May 20, 2023 – July 3, 2022
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no 2
Verdi Overture: La forza del destino
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op 18
Holst The Planets
Dorothy Howell's Piano Concerto
Programme to include
Dorothy Howell Piano Concerto in D minor
Strand International Piano Series
J S Bach Prelude & Fugue in C major (WTC1)
Fauré Theme and Variations in C sharp minor
Lili Boulanger D’un Vieux Jardin; D’un Jardin Clair
Ravel Une barque sur l’Océan
Franck Prélude, Chorale & Fugue
Mozart Piano Concerto K467
Dvořák Carnival Overture
Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 K467
Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve Polonaise
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite No 1
Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
Beethoven Piano Concerto no 5 in E flat major Op 73 ('Emperor')
Beeethoven Symphony no 9 in D minor ('Choral')
Little Missenden Festival
J S Bach Sonata in E major BWV1016
Lili Boulanger D'un matin du printemps
Debussy Sonsta in G minor for Violin & Piano
Franck Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano
Mozart & Brahms
Mozart Quintet for piano and winds K452
Mozart Horn Quintet K407
Brahms Horn Trio Op40
György Ligeti's Piano Concerto
Ahead of György Ligeti's centennary in 2023, and following his 3-part Ligeti Artistic Series at Wigmore Hall, Danny Driver performs Ligeti's astonishing Piano Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as part of the 2022 Lammermuir Festival.
Ligeti, Fauré, Schumann
Ahead of György Ligeti's centennary in 2023, and following his 3-part Ligeti Artistic Series at Wigmore Hall, Danny Driver performs Ligeti's third book of Piano Études together with music by Gabriel Fauré and Robert Schumann
Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, arr. for two pianos (1940)
also on the programme:
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)
Russian Rose (Fox Trot) (1922)
Works by Duke Ellington (1899–1974); Jascha Heifetz (1901–87); Vernon Duke (1903–69); Marc Blitzstein (1905–64); and others
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (1900–1901)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
Prelude to Act 3 of Manru, Op. 20 (1892–1901)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 39 (1901–04)
Echoes of Spain
Joaquín Turina Bullfighter’s Prayer
Pablo de Sarasate Two Spanish Dances
Pablo Casals Song of the Birds
Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony
Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in E minor
Three Masterpieces
Beethoven Sonata for Violin & Piano in G Op 96
György Ligeti Horn Trio (1982)
Johannes Brahms Horn Trio in E flat major Op 40
Danny Driver & Brodsky Quartet
Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2 in C
Ravel String Quartet in F
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81
Franck, Fauré, Boulanger, Schumann
Programme to include:
Gabriel Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor
Lili Boulanger D’un Vieux Jardin; D’un Jardin Clair
César Franck Prélude, Chorale & Fugue
Schumann Etudes Symphoniques
Danny Driver & Brodsky Quartet
Haydn String Quartet Op 54 No 2
Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op 135
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81
Four Piano Gala
Programme to include:
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (2-piano version)