Programme Notes

Piano Trio in G K56                                          Mozart (1756 – 1791) Allegro Theme and Variations: Andante Allegretto In the year 1788, when he was 32, Mozart composed his last three great symphonies, including the “Jupiter”, K551.  In the same year he also

Quartet in E minor                                                        Smetana (1824 – 1884) Allegro vivo appassionato Allegro moderato alla polka – meno vivo Largo sostenuto Vivace – piu mosso – meno presto In a letter to his close friend the Czech musicologist Josef Srb, Smetana

Gran Partita in B flat, K361                                               Mozart (1756 – 1791) First movement: Largo – Allegro molto    The performance of wind serenades in front of people’s houses in the evenings was well established in Vienna when Mozart composed this Gran

13th March at 3.00pm Leon McCawley: a selection of solo piano pieces Gál’s Piano works span the whole of his composing career, from the Three Sketches, Op.7, composed in 1910/11 to his Twenty Four Fugues, composed in 1980. His Sonatina

Notturno in E flat D897                                                                Schubert (1797 – 1828) Adagio Schubert wrote this single movement for piano trio in 1826 or 1827, and some think that it was originally intended as the slow movement for the much better known piano

Quartet in G minor op. 20 no. 3                                                          Haydn (1732 – 1809) Allegro con spirito Menuetto Allegretto Poco adagio Finale Allegro molto In the words of Rosemary Hughes: “in the short space of five years, between 1768 and 1772, [Haydn]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK AND BEYOND Monday, 07 December 2015 Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts had one of their biggest audiences ever for what was a new venture, something of a departure from their usual programming. The internationally renowned jazz pianist

“Beethoven Plus”is a project initiated by tonight’s performers, Krysia Osostowicz and Daniel Tong, in which they invited contemporary composers to provide a companion piece to each of the ten violin sonatas of Beethoven. A Major Chase                         Peter Ash (1961

Four Bagatelles on Romanian Folk Music                         Răzvan Metea (1978 – ) Răzvan Metea was born in Oradea, a city in western Romania close to the Hungarian border, where he graduated from high school.  During his studies, he participated in competitions

Three Short Pieces                                                                                Ibert (1890 – 1952) Allegro Andante Assez lent – Allegro scherzando A Parisian by birth, Ibert studied there at the Conservatoire as a student of Fauré.  His music combines the impressionist techniques of Debussy and Ravel