2017 FESTIVAL 'RUSTIC ROOTS'
Saturday 25th November 2017
7pm, St. Michael's Church
Opening Concert
Haydn Piano Trio No.39 in G, Hob XV:25, 'Gypsy'
Arensky String Quartet No.2 in A minor Op.35
- Interval (20 mins) -
Dvorak String Sextet in A, Op.48
Evgenia Epshtein, Benjamin Gilmore & Natalie Klouda - violin
Ruth Gibson & Alexandros Koustas - viola
Matthijs Broersma & Ashok Klouda - cello
Irina Botan - piano
Saturday 25th November 2017
9:15pm, St. Michael's Church
Meduoteran
Taylan Arikan - baglama
Srdjan Vukasinovic - accordion
joined by Vlad Maistorovici - violin
The unique accordion/baglama duo 'Meduoteran' perform a number of original compositions which take inspiration from Balkan and Turkish folk music and are joined by violinist Vlad Maistorovici for some works from the classical repertoire such as Bartok's Romanian Dances
Sunday 26th November 2017
6:30pm, St. Anne's Church
Fibich String Quartet No.1 in A
Chopin Introduction & Polonaise Brilliante in C for cello & piano Op.3
Brahms Hungarian Dances WoO 1 No.1 & No.7 for piano 4 hands
Dvorak Selection of Slavonic Dances for piano 4 hands
- Interval (20 mins) -
Mark-Anthony Turnage 'Six Pint Sized Pieces' for violin & piano, UK PREMIERE
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25
Benjamin Gilmore & Vlad Maistorovici - violin
Alexandros Koustas - viola
Rowena Calvert & Ashok Klouda - cello
Irina Botan & Diana Ionescu - piano
Monday 27th November 2017
6:15pm, St. Anne's Church
Ex-Animo Mentorship Scheme Early Evening Concert
Dvorak Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, Op.90
Bukolika Piano Trio
Roma Tic - violin
Joanna Gutowska - cello
Anna Szałucka - piano
Supported by the Ex-Animo Foundation
Approximate finish time: 6:45pm
Monday 27th November 2017
7:30pm, St. Anne's Church
Bartok Selection from the 44 Duos for 2 violins SZ. 98 BB 104
Schumann 5 Pieces in Folk Style for cello & piano, Op.102
Bartok Rhapsody No.1 BB 94a for violin & piano
- Interval (20 mins) -
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50
Barnabas Kelemen & Katalin Kokas - violin
Ashok Klouda - cello
Katya Apekisheva - piano
Wednesday 29th November 2017
7:30pm, St. Michael's Church
Brahms Hungarian Dances WoO 1, No. 5 for clarinet & piano
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
- Interval (20 mins) -
Piazzolla Histoire du Tango: Café 1930 & Nightclub 1960
Beethoven String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op.59 No.2 'Razumovsky'
Julian Bliss - clarinet
Barnabas Kelemen & Natalie Klouda - violin
Katalin Kokas - viola
Robert Cohen & Ashok Klouda - cello
Irina Botan - piano
Friday 1st December 2017
7pm, St. Anne's Church
Gala Concert
Glazunov 'Alla Spagnuola' & 'All' Ungherese' from 5 Novelettes for String Quartet, Op.15
Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67
- Interval (20 mins) -
Dvorak 'Songs my Mother Taught Me' from 'Gypsy Songs', B.104, Op.55, transcribed for violin & piano by F. Kreisler
Coleridge-Taylor Gypsy Dance for violin & piano, Op.20 No.3
Brahms String Quintet No.2 in G, Op.111
Natalie Klouda & Francesco Sica - violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez & Benjamin Roskams - viola
Robert Cohen & Ashok Klouda - cello
Irina Botan - piano