50th Anniversary Concerts 2019-2020
2019
November 21, 1pm: Imperial College, London
SCHUBERT Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden)
November 23, 7.30: Helmsley Arts Centre
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1 & 9
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931)
“Unfinished” Quartet (1962)
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.3 & 1
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
November 26, 7.30: Stoller Hall, Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester
SHOSTAKOVICH “Unfinished” Quartet (1962)
MOZART Quartet in C major, K.465 (Dissonance)
SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces for String Quartet (1931)
HAYDN Quartet in D major, Op.50/6 (Frog)
https://stollerhall.com/whats-on/fitzwilliam-quartet/
November 29, 7.45: Nicholas Yonge Society, Lewes
PURCELL Fantasia No.10
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Double on Purcell’s Fantazia No.10 (2018)
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Quartet No.2
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84 (with Nancy Cooley)
December 1, 6.30: Conway Hall, Holborn
HAYDN Quartet in D major, Op.50/6 (Frog)
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84 (with Simon Callaghan)
2020
January 7- 10 2020: East Woodhay Church – Linn recording sessions
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
Quartet in G major, D.887
February 19 2020, 7.30: Kirkcaldy Music Society
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
WOLF Italian Serenade (1887)
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, D.804
February 21 2020, 7.30: Music in Dumfries
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, D.804
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
February 28 2020, 7.30:Hinchingbrooke Bösendorfer series, Huntingdon (with Anna Tilbrook)
to include:
MOZART Piano Concerto in A major, K.414
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84
March 6 2020, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
March 20 2020, 7.30 pm: Bromsgrove Concerts
WOLF Italian Serenade (1887)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
BEETHOVEN Quartet in A minor, Op.132
March 21 2020, 6pm: Christ Church Highbury, 60min Concerts
April 2 2020, 7.30: University of St Andrews Music Centre
to include:
SCHUBERT Quintet in C major, D.960 (with William Conway )
May 9 2020, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
May 10 2020, 7pm: Stoke Newington Old Church (Sutton House Music Society)
to include:
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
May 17 2020: 51 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells (Finchcocks series)
June 5 2020: Music in the Castle, Powderham
July 2020 tba: Buxton International Festival
September 25 – 28: FSQ Hay Chamber Music Festival
October 25, 3pm: Copped Hall, Epping Forest
Autumn 2020 tba: Malvern Concert Club
to include quartets by Liz Johnson and Schubert (G major, D.887)
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
Quartet in G major, D.887
February 19 2020, 7.30: Kirkcaldy Music Society
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
WOLF Italian Serenade (1887)
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, D.804
February 21 2020, 7.30: Music in Dumfries
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
SCHUBERT Quartet in A minor, D.804
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
February 28 2020, 7.30:Hinchingbrooke Bösendorfer series, Huntingdon (with Anna Tilbrook)
to include:
MOZART Piano Concerto in A major, K.414
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84
March 6 2020, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
March 20 2020, 7.30 pm: Bromsgrove Concerts
WOLF Italian Serenade (1887)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
BEETHOVEN Quartet in A minor, Op.132
March 21 2020, 6pm: Christ Church Highbury, 60min Concerts
April 2 2020, 7.30: University of St Andrews Music Centre
to include:
SCHUBERT Quintet in C major, D.960 (with William Conway )
May 9 2020, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
May 10 2020, 7pm: Stoke Newington Old Church (Sutton House Music Society)
to include:
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.2
May 17 2020: 51 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells (Finchcocks series)
June 5 2020: Music in the Castle, Powderham
July 2020 tba: Buxton International Festival
September 25 – 28: FSQ Hay Chamber Music Festival
October 25, 3pm: Copped Hall, Epping Forest
Autumn 2020 tba: Malvern Concert Club
to include quartets by Liz Johnson and Schubert (G major, D.887)
Past 50th Anniversary Concerts 2018-19
September 7, 2019, 6pm: BBC In Tune (with Simon Wallfisch)
BARBER Dover Beach, Op.3
SCHUBERT Quintet in C major, D.956 (scherzo)
September 9, 6.30: Conway Hall, Holborn(with Simon Wallfisch)
BARBER songs
Dover Beach, Op.3
SCHUBERT songs
Quintet in C major, D.956
September 28, 3.45: The Swan, Hay-on-Wye (Richard Wigmore study session)
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95 – twice!
