Programme
The West Wight Arts Association has been providing entertainment in the form of classical music in the Isle of Wight for over 60 years. We put on a season of eight chamber music concerts by talented young professional and established musicians on Saturdays monthly from September to April in the Memorial Hall, Freshwater.
Scarlatti - 2 Sonatas
Handel - Suite in F Major
Mozart - Sonata in G Major K283
Liszt/Wagner - Liebestod
Schumann - Fantasiestücke Op. 12
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1
Schumann - Gesange der Fruhe, Op. 133, No. 1
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Minor, BWV 849
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Thomas Luke - Own composition
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, BWV 872
Liszt - Transcendental Etude No. 11, ‘Harmonies du soir’
Marin Marais - ‘Les Voix Humaines’
Schumann - 3 Romances, arr. for cello and piano, Op. 94
Beethoven - 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46
Granados - Intermezzo from ’Goyescas’
Poulenc - Souvenirs’
Poulenc - Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP. 143
HAYDN: String Quartet in B flat, Op.76 No.4 The Sunrise
SMETANA: String Quartet in E minor, From my Life (1876) Interval
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 131
A selection of our 2023 bursary recipients will give an informal performance to showcase their talent.
Callum Au - Crown and Spectre
Leonard Bernstein - Overture from ‘Candide’ arr. D Thomas
Evelyn Glennie - A Little Prayer arr. Bates
Joseph Kosma - Autumn Leaves arr. Bates
Percy Grainger - Shepherd’s Hey arr. Bates
Elgar - Salut d’amour arr. Bates, 5 Miniatures (Excerpts), LR: A Chirpy Lark, IM: A Rhythmic Interlude, EJ: A Boisterous Fugue, Christian Overhead
J.S Bach - 15 Inventions (Nos. 1-4) arr. Bates
Jared McCunnie - Just Cause
Pentatonix - Carol of the Bells arr. Robertson
Traditional - Away in a Manger arr. Bates
Irving Berlin - ‘Wight’ Christmas arr. Robertson
John Hartmann - La Belle Americaine arr. Robertson
Mendelssohn - Saltarello arr. Robertson
Mendelssohn - Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 88
Schumann - Trio in D Minor, Op. 63
Mozart - String Quartet No. 17 ‘The Hunt’
Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op. 13
Ravel - String Quartet
Schumann - So wahr die Sonne scheinet
Schumann - Ich bin dein Baum
Schubert - Auf dem Strom
Massenet - Amours benis
Luigi Denza - J’ai peur de l’aimer
Pauline Viardot - Havanaise
Heinrich Proch - Aria di Concerto, Op. 110
Frank Bridge - 3 Viola Songs
Havelock Nelson - Four Irish Folksongs
Manning Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Sq.
Kurt Weil - The Saga of Jenny
Arthur Pryor - Fantastic Polka
Eric Street - Tonight I Can Fly
Ina Boyle: Quartet in E minor
Charlotte Harding Iorsa
World Première The Holy Isle for solo cello
Kildonan
Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op.80
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major
“Django and The Five Elements”
The Tim Kliphuis Trio are one of the world’s top string groups, combining jaw-dropping virtuosity and mesmerizing improvisations with a beautifully varied repertoire sourced from classical, gypsy jazz and North-European folk music. Award-winning violinist Tim Kliphuis (Netherlands) and Scotsmen Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (double bass) celebrate their 17th year of touring together.
