Thursday
9 October

5pm
Marble Hall

Give and Take

Orlando Gibbons Pavane and Galliard ‘Lord Salisbury’

John Bull Walsingham: 30 Variations

Couperin from Les Concert Royaux – Quatrième concert: Forlane

Ravel from Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude, Fugue, Forlane

William Byrd Pavana Lachrymae, after Flow my Tears by John Dowland

Couperin Le Carillon de Cythère (from 14e ordre)

Ravel from Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso

Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

7.30pm
Marble Hall

Old Meets New

Strauss Sonata in F Op. 6 (1881)

Saint-Saëns Sonata in C minor Op. 32

Matthew Kaner Sonatina Scordatura for solo cello – World Première

Chopin Sonata in G minor Op. 65

Guy Johnston cello

Melvyn Tan piano

Friday
10 October

5pm
Marble Hall

Anniversaries

Ravel Duo for violin and cello

Shostakovich 7 Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok

Claire Booth soprano

Priya Mitchell violin

Guy Johnston cello

Tim Horton piano

7.30pm
Marble Hall

The Muses Restor’d

Henry Purcell Sonata in G minor Z.780

Matthew Locke Little Consort in two parts For Severall Friends

John Blow Ground in G minor

George Frideric Handel Sonata in D HWV 371

Johann Schop Lachrimae Pavan

Richard Jones Chamber Air Op. 2, No 4 in A minor

Francesco Barsanti Lochaber from A Collection of Old Scots Tunes

Henry Purcell Lilli Bullero Z 646 aka A new Irish Tune

James Oswald Alloway House from A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes

Francesco Geminiani Airs for a violin from A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick

Rachel Podger baroque violin

Elizabeth Kenny lute

Mélisande Corriveau gamba

Marcin Swiatkiewicz harpsichord

With special thanks to the Rachel Podger Foundation

Saturday
11 October

11am – 12 midday
St Etheldreda’s Church

FAMILY CONCERT Sharing the Gift of Music

Purcell School

Maria Thomas presenter

Come and share music making across the generations. The music will include works by Poulenc, Mozart and a newly composed piece by Robert Saxton celebrating Ravel, one of our anniversary composers. Fun for all the family sharing the joy of live performance.

Unreserved seating

1.30pm – 4.30pm
St Etheldreda’s Church

COME AND SING HANDEL CHORUSES

Harry Bradford conductor and workshop leader

Handel wrote some of the best-loved choral music of all time. Come and explore both popular and lesser-known choruses, including his famous Hallelujah!

5pm
Marble Hall

SWINGING JAZZ

Pete Letanka jazz piano

Sam Burgess double bass

George Double drums

Pete Letanka leads his wonderful trio in an evening of exciting, swinging jazz. You’ll hear influences of Oscar Peterson as well as Pete’s own South African heritage in a varied set of jazz standards and original compositions.

7.30pm
Marble Hall

FRIENDLY CONVERSATIONS

Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

Wynton Marsalis Meeelaan (Blues-Tango-Bebop)

Mikhail Glinka Trio Pathétique

Igor Stravinsky 3 pieces for solo clarinet

Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

Ensemble 360

Robert Plane clarinet

Emily Hultmark bassoon

Benjamin Nabarro violin

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan violin

Rachel Roberts viola

Gemma Rosefield cello

Tim Horton piano

Sunday
12 October

12 midday
Marble Hall

KEY MOMENTS

Mendelssohn Quartet in Eb, Op. 12

Beethoven Quartet No 10 in Eb, Op. 74 Harp

Doric Quartet

2.30pm
Marble Hall

GIFTS IN MINIATURE

Complete Schubert Impromptus

Imogen Cooper piano

Please note that this concert has now sold out. Please email lucy@hatfieldhousemusicfestival.org.uk to be added onto the waiting list

6pm
St Etheldreda’s Church

FESTIVAL FINALE – COMFORT AND JOY

Tavener The Protecting Veil

Handel Messiah Part 1

Guy Johnston cello

Recordare

Britten Sinfonia

Harry Bradford conductor

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Artistic Director — Guy Johnston

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