Roman Kosyakov and Sasha Grynyuk piano
Mozart Sonata K570
Prokofiev Sonata No 1 Op 1
Purcell Ground in C
Liszt Variations on ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’
Mozart Andante and Variations in G major K501
Schubert Fantasy in F minor D940
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op 46
A powerful piano recital ends the 2022 Leamington Music Festival – a Russian and a Ukrainian pianist in harmony.
Generously supported by Peter Glanfield
Tickets: £25 reserved centre | £17 unreserved sides
Roderick Williams baritone and Paul Cibis piano
When I was One and Twenty
We simply couldn’t mark RVW’s 150th year without including a performance from Roderick Williams, the current master of English Song.
This superb programme has something special for everyone with music by Chopin, Schubert and Schumann, alongside RVW, Rebecca Clarke, CW Orr, and Leamington-born composer William Denis Browne who was at Cambridge with RVW and was killed at Gallipoli.
Generously supported by Michael & Halldóra Blair
Tickets: £17 reserved centre | £12 unreserved sides
Rachel Mahon organ
Director of Music, Coventry Cathedral
Rachel Laurin Toccata from Symphony No 1
Parry Chorale Prelude on “Martyrdom”
JS Bach Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV546
Whitlock Scherzo & Paean from Five Short Pieces
Vaughan Williams Prelude on ‘Greensleeves’
Bales Petite Suite
Widor Adagio & Toccata from Symphony No 5
A whirlwind programme for our annual Bank Holiday organ recital of music spanning five centuries, which features Preludes, Fugues, and Toccatas from the very greatest composers for the instrument.
Generously supported by the Friends of All Saints Music
Free entry | Retiring collection
Emma Johnson clarinet
Raphael Wallfisch cello
John Lenehan piano
Beethoven Trio in B flat Op 11 ‘Gassenhauer’
Beethoven Cello Sonata in C Op 102 No 1
Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folksong for Clarinet
Simpson Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
We welcome three of the UK’s most distinguished musicians back to Leamington for a little bit more of Ludwig who was so short-changed in 2020 thanks to the pandemic.
A sprinkling of RVW from the clarinet leads us on to Leamington-born composer Robert Simpson’s Trio which should have been played in last year’s Festival celebrating his centenary year. Raphael Wallfisch champions Simpson’s music and his father, Peter, played the piano in the Trio’s première in 1968.
Generously supported by Jennifer Lorch and Paul & Jane Watts
Tickets: £25 reserved centre | £17 unreserved sides
Christopher Cromar organ
Vaughan Williams Prelude & Fugue in C minor
Howells Psalm Prelude Op 32 No 1
Howells Sonata for Organ (1st mvt): Vivo, energico ed agitato
Simpson Eppur si muove
A Festival Feast of English music.
Generously supported by Dr J Fenlon, Dr Sara Liptai and Mrs N Kohler
Free entry | Retiring collection
Warwickshire Music
Advanced Musicians Concert
A platform to showcase the cream of Warwickshire Music’s students from across the county, performing works that complement the Festival’s programmes and themes.
Lynn Arnold & Charles Matthews – four hands one piano
Vaughan Williams Suite
Maconchy Preludio, Fugato and Finale
Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Tovey Waltzes
Bliss Rout
Howard Skempton Plain Sailing
Howard Skempton Première of new work
Benjamin Jamaican Rumba
A concert of music for four hands on one piano is a first for Leamington Music, but who could resist such an eclectic but exciting programme?
Howard Skempton celebrates his 75th birthday this year and commissioning a new work from him to mark the occasion was an absolute must!
These two wonderful pianists have a mutual passion for English music and this is the perfect platform for them to share it with us as we celebrate RVW and his inspirations.
Tickets: £17 reserved centre | £12 unreserved sides
Sinfonia of Birmingham
Michael Seal conductor
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture
Parry An English Suite
Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto in A minor
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 in D
No Festival celebrating RVW’s music could be complete without his Concerto for Oboe and Strings – written in 1944 and all too often woefully overlooked. We are delighted to welcome Nicholas Daniel, the UK’s premier oboist, to shine a much-deserved light on this beautiful work in the central concert of our five-day Festival.
Associate CBSO conductor Michael Seal directs the Sinfonia of Birmingham which last appeared in the area as part of the Warwick & Leamington Midsummer Music Festival last June and is quickly gaining a reputation with our audiences for its lively and exciting performances.
A quintessential reminder of the influence on RVW’s music by his teacher, Hubert Parry, appears in the form of another rare gem – Parry’s English Suite for Strings – but it is RVW who occupies centre stage in this concert as we take advantage of having a full symphony orchestra in our Festival for one night only!
Unreserved Tickets: £25 front nave | £17 rear nave
Vaughan Williams 150: Musical Connections
Talk by Dr Ceri Owen | University of Birmingham
RVW expert Dr Ceri Owen discusses the works appearing in the Festival and RVW’s links to our other featured composers, interwoven with extracts from his letters to give a personal insight to the process of the great composer.
Lana Trotovšek violin and Maria Canyigueral piano
Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor ‘Devil’s Trill’
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Ravel Violin Sonata No 2 in G
Prokofiev Five Pieces from ‘Cinderella’
We welcome Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovšek and Spanish pianist Maria Canyigueral to Leamington for the first time, delighted to be able to keep our European connections alive.
Following our Festival themes, they bring RVW’s original 1914 version of The Lark Ascending for violin and piano, paired with Ravel’s astonishing later Violin Sonata.
Tartini was born in Piran, on the coast of Slovenia, south of Trieste, and his explosive ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata is a treat. The addition of Prokofiev to the programme introduces a Russian flavour ahead of Monday night’s Festival finale.
Tickets: £17 reserved centre | £12 unreserved sides