Turner Ensemble

Turner Ensemble programmes for launch series at Kings Place 2010 – 11 as well as at Royal Opera House and Loddon Mill Arts

 

2010
January 17:    Kings Place, London  Programme 1:
Ravel  Introduction and Allegro
Janacek  Concertino
Debussy  Dances Sacres et Profanes (harp and string quartet)
Faure  Piano Quartet in C minor op.15

November  14:  Kings Place, London Programme 2 :
Wolgang Rihm Fremde Szene No. 3 for Piano Trio (Hommage a Schumann)
Schumann Liederkreis Op.39 (Robert Anthony Gardiner, Tenor)
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25


2011 
January 22:    Studio Concerts, Brightlingsea, Essex
Schubert   Piano Trio in B flat op. 99
Messiaen  "Quartet for the End of Time "

January 23:    Kings Place,London    Programme 3
Schubert   Piano Trio in B flat op. 99
Messiaen   Quartet for the End of Time

January 24:    Royal Opera House (Crush Room) lunchtime concert
Messiaen   Quartet for the End of Time

January 30:    Holywell Room, Oxford (Coffee Concert)
B. Smetana   “From my Homeland” for violin and piano
Schubert   Piano Trio in B flat, Op.99

May        22:   Kings Place, London   Programme 4
Peter Fribbins   Septet (World premiere of the first in the “Turner Series” of commissions)
Schubert   String Trio in B flat, D.581
Poulenc   Duo for clarinet and bassoon
Beethoven   Septet in E flat, Op.20

May        29:   Holywell Room, Oxford  (Coffee Concert)
Schubert   String Trio in B flat, D.581
Beethoven   Septet in E flat, Op.20

May        10:   Holywell Room, Oxford (Coffee Concert)
Saint-Saens   Fantasy for violin and harp
Gubaidulina   Trio for flute, viola and harp
Beethoven   Serenade in D, Op.25 for flute, violin and viola

July        20:  Ford Abbey, Somerset
Saint-Saens   Fantasy for violin and harp
Gubaidulina   Trio for flute, viola and harp
Ravel   Introduction and Allegro
Brahms   Clarinet Quintet in B min, Op.115

July           21:   Cranbourne Farm Concerts, Hampshire
Saint-Saens   Fantasy for violin and harp
Gubaidulina   Trio for flute, viola and harp
Ravel   Introduction and Allegro
Brahms   Clarinet Quintet in B min, Op.115

September 24:   Holywell Room

September  25:   Royal Opera House (Crush Room lunchtime concert)

December 18:   Kings Place, London   Programme 5
Dvorak   Miniatures for string trio
R. Vaughan-Williams   “On Wenlock Edge” with tenor, Robert Anthony Gardiner
Brahms   Piano Quintet in F min, Op.34

 

2012
January      22:   Holywell Room, Oxford (Coffee Concert)
Messiaen   Quartet for the end of Time

February      5:   Kings Place,London   Programme 6
Martinu   Oboe Quartet in C
Mozart   Oboe Quartet in F, K.370
Mozart   Duo for violin and viola in G, K.423
Mendelssohn   Piano Trio in D min, Op.49

March            4:   Royal Academy of Music, London
Messiaen   Quartet for the End of Time, followed by a chamber music workshop with students of the Royal Academy of Music

 March           18: Kings Place, London    Programme 7
Side-by-Side concert featuring Turner Ensemble members Jan Schmolck, Frances Angell and Roger Montgomery in collaboration with students of Trinity Laban Conservatoire and Royal Academy of Music
Brahms   Trio for horn, violin and piano in E flat, Op.40
Poulenc   Sextet for piano and winds in C, Op.100
Dvorak   String Quintet in G, Op.77

October 12-14: inaugural Turner Ensemble Festival at Loddon Mill Arts, Norfolk
 3 days of concerts as well as educational workshops with young musicians from local schools

October         21: Kings Place/ programme 8 tbc.

Kings Place
Programme 1:  17 January 2010

Ravel  Introduction and Allegro
Janacek  Concertino
Debussy  Dances Sacres et Profanes
Faure  Piano Quartet in C minor
(hp, pno, 2 vl, vla, vc, cl, hn and bn)

Programme 2 :   14 November 2010
Rihm  Fremde Szene No.3 for Piano Trio (Hommage a Schumann)
Schumann  Songs (tbc)
Brahms  Piano 4tet in G minor
(piano quartet plus singer)

Programme 3 :   23 January 2011
Schumann  Fantasiestucke for cello and piano
Brahms  Clarinet Trio OR Beethoven Clarinet Trio Op.11 (tbc)
Messian  Quartet for the End of Time
(cl, vl, vc, pno)

Programme 4:   20 March 2011
Schubert  String Trio in B flat
Brahms  Clarinet Quintet
Schubert  Quintet in C major

Programme 5:   May 2011 (exact date tbc)
Peter Fribbins  Septet ( world premiere and first of the “Turner Trilogy” commissions)
Beethoven  Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon
Beethoven  Septet

Loddon Mill Arts on 27 November 2009
Koechlin   Quatre Pieces Breves for horn,violin and piano
Poulenc   Elegie for horn and piano
Franck   Sonata in A for violin and piano
Brahms   Trio in E flat for horn,violin and piano

 
Royal Opera House lunchtime series, Crush Room  18 January 2010

Programme to include Faure Piano Quartet in C minor