2018 -19 PROGRAMMEChamber Music at its Best

Concerts at Pittville Pump Room and

Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School

Cheltenham Music Society

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‘fresh and invigorating … a committed and persuasive performance from Ellipsis’

Seen and Heard International

Tuesday 16 October 2018

at 7.30 pm

Ellipsis Ensemble

(flute, oboe and piano)

James Gilchrist

(tenor)

Quantz

Trio Sonata in C minor QV 2

Fauré

Sicilienne op.78

Roxanna Panufnik

The Generation of Love

Telemann

Fantasia no.6 in D minor TWV 40

Plus songs by Quilter, Dubery,

Warlock, Dring and Gershwin

At Pittville Pump Room

Tickets

£23 & £18

Under 26

£5

James Gilchrist is one of the UK’s

leading tenors and has performed in

major concert halls throughout the

world. He is recognised as ‘the

finest Evangelist of his generation’.

Ellipsis performed their inaugural

concert in 2009 as part of the St

John’s May Festival in Notting Hill

and have relished making music

together ever since. Their concert

programmes are original and varied

including combinations of solos,

duos and trios for oboe, flute, and

piano.

‘With their new leader, the Pražáks

provided a reminder that they are

one of the world's leading

quartets.’ La Baule 2017

Thursday 15 November 2018

at 7.30 pm Pražák Quartet

Smetana

String Quartet no.2

in D minor

Jiří Gemrot

String Quartet no.2

Dvořák

String Quartet in C major op.61

We welcome again the accomplished Pražák Quartet with

their new leader, Royal College of Music graduate, Jana

Vonášková. They bring an appealing all-Czech programme

with quartets by Smetana and Dvořák framing an exciting

and virtuoso work by the contemporary Czech composer,

Jiří Gemrot (b.1957). This was premiered by the Pražáks

in March 2015.

Tickets

£25 & £20

Under 26

£5

At Pittville Pump Room

Tuesday 4 December 2018

at 7.30 pm The Marian Consort

A Very English Christmas?

A selection of songs on

Christmas themes by

Orlandus Lassus

Thomas Tallis

Alfonso Ferrabosco

Christopher Tye

John Sheppard

William Byrd

Nicholas Ludford

Details will be on the CMS website

Taking its name from the

Blessed Virgin Mary, a focus

of religious devotion in the

sacred music of all ages,The

Marian Consort is a young,

dynamic and internationally-

renowned early music vocal

ensemble, recognised for its

freshness of approach and

innovative presentation of a

broad range of repertoire.

At Pittville Pump Room

‘fluid, vivid and, crucially, daring’

The Guard ian

‘performances that glow with

golden purity and soul’

The Scotsman

‘exquisite…the ensemble sings

with eloquence and expressive

finesse’

Sunday T imes

©Julie Kim

Tickets

£25 & £20

Under 26

£5

Thursday 17 January 2019

at 7.30 pm

Adrian Brendel (cello)

Alasdair Beatson

(piano)

Fauré

Élégie in C minor op.24

Bach

Gamba Sonata in G

BWV 1027

Widor

Sonata in A op.80

Bach arr. Moscheles

3 Preludes from the Well-

Tempered Clavier

Saint-Saëns

Sonata in C minor op.32

At Pittville Pump Room

©Joanne Green

©Joanne Green

Alasdair Beatson’s highlights of

2017 included concerts in

London’s Wigmore Hall and Kings

Place, Zurich’s Tonhalle, and

collaborations with Adrian

Brendel, the Doric String Quartet,

Meta4 and the Nash Ensemble

among many.

Adrian Brendel is one of the most

versatile and original cellists of his

generation. His discovery of

contemporary music through the

works of Kurtág, Kagel and Ligeti

opened a new and vital avenue

that he continues to explore with

huge enthusiasm alongside his

passion for jazz and world music.

Tickets

£20 & £15

Under 26

£5

Wednesday 13 February 2019

at 7.30 pm

At Pittville Pump Room

‘Swiss-Chinese pianist, Louis

Schwizgebel, has won major prizes

at a number of international piano

competitions including the

Geneva and Leeds

competitions. He clearly has a

prodigious technique as can be

seen from his recent recording of

Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit’. Seen

and Heard

Schubert

Allegretto in C minor D.915

Schubert

4 Impromptus D.935

Chopin

24 Preludes op.28

Tickets

£23 & £18

Under 26

£5

Louis Schwizgebel

(piano)

‘The unflinching integrity of

their interpretation and the

excitement of their playing

were consistently superb.’

The Guardian

Wednesday 20 March 2019

at 7.30 pm

The Dante Quartet, one of the UK’s finest ensembles, is

known for its imaginative programming and impassioned

performances. The Dante Quartet has been honoured

with the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber

Music and has also received international awards for its

recordings. The wide age-range of the Dante Quartet’s

members helps to create a harmonious and exciting blend,

marrying youthful enthusiasm with richness of experience

and consummate technical skill.

At Pittville Pump RoomHaydn

String Quartet in G

op.33 no.5

Howells

String Quartet no.3

‘In Gloucestershire’

Beethoven

String Quartet in E minor

Op.59 no.2

Tickets

£23 & £18

Under 26

£5

Dante Quartet

Wednesday 24 April 2019

at 7.30 pm

The Castalian Quartet is without doubt one of the most

exciting new voices on the international chamber music

scene. In 2015 they won 1st Prize and three special awards

at the Lyon International Competition. In 2016, as the only

European ensemble to progress to the live rounds, they

won 3rd Prize at the Banff International String Quartet

Competition, and were selected as YCAT artists. In 2018

they received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award.

