Programme - Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival

Thursday
29 September

5pm – 6pm
Marble Hall

IMMORTAL BELOVED

Beethoven Sonata in A, Op. 101, first movement

Beethoven Sonata in F, Op. 10 No 2

Beethoven Sonata in E flat, Op. 31 No 3, third movement

Beethoven Andante favori

Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No 1, first movement

Beethoven Sonata in E, Op. 109, final movement

Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

Jessica Duchen narrator

7.30pm – 9.15pm
Marble Hall

EVENING CONCERT

Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703

Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B flat, FP 184ing Quartet No 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108

Bach, Couperin, and Nordic folk tunes with the Lodestar Trio

Robin Holloway Flute Quartet world première

Dvořák Waldesruhe Op. 68 no 5

Jessie Montgomery Strum

JP Jofre Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bandoneon, string quintet and piano

Adam Walker flute

Julian Bliss clarinet

JP Jofre bandoneon

Lodestar Trio

Guy Johnston cello

Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

Richard Gower piano

Charles Owen piano

United Strings of Europe

6.45pm – 7.15pm Pre-concert talk with Stephen Johnson and Guy Johnston. Free to attend

Friday
30 September

5pm – 6pm
Marble Hall

Early Evening Concert

Prokofiev Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

Ivan Moseley Three duets for flute and guitar (2021)world première

Manuel de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Bartók Romanian Folk Dances

Adam Walker flute

Morgan Szymanski guitar

Guy Johnston cello

Katya Apekisheva piano

4.15pm – 4.45pm Pre-concert talk. Free to attend

7.30pm – 9.30pm
Marble Hall

RENEWAL: THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS AND TRANSFORMATION

Pēteris Vasks Viatore

Osvaldo Golijov Last Round

Caroline Shaw Entr’acte

Purcell Dido’s Lament (arr. Stokowski)

Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 80 (arr. for string orchestra)

United Strings of Europe

Julian Azkoul director

6.45pm – 7.15pm Pre-concert talk. Free to attend

Saturday
1 October

Midday – 1pm
Marble Hall

Lunchtime Concert

Bach Gamba Sonata No 1 in G, BWV 1027

Fauré Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op. 109

Beethoven Cello Sonata No 3 in A, Op. 69

Guy Johnston cello

Mishka Rushdie Momen piano

2pm – 3pm
St Etheldreda’s Church

FAMILY CONCERT Once Upon A Tune

Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of the Bumble Bee

Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade – The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship

Rossini William Tell Overture

James Mayhew author and illustrator

The Purcell School of Young Musicians

United Strings of Europe

RAM Ensemble Renard

Paul Hoskins director

This book tells dramatic stories of trolls, flying carpets and magic spells which in turn inspired some wonderful pieces of music

5pm – 6pm
Marble Hall

Song Recital

Dowland Come ye heavy states of night

Dowland Come again, sweet love

Dowland Now, O now I needs must part

Stephen McNeff A Certain Man

Stephen McNeff Eden Rock

Schubert Nachtstück

Schubert Nacht und Träume

Alec Roth A Road Less Travelled

Mark Padmore tenor

Morgan Szymanski guitar

4.15pm – 4.45pm Pre-concert Talk. Free to attend

7.30pm – 9.30pm
Marble Hall

Evening Concert

Bach Musette from the English Suite no 3, BWV 808

Tarquinion Merula Ciaconna

Bach Allegro Assai from the C major sonata

Bach Gavotte II G major from the 6th Cello Suite

Olav Mjelva Hjaltaren in E minor

Bach Sarabande in D major from the 6th Suite

Jean-Baptiste Lully Loure from Orchestral Suite Alceste

Bach Bourée from the E major Violin Partita

Bach C minor Sarabande from the 5th Suite

F Couperin Les Barricades Mystérieuses

Bach Prelude in D major from the 6th Cello Suite

Bach Air on the G String

Erik Rydvall Jubileumspolska

Knussen Alleluya Nativitas

JP Jofre Taranguino and Bandoneon

JP Jofre Tango Movements

JP Jofre Manifiesto

JP Jofre Como el Agua

JP Jofre Primavera

JP Jofre Universe

Lodestar Trio

United Strings of Europe

Adam Walker flute

JP Jofre bandoneon

Guy Johnston cello

Morgan Szymanski guitar

Richard Gower piano

With traditional Scandinavian folk instruments, the Lodestar Trio with UK’s own Max Baillie, will treat us to an evening of Baroque music in folk style, with Bach and other Baroque composers re-imagined for this unique combination. This will be followed by Argentinian Bandoneon player JP Jofre joined by artists in residence for his own music from South America. This is set to be a memorable evening of musical influences from around the world.

Sunday
2 October

10.30am – 12.00 midday
The Old Palace

CHORAL WORKSHOP

ORA Singers

and Hertfordshire County Youth Choirs

1pm – 2pm
Marble Hall

Our Queens, Elizabeth

William Byrd O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth

William Byrd Kyrie (from 5 Part Mass)

Roxanna Panufnik Kyrie after Byrd

Ellis Gibbons Long Live Fair Oriana

Bennet All creatures now are merry minded

Thomas Tallis 1 Psalms from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter

William Byrd Gloria (from 5 Part Mass)

Alexander L’Estrange Show me, deare Christ

Edward Johnson Come, blessed bird

Hilton Fair Oriana, beauty’s queen

William Byrd Sing Joyfully

Thomas Tallis 1 Psalm from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter

Kerry Andrew Archbishop Parker’s Psalme 150

Thomas Tallis Come Holy Ghost

Roderick Williams Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined

John Mundy Lightly she whipped o’er the dale

Michael East Hence Stars! Too Dim of Light

William Byrd Agnus Dei (from 5 Part Mass)

Toby Young Floral Tribute world première

ORA SINGERS Suzi Digby OBE Music Director

ORA Singers present a specially reconstructed edition of their programme, Elizabeth, our Queen; a celebration of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, linking the music of today to the masterworks written under Queen Elizabeth I. This special performance, Our Queens, Elizabeth, is dedicated to the life and service of Queen Elizabeth II, featuring the world première of a commission by Toby Young written in honour of our late Queen. This commission sets the text from Floral Tribute, a tribute to the Queen by Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage.

2pm – 3.15pm
St Etheldreda’s Church

YOUNG MUSICIANS’ PLATFORM 1

3.45pm – 5.00pm
St Etheldreda’s Church

YOUNG MUSICIANS’ PLATFORM 2

7pm – 9pm
The Old Palace

FINALE CONCERT

Boccherini Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid

Piazzolla Selection from Tango L’Histoire

JP Jofre String Quartet and bandoneon No 1

Grieg, Vivaldi, Bartok and Bach Medley

Joseph Phibbs World première for Cello and Choir

Shruthi Rajasekar World première for Veena and Choir

Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna

ORA Singers Suzi Digby OBE Music Director

Hertfordshire County Youth Choirs

Nirmala Rajasekar veena

Festival resident musicians and friends

RAM Ensemble Renard

A celebration of our 2022 theme, A World of Music, with works by Vivaldi through to two new commissions by Joseph Phibbs and Shruthi Rajasekar and culminating in Morten Lauridsen’s gloriously uplifting, Lux Aeterna.

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