Highlights April to November 2019 include…
Thursday 4 April, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
With Matthew Rose (bass)
Schubert Songs, Schubert Impromptu in E flat, Liszt Impromptu, Liszt Songs, Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death, Mussorgsky Impromptu Passionné, Tom Poster The Turning Year (world premiere of Wigmore Hall commission, texts by Jem Poster), Ives Improvisations, Ives Songs
Monday 8 April, 7.30pm
Powderham Castle, Devon (in aid of the Two Moors Festival)
Solo recital
Beethoven 'Moonlight' Sonata, Schubert Impromptus D. 899, Nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann and Chopin, Ravel La Valse
Friday 12 April, 7.30pm and Saturday 13 April, 3.00pm
Wiltshire Music Centre
With West of England Youth Orchestra, Timothy Redmond (conductor)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; solo miniatures by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
Tuesday 16 April, 7.30pm
EuroArt Prague Festival - Martinů Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
Aronowitz Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trio in E major, Schumann Piano Trio No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2
Saturday 27 April, 7.30pm
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jessica Cottis (conductor)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sunday 28 April, 3.00pm
The Hawth Theatre, Crawley
With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jessica Cottis (conductor)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tuesday 7 May, 7.30pm
Leamington Music Festival - Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington
Aronowitz Ensemble
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
Thursday 9 May, 8.00pm
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (part of a three-concert residency 2018/19) - with Savitri Grier (violin), Ting-Ru Lai (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Schumann Piano Quartet
Thursday 16 May, 8.00pm
West Wicklow Festival - Russborough House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Kreisler Miniatures, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Dvořák Violin Sonata, Janáček Violin Sonata, Amy Beach Three Pieces, Gershwin/Heifetz Selections from Porgy and Bess
Saturday 18 May, 7.30pm
Mote Hall, Maidstone
With Maidstone Symphony Orchestra, Brian Wright (conductor)
Schumann Piano Concerto
SACCONI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone
Sunday 19 May, 3.00pm - with Ben Hancox (violin), Cara Berridge (cello)
Beethoven Spring Sonata, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata
Sunday 19 May, 7.00pm - with Sacconi Quartet
Korngold Piano Quintet
QUEILLE FESTIVAL
Château de Queille, Saint-Quentin-la-Tour, France
Friday 24 May, 8.00pm - with Mary Bevan (soprano), Castalian String Quartet, Pippa Macmillan (double bass)
Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2, Mozart Ch’io mi scordi di te
Saturday 25 May, 11.00am - with Castalian Quartet
Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, Chopin Ballade No. 3
Saturday 25 May, 4.30pm - with Sini Simonen (violin), Christopher Graves (cello)
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2
Friday 14 June, 7.30pm
The Barn, Carlton
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - with Savitri Grier (violin), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola), Guy Johnston (cello)
Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Robert Schumann Piano Quartet
Friday 21 June, 7.30pm
The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth
Aronowitz Piano Trio
Schubert Notturno, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2
Saturday 22 June, 7.30pm
Portsmouth Festivities - The Portsmouth Grammar School
With Guy Johnston (cello)
Beethoven Variations on ‘Bei Männern’ from The Magic Flute, Grieg Cello Sonata, Chopin Polonaise brillante, MacMillan Kiss on Wood, Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Martinu Rossini Variations
Sunday 23 June, 7.30pm
Buscot Park Theatre, Oxfordshire
Solo recital
Schubert Four Impromptus D. 899, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Lullaby (Homage to Schubert), Janáček Intimate Sketches, Cheryl Frances-Hoad In the Dew (Homage to Janáček), Gershwin Three Preludes, Schumann Waldszenen, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Un canard hors de l’eau (Homage to Ravel), Ravel La valse
Saturday 29 June, 7.30pm
Thaxted Festival - Thaxted Parish Church
With Brandenburg Sinfonia, Robert Porter (conductor)
