By an odd coincidence our first two concerts this season feature ladies with almost identical names. Sarah-Jane Brandon is a young soprano who opens the season on October 2nd in collaboration with pianist Joseph Middleton. It's a few years since we featured a singer and Sarah-Jane's programme, ranging as it does from Handel to Satie, looks most interesting. Then, on November 27th, we welcome the well-known violist Sarah-Jane Bradley and pianist Anthony Hewitt. English music occupies the first half of the programme with Schumann and Brahms in the second half. The season would not be complete without a string quartet and the Brodowski Quartet will visit us on February 5th 2011 with a programme of Haydn, Shostakovich and Schubert. Please note that this concert will take place at Christ Church, Carr Road, Nelson. Last season there was no solo piano recital, which perhaps disappointed some people since this type of event seems to be very much enjoyed. However, solo piano music is back in the final event of the season on April 2nd 2011 when Ian Buckle will present a mainstream first half (Beethoven and Ravel) and a rather unusual second half drawn from the extensive repertoire of English piano miniatures.
| Sat.2nd October | |
| Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano) | |
| Handel | Dunque i lacci non volto...Ah, Crudel (Rinaldo) |
| Brahms | Eight songs from Zigeunerlieder, Op.103: He, Zigeuner, Greife in die Saiten ein! Hochgetürmte Rimaflut Wisst Ihr, wann mein Kindchen Lieber Gott, Du weisst Braune Bursche führt zum Tanze Röslein dreie in der Reihe Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn Rote Abendwolken ziehn |
| Rachmaninov | V molchani nochi taynoy, Op.4 No.3 Rechnaja lileja, Op.8 No.1 Son, Op.38 No.5 Ne poy, krasavitsa, prim ne, Op.4 No.4 |
| Dvorak | Song to the Moon (Rusalka) |
| Bizet | C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne mepouvante (Carmen) |
| Duparc | L'invitation au voyage Chanson triste Au pays ou se fait la guerre |
| Satie | Daphénéo Le Chapelier |
| Massenet | Ah, je suis seule...Di moi que je suis belle (Thaïs) |
| Sat.27th November | |
| Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) & Anthony Hewitt (piano) | |
| William Alwyn | Sonatina |
| Frederic Delius | Caprice and Elegy |
| Rebecca Clarke | Sonata for viola and piano |
| Schumann | Märchenbilder |
| Brahms | Sonata for viola and piano, Op.120 No.2 |
| Sat.5th February, 2011 | |
| The Brodowski String Quartet | |
| Haydn | String Quartet Op.20 No.4 |
| Shostakovich | String Quartet No.8 |
| Schubert | String Quartet No.14 in D minor (Death and the Maiden) |
| Sat.2nd April, 2011 | |
| Ian Buckle (piano) | |
| Beethoven | Sonata in E minor, Op.90 |
| Ravel | Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| The second half of this recital is a colourful assortment of English piano miniatures by Eric Coates, John Ireland, Frank Bridge and a new piece by Lancastrian Timothy Jackson | |