Sunday 30 April

12 noon Alessandro Fisher tenor Sholto Kynoch piano

Rachmaninov A Dream, Twilight, Lilacs, I beg for Mercy, I am alone again, Night is sorrowful, The morning of life, and Pied Piper

Jonathan Dove Out of Winter

Donizetti Boléro, Berglied, Barcaruola, and Preghiera di Capua & Tosti Neapolitan Songs

Alessandro Fisher - who won the Kathleen Ferrier Prize in 2016 and was a BBC New Generation Artist 2018-21 - sings in Leamington for the first time. He is accompanied by Sholto Kynoch, well known as Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival.

A selection from Rachmaninov’s extensive collection of songs, a song cycle by Jonathan Dove, who studied with Robin Holloway at Clare College, Cambridge where Alessandro was a Choral Scholar and whose Italian roots will shine through with recently discovered songs by Donizetti and finally a trip to Naples.

Jonathan Dove’s opera The Enchanted Pig will be given at The Dream Factory in Warwick on 25 June.

Tickets: £17.50 reserved centre | £12.50 unreserved sides

7.30pm

Sinfonia of Birmingham

Michael Seal conductor

Amy Dickson saxophone

All Saints Church | Leamington

Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

Glazunov Saxophone Concerto in E flat Op 109

Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27

The Sinfonia of Birmingham returns with Associate CBSO conductor Michael Seal, following a sell-out concert in last year’s Festival.

This is a mighty programme, taking full advantage of the opportunity of having a symphony orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s symphonic poem, completed in 1880, sets the scene for an evening of unabashed romanticism culminating in Rachmaninov’s glorious Second Symphony (1907).

In the midst of these two famous and much-loved works sits Glazunov’s beautiful Saxophone Concerto - his last completed work, and an absolute gem for the instrument. BritishAustralian saxophonist Amy Dickson comes to Leamington for the first time. Twice nominated for a Grammy™ award, Amy has been hailed by BBC Music Magazine as one of the world’s six best classical saxophonists ever.

Unreserved Tickets: £26 front nave | £16 rear nave

11am | All Saints Church, Leamington

Organ Recital | Martin Baker

Lemmens Fanfare in D

Byrd Fantasia in D minor

Robin Holloway Corale-prelude on ‘Alle Menschen müssen sterben’

JS Bach Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643

Reger Toccata and Fuge from Zwölf Stücke Op 59

Whitlock Allegretto, Folk tune and Scherzo from Five short pieces

Jongen Chant de mai Op 53 No 1

Jongen Toccata Op 104

Walton Orb and Sceptre

Martin Baker

Improvisation on themes

by Sergei Rachmaninov

Martin Baker is an Honorary Fellow of Downing College

Cambridge, a past President of the Royal College of Organists, and former Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral. He has forged a reputation as one of the foremost improvisers of his day, winning first prize in that category at the St Albans International Organ Festival in 1997 and international renown not only as an innovative recitalist but also in his equallyacclaimed role as a choral director.

Generously supported by the Friends of All Saints Music

12.30pm Greenwich Piano Trio

Lana Trotovšek violin

Heather Tuach cello

Simon Callaghan piano

Mozart Piano Trio in G K564

Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No 2 in D minor Op 9

The award-winning Greenwich Piano Trio plays in the Festival for the first time, as we welcome back the Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovšek who thrilled our audience at a lunchtime concert last year, Heather Tuach, the Canadian cellist in the Fitzwilliam Quartet, and pianist Simon Callaghan who last played here in the 2016 Leamington Music Festival.

Opening with the last of Mozart’s six piano trios, completed in 1788, we follow with Rachmaninov’s monumental Trio written in 1893 and dedicated to Tchaikovsky who died in November that year. Earlier in the year, Rachmaninov’s opera Aleko was premièred at the Bolshoi Theatre and was warmly praised by Tchaikovsky. His death must have been a shock as only nine days before he had conducted the première of his sixth symphony in St Petersburg.

Tickets: £17.50 reserved centre | £12.50 unreserved sides

7pm

Sacconi Quartet

Ben Hancox and Hannah Dawson violins

Robin Ashwell viola

Cara Berridge cello with Ben Goldscheider horn

Robin Holloway First Partita Op 62 No 1

Mozart Horn Quintet in E flat K407

Robin Holloway Horn Quintet Op 135

Rachmaninov String Quartet No 1: Romance

Schubert String Quartet in D minor D810

‘Death and the Maiden’

The Sacconi Quartet returns for its third concert in Leamington for three years and Ben Goldscheider plays here for the first time. Since being a Concerto finalist in the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, his national and international rise has been meteoric. Chosen by the Barbican for the ECHO Rising Stars, he has performed at the most prestigious venues on the continent and he made his BBC Proms debut last year with the CBSO.

The Festival draws to a climax with two works by Robin Holloway, the beautiful Romance from Rachmaninov’s only completed string quartet, some delightful Mozart and one of Schubert’s greatest chamber works.

Join us in the Conservatory after the concert for a celebratory glass of wine!

Tickets: £26 reserved centre | £16 unreserved sides