Sheba’s Trio (1975)

Pianist Osman Tack performs a lunchtime recital comprising Stephen Dodgson’s richly delightful Eight Fanciful Pieces and Schubert’s highly demanding Wanderer Fantasy at All Saints Parish Church, High Wycombe. Tack recently recorded the former as part of complete Dodgson piano CD, which is being released in 2024 to mark Stephen Dodgson’s centenary.

Join the Mēla Guitar Quartet in a wonderfully eclectic evening hosted by the Luton Music Club featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Change-Ringers alongside works by Philip Houghton and Laura Snowden and arrangements of Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Glinka, Milhaud, Bizet, Sain-Saëns, and Brubeck and Desmond. The quartet recently recorded Change-Ringers as part of a delightful collection of Dodgson guitar chamber works. Programme Camille Saint-Saëns – Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah arr. Bovey Claude Debussy – Deux Arabesques arr. Tarlton Andante con Moto; Allegretto Scherzando Phillip Houghton – Opals (1995) Black Opal; Water Opal; White Opal J.S. Bach – Organ fugue BWV 578 arr. Mēla Mikhail Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture arr.[...]