Concert dates for 2010/11

 

W.A. Mozart - Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493

Joaquín Turina - Piano Quartet in A minor, op.67

Richard Strauss - Piano Quartet in C minor, op.13

 

The Amsterdam Chamber Soloists are a new ensemble from Holland making their UK debut here in Southwold. Comprised of multi award winning musicians, since their debut in 2009 they have performed at venues including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and on Dutch Radio 4, presenting programmes of great variety, as reflected in this choice of established classics and less familiar works of the chamber repertoire. A chance to hear one of the finest young ensembles from overseas.

 

 

 

Joseph Haydn - Quartet no.44 in E major, op.54 no.3

Karol Szymanowski - Quartet no.2, op.56 (1927)

Nathan Williamson - String Quartet 2010 (world premiere)

Felix Mendelssohn - Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80

 

The Barbirolli Quartet have a firmly established reputation as one of the UK’s most brilliant young quartets, recently performing in Europe’s leading concert halls under the European Concert Halls Organisation, and touring in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. They have also given highly acclaimed debuts at London’s Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room and hold a prestigious Chamber Music Fellowship at London’s Royal Academy of Music. Their diverse repertoire and dynamic approach to performance is reflected in this rich and contrasting programme, balancing the classical, romantic and contemporary. They also give the premiere of a new work composed specially for them by series director Nathan Williamson. 

 

Geoff Brown - The Times 

 

 

 

 

Those who remember these three fabulous singers and their hilarious performance at last year’s Christmas concert will not want to miss their return to Southwold this year, kicking off the season’s festive mood in a fabulous evening of song and merriment as part of the Christmas Lights Switch-On weekend. Be prepared for scenes of opera, musical, Gilbert and Sullivan, cabaret and folksong, and occasionally joining in the choruses for one or two numbers!

 

 

Alexander Somov’s career was launched in 1998 when he won the Guildhall School’s prestigious Gold Medal, a prize whose previous recipients include Jacqueline du Pré, Tasmin Little and Bryn Terfel. Since then he has been dazzling audiences worldwide with his virtuosity and versatility, performing solo recitals and chamber music, and guest leading some of the world’s leading orchestras. He collaborates with series director Nathan Williamson in a programme solely of British and Russian music, ranging from the humour and dance of Britten and Stravinsky to the passionate outburst of Williamson’s Gestures and the lyrical warmth of Shostakovitch and Bridge.

 

 

 

One of the UK’s most individual young artists, Nathan Williamson is active as composer and pianist, giving regular performances of chamber music and select solo repertoire alongside his own and other contemporary repertoire. He presents three highly diverse works within the Germanic classical tradition – from the humour of Mozart, the reflective shorter works of Brahms, and the ambitious and monumental late A major Sonata of Schubert, a deeply complex and ambitious work, completed just before his untimely death.

 

Bryce Morrison

 

 

 

 

Njabulo Madlala comes from the Inanda township outside Durban, where he always dreamt that his voice could be 'my passport to the world'. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, completing the post-graduate opera course under Robert Dean. Aged just 28, he has appeared with several important opera companies, including Glyndebourne on tour, as well as an increasing number of prestigious oratorio engagements with some of the worlds leading orchestras. Njabulo and series director Nathan Williamson collaborate on this programme having recently returned from the International Performing Arts Festival in South Africa.

 

 

 

Widely regarded as one of the world's leading tenors, James Gilchrist and regular duo partner Alison Nicholls conclude this season with a recital of great variety and creativity. James began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996. He and Alison have enjoyed a steady stream of new works composed specially for them, some of which they perform here alongside delightful classical by Britten and Ravel.

 

The Independent