October 14, 2022 – February 19, 2022
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)
Bradfield Festival of Music
Charles Villiers Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op 129
Arthur Bliss Pastorale
John Ireland Fantasy-Sonata
Colin Riley Shenanigans
Brahms Sonata in E flat Op 120 no 2
Wigmore Ligeti Series (3)
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Études for Piano (complete)
Shostakovich's Violin Sonata
Bridgepoint Music present Danny Driver and Chloë Hanslip performing Shostakovich's Violin Sonata after a talk given by Gerard McBurney.
Danny Driver & Jack Liebeck
Igor Stravinsky Divertimento ('The Fairy's Kiss')
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Sonata Op 6
Danny Driver & Chloë Hanslip
Beethoven Violin Sonata no 10 in G major op 96
Debussy Violin Sonata
Reynaldo Hahn Nocturne
Lili Boulanger D'un matin du printemps
Delius Violin Sonata in B major
Danny Driver & Chloë Hanslip
Beethoven Violin Sonata no 10 in G major op 96
Debussy Violin Sonata
Reynaldo Hahn Nocturne
Lili Boulanger D'un matin du printemps
Delius Violin Sonata in B major
Bollington Chamber Concerts
Charles Villiers Stanford Clarinet Sonata Op 129
Arthur Bliss Pastorale
John Ireland Fantasy-Sonata
Colin Riley Shenanigans
Brahms Sonata in E flat Op 120 no 2