FRIDAY 20AUGUST5.00pm: Dartington International Summer SchoolSonatina (op. 61) Performed by Sarah Francis (oboe) Also works by Haas and Roland-Manuel. Tickets £8 unreserved. Great Hall, Dartington Hall, Totnes Box office: Dartington | SUNDAY 31OCTOBER2.30pm: Words and Music - Auden and the English SongThis afternoon of events, in association with the Lennox Berkeley Society and the kind cooperation of the patron of the concert, Mr Noriyuki Ida, celebrates the achievements of the prolific W H Auden, considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, and looks to the rich musical settings of his texts by both Berkeley and his colleague and friend Benjamin Britten.
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London Box office: Royal Academy of Music 4.00pm: Performance by Academy studentsFive Poems (op. 53) Also on the programme is 'On this Island' for soprano or tenor and piano (Op.11), 'Night covers up the rigid land' and 'Cabaret Songs' by Benjamin Britten. Performed by Ruth Jenkins, soprano, Katie Bray, mezzo soprano, Rupert Charlesworth, tenor and William Vann, piano from the Royal Academy of Music. David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London Box office: Royal Academy of Music |
TUESDAY 14DECEMBER7.30pm: Cockermouth Music SocietyString Trio (op. 19) Performed by the Berkeley Ensemble Plus the Ferguson Octet and Schubert Octet in F major. United Reformed Church, Main Street, Cockermouth |
THURSDAY 17FEBRUARY7.30pmVariation on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger's Round) Performed by the Scottish Ensemble Also works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Macmillan (premiere) and Tippett. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London Box office: Wigmore Hall | WEDNESDAY 23MARCH7.00pmPiano Quintet by Michael Berkeley performed by The Nash Ensemble. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London Box office: Wigmore Hall |
SATURDAY 26MARCH7.30pm: Munster Trust ConcertSonatina (op. 52 part 1) Performed by Andrew Booth (guitar) Also in this Saffron Walden & District Music Club concert, works by Villa-Lobos, Asencio, Albeniz and Brouwer. Saffron Walden Baptist Church, Saffron Walden | SUNDAY 27MARCH7.30pmSonatina (op. 52 part 1) Performed by Alvaro Pierri (guitar) Also works by Bogdanovic, Ponce, Llobet and Ginastera. Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London Box office: Wigmore Hall |