Schumann Piano Concerto, Finzi Eclogue
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
Saturday 6 July, 3.00pm - Imperial Square, Cheltenham
Schumann Square - with Elena Urioste (violin)
Clara Schumann Three Romances, Schumann (arr. Joachim) Abendlied
Wednesday 10 July, 10.00am - Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Composium - with Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
As Ensemble-in-Residence at Cheltenham Festival, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective will workshop, rehearse and perform eight new works written especially for them by Composer Academy participants
Sunday 14 July, 11.00am - Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - with Elena Urioste, Melissa White (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Maria Szymanowska Nocturne in B flat, Lili Boulanger Nocturne and Cortège, Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Germaine Tailleferre String Quartet, Amy Beach Piano Quintet
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
MUSIC AT PAXTON
Paxton House, Scottish Borders
Thursday 25 July, 7.00pm - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - with Savitri Grier (violin), Ben Goldscheider (horn)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Clara Schumann Three Romances, Brahms Horn Trio
Thursday 25 July, 9.15pm - solo recital
Gershwin Three Preludes, Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Un canard hors de l’eau (Homage to Ravel), Selections from the Great American Songbook (arr. Tom Poster), Ravel La valse
Friday 26 July, 7.30pm - with Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Bach Gamba Sonata No. 1, Britten Cello Sonata, Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces, Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1
LAKE DISTRICT SUMMER MUSIC
Ambleside Parish Church
Monday 29 July, 8.00pm - solo recital
Schubert Four Impromptus D. 899, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Lullaby (Homage to Schubert) and In the Dew (Homage to Janáček), Janáček Intimate Sketches, Schumann Waldszenen, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Un canard hors de l’eau (Homage to Ravel), Ravel La valse
Tuesday 30 July, 7.30pm - with Carducci Quartet
Shostakovich Piano Quintet
ABERYSTWYTH MUSICFEST
Thursday 1 August, 1.30pm - Old College, Aberystwyth
With Sacconi Quartet
Korngold Piano Quintet
Friday 2 August, 8.00pm - Great Hall, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
From Vienna to Broadway - curated by Tom Poster, featuring special Musicfest guests
Schubert Four Impromptus D. 899, followed by Tom Poster’s arrangements of Gershwin, Kern, Porter and other gems from the Great American Songbook
Saturday 3 August, 8.00pm - Great Hall, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
With Orion Orchestra, Toby Purser (conductor)
Schumann Piano Concerto
CHAMBER MUSIC BY THE SEA - Maryland, USA
With Elena Urioste, Melissa White (violin), Caitlin Lynch (viola), Nathan Chan (cello), Kiera Duffy (soprano), Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Sunday 11 August, 3.00pm - Temple Bat Yam
Ravel Sonate Posthume, Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1, Gershwin/Heifetz Selections from Porgy and Bess, and miniatures by Lila Wildy Quillin, Debussy, Achron, Elgar and Lili Boulanger
Tuesday 13 August, 7.00pm - Snow Hill (house concert)
Debussy Violin Sonata, Fauré Serenade, Ravel Piano Trio
Wednesday 14 August, 7.00pm - All Hallows Episcopal Church, Snow Hill
Fauré Piano Trio, Fauré La bonne chanson, Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1
Friday 16 August, 7.00pm - Buckingham Presbyterian Church, Berlin
Fauré and Poulenc Songs, Chausson Chanson perpétuelle, Messiaen La mort du nombre, Chausson Concert
Saturday 17 August, 7.00pm - Berlin (house concert)
Songs by Debussy, Hahn, Saint-Saëns and Vaughan Williams; miniatures by Ravel, Fauré and Lili Boulanger
PRESTEIGNE FESTIVAL
St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne
Friday 23 August, 2.00pm - solo recital
Gershwin Three Preludes, Hannah Lash Give me your songs, David Matthews Four Portraits, Cheryl Frances-Hoad Homages Book I, Schubert Four Impromptus D. 899
Saturday 24 August, 2.00pm - with Katherine Bryan (flute)
Copland Duo, Cecilia McDowall The Moon Dances, John Hawkins Sonata Serenata, Prokofiev Flute Sonata
