Lunchtime Concerts
May 2013
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3rd May 2013, 1:10pm - 1:50pm
Althea Talbot-Howard (oboe, oboe d`amore, cor anglais) Katharine May (harpsichord)
Roberts Room, Floor 3, Lecture Centre Admission fee, all welcome
`England, Merrie England`
with music by G. F. Handel, Edmund Rubbra, David Matthews
10th May 2013, 1:10pm - 1:50pm
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano) The Bach Compendium Concert 19
Roberts Room, Floor 3, Lecture Centre
The penultimate concert of the five-year series highlights Bach transcriptions by Feinberg , Siloti, Reger & Busoni
The Bach Compendium is now reaching its final volume. In the course of the 20 concerts, Gretel Dowdeswell has included all the major keyboard works JS Bach wrote for non-pedalboard instruments. The series concludes with the towering Goldberg Variations in Autumn 2013.
Gretel Dowdeswell has performed throughout Europe, Australia, Canada and the Far East. Her concerts have frequently been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and she has appeared at many major European chamber music events including the Edinburgh Festival . BBC Proms Chamber Music series, the Philharmonia Chamber Music series, the Presteigne Festival and Claudio Abbado’s chamber music series in Ferrara.
17th May 2013, 1:10pm - 1:50pm
Michal Kaznowski (solo cello) plays Malcolm Arnold and JS Bach. A Maggini Concert
24th May 2013, 1:10pm - 1:50pm
Jazz with the Frank Griffith Trio
Frank Griffith sax John Horler piano Alec Dankworth bass
Master jazz musician Frank Griffith ends the season in traditional style.