Edie Suite William Lovelady
I) A Free Spirit
II) Then The Wind Would Set Her Racing
III) In Autumn Mist
IV) She Ran Through The Fields
Sakura Theme and Variations Yuquijiro Yocoh
Across The Plain
Railroad Gary Ryan
Galway Shawl Traditional Irish
INTERVAL
Van Diemen's Land Traditional Irish
Shenandoah American Folk (arr. Ryan)
Wayfaring Stranger American Folk (arr. Ryan)
Improvisation Manus Noble
Always Kevin Lynch
Koyunbaba Carlo Domeniconi
🌍 AROUND THE WORLD IN 88 PIANO KEYS 🌎
Norway Grieg Evening in the Mountains - March of the Trolls
Switzerland Liszt Les Cloches de Genève
Italy Liszt Les Jeux d’Eaux à la Villa d’Este
Spain Albeniz En la Alhambra - Seguidillas (Castilla)
Ukraine Serge Bortkiewicz Les Rochers d’Outche-Coche (from Esquisses de Crimée)
Romania Bartók Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56
Nigeria Ayo Bankole Variations for little Ayo
Middle East Roxanna Panufnik Babylonia (new commission supported by Dangoor Education)
USA Artie Matthews Two Pastime Rags
Australia Peter Sculthorpe Djilile
Hong Kong Abram Chasins Rush Hour in Hong Kong
Mexico Manuel Ponce Balada Mexicana
Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach, Op. 81
Rameau arr. Gordon-Shute Entrée de Polymnie from Les Boreades
Bach arr. Gordon-Shute Fugue in C major
Shostakovich arr. Miller Fugue in C major
Bach arr. Powell Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland
Imogen Holst Leiston Suite
Arnold Quintet no. 1
Maynard Fanfare
Gershwin arr. Jackson Prelude Novelette in Fourths
Tim Jackson Anything But
Martyn Wilson Little Suite
Arthur Sullivan arr. Wilson Medley
“On the Street where you live” Loewe arr. Jackson
“Dream a little Dream of me” Andre and Schwandt arr. Linham (from the Armstrong/Fitzgerald version)
Clara Schumann: Three Romances for violin & piano, Op. 22
Weber: Grand Duo Concertante
Brahms: Sonata in E flat, Op.120 No.2
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata (1962)
A pastoral journey between Utopia and reality - English pastoral music with Brahms Lieder in the first half, followed by
Ravel’s setting of Renard’s Histoires Naturelles in the second.
Scarlatti Sonatas - K.32 in D minor
K 213 in D minor
K 380 in E
K 491 in D
Beethoven Sonata Op 57 “Appassionata”
Interval
Brahms Intermezzos op 117
Poulenc Mouvements Perpetuelles
Chopin Nocturne in F Op.15 no 1
Mazurka in F minor op 7 no 3
Scherzo in C sharp minor op 39
Manifesto on Love
Centred around Janacek’s second string quartet, « Intimate Letters » this programme explores the idea of love in different shapes.
Mozart - K 575 in D major
Janacek - String quartet no. 2 « Intimate Letters »
Interval
Joy Lisney commission piece
Schumann - String quartet op. 41 no. 3
J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Minor BWV 883 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II Mozart - Piano Sonata K. 333 in B Flat Major Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 2 (Sonata-Fantasy) in G Sharp Minor
INTERVAL
Chopin - Four Scherzos
Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 31
Scherzo No. 3 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 39
Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
CHOPIN: Introduction et Polonaise brillante op. 3 (arr. Gendron)
NADIA BOULANGER: Three pieces for cello and piano
SZYMANOWSKI: Roxanna's Song arr for cello and piano from his opera King Roger
SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op.70
Interval
FAURE: Sonata No.1 in A, Op.13 arranged for cello and piano by C. Hüllweck (orig vln)
SARASATE: Gypsy Air, Op.20
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor
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Matthew Kaner: Highland Scenes
I. Out on the hills
II. A light dusting
III. Snowbells
IV. Thawing
V. Fireside Tale
Mendelssohn Piano Trio in C minor
Toccata Jonathan Bates
Die Fledermaus Overture Johann Strauss II
Tsuna’ngari Kentaro Sato arr. J. Bates
Finale from Violin Concerto Antonio Vivaldi arr. J. Bates Tenor Horn Soloist: Jonathan Bates