September 29, 6.30: St Mary’s Church, Hay-on-Wye
MOZART Quintet in C major, K.515 (with Susie Mészáros)
SCHUBERT Quintet in C major, D.956 (with Moray Welsh)
September 30, 8pm: Winchester Cathedral Quire (Alan Hacker 80thbirthday memorial)
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in B flat, K.516c (with Nicholas Bucknall)
PURCELL Dido’s Lament(with Katy Hacker)
WILLIAM SWEENEY An Òg-Mhadainn (1979, with W Sweeney)
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 (with Lesley Schatzberger)
October 3, 1pm: Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
GLAZUNOV Alla Spagnuola, Op.15/1
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 (with Lesley Schatzberger)
October 5, 7pm: St Andrew’s Church, Borrowdale
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
SCHUBERT Sehnsucht, D.636
STEVE CROWTHER The Butterfly Walk(2018, first performance)
GLAZUNOV Alla Spagnuola, Op.15/1
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
October 6, 7.30: York Late Music
JULIAN BROUGHTON Quartet No.3 (2017, first performance)
STEVE CROWTHER The Butterfly Walk(2018)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.13
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 (with Lesley Schatzberger)
October 10, 8pm: Benslow Music, Hitchin
GLAZUNOV Alla Spagnuola, Op.15/1
STEVE CROWTHER The Butterfly Walk(2018)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.13
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
October 19, 1pm: Watchtower Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed
SCHUBERT Sehnsucht, D.636
Quartet in G major, D.887
October 20, 7.30: St Andrews University(with St Andrews Chamber Orchestra)
ELGAR Introduction & Allegro, Op.47
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
November 2, 7.30: Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.13
MOZART Quintet in C major, K.515 (with Sophie Renshaw)
November 4, 3pm: Copped Hall, Essex
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.13
MOZART Quintet in C major, K.515 (with Sophie Renshaw)
November 19 – 21: East Woodhay Church – Linn recording sessions
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.13
Quartet No.14
November 24, 4pm: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak(with Mandy Burvill)
PURCELL Fantasia No.8
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581
IAN STEPHENS Springhead Echoes(2018, first performance)
IAN STEPHENS Clarinet Quintet (2018, first performance)
SIDNEY BECHET Petite Fleur
January 9, 2pm: Birmingham Conservatoire
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Fantasia on One Note, after Purcell (2016)
SUK Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale, Op.35
LIZ JOHNSON Tide Purl(2013)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.10
January 20, 3pm: NADSA, Newton Abbot(with Anna Tilbrook)
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.1 & 3
SUK Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale, Op.35
MOZART Piano Concerto in A major, K.414
ELGAR Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84
January 21, 9.20am: Canada Hill Primary School, Newton Abbot
schools workshop
February 5, 7.30: Wightman Road, Harringay (house concert)
PURCELL Fantazia No.10
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Double on Purcell’s Fantazia No.10 (2018)
BEETHOVEN Quartet in E flat, Op.74 (Harp)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.15
February 7, 7.15: Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Grand Theatre(HAR 10thanniversary)
PURCELL Fantazia No.10
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Double on Purcell’s Fantazia No.10 (2018, first public performance)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.10
BEETHOVEN Quartet (No.10) in E flat, Op.74 (Harp)
SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces for String Octet, Op.11 (with the Opera North Quartet)
February 17, 7.30: The Bramall, University of Birmingham(Ex Cathedra 50thanniversary)
JS BACH Cantatas 8 & 40
ALEC ROTH A time to be born and a time to die(first performance)
February 12, 7pm: St Saviour’s Church, Chalk Farm
PURCELL Fantazia No.10
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Double on Purcell’s Fantazia No.10 (2018)
BEETHOVEN Quartet in E flat, Op.74 (Harp)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.15
February 14 – 16: East Woodhay Church – Linn recording sessions
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.15
February 17, 4pm: Birmingham Town Hall(Ex Cathedra 50thanniversary)
PURCELL The Indian Queen
March 2, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College Cambridge– College 150th and Quartet 50th Anniversaries!
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Fantasia on One Note, after Purcell (2016)
MARK GOTHAM Fantasia on a Pulse (2018, first performance)
BORODIN Quartet No.2 in D major
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22
March 3, 6.30: Norwich Chapel
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22
BORODIN Quartet No.2 in D major
March 20, 7.30: Walthamstow “Music in the Village” (St Michael & All Angels church)
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
March 23, 7pm: Greenacres, Southgate
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
March 24, 3pm: Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
PURCELL Music from The Fairy Queen
Fantazia No.10
LIZ JOHNSON Tide Purl(2013)
JOHN GIBSON Quartet No.1
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
April 3, 12.00: St Salvator’s Chapel, St Andrews (memorial for Prof WC Russell)
JS BACH Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
MOZART Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.14 (mov 1)
April 4, 7.30: St Salvator’s Chapel, St Andrews
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
BRUCKNER Quintet in F major (with Sophie Renshaw)
April 13, 7.15: Hertford College Chapel, Oxford (The Bruckner Journal conference)
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
BRUCKNER Quintet in F major (with Sophie Renshaw)
April 14, 7pm: Stoke Newington Old Church (Sutton House Music Society – with Sophie Renshaw)
MOZART Quintet in C major, K.515
BRUCKNER Quintet in F major
May 4, 7.30: Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa (Leamington Music Festival)
SCHUBERT Sehnsucht, D.636
