West Meon Music Festival

the primrose piano quartet James Gilchrist Tom Aldren David Wright Clara Siegle

2025 Programme

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CONCERT   1

Thursday 11th September, 7:30pm

Opening Concert

St John the Evangelist

A glass of wine included, served during the interval

Primrose Piano Quartet West Meon Music Festival

 

Mozart  Piano Quartet in E flat major, K493
Benjamin Britten  Lachrymae for Viola & Piano, Op.48
Shostakovich  Piano Trio No. 2, Op.67

The  Primrose  Piano  Quartet

CONCERT  2  

Friday 12th September, 7:30pm (60mins)

Piano Recital

St John the Evangelist

N.B. tickets for those attending both this and concert 3 will be available at the usual price for a full-length concert (including a glass of wine)

Clara Isabella Siegel piano
Beethoven  Sonata in A major, Op.101
Clara Schumann  Soirées Musicales Op.6
Ravel  Jeux d’eau

Clara  Isabella  Siegle

 

CONCERT  3  

Friday 12th September, 9pm (55 mins)

Made  for  Two

 St John the Evangelist

Tickets for those attending both this and concert 2 will be available at the usual price for a full-length concert (including a glass of wine

concert 3, Made For Two
Spohr  Duo Concertant for Violin & Viola in E minor, Op.13
Ravel  Sonata for Violin and Cello
Schubert  Fantasy in F Minor for Piano Four Hands

Primrose  Piano  Quartet

Tom Aldren  – violin,    Clara  Isabella Siegle – piano 

 CONCERT  4

Saturday 13th September, 11.30am  (1 hour)

Viennese  String  Quartets

All Saints, East Meon

Coffee included,  served from 11am

Susanne Stanzeleit, Tom Aldren Violins, Dorothea Vogel viola, Andrew Fuller cello
Haydn  String Quartet Op.76/4, “Sunrise”
Webern  Langsamer Satz
Mozart  String Quartet D major, K575

  Primrose  Strings  &  Tom  Aldren

 CONCERT  5

Saturday 13th September, 3pm  (1 hour)

The  Golden  Age  of  the  Harpsichord

Church of Our Lady, Warnford

Tea & Cakes included, served after the concert

David Wright Harpsichord Concert 5
François Couperin  Pièces de Clavecin
Rameau  Suite in A minor
D’Anglebert  Suite in G minor
and others.

David Wright – Harpsichord

 

 CONCERT  6

Saturday 13th September, 7.30pm 

St  Petersburg  to  Vienna

St John the Evangelist

A glass of wine included, served during the interval

Concert 6, Saturday 13th September 2025
Shostakovich  Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano
Schubert  Piano Trio B flat, D898
 Brahms  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

The Primrose Piano Quartet

Tom Aldren – violin

CONCERT  7

Sunday 14th September, 11:30am 

Coffee Concert

St John the Evangelist

Coffee included,  served from 11am

Ravel tzigane, concert 7
Schubert  Ständchen for Violin and Piano
Shostakovich  Cello Sonata Op.40
Brahms  Intermezzi for Solo Piano Op.117
Ravel  Tzigane for Violin and Piano

The Primrose Piano Trio 

CONCERT  8

Sunday 14th September, 3:30pm 

Jane   Austen’s   Playbook

St John the Evangelist

Tea & cakes served in the interval

Jane Austen's Playbook. 14th September 2025. West Meon Music Festival
Programme to include:
        Schubert  Einsamkeit for Tenor and Piano, D620,          Peter Salem  Jane Austen’s Playbook (World Première),    Carl Davis Music from Pride & PrejudicePleyel, String Trio    Beethoven Piano Quartet Op.16 and Scottish Songs.
With readings from the Jane Austen House archive

The Primrose Piano Quartet

James Gilchrist – Tenor,   Narrator tbc. 

The Box Office will open in June

We would like to thank our sponsors Coach House Pianos who are again supplying the amazing Shigeru Kawai hand-built piano

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