Amersham Festival of Music is back on the 18th of October with the latest series of top quality classical and jazz music performed LOCALLY!

Opening Concert

We are excited to be back on Friday 18th October with not one but TWO concerts, the first at 4pm and then again at 8 pm at the Amersham Free Church!

Masterpieces for Piano and Wind
Friday 18th October at 4pm and 8pm

Amersham Free Church

IAIN LEDINGHAM (Piano) DEBORAH GOODYER (Oboe) NEVILLE GRAHAM (Clarinet) TAMSIN ROWLINSON (Bassoon) RICHARD WAINWRIGHT (Horn)  

MOZART • Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn  • TELEMANN • Bassoon Sonata in F minor • FINZI • Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano • PIERNÉ • Fantasie Pastorale for oboe and piano • SCHUMANN • Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano

Sponsored by a Friend of the Amersham Festival

We open the winter series of concerts with a programme of wonderful chamber music for wind instruments and piano, ending with a great masterpiece by Mozart – the Quintet for Piano and Wind, first performed, along with two new piano concertos, in Vienna in 1784.

The 4 principal players of the orchestra who are taking part alongside Iain Ledingham are outstanding soloists in their own right and this concert will display their virtuosity and skill to great effect. The Mozart Quintet which ends the programme is a great masterpiece and the other works in the programme are extremely colourful and appealing!

THE RONNIE SCOTT’S ALL STARS: THE MUSIC OF GERSHWIN

Friday 8th November at 8pm

Kings Church, Amersham

“Outstanding players. For poise, balance and swing they’re a joy to listen to.”
The Observer

“Full-on brilliance.”
The Guardian

Following their sell out concert in April, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars are back from London’s world-famous jazz club to present a celebration of perhaps the most significant and popular composer of modern times: George Gershwin.

In this, the Centenary year of Gershwin’s seminal composition, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, and led by the Club’s musical director, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars take you on a guided tour of Gershwin’s incredible library of music. Featuring a sparkling collection of his most popular numbers, alongside some of his lesser-known gems, this will be a truly world-class evening of music, and is a ‘must-see’ for any music fan. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Followed by…

Haydn and Mozart – Celebration
Friday 15th November at 8pm
St Mary’s Parish Church, Old Amersham

IAIN LEDINGHAM (Conductor) TAMSIN ROWLINSON (Bassoon)

HAYDN • Symphony No. 40 (La Passione) • MOZART • Bassoon Concerto • HAYDN • Symphony No. 55 (Schoolmaster) • MOZART • Symphony No. 29

Sponsored by Clinimed (Holdings) Ltd and Mr and Mrs N Piercey

An opportunity to hear some rarely performed works. Haydn’s Symphony “La Passione” is a dark and tragic work, of brooding intensity. Tamsin Rowlinson, our much-esteemed principal bassoonist, will join the orchestra to play Mozart’s delightful Bassoon Concerto, a work of great charm and genial good humour. Tamsin has played with some of the world’s finest orchestras including the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic. We end with the finest of Mozart’s early symphonies, No. 29 in A major. The virtuosic Finale will bring the concert to an exhilarating conclusion.

 

 

 

Italian Concert for the New Year
Friday 10th January at 4pm and 8pm

St Mary’s Parish Church, Old Amersham

IAIN LEDINGHAM (Director/Harpsichord) DAISY LIVESEY (Soprano)
CHARLOTTE EDWARDS (Violin) DEBORAH GOODYER (Oboe)

VIVALDI • Concerto for violin and oboe • CORELLI • Christmas Concerto • SCARLATTI • Sonata in E minor for harpsichord • VIVALDI • Cello Concerto • CORELLI • Violin Sonata in F • HANDEL • Gloria (soprano and strings) • ZIPOLI • Adagio

Join us to celebrate the New Year with a festive programme of Italian Concertos from the Baroque era. We include two of Vivaldi’s finest concertos, one for cello and one for the lovely combination of violin and oboe. Corelli’s exquisite Christmas Concerto is an essential part of any Italian musical celebration of the festive season. We also include the haunting Adagio by Zipoli and a harpsichord sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, an amazing Italian composer, who spent most of his career at the Spanish court in Madrid.

Bach, Mozart and Schubert
Friday 14th February at 8pm
St James Church, Gerrards Cross

IAIN LEDINGHAM (Conductor/Piano) JENNIFER STINTON (Flute)  

J.S. BACH • Piano Concerto in D minor • C.P.E. BACH • Flute Sonata in G minor
J.S. BACH • Piano Concerto in A major • MOZART • Flute Concerto in D major • SCHUBERT • Symphony No. 5

J.S. Bach composed numerous concertos for keyboard – originally played on the harpsichord but equally effective and delightful when played on the piano. The concert begins with the grandest of his concertos, in D minor.

We welcome back Jennifer Stinton to play Mozart’s sparkling Flute Concerto in D major. Her distinguished career has included recordings of concertos with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra.  Jennifer has also played as Guest Principal Flute in many of the major orchestras including a long spell with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

 

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