Monday 26 August, 7.00pm - with Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Rozenn Le Trionnaire (clarinet)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Cloud Movements, Huw Watkins Spring, Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 ‘Spring’, Schumann Three Romances, Hannah Lash Adjoining, Bartók Contrasts
Thursday 12 September, 7.30pm
Cowbridge Music Festival - Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge
Aronowitz Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trio in E major, Schumann Piano Trio No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2
CHAMBER MUSIC AT DARTINGTON
John Whibley Holidays with Music - Dartington Hall, Devon
With Katharine Dain (soprano), Sasha Calin (oboe), Callino Quartet
Monday 16 September, 5.30pm
Mozart (arr. Lachner) Piano Concerto No. 19
Tuesday 17 September, 12.00pm
Poulenc Oboe Sonata, John Musto Songs
Tuesday 17 September, 5.30pm
Schubert and Richard Strauss Songs, Schumann Three Romances, Schubert Trout Quintet
Wednesday 18 September, 12.00pm
Brahms Two Songs with viola; piano miniatures by Debussy, Grieg, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and others; Tom Poster’s arrangements from the Great American Songbook
Wednesday 18 September, 5.30pm
Bach Wedding Cantata
Thursday 19 September, 12.00pm
Fauré La bonne chanson
Thursday 19 September, 5.30pm
Dohnanyi Piano Quintet No. 1
Friday 20 September, 10.00pm
Lammermuir Festival
Solo recital
‘Of Night and Dreams’ - Nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Grieg, Fanny Mendelssohn, Debussy, Poulenc, Clara Schumann, Tom Poster (world premiere) and Chopin; interspersed with Tom Poster’s arrangements of Gershwin, Kern, Porter and other gems from the Great American Songbook
Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September
IMS Prussia Cove - Open Chamber Music
Tuesday 1 October, 8.00pm
Saison Blüthner - Goethe-Institut, Paris, France
Solo recital
Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, Nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, Chopin, Poulenc and Tom Poster, Selections from the Great American Songbook (arr. Tom Poster), Ravel La valse
Wednesday 2 October, 8.00pm
Saison Blüthner - Goethe-Institut, Lyon, France
Solo recital
Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, Nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, Chopin, Poulenc and Tom Poster, Selections from the Great American Songbook (arr. Tom Poster), Ravel La valse
Thursday 3 October, 7.30pm
Tetbury Music Festival - St Mary’s Church, Tetbury
Aronowitz Piano Trio
Haydn Piano Trio in E major, Schumann Piano Trio No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 1
Saturday 5 October, 8.00pm
Holmes Chapel Music Society - Holmes Chapel Leisure Centre
Aronowitz Piano Trio
Schubert Notturno, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2
Tuesday 15 October, 1.05pm
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
With Raphaela Papadakis (soprano)
Programme to include Barber Hermit Songs and selections from the Great American Songbook
Friday 1 November, 7.00pm
St George’s Bristol
With Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19
Saturday 2 November, 7.00pm
Kings Place, London
With Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19
MUSICAL HOUSE PARTY IN EASTBOURNE
John Whibley Holidays with Music - The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne
With Navarra Quartet, Clare Presland (mezzo)
Friday 8 November, 5.30pm
Schumann Kinderszenen, Bridge Three Songs with viola, Fauré Piano Quartet No. 1
Saturday 9 November, 12.00pm
Salon pieces by Debussy, Fauré, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and others; Selections from the Great American Songbook (arr. Tom Poster)
Sunday 10 November, 12.00pm
Elgar Piano Quintet
Wednesday 13 November, 8.00pm
Cambridge Music Festival - Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - with Savitri Grier, Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Vashti Hunter (cello)
Debussy Clair de lune, Rebecca Clarke Morpheus, Ravel Piano Trio, Puccini Crisantemi, Amy Beach Piano Quintet
Friday 6 December, 7.15pm
Music in the Round - Upper Chapel, Sheffield
With Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Bach Gamba Sonata No. 1, Britten Cello Sonata, Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces, Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1
Highlights in early 2020 include a concerto tour with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, debuts in India and California, and a pair of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective concerts at Wigmore Hall - details here and here. More soon!