an evening recital of romantic music performed by cellist Evva Mizerska and pianist Emma Abbate.
The performance includes Stephen Dodgson’s ‘Two Romantic Pieces for cello and piano, Set A’ as featured on their new recording of the Complete Works for cello and piano.
Programme
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): Pohádka (Fairy Tale)
- Con moto – Andante
- Con moto – Adagio
- Allegro
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849): Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 65
- Allegro moderato
- Scherzo
- Largo
- Finale (Allegro)
Stephen Dodgson: (1924–2013): Two Romantic Pieces for cello and piano, Set A
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): Cello sonata in D minor, op. 40
- Allegro non troppo
- Allegro
- Largo
- Allegro
“They have technical ability to spare, and their playing ranges from sensitively shaded in more melodic passages to virtuosically supercharged when the notes start flying thick and fast.” Audiophile Best Find
Reviews of the CD