Leamington Music Spring Season 2022

Leamington Music January to March 2022 String Quartets in Leamington Early Music in Warwick Family & Chamber Concerts and so much more!

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In the second half of 2021, with the resumption of live music-making, Leamington Music will have put on 31 concerts and we now continue with another nine in the first three months of 2022.

Welcome

The Early Music at St Mary’s Church, Warwick series will transport us to Venice in January with the Monteverdi String Band, playing here for the first time, and the return of the Gonzaga Band takes us to Milan in March. In February, The Gesualdo Six come to Warwick for the third time to treat us to motets written in a Golden Age of English music. The Investec International String Quartets series in the Royal Pump Rooms sees the return of BBC New Generation Artists the Consone Quartet, the Pražák Quartet from Prague and, after too long a gap, the Heath Quartet will be back.

The annual Ensemble 360 two-concert Sunday date takes place on 6 February with the recently premiered Paul Rissmann work, Izzy Gizmo, in the morning and the afternoon has popular works by Mozart, Dvořák and Schubert ('The Trout'). The Dream Factory hosts Kosmos nine days later, another example of the broad range of music that Leamington Music puts on.

The 2022 Leamington Music Festival will, having had to cancel the last two Festivals at the usual time of the first bank holiday weekend in May, hopefully take place between 28 April and 2 May and among musicians invited are Emma Abbate, James Gilchrist, Andrey Gugnin, Emma Johnson, John Lenehan, Lana Trotovšek, Raphael Wallfisch, Ensemble 360, the Leonore Piano Trio and the Sacconi Quartet.

Leamington Music is very grateful to all those who support our activities, including the Education Programme and we urge everyone to join our emailing list so that we can keep in touch, and also to think about becoming a Friend as the current membership makes such a generous contribution to our funds and helps in various volunteering roles. We look forward to seeing you at our concerts during 2022.

Richard Phillips MBE Festival Director

How to book Box Offices:

Leamington Visitor Information Centre, Royal Pump Rooms, Parade, CV32 4AA Visit Warwick, The Court House, Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EW

Telephone:

01926 334418

Hours:

Monday to Friday: 10am - 4pm Saturday & Sunday: 10am - 3pm

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St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4RA Tuesday 25 January | 7.30pm

Royal Pump Rooms Leamington CV32 4AA Friday 28 January | 7.30pm

MONTERVERDI STRING BAND

CONSONE QUARTET

Oliver Webber and Theresa Caudle violins Wendi Kelly viola Christopher Suckling bass violin Toby Carr theorbo

Meraviglia e diletto Composers headed by Gabrieli, Castello, Scarani, Rovetta, Salaverde, Virgiliano, Mortaro, Piccinini, Marini, Cazzati, Rosenmüller and Legrenzi transport us to seventeenth-century Italy with joyful canzonas, dramatic sonatas, exquisite ornamentations and luxurious harmony.

Wonder and delight indeed! www.monteverdistringband.com

£25 | £18 | £12

(£1 children / students)

Agata Daraškaite & Magdalena Loth-Hill violins Elitsa Bogdanova viola, George Ross cello

with Alexander Rolton cello

Haydn Quartet in D Op 71 No 2 Onslow Quintet in C minor Op 38 'The Bullet' Schubert Quintet in C D956 The first period instrument group to become BBC New Generation Artists, the Consone's first concert in Leamington in February 2020 included a quartet by Onslow. It made a big impression and there will be much interest in his Quintet, written in 1829 and nicknamed 'The Bullet', before we hear Schubert’s sublime Quintet, which dates from the previous year. www.consonequartet.com

£25 centre | £15 sides (£1 children / students)

Concert generously supported by the Lorch family Series sponsor

Royal Spa Centre | Leamington | CV32 4HN

Sunday 6 February

ENSEMBLE 360 11.30am | Family Concert

3pm | Afternoon Concert Best-selling children’s book, Izzy Gizmo, tells the enchanting story of an intrepid young inventor who puts her talents to work to rescue a crow that can’t fly. This brand-new family concert brings Izzy’s mechanical marvels and infectious creative spirit to life!

Narrated by Polly Ives and with pictures from the book, this concert is a great introduction to live music for children.

Original music by Paul Rissmann features pots, pans, whistles and household items (as well as orchestral instruments).

Ideal for ages 3-7 but great fun for everyone, it’s full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in.

Children £6 | Adults £12 Family Ticket £32 (2 adults + 2 children)

Benjamin Nabarro and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan violins Rachel Roberts viola, Gemma Rosefield cello Tim Horton piano with guest double bassist

Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor K478 Dvořák String Quintet No 2 in G Op 77 Schubert Piano Quintet in A D667

'The Trout' Ensemble 360 has traditionally followed the morning Family Concert with a largescale chamber concert attracting growing and enthusiastic audiences. The Dvořák and Schubert Quintets make a feature of the double bass adding an extra sonority, as we trip through Bohemian woods and listen to the babbling stream teeming with trout.

£20 unreserved

(£1 children / students) Concert generously supported by David and Gina Wilson

The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre Warwick CV34 6LE

Tuesday 15 February | 7pm

KOSMOS Harriet Mackenzie violin Meg Hamilton viola Rupert Gillett cello Miloš Milivojević accordion

A marvellously eclectic mix of music from all over the world. Each member of Kosmos is an international soloist in their own right and all have travelled extensively.

This is a concert for all ages with early start and no interval to make it family-friendly, and it promises an inspirational mix of Tango, Gypsy, Balkan and music from the Far East, referencing classical composers, with fearless improvisation and virtuoso technique.

