Bristol Music Club Concert Programme

Visitors are welcome to attend club evenings Admission £8 (concessions £5)

Contactless Preferred


Spring Term 2025

Tuesday, 7th January at 07:30 pm
Clare Wilding

Sonata in F Op.24............................................ Ludwig van Beethoven
;Spring Sonata for violin and; piano
1. Allegro 2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Scherzo: Allegro molto 4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Adagio and Allegro Op.70..........................................Robert Schumann
for (horn or) cello and; piano
1. Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck 2. Rasch und feurig

INTERVAL

Piano Trio in G Minor Op.17,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Clara Schumann
1. Allegro moderato 2. Scherzo: Tempo di menuetto
3. Andante 4. Allegretto


Corinna Ferguson violin, Jonathan Rees cello
Clare Wilding piano

Tuesday, 14th January at 07:30 pm
Daniel Lloyd

Klaviertrio Op.15 No.1....................................... Johann Christian Bach
1. Allegro 2.Tempo di Menuetto

Klaviertrio Op.1 No.2......................................... Ludwig van Beethoven
1.Adagio, Allegro vivace 2. Largo con espressione
3. Scherzo, Allegro 4. Finale, Presto

INTERVAL

Dumky, Op.90.............................................................. Antonín Dvorák
1. Lento maestoso, Allegro quasi doppio movimento
2. Poco adagio, Vivace non troppo 3. Andante
4. Andante moderato (quasi tempo di marcia), Allegretto scherzando
5. Allegro 6. Lento maestoso, Vivace. Quasi doppio movimento


Emilia Eggers violin, Jens Eggers cello, Daniel Lloyd piano

Tuesday, 28th January at 07:30 pm
Janet Dixon

Please note programme change

Sonata in B flat major, D960......................................... Franz Schubert
Molto moderato - Andante sostenuto - Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza -Trio - Allegro ma non Tripp - Presto

Elizabeth Williams - Piano

INTERVAL

A short programme of works to be performed by Pink Noise recorder ensemble
Sonata for 3 Boismortier
Sonata for 2 Loeillet
Suite for 3 Badings
Tapioca Town Trio Mackerras
Trios from Formschneider
Klezmer trios arr. Hall



Tim Lanfear, Jennifer Mackerras, Ellen O’Gorman - Recorders

Tuesday, 11th February at 07:30 pm
Olena Shvetsova and Richard May

An evening of music for piano and cello, given by students of
Olena Shvetsova and Richard May - to include works by JS
Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Chaminade, Moskovski and others.


Tuesday, 25th February at 07:30 pm
Janet Dixon

John Barker and Helen Cawthorne, who in 2022 presented a
programme by the Mendelssohn siblings, return with gems of the
song repertoire from late 18thC and early 19thC Vienna.

Abendempfindung K523 .............................................................Mozart
Adelaide Op.46.................................................................... Beethoven
An die ferne Geliebte Op.98

INTERVAL

Die schöne Müllerin D795...................................................... Schubert

A printed short English synopsis of each of the song texts will be
provided on the night. Full parallel translations are readily
available on the Internet - for example at www.lieder.net

John Barker baritone, Helen Cawthorne piano

Tuesday, 11th March at 07:30 pm
AGM of the Club followed by a Concert/ Clare Wilding

6 Variations on "Salve tu, Domine",
Aria by Paisiello, K398/ 416e.................................................. Mozart

Sonata in A for violin and keyboard, BWV 1015 .................... J.S. Bach
Andante Allegro assai Andante un poco Presto

"Kegelstatt" trio in E flat, K498 ............................................... Mozart
Andante Menuetto Rondeau Allegretto



Corinna Ferguson - violin Jonny Davies - viola/piano
Clare Wilding - piano

Tuesday, 25th March at 07:30 pm
Margaret Peirson and Tim Warren with Josh Hutchinson and Isaac Powell of St Paul’s Churcch

To Celebrate the Music of our President Professor Raymond Warren

Bristol Landscapes
1 At Clifton
2 The Ebb Tide
3 St John’s Conduit
The One Equal Music Chorus directed by Josh Hutchinson

Three Early Songs:
The Kingfisher (1947)
Echoes (1950)
Carol (1959)
Martin Le Poidevin – Baritone Tim Warren - Piano

Five Short Piano Pieces
In the Castle Hall
The Secret
Valse Sentimentale
Titania’s Dance (Ballet Shoes)
Charleston (Ballet Shoes)
Tim Warren - Piano

Three Irish Folk Songs
Over the Morning Dew
Irish Lullaby
The Widow Malone
Martin Le Poidevin -Baritone Isaac Powell - Piano

Interval

Violin Sonata
1. Grand Doubles – Andante calamato/Andante ritmico
2. Plain Bob – Lento espressivo
3. Passacaglia – Forward Hunt – Copn moto
Helena Torpy (Violin) and John Lambert (piano)

Golden Rings
1 Gentle John
2 Green Gravel
3 Down by the Riverside
4 Oats and Beans
The One Equal Music Chorus directed by Isaac Powell



Tuesday, 8th April at 07:30 pm
Jolyon Laycock

An operatic showcase featuring sensational young coloratura soprano Louise Geller
"Outstanding coloratura and beautiful lyric singing with a technique way beyond her years. She stole the show with her ultra strong stage presence and beautiful soprano voice." - Rose Bowl Awards

Also featuring:-
Louise Geller – soprano
Claire Griffel – contralto
Tom Latham – counter-tenor
Jolyon Laycock – bass

The Severnside Ensemble, conductor Arne Kovac, leader Peter Evans
Michelle Kraviec – flute, Sophie Cottrell - oboe/cor anglais,
Emma Davies- clarinet, Philippa Dunstan- bassoon,
Stephen Macallister – horn
Anne Obey – violin, Romana Bevington – viola
Hugh Herzig – cello, Philip Blandford – piano

Scenes and arias from “The Summer Child”
a new chamber opera by Jolyon Laycock
based on an ancient British legend of the River Severn
as told by Geoffrey of Monmouth in “The History of the Kings of Britain”

“To tell the year no seasons come and go.” – solo soprano scene Act 1 scene 1
“???? ?????, Gwendolen.” – Dialogue Act 1 scene 2
“When Brutus and Corineus came to this pleasant land…” – bass aria Act 2 scene 2
“A willow flower forsaken, how I weep” – solo aria Act 3 scene 1
“In Shrawley Wood, in sandy pools beneath the trees…” – counter-tenor river interlude Act 3
“I mourn my father’s death…” – duet Act 3 scene 2.

Excerpts from “Haydn’s Creation Re-worded” – text by Jolyon Laycock
“Above the forest canopy…” – soprano aria from part 2.
“Come with me to the Pleistocene…” – bass recitative from part 2.
“Round our sun in swirling orbiting vortex…” – bass recitative and aria from part 1.

Two Songs by Vaughan Williams
“Motion and Stillness”, “The Watermill”.
Two Songs by Ivor Gurney
“Carol of Skiddaw Yowes”, “Severn Meadows”

An operatic medley
“Be kind and courteous” Titania’s aria from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” – Benjamin Britten
“The Bell Song” from “Lakme” – Léo Delibes
“Quel guardo il cavaliere” from “Don Pasquale” – Gaet