2012 Summer Programme

Doors open 12 noon • Concerts start 12.45pm

12.45pm Saturday 23rd June

Family Concert

BBC Elstree Concert Band, Andrew Morley conductor with Henry Kelly narrator and Tubby the Tuba. Be ready for foot-tapping and hand-clapping to the music that children (and the rest of us) know and love!

12.45pm Monday 25th June

Piano Recital

Elena Vorotko piano. Bach Partita No 1 in B flat major BWV 825;
Debussy Estampes; Schumann Etudes Symphoniques Op 13.

12.45pm Tuesday 26th June

The Parker Quintet

Barbara Wyllie clarinet, Pierre Largeron violin, Atsuko Takao violin, Elliot Joseph Moore viola and Alisa Franklin cello. The newly-formed Parker Quintet is five talented musicians from Britain, Japan and France who are all currently working and studying in London. The Quintet takes its name from the architect who helped design Hampstead Garden Suburb, where the ensemble was founded. Weber Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Op34 in B flat major; Mozart Quintet for Clarinet and Strings K581 in A major.

12.45pm Wednesday 27th June

Violin and Piano Recital

Tanya Sweiry violin and Manon Ablett piano. Beethoven ‘Spring’ Sonata No 5 in F major Op 24; Bach Ciaccona from Solo Partita No 2 in D minor; Wieniawski Variations on an Original Theme Op 15. Both players are currently studying for Masters’ Degrees at the Royal Academy of Music.

12.45pm Thursday 28th June

Concert for Schools

Nonesuch Orchestra, Will Carslake conductor. ‘Kings and Queens and Princes’ – Regal music celebrating the Diamond Jubilee with works by court composers and by Masters of the King’s Music from Boyce to Elgar. Bach: Brandenberg Concerto No 3; Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

12.45pm Friday 29th June

Organ Recital

Jonathan Gregory organist and Director of Music, Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church. Jonathan has been Organist and Director of Music at Leicester and Belfast Cathedrals. Bach; Percy Whitlock; An improvisation by Jonathan Gregory.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FREE CHURCH, CENTRAL SQUARE NW11 7AG.

12.45pm Saturday 30th June

Chariots of Fire!

A concert to be enjoyed by all the family. Kevin Hathway and Albert's Band explore sport’s amazing taste for music. Does ‘Bolero’ mean Torville and Dean to you? Does ‘Black and White Rag’ make you think of Pot Black? And what about ‘Nessun Dorma’?