“Telepathic rapport and impeccable musicianship” - The Times www.kosmosensemble.com

£20 unreserved

(£1 children / students) Concert generously supported by Murray Campbell, John Hobley, Jonathan Holden, Rose Ledlie, Roger Massie and Margaret Pringle

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4RA Tuesday 22 February | 7.30pm

THE GESUALDO SIX Owain Park director Guy James countertenor Joseph Wicks and Josh Cooter tenor Michael Craddock baritone, Sam Mitchell bass

English Motets Since their second visit to Warwick in October 2019, the Six have toured Australia and the States and been to several countries on the continent. They return with a programme of glorious music from renaissance England

by Byrd, Forrest, Power, Sheryngham, Sheppard, Tallis, Tomkins, Weelkes and White that shows that, despite the religious and political upheavals, music in England flourished in a Golden Age lasting nearly two hundred years. www.thegesualdosix.co.uk

£25 | £18 | £12

(£1 children / students) Concert generously supported by John and Jean Morgan

Royal Pump Rooms Leamington CV32 4AA

St Mary's Church Warwick CV34 4RA

Friday 25 February | 7.30pm

Tuesday 22 March at 7.30pm

PRAŽÁK QUARTET

THE GONZAGA BAND

of Prague

Jana Vonášková and Marie Magdalena Fuxová violins Josef Klusoň viola, Pavel Jonáš Krejčí cello

Suk Meditation Janáček Quartet No 1

'The Kreutzer Sonata' Karel Janovický Quartet No 4

(UK première) Dvořák Quartet in G Op 106 The Pražák Quartet was our first casualty of the lockdown back in March 2020 and so we are delighted to welcome them again, bringing a totally Czech programme to build on their triumphant success here in the 2018 Leamington Music Festival. www.prazakquartet.com

£25 centre | £15 sides (£1 children / students)

Concert generously supported by the Low-Beer Trust

Faye Newton soprano Jamie Savan cornetto, Guy Morley trombone Oliver Webber violin, Mark Caudle violone Steven Devine harpsichord and organ

Alla Milanese Milan around 1600 was at the centre of a musical revolution, with performers and composers like Rognoni, Cima and Bovicelli and nuns like Caterina Assandra excelling.

With the emergence of a virtuoso violin school, together with publication of some of the first instrumental music polarizing treble and bass instruments - violin and violone, cornetto and bass trombone - and a tradition of virtuoso singing both in the cathedral and in the convents, musical Milan was the place to be.

This is a programme to celebrate one of the most exciting and revolutionary periods in music history. www.gonazagaband.com

£25 | £18 | £12

(£1 children / students) Concert generously supported by John and Jean Morgan

Series sponsor

Royal Pump Rooms Leamington CV32 4AA Friday 25 March at 7.30pm Haydn Quartet in B flat Op 50 No 1 Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet in E flat Janáček Quartet No 2 'Intimate Letters'

Series sponsor

HEATH QUARTET Sara Wolstenholme and Marije Johnston violins Gary Pomeroy viola, Christopher Murray cello

Founded twenty years ago at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Heath Quartet has seen a number of changes in its line-up over the years, but has consistently won prizes first in competitions and then for its recordings. This winter season it performs in Barcelona and Berlin and in the summer will be at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

And it has taken Fanny Mendelssohn some time to feature in Leamington! www.heathquartet.com

£25 centre | £15 sides (£1 children / students)

Concert generously supported by Jolyon Hall

Thanks Leamington Music is very grateful for all the support it has received throughout the pandemic

from the Friends of Leamington Music and many others. And we thank the following people and organizations for their help in enabling us to continue since June 2021 with the Warwick & Leamington Midsummer Music Festival, the Leamington Music Festival Weekend and this Winter Season.

Sponsors: Bonhams, Investec, Leigh Christou, Presto Music and Wright Hassall Trusts: Grimmitt Trust, Low-Beer Trust, Robert Simpson Society, and RVW Trust.

Individual donations: Janet Ainsworth & Nick Humphris, Marie-Therese Allen, Janet Arthurton, Alan Baker, Hugh & Jane Beale, Chris & Margaret Begg, Michael & Pat Bird, Michael & Halldóra Blair, Murray Campbell, Mary Clark, John & Sally Cohen, Sara Coldicott, Rachel Crowther, Timothy Curnow & Anthony Liddicoat, Bob & Sylvia Fair, Peter Glanfield & Tim Mak, Vicki Goodwin & Ormand Simpson, Jolyon Hall, Charles & Jane Heaton, John Hobley, Helen Hoggarth, Jonathan Holden, Diane Holt, Noel Kohler, Peggy King, Rose Ledlie, Jennifer Lorch, William Lorch, Peter Mack & Vicki Behm, Roger Massie, Georgina Middleton, Maurice Millward, John & Jean Morgan, David Morris, Angela Nicholls, Guy & Gay Norris, Clive & Gillian Peacock, Margaret Pringle, Peter & Gillian Robinson, Julia & John Rowntree, Elaine Selwyn, Christine Shipman & Roger Thorpe, Charles & Sally Siewart, Iain Smith, Gordon & Margaret Stokes, Chris & Carolyn Voss, Paul & Jane Watts, Sally Westmacott, David & Gina Wilson, and Julia Winter.

The Arts Society Royal Leamington Spa is a Corporate Patron and the Friends of Leamington Music contribute towards the Education Programme and the Leamington Music Prize.

Grants come from Leamington Town Council, Warwick District Council, Warwick Town Council.

Warwickshire Music contributes to the Education Programme with funds provided by Arts Council England.

Music in the Round also receives Arts Council England support.

Leamington Music January to March 2022 String Quartets in Leamington Early Music in Warwick Family & Chamber Concerts and so much more!

Book Now!

Call 01926 334418 or go online

www.leamingtonmusic.org