Highlights August to November 2020 include…
Saturday 1 August - online performance
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Tom Poster (piano), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Adam Wynter (bass), Armand Djikoloum (oboe), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Ben Goldscheider (horn)
Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2, Coleridge-Taylor Nonet
Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 August - online performances
Chamber Music by the Sea - Maryland, USA
With Elena Urioste (violin), Milena Pajaro van de Stadt and Rosalind Ventris (viola), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (voice/viola), Brook Speltz and Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Works by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Florence Price, Chaminade, Grieg, Donald Grant, Dvořák, and a set of Tom’s arrangements of Great American Songbook classics
Sunday 13 September, 8pm - online performance
Lammermuir Festival
With Navarra Quartet
Mozart Adagio in B minor, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12
Monday 14 September, c.6.30pm
BBC Radio 3 - In Tune
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Adagio in E major
Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 September
Recording sessions for Chandos Records - Potton Hall, Suffolk
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Rose (bass), Elena Urioste and Melissa White (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 September, 10am to 5pm
Benedetti Sessions - online chamber music weekend for students
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste and Savitri Grier (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Joseph Conyers (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Studying chamber works by Schubert and George Walker, plus discussions and Q&A sessions via Zoom
Wednesday 30 September, 7.30pm - live and online, also broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Rose (bass), Elena Urioste and Savitri Grier (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Schubert Adagio and Rondo Concertante, Glinka Doubt, Borodin The Pretty Girl No Longer Loves Me, Kate Whitley This is my love poem for you, George Walker Lyric for Strings, Barber Dover Beach, Korngold Piano Quintet
Friday 2 October, 1.00pm - live and online, also broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Wigmore Hall, London
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Mark Simpson An Essay of Love, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Messiaen Theme and Variations, Donald Grant Bha là eile ann (There was a different day), Grieg Violin Sonata No. 2
Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 October
John Whibley Holidays with Music - St George’s Hotel, Llandudno
With Navarra Quartet
Solo and chamber works by Schubert, Beethoven, Beach, Schumann and Fauré
Sunday 8 November
Oxford Chamber Music Society
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste and Savitri Grier (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Programme tbc
Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November - live and online performances
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Elena Urioste and Savitri Grier (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Programme 1: Schubert String Trio D. 471, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Korngold Piano Quintet
Programme 2: George Walker Lyric for Strings, Amy Beach Romance, Cole Porter (arr. Tom Poster) Begin the Beguine, Elgar Piano Quintet
And a bonus video: Guy Johnston and Tom perform Rachmaninov's Sonata for cello and piano, recorded in July 2020 - watch here
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