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February 2020
William Howard Workshop
An informal workshop day with William Howard, one of Britain’s leading pianists. This workshop day will give students the opportunity to perform on a superb Steinway concert grand, and to receive an informal master class from William Howard, who will offer advice on performance, interpretation, and technique. Pianists at all levels are invited to participate if they have a piece prepared for performance/exam standards. The classes will be divided into three categories, with the masterclasses varying in duration according to…
Find out more »William Howard- Piano Recital
William Howard in Concert Join us at the start of Hellensmusic Through The Year's new calendar for 2020. The Great Barn at Hellens Manor provides the most beautiful venue for William Howards' recital. William is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists and has enjoyed a distinguished career in solo recitals, concertos and chamber music that has taken him to over forty countries. He performed as a member of the Schubert Ensemble throughout its existence. William Howard’s programme…
Find out more »March 2020
Peter Fisher & Margaret Fingerhut
Peter Fisher & Margaret Fingerhut These superb artists, who have distinguished and successful solo careers in their own right, have come together to form a duo whose technical prowess and quality of tone combine to produce performances of vibrancy, beauty and lyricism. Their most varied and imaginative programme spans around 200 years and opens with the famous ‘Spring Sonata’ of Beethoven in the year celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Beethoven Violin Sonata in F Op.24 ‘Spring’…
Find out more »Elizabeth Pallett – The Kinge’s Musicke
Elizabeth Pallett The Kinge’s Musicke Students from the Birmingham Conservatoire Early Music Department This concert by musicians from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire celebrates the Henry VIII Song Book c.1520. This beautiful book is a surviving monument to secular music from the early years of King Henry’s reign. Presenting well-known songs such as ‘Pastime with good company’ and ‘Green groweth the holly’ are three singers from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Vocal Department accompanied by the lute. The concert will also feature…
Find out more »June 2020
Coull Quartet
Coull Quartet This celebratory concert presents the premiere of Derek Smith’s String Quintet alongside two works by Schubert, his delightful Quartettsatz, one of the wonderful cameos of the string quartet repertoire, and his sublime String Quintet, one of the greatest chamber works ever written. The internationally renowned Coull Quartet will be joined by Rowena Calvert, the distinguished former cellist of the Cavaleri String Quartet. Programme includes Rowena Calvert - cello Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Derek Smith String Quintet…
Find out more »September 2020
Mark Bebbington
Mark Bebbington Join the team of Hellens Manor as we welcome pianist Mark Bebbington in the Great Barn for a solo concert of classical music. This is the opening concert of our English Music Weekend. The performance will include Alwyn Sonata all Toccata, Leighton Sonatina No 2, Vaughan Williams The Lake in the Mountains, Matthew-Walker Piano Sonata No 3 ‘Hamlet’, A Bad Night in Los Angeles, Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, (Piano Duet with Irene Loh), Three…
Find out more »Coull Quartet and Mark Bebbington – piano
English Music Weekend In partnership with Espressivo The second of three concerts showcasing the works of English composers with Mark Bebbington (piano), Coull Quartet, Peter Cigleris (clarinet) and Nicholas Roberts (cello). PROGRAMME INCLUDES Coull Quartet Mark Bebbington - piano Ireland String Quartet No 1 in D minor Ian Venables Piano Quintet Op.27 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op.84 ‘ ...the magnificent, seasoned ensemble of the Coull’ - The Strad Mark Bebbington: ‘ … truly a remarkable pianist’ - The…
Find out more »Peter Cigleris, Nicholas Roberts & Mark Bebbington
CLASSICAL TRIO OF PETER CIGLERIS, NICHOLAS ROBERTS & MARK BEBBINGTON Featuring Peter Cigleris on clarinet, Nicholas Roberts on cello & Mark Bebbington on piano This weekend of concerts brings together music from some of England’s finest composers of the last 150 years together with a much-acclaimed work by present-day composer Ian Venables and the première of an intriguing work by Derek Smith. Internationally acknowledged as a champion of British music, in particular, Mark Bebbington has been singled out as a…
Find out more »October 2020
PeatBog Faeries
Peatbog Faeries Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are the figurehead trailblazers of the Celtic Dance Music renaissance. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take traditional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced and breathless into the 21st century. They are Peter Morrison (pipes and whistles), Ross Couper (fiddle), Tom Salter (guitar), Innes Hutton (bass, percussion), Graeme Stafford (keyboards) and Stuart Haikney (drums). '...the…
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