Quartettsatz Andante, D.703ii (completed B Newbould)
Gute Nacht (from Winterreise, D.911)
RODERICK WILLIAMS Fremd bin ich(first performance)
DELIUS Late Swallows(1916)
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
preceded by a presentation at 2.30 for Schubert Institute UK, led by Prof Brian Newbould
May 11, 4pm: Copped Hall, Epping Forest
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
May 14, 15, 16: The Swan, Lavenham (Martin Randall Travel Music Break – MRT 30thanniversary)
PRAETORIUS/BRAHMS Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen, Op.122/8
MOZART Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
SUK Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale, Op.35
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
PURCELL Fantasia No.8
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Double on Purcell’s Fantazia No.8 (2016)
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.1 & 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.14
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22
PURCELL Music from The Fairy Queen
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
BORODIN Quartet No.2 in D major
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
May 17, 7.30: St John’s Smith Square, London (Ex Cathedra 50thanniversary)
PURCELL The Indian Queen
May 25, 6.30: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College 150th anniversary)
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
MOZART Quartet in D major, K.595 (Prussian)
BRUCKNER Quintet in F major (with James Boyd)
May 26, 3pm: Beverley Early Music Festival
HAYDN The Seven Last Words from the Cross, Op.51 (with Canon Peter Moger speaker)
June 7, 7.30: St Mary’s Church, Harrow-on-the-Hill
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57 (with Colin Stone)
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
June 19, 7.30: Harrogate Wesley Centre
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.14
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
June 20, 7.30: Northern Aldborough Festival
(with Malu Lin Swayne, Andrew Roberts, Caroline Wolff, Heather Tuach)
MENDELSSOHN Octet in E flat, Op.20 (original version, 1825)
TCHAIKOVSKY Sextet in D minor, Op.70 Souvenir de Florence
July 20, 7.30: Music in Allendale(with Lesley Schatzberger)
WILLIAM SWEENEY An Òg-Mhadainn (1979)
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
MOZART Quartet in D major, K.575 (Prussian)
BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
July 22, 7.30: Fishguard Festival
MOZART Quartet in D major, K.575 (Prussian)
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
STEPHEN GOSS Theorbo Concerto (2018, first performance of chamber version,
with Matthew Wadsworth)
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
July 28: St Andrew’s Church, Borrowdale
MARCUS BARCHAM STEVENS Fantasia on One Note, after Purcell (2016)
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
MOZART Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
Quartet in D major, K.575 (Prussian)
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
July 29: Isle of Whithorn Church, Galloway (Scotland)
SCHUBERT Sehnsucht, D.636
Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.14
HAYDN Quartet in D minor, Op.76/2 (Fifths)
July 30 (am): Swallow Theatre, Ravenstone, Galloway (Scotland)
workshop on Shostakovich and Schubert
July 30: Glasserton church (tbc), Galloway (Scotland)
MOZART Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
Quartet in D major, K.575 (Prussian)
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
August 3, 7.30: Church Stretton Arts Festival
SCHUBERT Sehnsucht, D.636
Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.14
SCHUBERT Quartet in G major, D.887
September 6, 7.30: Music Nairn
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.3 & 1
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95
September 7, 8pm: Melrose Music Society
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.1 & 3
DELIUS Late Swallows (1916)
MOZART Quartet in D major, K.575 (Prussian)
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti 1, 9, 11
BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor, Op.95
September 8, 2pm: Peebles Nursing Home
September 8, 7.30: Music in Peebles
EARL of KELLIE Quartet in C minor
SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 (with Andante completed by B Newbould)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.11
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22
September 26 – 31: FSQ Hay Chamber Music Festival
to include
study sessions with Richard Wigmore
Schumann and Elgar Piano Quintets (with Anna Tilbrook)
John Bridcut’s film “Elgar: the Man Behind the Mask” – introduced by Richard Wigmore
Borodin and Tchaikovsky 2nd quartets
Shostakovich Quartets 11 and 10, with readings by Peter Florence and
live painting by Maryleen Schiltkamp,
outreach concerts in schools and Hayday dementia café
October 2: Norwich Assembly House - film sessions for DSCH Journal
Shostakovich Quartet No. 10, with live painting by Maryleen Schiltkamp
October 3, 1pm: Norwich Assembly House
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.11
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
October 4, 8pm: Benslow Music, Hitchin
JS BACH The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 1
GLAZUNOV Interludium in modo antico, Op.15/3
SUK Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale, Op.35
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.11
BEETHOVEN Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
October 13, 3pm: Ivor Gurney Hall, Gloucester (with James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook)
BLISS Elegiac Sonnet
DELIUS Late Swallows
GURNEY Ludlow and Teme
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Quartet No.2
On Wenlock Edge
October 18, 7.30: Truro Three Arts
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Quartet No.2
LIZ JOHNSON Tide Purl (2013)
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.11
SCHUBERT Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden)
October 20, 3pm: Bude Music Society
SCHUBERT Quartet in D minor, D.810 (Death & the Maiden)
SUK Meditation on the St Wenceslas Chorale, Op.35
SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet No.11
GLAZUNOV Noveletten, Op.15 Nos.3 & 1