At Pittville Pump Room

‘They seize motives with the core

of their sound and press them into

a service of thematic contiguity

that is enviable, like an orator who

knows how to convince with both

passion and persuasion’.

Calgary Herald

Haydn

String Quartet in D minor

op.76 no.2 ‘Fifths’

Britten

String Quartet No.2 in C op.36

Schubert

String Quartet no.13 in A minor

D.804 ‘Rosamunde’

Tickets £20 & £15Under 26

£5

Castalian Quartet

Acclaimed guitarists Andrey

Lebedev and Jack Hancher

perform solos and duos from

England, Spain and Australia.

Australian classical guitarist

Andrey Lebedev is a laureate of

top international competitions

including the 2017 ARD Music

Competition and the 2017 Guitar

Foundation of America

Competition. Jack Hancher

studied at the Royal College of

Music and received the RCM

guitar prize in 2014. Both have

performed across the UK at

venues including King’s Place and

Wigmore Hall.

Tickets £10

Under 26 free

Cheltenham Contemporary ConcertsAt Prince Michael Hall, Dean Close School, Cheltenham GL51 6EP

Sunday 28 Oct 2018 at 3pm

Andrey Lebedev (guitar) Jack Hancher (guitar)Works by

Isaac Albéniz

Malcolm Arnold

Benjamin Britten

Bill Lovelady

HeitorVilla-Lobos

Astor Piazzolla

Phillip Houghton

Ralph Towner

Sunday 17 Feb 2019 at 3pm

Pixels Ensemble

Hildegard of BingenO viridissima virga (voice)

O virga ac diadema (voice)

George Crumb Vox Balaenae -Voice of the Whale

(flute, cello and piano)

Luciano Berio Sequenza III (voice)

Hafliði Hallgrímsson

Verse I (flute and cello)

Maurice RavelChansons Madécasses (voice, flute,

cello and piano)

Pixels Ensemble is a collective of

established chamber music players

with a shared passion for

performing the finest repertoire,

from the classical period to the

present day. Vastly experienced

and versatile, the group appears in

a wide range of combinations and

line-ups, lending itself to innovative

programming and enabling huge

variety within individual concerts.

How to book

Chamber Music Concerts at the Pump Room

Series tickets

To purchase seats for the whole series, please apply to the Membership

Secretary using the application form attached. This gives a substantial discount

compared with ticket prices charged for individual concerts. Purchasers

become members of the Society and in place of tickets we issue membership

cards showing the seat number for the whole series. Please remember to bring

membership cards for admission to the concerts.

For priority booking, please add a donation of at least £10 per person. The

Society relies on members’ donations to maintain the quality of its programmes.

The priority booking period runs until 31 July 2018 and the non-priority

booking period continues to 31 August, when sales of series tickets close. Seat

allocation starts on 1 June but non-priority bookings will not be handled until

the end of the priority booking period.

Individual series concert tickets

Tickets for individual concerts will be available from 1 June 2018 at the Town

Hall Box Office (tel: 01242 227979 or 0844 576 2210) but the choice of seats

will be limited until the allocation of series tickets is complete. Tickets are also

available at the Pump Room on the day of the concert.

Those buying tickets for four or more series concerts at the same time get a

10% discount. Members who have purchased a series ticket can purchase up to

two additional single tickets for each Pump Room concert at a discount of 50%.

Under 26 series tickets

Tickets for those under 26 are £5 for individual concerts, and £20 or £15,

depending on seating area, for the whole series.

Contemporary Concerts at Prince Michael Hall

Members subscribing for the Chamber Music series at the Pump Room can buy

tickets for both concerts for a total of £15 using the application form.

Individual tickets cost £10 and can be purchased at the door. Tickets for those

under 26 are free.

Application FormName(s)

Address

Postcode

Email

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Tickets required.

...…… Pump Room A block full price seats at £105

..……. Pump Room B block full price seats at £81

……... Pump Room A block under 26 seats at £20

……... Pump Room B block under 26 seats at £15

.…….. Contemporary series seats at £15

Donation

Enclose cheque for total amount payable to

‘Cheltenham Music Society’

Indicate preferred seating area

Please return with cheque and stamped addressed envelope to the Membership

Secretary: Mr M. O’Connell, 49 Painswick Rd, Cheltenham GL50 2EP (Tel 01242

234791). Please also complete the declaration below if appropriate.

I wish all my donations to the Cheltenham Music Society from this date onwards to

be treated as Gift Aid donations. I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay

less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on

all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

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Cheltenham Music Society

promotes a winter season of

varied chamber music with an

emphasis on string quartets and

also a contemporary music series.

The Society is a registered charity

(No 279209) and relies

on donations to maintain a high

standard of programme and

support young musicians.

The artists include some of the

finest performers in the world as

well as outstanding young

musicians.

We will use personal information

supplied by members and non-

members only to mail and email

these individuals about concerts,

events and programme changes,

and we will not share it with any

other organisation. Details of our

Data Protection Policy are on our

website.

Photo credits are acknowledged

on our website.

TicketsMembers’ tickets for the whole

concert series are available via the

membership secretary Mr M.

O’Connell, 49 Painswick Rd,

Cheltenham GL50 2EP

(Tel 01242 234791).

Tickets for individual Pump Room

concerts are available through the

Cheltenham Town Hall box office,

Imperial Square, Tel 01242 227979, or

0844 576 2210, or at the door.

Tickets for individual Contemporary

Concerts are available at the door.

VenuesThe Pittville Pump Room is at East

Approach Drive, Cheltenham

GL52 3JE.

Prince Michael Hall is at Dean Close

School, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham

GL51 6EP.

Facilities are available for disabled

patrons at both venues. Please make

your requirements known when

booking.

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