“Mysterious Barricades’

Join us for an enchanting journey taking in Couperin’s enigmatic masterpiece as well as two cornerstones of the repertoire by Brahms and Mozart, both looking back through the mists of time for their inspiration.

• Mozart – Overture to the Magic Flute (arranged for quartet)
• Mozart – Piano Concerto K 414

• Couperin – Les Barricades Mystérieuses
• Brahms – Quintet for Piano and Strings Op 34

Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano)

“Double, double, toil and trouble”

Three magical stories by Shakespeare, Zhukovsky and HC Andersen. each one inspiring works by Janacek, Beethoven and Stravinsky. Actress Anna Madeley (All Creatures Great and Small) guides us through this enchanting afternoon.

• Janácek – Pohadka (Fairytale) 
• Beethoven – Piano Trio Op 70 no 1 ‘The Ghost’  – Largo
• Stravinsky – Divertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss”

Anna Madeley (actress), Lawrence Power and Charlotte Spruit (violins), John Myerscough (cello) and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

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“Inner Voices”

Five deeply personal and contrasting works, each inspired by various aspects of introspection. From Hermann’s iconic film score for ‘Psycho” to Schumann’s glittering Piano Quintet.

• Hermann – Suite from ‘Psycho’ (arranged for string quartet)
• Arvo Pärt – Spiegl im Spiegl
• Berio – Naturale for Viola and Percussion

• Bach – Prelude in B minor (arranged Siloti)
• Schumann – Quintet for Piano and Strings Op 44

Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) and Paul Stoneman (percussion)

“Gulliver’s Travels”

Join some of today’s most talented young musicians for this musical voyage around the world and beyond! Including Telemann’s
groundbreaking Gulliver Suite and other magical works by Prokofiev, Ravel, Dvorak and Fauré.

• Prokofiev – ‘Dance of the Knights’ (arranged for viola)
• Dvorak – Quartet no 2 for Piano and Strings Op 87 – Allegro con fuoco
• Telemann – Gulliver Suite for two violins
• Fauré – Quintet for Piano and Strings Op 89 – Molto moderato
• Ravel – Tzigane

Charlotte Spruit, Maya Broman Crawford-Phillips and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough (cello), Gabriel Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

“Fairytale Dances”

This year’s ‘Enchanted’ festival finale concludes with Dvorak’s radiant Piano Quintet and also includes Thomas Adès own Fairytale Dances based on English Folksongs, Britten’s heroic ‘Young Apollo’ and Mozart’s masterful Piano Concerto K488.

• Thomas Ades – ‘Märchentänze’ for violin and piano
• Britten – ‘Young Apollo’ for Piano and Strings
• Mozart – Piano Concerto K 488

• Dvorák – Quintet for Piano and Strings Op 81

  Charlotte Spruit and Annabelle Meare (violins), Lawrence Power (viola), John Myerscough and Wallis Power (celli), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)