West Meon Music Festival

the primrose piano quartet Thomas Kelly The Gonzaga Band Jamie Savan Steven Devine Faye Newton Will Duerden Harriet Burns

next year's Festival dates

12th-15th September 2024

2023 Programme

CONCERT   1

Thursday 14th September, 7:30pm

Opening Concert

St John the Evangelist

A glass of wine included, served during the interval

Mozart Duo for Violin & Viola in B flat, K424
Schubert   “Arpeggione” Sonata, Cello and Piano
Brahms  Piano Quartet in A major, Op.26

The Primrose Piano Quartet

 CONCERT  2  

Friday 15th September, 7:30pm (70mins)

Thomas  kelly,  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)

Prizewinner at Leeds and Hastings piano competitions
Scarlatti Sonatas  K27 & K96*
Hummel Rondo favori in Eb Op.11*
Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor
Rachmaninoff Sonata No.1 Op.28

* NB. Apologies, change of programme as of 16th June

 

CONCERT  3  (45 mins)

Friday 15th September, 9pm

 Who’s afraid of Arnold  Schoenberg?

 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)

 Mahler Piano Quartet
Schoenberg String Trio
Mahler was a great supporter of Schoenberg who said “I do not have a great deal to say about Mahler, only this: he is one of the greatest men there could be”. The Primrose present a humorous and informal concert exploring the men & their music. 

The Primrose Piano Quartet

 

 CONCERT  4

Saturday 16th September, 11.30am  (50 mins)

Bach  Goldberg  Variations

All Saints, East Meon

Coffee included,  served from 11am

Bach Goldberg Variations
Bach’s epic masterpiece arranged for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky

The Primrose string trio     

 CONCERT  5

Saturday 16th September, 3pm  (1 hour)

Songs  and  Duets  from  the  age  of  monteverdi

Church of Our Lady, Warnford

Tea & Cakes included, served after the concert

the gonzaga band

A programme exploring repertoire for solo voice, obbligato cornett and basso continuo from the dawn of the Baroque era.

Full programme listed on centre panel (on Hover/Tap) 

Jamie  Savan,  cornett     Faye Newton,  soprano 

Steven devine,  chamber organ

 

 CONCERT  6

Saturday 16th September, 7:30pm 

The trout quintet

St John the Evangelist

A glass of wine included, served during the interval

Brahms Viola Sonata in E flat, Op.120
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op.49
Schubert  Piano Quintet “The Trout” 

The  Primrose  Piano  Quartet

Will  Duerden,  double  bass

 CONCERT  7 

Sunday 17th September, 11:30am (1 hr)

Les  Chemins  d’Amour

St John the Evangelist

Coffee included, served from 11am

Les  Chemins  d’Amour     ( The Paths of Love )

Songs by Fauré, Poulenc, Gounod, Berlioz, Chausson, Ravel, Chabrier, Caplet, Hahn 

Full programme listed on centre panel (on Hover/Tap) 

Harriet Burns, Soprano.

John Thwaites, Piano

 

CONCERT  8

Sunday 17th September, 3.30pm 

French  Finale

St John the Evangelist

Tea & cakes served in the interval

Saint Saëns Barcarolle
Jean Françaix  String Trio
Bizet/Sarasate  Carmen Fantasy
Chopin  Nocturne Op.9 no.2
Fauré Piano Quartet in G minor

The Primrose Piano Quartet

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

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