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Past Events

Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)
Ten Bagatelles, Op. 5 (1912–18)

Chou Wen-chung (1923–2019)
Suite for Harp and Woodwind Quintet (1951)

Witold Lutosławski (1913–94)
Dance Preludes (1954)

Frank Zappa (1940–93)
Ruth is Sleeping (1993)

Jaroslav Ježek (1906–42)
Étude (no date)

Joan Tower (b. 1938)
Petroushskates (1980)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Cello, and Piano, H315 (1947)

Songs by Bohuslav Martinů and Iva Bittová (b. 1958)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
String Quartet No. 7, “Concerto da camera,” H314 (1947)
The Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon, for piano, H318 (1948)
Les Rondes, H200 (1930)

Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–40)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 (1935)

Bohuslav Martinů
Variations on a Slovak Theme, H378 (1959)

Jaroslav Řídký (1897–1956)
Alla Polka (1933)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
String Trio No. 1, H136 (1923)

Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
Bassoon Sonatina (1956)

Bohuslav Martinů
Flute Sonata, H306 (1945)
Foxtrot for piano, H126b (1920)

Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
Jazz dans la nuit, Op. 38 (1929)

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major (1927)

Josef Suk (1874–1935)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 1 (1891)

J S Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in E major BWV 1016
D Shostakovich Twenty-Four Preludes Op 34 (selection, arr for violin/piano)
J S Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in A major BWV 1015

D Shostakovich Sonata for Violin & Piano in G major Op 134

'Ravel and More'

Claude Debussy Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir

Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible

Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No 4 in A flat

Gabriela Lena Frank Nocturno Nazqueño

Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit

Beethoven Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op 16

Bartok Contrasts (clarinet, violin, piano)

Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (arranged for clarinet and accordion)

Kurtág Selected String Trio and Solo Cello Miniatures:
Virág az ember
A Flower for Dénes Zsigmondy
Hommage à J. S. Bach
Perpetuum mobile
Homage à John Cage, In Folk Style

Ligeti Selected pieces for four hands at piano
Three Wedding Dances
Sonatina
Polyfönetüd

Schubert Fantasie in F minor for four hands D940

Interval

Brahms Piano Trio No 3 in C Minor Op 101

J S Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043

Glière Octet in G Major, Op. 5
Schubert Die Befreier Europas in Paris D104, Einsamkeit D911, Die Liebe hat gelogen D751, Nacht und Traüme D827, Die Allmacht D852

Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Op 41
Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
James Crabb Scottish Traditional Folk Music

J S Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in B minor BWV 1014 

J S Bach Partita in E major for solo violin BWV 1006 (original and transcribed)

J S Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in F minor BWV 1018 

Eugène Ysaÿe Obsession Op 27 no 2

César Franck Sonata in A major

programme to be announced

Programme to be announced shortly!

Thomas Adès Darknesse Visible
George Frideric Handel Suite no 5 in E major
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in C Op 111

Fryderyk Chopin Two Nocturnes Op 27
György Ligeti Etudes: Galamb Borong, Fém, Fanfares
Gabriela Lena Frank Nocturno Nazqueno
Fryderyk Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor Op 23

programme to be announced

This concert explores works by composers who fled for their lives from the Nazis to the USA. All works programmed were written during the composers' years in diaspora, reflecting upon their attempt at assimilation, their yearning for a lost homeland and, sometimes, protest.

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 3 Shepardic Songs
Ernst Krenek Clarinet Trio op.108
Franz Waxman Memories of Childhood
Darius Milhaud String Quartet no.13
Ernst Toch Adagio for clarinet & piano
Arnold Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte

Concert will be preceded by a talk given by talk by Dr Michael Haas, Senior Researcher at Exil Arte Zentrum in Vienna, Austria.

Giuseppe Verdi Overture from La Forza del Destino

Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor

Gustav Holst The Planets

Programme tba

J S Bach Sonata in E major
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op 30 no 2
Lili Boulanger Nocturne, D’un matin du printemps
César Frank Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano

Programme to include:

J S Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988

J S Bach Sonata in E major
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op 30 no 2
Josef Suk Four Pieces for Violin & Piano
Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata no 3 in D minor