2025 Festival
Across Mountains and Valleys
To celebrate our 15th anniversary join us for this most special journey across five concerts featuring music written by some of our most intrepid musical explorers. Music that looks back to its national roots as well as being inspired by travel and adventure. We will be joined on this exciting musical exploration by some of the most celebrated musicians performing in the world today. Artistic Director Lawrence Power, Vilde Frang, Nicolas Altstaedt Benjamin Marquise-Gilmore, Timothy Ridout, Simon Crawford-Phillips, John Myerscough and others!
“From my Life’
- Enescu – Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
- Smetana – String Quartet No 1 ‘From my Life’
- Bartok – Duos for 2 Violins
- Suk – Quintet for Piano and Strings Op 8
Benjamin Marquise-Gilmore and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
“Rediscovered Places”
- Bacewicz – Quartet for 4 Violins
- Rachmaninov – Romance for Piano 6 Hands
- Ades – “Lieux Retrouvés”(fields)
- Vaughan Williams – Studies on English Folksong
- Brahms – Clarinet Trio Op 114 in Brahms’ arrangement for Viola, Cello and Piano
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (violin/viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Gabriel Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
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“Night Music”
- Boccherini – Night Music of the Streets of Madrid
- Shostakovich – Seven Romances on Poems by Blok Op 127
- Biber – Sonata Representativa
- Dvorak – Quintet No 1 for Piano and Strings Op 5
Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (violin/viola), Nicolas Altstaedt and John Myerscough (cellos), Sergio Bucheli (lutes), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
“Grand Ballet”
- Westhof – Violin Sonata No 2
- Marais – Tourbillon/ Grand Ballet
- Tchaikovsky – None but the Lonely Heart
- Stravinsky – Divertimento
Charlotte Spruit,(violin), Lawrence Power (violin/viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Sergio Bucheli (lutes) and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
“Chamber Lab”
- A unique musical experiment!To include music by Haydn, Bartok, Ades, Hummel, Boccherini Buxtehude, Matteis, Ridout, Biber
- Interval
- Couperin – Les Nations La Piémontaise (First Part)
- Brahms Sextet Op 18
Vilde Frang, Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power and Timothy Ridout (violas), Nicolas Altstaedt and John Myerscough (cellos), Sergio Bucheli (lutes)
To enjoy any or all of the above concerts please see the Tickets & Contact Information page.