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GUILDHALL SCHOOL

Chamber Music Festival

22–24 March 2024

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation
 
Chairman of the Board of Governors
Graham Packham
 
Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan
 

Vice-Principal & Director of Music

Armin Zanner

 

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Guildhall School is provided by the City of London as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation.

Milton Court
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Please do not stand or sit in any gangway.

Eating is not permitted in the auditorium.

Drinks are allowed inside the auditorium in polycarbonates.

Filming or recording of the performance is not permitted.

Latecomers will be able to enter the auditorium at a suitable break in the performance.

Rush Hour Concert with the Elmore String Quartet

Friday 22 March
6pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Free, no ticket required

Webern Five movements for String Quartet, Op 5

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I. Heftig bewegt

II. Sehr langsam

III. Sehr lebhaft

IV. Sehr langsam

V. In zarter Bewegung

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Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13

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I. Adagio – Allegro vivace

II. Adagio non lento

III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto

IV. Presto – Adagio non lento

Elmore String Quartet

Hans Keller Fellows

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Xander Croft violin
Miles Ames violin
Inis Oírr Asano viola
Felix Hughes cello

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Winners of the 2023 Kirckman Concert Society and recipients of the prestigious Tunnell Trust Awards in 2021, the Elmore Quartet is an award-winning ensemble founded in 2017 at the Royal Northern College of Music, and Guildhall School’s current Hans Keller Fellows.

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Since their formation, the Elmore Quartet has been guided by some of the world's foremost chamber musicians, including Donald Grant (Elias Quartet), Petr Prause (Talich Quartet), Henk Guittart (Schoenberg Quartet), David Waterman (Endellion Quartet), and Marc Danel (Quatuor Danel).

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The Elmores accepted the position as Studio Quartet at the RNCM in 2020 and in the same year, were awarded second prize in the CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition at Wigmore Hall. Their journey continued with their appointment as Junior Fellows in Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music from 2021 to 2023.

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Over the past two years, the Elmore Quartet has recorded for BBC Radio 3 and has performed at renowned UK venues, including Wigmore Hall, Conway Hall, the Pitville Pump Room, and Oxford’s Holywell Music Room.

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Adding to their accolades, the Quartet proudly launched the Elmore Chamber Music Festival in 2020, and it has since become an annual event held in the village of Elmore in Gloucestershire every August.

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In 2023 the Elmores were finalists in the Irene Steels-Wilsing International String Quartet Competition in Germany, and became members of the esteemed Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA). They also received multiple festival invitations, including Casa del Quartetto (Italy), Crans Montana Master Classes (Switzerland), Residart Festival (Italy) and are looking forward to attending the Vibre Festival (France) in the spring of 2024.

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Presently, holding the position of Hans Keller Chamber Fellows at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, the Elmore Quartet have enjoyed a busy past year performing across the UK and Europe. Noteworthy collaborations have included performances with the Jerusalem Quartet, Elias Quartet as well as pianists Keigo Mukawa and Victor Lim.

Collaboration Concert

Friday 22 March
7.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Ticketed

Donizetti Sinfonia for Winds in G minor


Philippa Davies* flute
Kosuke Shirai clarinet
Emily Degg clarinet
Kathryn Titcomb clarinet
Jonny Ainscough clarinet
Thaïs Bordes bassoon
Amelia Cody-Byfield bassoon
Niamh Rogers horn
Sarah Pennington horn

 


Brahms Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 101

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I. Allegro energico

II. Presto non assai

III. Andante grazioso

IV. Allegro molto


Henry Lewis piano
Violetta Suvini violin
David Waterman* cello
 


Gideon Klein String Trio


I. Allegro
II. Variations on a Moravian Folksong: Lento
III. Molto vivace


Leonardo Barbosa violin
Matthew Jones* viola
Adrian Brendel* cello

 


Fauré Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45

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I. Allegro molto moderato

II. Allegro molto

III. Adagio non troppo

IV. Allegro molto


Carole Presland* piano
Xander Croft violin
Gary Pomeroy* viola
Gabriel Francis-Dehqani cello

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*Guildhall School Chamber Professor

Student Showcase

Saturday 23 March
7pm Silk Street Music Hall
Free, no ticket required

Mozart String Quartet No 14 in G major 'Spring', K387

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III. Andante cantabile

IV. Fugue, Molto allegro

 

Sonas Quartet:
Yente Lottman violin
Isabelle Allan violin
Eve Quigley viola
Alice Abram cello

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William Alwyn Naiades Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp

 

Justyna Szynkarczyk flute
Emilia Agajew harp

 

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Haydn Achieved is the Glorious Work

 

Verdi Ava Maria from Otello

 

Bruckner Penge Lingua

 

Siler Hymn & Alleluia

 

