Welcome to the 

2006-07 Season

 

Welcome to the 15th Series of professional concerts in Glossop.

We all need friends and a concert series is no exception. We have been blessed with a supportive audience and generous patrons over the years and like to think that the concerts are an uplifting and pleasant evening out - a chance to meet friends and socialise as well as enjoying sublime music.

But equally important to us are the artists, many of whom enjoy coming back time and time again to perform for an appreciative audience in the delightful setting of Glossop Parish Church or the warm environment of the Community College. Three of the concerts in this series feature old friends who have played for us many times before, and in the case of the Lawson Trio we have followed their progress from students to leading professional artists.

But this is more than just a concert. Arrive early (from 7pm) and you will be serenaded by some of the rising stars of our own community, ranging from flautists,  pianists and children’s choirs to brass ensembles.

Once again we bring you a varied programme of concerts adding to the rich tapestry of cultural events in the town. We hope that you will enjoy savouring something new as well as the more familiar.

Jeff Snowdon

Artistic Director

 Programme

Saturday 25th November, 7.30pm

Glossop Parish Church

The Lawson Piano Trio

Fenella Humphreys violin  l    Alexander Holladay ‘cello  l   Annabelle Lawson piano

The Lawson Trio last performed for us in 2003 and we are delighted to welcome them back with a programme including Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat Major and a new work by Manchester composer Camden Reeves, “Starlight Squid” … don’t be frightened by the slippery title, it’s a lovely piece.

The Trio formed in Cambridge University in 2000 when its members were undergraduates on the instrumental award scheme. Since then the individual players have carved illustrious careers as soloists and the ensemble has been awarded a  Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Music. The group pursues a busy concert schedule and recently made its South Bank debut. Alongside recital work the ensemble also works in association with the Schubert Ensemble, giving chamber music workshops to school children across the country.

 

 

Saturday 24th February, 7.30pm

Glossopdale Community College

 

“White Water”

Julian Gregory Fiddle  l   Mark Jordan pipes, whistles, concertina    l   Matthew Compton piano accordion

Clifford Lantaff clarsach   l   Rob Lea bodhran, bones

When five classical musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra got together to play some traditional folk music for fun they could scarcely have imagined that they would end up playing at festivals as far flung as the Orkneys and the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.  

Following his fascinating introduction to the Northumbrian Pipes in last year’s Coffee Concerts, we welcome back Mark Jordan, this time with the full team, to present an evening of flings, reels and traditional airs from every corner of the British Isles.

 

Saturday 28th April 7.30pm

Sponsored by Live Music Now

Glossop Parish Church

“Baroque by Candlelight”

with Consort 1700

Nicola Mills Soprano  l Martyn Shaw Baroque Flute l  Charlotte Wilson Harpsichord    l Emma Dixon cello

Consort 1700 draws together the talents of young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Now all resident in the Northwest the group gives performances in all kinds of settings through the “Live Music Now”  scheme. They have performed in venues across the country including St Martin in the Fields, York Centre for Early Music, Bridgewater Hall, Royal Festival Hall and The Barbican Centre.  Glossop Parish Church provides the perfect setting for a candlelit concert of music including works by the masters Vivaldi, Handel and Bach.

 

 

Saturday 23rd June, 7.30pm

Glossopdale Community College

“Tell Me The Truth About Love”

 

Lois Murray Soprano   l Chris O’Hara Baritone  l John Miles Piano

The final words of W.H.Auden’s humorous poem provide the title for this evening of opera, cabaret song and poetry exploring the well documented, if unpredictable, subject of love.

With contributions from the masters of the amorous song, Mozart, Rossini and Puccini, as well as Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and a host of other perennial favourites, join us for an evening of high-octane romance with three artists who need no introduction to Glossop audiences.