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