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Kelso Music Society
Kelso Music Society promotes annually six concerts of classical chamber music by professional and usually international artists from October to March. Concert days are always Fridays in the Main Hall at Kelso High School and tickets are available on the door. Beethoven is given special prominence this year with five major works from different periods in his life. Programme
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| Date | Concert |
| October 3rd 7.30 | Orpheus Piano Trio Alexander Somov, cello Lucy Jeal, violin Venera Bojkova, piano Martinu, Duo for violin and cello Shostakovich, Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 Beethoven, Trio No.7 in B flat Op 97 ’Archduke’ Three outstanding international musicians with a very exciting programme. |
| October 24th 7.30 | Sharona Joshua, fortepiano CPE Bach, Rondo No 2, and Sonata NoVI in f minor Mozart, Sonata in A major K331, and Fantasy in C minor K475 Haydn, Sonata No 58 in C Beethoven, Sonata No.8 in C minor Op 13, ‘Pathetique’ (1799) Sharona is playing the piano for which these works were originally written and will explain some of the differences in technique required. Welcome back, Mozart. We have had only one of his sonatas in 12 years! |
| November 14th 7.30 | Atrium Quartet Mozart, Quartet No 23 in F K.590 Shostakovich, Quartet No.9 in E Flat Beethoven, Quartet No 10 in E flat Op 74 ‘Harp’ From Russia, one of the very finest young, but now well established quartets, anywhere, with a tremendous programme of works. |
| January 16th 7.30 | London Concertante Strings and Wind Ensemble R.Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel – einmal anders Op 28 Francaix, A Huit Schubert, Octet in F, D803 A top instrumental ensemble playing three magnificent works culminating in Schubert’s great Octet. |
| March 6th 7.30 | Marais Wind Ensemble + piano.
Beethoven, Piano Quintet in E flat Op16 Ravel, Mother Goose Suite + children’s workshop input Hindemith, Kleine Kammermusik Op 24 No 2 Thuille, Sextet for piano and wind A revisit following their first wonderful concert here three years ago. They will be doing a workshop in the afternoon and hopefully the children will bring their own improvisations on Mother Goose to the concert. Details later. |
| March 27th 7.45 AGM - 7.00 | Benjamin Frith - piano Scarlatti, 5 sonatas Schumann, Kinderszenen Op 15 James McMillan, Sonata Beethoven, Sonata No 29 in B flat Op 106 ‘ Hammerklavier’ Known to us for several years both as soloist and with the Gould Trio, Ben’s recordings of Beethoven, Schumann and Scarlatti have all been given the very highest critical acclaim. |
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