2018 Festival

Saturday 17th November - Sunday 25th November

2:00 pm, Saturday 17th November

Family Concert

Venue: Dyne House Auditorium, Highgate School

Tommy Foggo – Superhero

Join superhero duo Tommy Foggo and his talking cello Destino as they recruit a gang of young helpers to travel with them through time and space to find the Queen of Lost Atlantis…

Performed by acclaimed cellist, baritone and actor Matthew Sharp. Composed by Stephen Deazley and written by Martin Riley

‘As though Tom Waits and Stephen Sondheim had come together with Roald Dahl. Deazley is quite simply a visionary’ The Herald

Matthew Sharp – cello and voice

‘Virtuoso of the arts’ The Times

6:15 pm, Tuesday 20th November

In Harmony Lambeth Cello Ensemble

Venue: St Michael's Church

with Sheku Kanneh-Mason and members of Cellophony

Mentored by cello ensemble Cellophony, the IHL Cello Ensemble is a new initiative set up by the London Cello Society in partnership with In Harmony Lambeth to bring chamber music into the study programme for the children at In Harmony Lambeth.

7:30 pm, Tuesday 20th November

Beethoven, Bloch, Mahler, Elizondo & Schubert

Venue: St Michael's Church

Ludwig van Beethoven String Trio in G Op.9 No 1
Ernest Bloch ‘Prayer’ from Jewish Life
Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor
José Elizondo Otoño en Buenos Aires for two cellos
Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A D.667 Op.114 ‘Trout

Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin
Dimitri Murrath – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Sheku Kanneh-Mason – cello
Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE – double bass
Irina Botan – piano
Simon Callaghan – piano

10:00 pm, Tuesday 20th November

Sonatas by Candlelight 1​

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

César Franck Violin Sonata in A

Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin
Wu Qian – piano

6:15 pm, Wednesday 21st November

Smetana

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Bedřich Smetana Quartet No 1 in E minor JB 1:105  ‘From My Life’

Accendo Quartet, Ex-Animo Mentorship Scheme chamber group

7:30 pm, Wednesday 21st November

Wolf, Schӧnberg, Schubert, Sibelius & Suk

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade
Arnold Schӧnberg Verklärte Nacht (piano trio version),arr. Eduard Steuermann
Franz Schubert Piano Trio in Bb D.28 ‘Sonatennsatz’
Jean Sibelius Andante Festivo Op.117a
Joseph Suk Piano Quartet in A minor Op.1

Katharine Gowers – violin
Alicja Smietana – violin
Natalie Klouda – violin
Dimitri Murrath – viola
Juan-Miguel Hernandez – viola
Bartholomew LaFollette – cello
Ashok Klouda – cello
Irina Botan – piano
Simon Callaghan – piano

10:00 pm, Wednesday 21st November

Sonatas by Candlelight 2

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Celebrating Debussy’s 100th anniversary

Claude Debussy Violin Sonata L.140
Claude Debussy Cello Sonata L.135

Alicja Smietana – violin
Bartholomew LaFollette – cello
Irina Botan and Simon Callaghan – piano

7:30 pm, Thursday 22nd November

Purcell, Debussy & Elgar

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Henry Purcell Chacony in G minor Z730
Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor Op.10
Edward Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84

With poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Eliot and A E Housman, read by Simon Callow CBE

Simon Callow – speaker
Benjamin Nabarro – violin
Natalie Klouda – violin
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Gemma Rosefield – cello
Ashok Klouda – cello
Simon Callaghan – piano

10:00 pm, Thursday 22nd November

Sonatas by Candlelight 3

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Arnold Bax Viola Sonata in G GP.251

Dimitri Murrath – viola
Simon Callaghan – piano

6:15 pm, Friday 23rd November

Smetana

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Mithras Piano Trio

Bedřich Smetana Piano Trio Op.15

Pre-concert performance given by Ex-Animo Mentorship Scheme chamber group

7:30 pm, Friday 23rd November

Prokofiev, Mozart, Bernstein & Dvořák

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Sergei Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Op.34
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in G minor K.516
Leonard Bernstein Clarinet Sonata
Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op.65

Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin
Natalie Klouda – violin
Meghan Cassidy – viola
Dimitri Murrath – viola
Bartholomew LaFollette – cello
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Simon Callaghan – piano

10:00 pm, Friday 23rd November

Sonatas by Candlelight 4

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op.80

Natalie Klouda – violin
Qian Wu – piano

7:15 pm, Saturday 24th November

Boccherini, Zemlinsky & Schubert

Venue: St Michael's Church

Luigi Boccherini Sonata for cello and basso in G, G5
Alexander von Zemlinsky Clarinet Trio in D minor Op.3
Franz Schubert Octet in F D.803
Introduced by BBC presenter Tom Service

Alina Ibragimova MBE – violin
Natalie Klouda – violin
Dimitri Murrath – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE – double bass
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Alec Frank-Gemmill – horn
Andrea de Flammineis – bassoon
Simon Callaghan – piano

10:00 pm, Saturday 24th November

Sonatas by Candlelight 5

Venue: St Michael's Church

Robert Schumann Violin Sonata No 2 in D minor Op.121

Alina Ibragimova – violin
Cédric Tiberghien – piano
introduced by Tom Service

6:30 pm, Sunday 25th November

Gala Concert

Venue: St Anne’s Highgate

Joseph Haydn Piano Trio Hob XV:10 in Eb
Johannes Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114
David Ludwig 3 Yiddish Dances for Piano Trio
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Op.44

Natalie Klouda – violin
Alina Ibragimova MBE – violin
Dimitri Murrath – viola
Ashok Klouda – cello
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Irina Botan – piano
Wu Qian – piano