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May 2021
Spring Sonata: Michael Collins & Michael McHale
Michael Collins clarinet Michael McHale piano The great clarinet and piano duo play Beethoven’s Spring Sonata, a virtuoso showpiece by Widor, and the spellbinding sonata that Poulenc composed for Benny Goodman. Widor Introduction and Rondo Beethoven Spring Sonata Poulenc Sonata Filmed at Helmsley Arts Centre and available to view until 8th July 2021.
Brahms & Schubert: Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy
Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy piano duet Two of the brightest stars on the British piano scene perform entrancing waltzes by Brahms and Schubert’s gypsy-inspired masterpiece for piano duet, Divertissement à la hongroise. Brahms 16 Waltzes, Op.39 Schubert Divertissement à la hongroise, D818 Filmed in the Long Gallery at Castle Howard. Available to watch until 8th July 2021
Now is the Month of Maying: Fair Oriana
Angela Hicks soprano Penelope Appleyard soprano Sam Brown lute Tom Gamble guitar Imagination, innovation and intimacy are hallmarks of this vocal duo, joined here by lutenist Sam Brown and guitarist Tom Gamble. Their entrancing programme mixes renaissance and baroque repertoire with flavours of folk, medieval and contemporary music. Fraser Wilson Now is the Month of Maying John Dowland Come away, come sweet love Tobais Hume Fain Would I Change that Note John Dowland O Sweet Woods Thomas Ravenscroft A round of three country dances…
Nature is Returning: Helen Charlston and Christopher Glynn
Helen Charlston mezzo Christopher Glynn piano The fast-rising mezzo with a ‘warmly distinctive tone’ (The Telegraph) performs famous spring-inspired songs by Schumann, Brahms, Copland and Finzi, alongside extracts from the much-praised Isolation Songbook she commissioned in 2020 to reflect lockdown lives in music. Brahms An eine Äolsharfe Brahms Ständchen Copland Nature, the gentlest mother Finzi Oh Fair to See Finzi As I lay in the early sun Joshua Borin Nature is Returning Nathan James Dearden the way we go Brahms Feldeinsamkeit Brahms…
The Beauty of the North: Maxwell Quartet
Maxwell Quartet With their trademark joie de vivre and ability to effortlessly blend styles and genres, the Maxwell Quartet perform one of Haydn most sparkling quartets (op. 74, no. 1) alongside folk music from their native Scotland and a tribute by Anna Meredith to the grungy power pop band Teenage Fanclub she loved as a teenager. Haydn String Quartet Op.74 No.1 in C Folk Music Anna Meredith A Short Tribute to Teenage Fanclub Folk Music Filmed at St Mary's Church,…
Spring Will be a Little Late this Year: Immy Churchill Trio
Immy Churchill vocals Toby Yapp double bass Scottie Thompson piano The superbly talented jazz vocalist joins friends to celebrate the arrival of spring with a late-night session of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Filmed at Helmsley Arts Centre and available to view until 8th July 2021
The Lark Ascending: London Mozart Players
Ruth Rogers violin The virtuosic chamber orchestra performs an irresistible programme of Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons.