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