Programme Notes

In November 2020 we will have a concert by the Maxwell Quartet exclusively for our Members and you should have received emails about it – please let us know if you have not seen them. As soon as it is

Prelude and Fugue no. 22 in B flat minor from Part I of the Well-Tempered Clavier   Bach (1685−1750)   This Prelude and Fugue come near the end of Part I of the Well-Tempered Clavier, published in 1722.  Throughout the collection,

Pequena Czárdás Pedro Iturralde  (1929 – ) Pedro Iturralde is a Spanish saxophonist, saxophone teacher and composer. He wrote Czárdás in 1949, when he was only 20. He went on the lead his own jazz quartet, experimenting with combining jazz

THE LEONORE PIANO TRIO BENJAMIN NABARRO: Violin GEMMA ROSEFIELD: Cello TIM HORTON: Piano THE SANCTUARY, QUEEN’S CROSS CHURCH, ABERDEEN Monday 19th October, 2018   The second performance in this season’s series of programmes promoted by Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts was given

Quartet in B flat op. 71 no. 1                                                           Haydn Allegro                                                            

Piano Trio in E flat op 86 no. 3 (Hob. XV no. 29)                          Haydn Poco allegretto                                                

Piano Quartet in D op. 23                                                                 Dvořák Allegro moderato                                                                            (1841 – 1904) Andantino Finale   Dvořák, the son of a village inn-keeper, learned his first musical skills from the local school master before being sent to the Prague Organ School.

Piano Trio in B flat D28                                                              Schubert Allegro                                                                                         (1797 – 1828) Schubert was only 15 when in 1812 he wrote this one-movement Sonatensatz for piano trio, although it was not published until 1923. His voice had recently broken, so that

The Carducci String Quartet Quartet in D op. 20 no. 4                                                                  Haydn (1732 – 1809) Allegro di molto Un poco adagio affettuoso Menuetto: Allegretto alla zingarese Presto scherzando It is generally accepted that the six op. 20 quartets, written in

Quartet in C op. 20 no. 2                                                                Haydn (1732 – 1809) Moderato  Adagio Menuetto: Allegretto Fuga a quattro soggetti The six quartets op. 20, composed in 1771, are known collectively as the Sun Quartets, from the sunburst engraved on their