Kamikaze Trombone Quartet:
James Bruce trombone
Josh Brierley trombone
Oliver Bartlett trombone
Jonathan Hooper trombone

 

 

Johann Christian Schickhardt Concerto No 2 in D minor for Four Recorders and Continuo, Op 19

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I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Vivace

IV. Allegro


Cecily Moorsom recorder
Elizabeth McCall recorder
Charlotte Stocks recorder
Otto Hashmi recorder
Thaïs Bordes baroque bassoon

 

 

Claude Bolling Sonata No 1 for Two Pianos, Percussion and Double Bass

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I. Moderato

II. Andante

III. Allegro in 7/4

 

The Rolling Steins:
Qiaolinger Feng piano
Charles Tam piano
Bogdan Skrypka percussion
Melisande Lochak double bass

Sunday Afternoon Concert

Sunday 24 March
2.30pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Ticketed

Purcell/Gibbons/John Blow Fantasias and Rounds

(arr. Perks)


Oscar Perks* violin
Flora Yeung violin
Yougtwo Cheung viola
Mungo Everett-Jordan viola
Nia Williams cello
Alex Acomb cello

 


Ravel Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet


Emily Sullivan harp
Pauline Delamotte flute
Emily Degg clarinet
Benedict Wong violin
Ivelina Ivanova violin
Garfield Jackson* viola
Niki Moosavi cello

 


Dohnányi Piano Quintet No 2 in E flat minor, Op 26

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I. Allegro non troppo
II. Intermezzo. Allegretto – Presto
III. Moderato – Un poco più mosso – Animato


Caroline Palmer* piano
Simon Blendis* violin
Victor MacAbies violin
Teresa Macedo Ferriera viola
Kosta Popovic cello

 


Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op 2

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I. Allegro energico 

II. Andante con moto 

III. Scherzo. Allegro 

IV. Finale. Allegro vivace 


Chloé Dumoulin piano
Elly Barlow oboe
Joy Farrall* clarinet
Thaïs Bordes bassoon
Kate King horn
Seren Nickson violin
Sarah-Jane Bradley* viola
Natalie Alfille-Cook cello
Cynthia Garduño Meneses double bass

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*Guildhall School Chamber Professor

Masterclass with
Matthew Jones

Sunday 24 March
5pm Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
Free, no ticket required

Schumann Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 63

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I. Mit Energie und Leidenschaft

II. Lebhaft, doch nicht zu rasch

III. Langsam, mit inniger Empfindung

IV. Mit Feuer

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Myrthen Piano Trio: 
Kwanyee Chan piano
Cyrus Yuen violin 
Wilbert Chan cello

Matthew Jones

Head of Chamber Music

Described by Fanfare as ‘the finest violist since William Primrose’, Matthew enjoys a diverse performing and teaching career, equally at home as soloist or chamber musician playing both violin and viola, performing classical or contemporary repertoire or improvising. He gave a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2008, and until 2018 was a member of Ensemble MidtVest. Matthew was violist of the Badke String Quartet when they won the 2007 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

 

Matthew has recorded twenty-five solo and chamber CDs, including five for Naxos which include Britten: Reflections with pianist Annabel Thwaite, named Chamber CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine and streamed more than 4.5 million times. Matthew is Head of Chamber Music and Professor of Viola at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. In recent years he has premiered concertos by Tolibkhon Shakhidi, Derek Ball and Gordon Crosse.

 

Born in Swansea, Matthew is also a composer, mathematics graduate and teacher of the Alexander Technique and Kundalini Yoga. In the capacity of Alexander and Yoga/Meditation teacher he has worked individually with more than 1600 musicians. Matthew frequently presents workshops on empowering musicians and enhancing performance, clients of which have included world-renowned conductors and soloists, world champion athletes and orchestras including the New World Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and the European Union Youth Orchestra. A recording of his chamber compositions is due to be released in 2024. 

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For more information, visit matt-jones.com

Festival Closing Concert

Sunday 24 March
7pm Milton Court Concert Hall
Ticketed

Mozart String Quintet No 5 in D major, K593

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I. Larghetto - Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Menuetto: Allegretto

IV. Allegro


Levon Chilingirian* violin
Zoe Hodi violin
Isobel Doncaster viola
Hiu Nam Chan viola
Kathryn Monteiro cello

 


Eleanor Alberga Tiger Dream in Forest Green


Isabelle Harris flutes
Alison Teale* oboe
Chris Murray* cello
Sooyeon Baik piano

 


Korngold Piano Quintet in E major, Op 15

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I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck

II. Adagio. Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und aus drucksvoll

III. Finale. Gemessen beinahe pathetisch


Sam Armstrong* piano
Kryštof Kohout violin
Victoria Lewis violin
Georgia Russell viola
Ursula Smith* cello

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*Guildhall School Chamber Professor

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