2012 Festival
Thursday 20th September
7.30pm – 9:15pm — Old Palace
Navarra Quartet
Guy Johnston, cello
Jack Liebeck, violin
Tom Poster, piano
Haydn String Quartet Op. 76 No. 1
Chausson Concert Piece Op.21
Schubert String Quintet in C D956
Friday 21st September
Schools Concert – Bows and Arias
2pm — St Etheldreda’s Church
Dominic Harlan, facilitator
Guy Johnston cello
Sophie Daneman soprano
Tom Poster piano
Bows and Arias was devised as part of the Wigmore Hall Learning Programme. It is an interactive introduction to live classical chamber music, and includes a specially commission song.
Supported by Harpenden Music Foundation
7:30 – 9:30pm — Marble Hall
Aronowitz Ensemble
Alasdair Beatson piano
Esther Hoppe violin
Tim Boulton viola
Mark Simpson, clarinet
Sophie Daneman soprano
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K. 581
Schubert A selection of Lieder
Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 97 The Archduke
Saturday 22nd September
Einstein and his Universe
3:00 – 4:00pm — St Etheldreda’s Church
Professor Brian Foster of Oxford University
Guy Johnston cello
Jack Liebeck violin
A lecture linking Einstein’s love of the violin with many of the concepts of modern physics that he did so much to found
Aronowitz Ensemble
Jack Liebeck, violin
Guy Johnston, cello
Tim Boulton, viola
Esther Hoppe, violin
Tom Poster, Piano
Dohnanyi Serenade Op.10
Dvorak Piano Quintet Op. 81
Schubert Fantasie for four hands D940
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Op. 70
Sunday 23rd September
4:00pm – 5:00pm — Old Palace
Aronowitz Ensemble
Mark Simpson clarinet
Ken Aiso violin
Alasdair Beatson piano
Fruhling Clarinet Trio Op. 40
Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44
An Immoral Legacy
7:30pm – 9:30pm — Old Palace
The Sixteen Perform some of the best-loved classics of Tudor and Jacobean church music and madrigals, with popular pieces by Britten and Tippett.
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