III. Suffolk Morris from Suffolk Suite Doreen Carwithen arr. J. Bates
Prelude 49th Parallel Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. J. Bates
South Uist Variations Oliver Waespi
Interval
Little Fugue in G Minor J.S. Bach arr. C. Robertson
If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis arr. J. Bates
The Code Andy Wareham
Romanian Christmas Carols Bela Bartok arr. J. Bates
‘Wight’ Christmas Irving Berlin arr. C. Robertson
Santa Baby, It’s Cold Outside Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne arr. C. Robertson
Carnival of Venice J.B. Arban arr. C. Robertson Euphonium Soloist: Chris Robertson
Street Songs: No. 4 ‘Very Fast Indeed’ Bramwell Tovey
Enescu,4 Airs in the Roumanian Style for solo violin
Mozart, Sonata in B Flat K454
Bartok, Rhapsody no.1 for violin & piano
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Mozart, Sonata in E minor K304
Enescu, Impression d'enfance (impressions from a childhood) for violin & piano
J.S. Bach Partita No.4 in D major BWV 828
J.S. Bach arr. Busoni Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Interval
Judith Bingham Chopin
Fauré Nocturnes, Op.33
Chopin Ballade no 3, Op. 47
JORG WIDMANN: Air for Solo Horn
BEETHOVEN: Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17
Solo piano piece
SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op.70
Interval
HUW WATKINS: Lament (2020)
VOLKER DAVID KIRCHNER: Tre Poemi (1986-1987)
YORK BOWEN: Horn Sonata in Eb, Op.101
Poulenc - 'Napoli' Suite, FP40
E. Chabrier - Pièces pittoresques - II. 'Mélancolie' ; VII. 'Improvisation'
G. Fauré - Nocturne in B major, op. 33 no. 2
M. Ravel - 'Le tombeau de Couperin’
MOZART: Violin Sonata No.25 in F, K.377
STRAVINSKY: Divertimento, transcription for violin & piano by Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin (after The Fairy's Kiss)
Interval
SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.121
GERSHWIN: 3 preludes for violin and piano arr. Heifetz
Chiaroscuro String Quartet, Matthew Hunt clarinet, Alec Frank-Gemmill horn, Juliane Bruckmann, double bass and Chris Rawley bassoon.
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major K581
Schubert Octet in F Major D803
Schubert Four Impromptus D. 899
Skempton Whispers
Mozart Sonata in C K. 330
Beethoven Sonata Op. 13
Schubert/Liszt Litanei
Beethoven Sonata Op. 110
Haydn String Quartet Op.33 no1 in B minor,
Elgar String Quartet in E minor Op 83
Borodin String Quartet no 2
Richard Strauss arr. Jonathan Bates Festmusik der Stadt Wien
Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Jonathan Bates English Folk Song Suite
John Rutter arr. Jonathan Bates A Gaelic Blessing (Baritone Horn Soloist: Mike Cavanagh)
Jake Thorpe Cottonopolis
Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne arr. Chris Robertson Let It Snow!
arr. Chris Robertson Santa Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Chris Robertson Saltarello
“Alone at the Opera” arr. Jonathan Bates Including:
Pachelbel’s Canon; Barber of Seville Overture; Locus Iste; Largo Al Factotum; Flower Duet from Lakme; Finale from Faust
J. S. Bach - Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Ravel - Miroirs
Prokofiev Piano Sonata no 3 Op. 28 in A minor
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Judith Weir: Songs from the Exotic
Schumann: Mignon Lieder, Op.98.A
Poulenc: Tel Jour, Telle Nuit
Rosephanye Powell: from Miss Wheatley’s Garden
A winter twilight
Howard Swanson: Night Song
Hale Smith: March Moon
(N.B. The Powell, Swanson and Smith are one set)
Margaret Bonds: Songs of the Seasons
Winter
Spring
Autumn
Summer
Wolf:
Du bist wie eine Blume
Liebesfrühling
Zitronenfalter im April
Der Gärtner
Milhaud: Catalogue de Fleurs
Danika Lorèn: The Sex Lives of Vegetables
The West Wight Arts Association has been providing entertainment in the form of classical music in the Isle of Wight for over 60 years. We put on a season of eight chamber music concerts by talented young professional and established musicians on Saturdays monthly from September to April.
