Chamber Music Short Breaks in the UK (2019/2020 season)

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Short Breaks in the UK

2019/20 SEASON THE WIHAN QUARTET RISING STARS BEETHOVEN AT THE CASTLE THE LEONORE PIANO TRIO ALBION STRING QUARTET

THE CASTLE HOTEL, TAUNTON THE SWAN HOTEL & SPA, LAVENHAM

CHAMBER MUSIC SHORT BREAKS IN THE UK

While these events are undeniably indulgent and leisurely retreats, they are also intended to stimulate the mind and delight the aesthetic sensibilities.

Hear great Classical music performed by outstanding musicians of international repute.

Enjoy the intimacy and intensity of a recital hall little bigger than a large drawing room.

Listen to pre-concert talks by eminent musicologists.

Mingle with the musicians and the speaker as well as like-minded fellow music lovers.

Stay in famous and very comfortable hotels, and enjoy great food.

Opt for a package which includes accommodation and dinners, or select tickets for individual concerts (complimentary interval drinks for all).

Martin Randall Festival staff are in attendance to help these events run smoothly and enjoyably.

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29 November–1 Dec. 2019 The Castle Hotel, Taunton

24–26 January 2020 The Castle Hotel, Taunton

20–24 February 2020 The Castle Hotel, Taunton

THE WIHAN QUARTET

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THE LEONORE PIANO TRIO

RISING STARS

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24–26 April 2020 The Castle Hotel, Taunton

ALBION STRING QUARTET

BEETHOVEN AT THE CASTLE

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THE HOTELS Two of the most comfortable and welcoming in England.

19–21 May 2020 The Swan, Lavenham

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BOOKING Booking form, details about booking, and our terms and conditions.

Cover photograph: ©Benjamin Ealovega, 2018.

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THE WIHAN QUARTET 29 November–1 December 2019 (mf 915) The Castle Hotel, Taunton Price: from £810 Speaker: Richard Wigmore Leoš Čepický violin Jan Schulmeister violin Jakub Čepický viola Michal Kanka cello No string quartet today plays Czech music with more idiomatic understanding than the Wihan. True to form, their Taunton programme features quartets that are in their bloodstream: two beautiful, less-known works

by Dvorák, plus Smetana’s autobiographical From my life. Other highlights include Mendelssohn’s tragic late F-minor Quartet, a requiem for his sister Fanny, and one of the works from Beethoven’s revolutionary Razumovsky set. Saturday evening’s allSchubert concert reminds us, too, that the Viennese composer was one of Dvorák’s idols, and a crucial influence on his chamber music.

SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Haydn, Quartet in G, Op.54, No.1 Mozart, Quartet No.14 in G, K.387 Spring Beethoven, Quartet No.9 in C, Op.59, No.3 SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 5.30pm Talk at 5.00pm Schubert, Quartettsatz, D703; Quartet No.13 in A minor, D804 Rosamunde; Quartet No.14 in D minor, D810 Death & the Maiden SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Dvořák, Quartet No.9 in D minor, Op.34 Smetana, Quartet No.1 in E minor, From My Life

Formed in 1985, the Wihan Quartet has developed an outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech heritage, and PRICES – per person of the many classical, romantic and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire. Two sharing: standard double or twin £810; Garden Room £990. Single occupancy: single The speaker, Richard Wigmore, is a writer, bedded room £810 (doubles for sole use may be lecturer, and broadcaster for BBC Radio 3. available at a later stage for a higher price).

He writes for Gramophone and others, and his books include Schubert: the Complete Song Prices above include: four concerts and preTexts, and the Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn. concert talks, accommodation for two nights, breakfasts, two afternoon teas, two dinners, FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER, 5.30pm interval drinks, programme, tips for hotel staff.

Talk at 5.00pm Mozart, String Quartet No.1 in G, K.80 Individual concert tickets: £20 mornings, £25 Mendelssohn, Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op.80 evenings. Interval drinks and a programme are Dvořák, Quartet No.8 in E, Op.80 also included. See page 15 for ticket bookings.

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RISING STARS 24 –26 January 2020 (mg 983) The Castle Hotel, Taunton Price: from £810 Speaker: Stephen Johnson Benjamin Baker violin • Timothy Ridout viola Philip Higham cello • Giuseppe Guarrera piano Tabea Debus recorder Benjamin Goldscheider horn Following our hugely successful inaugural Rising Stars weekend last year, we are again providing an opportunity to hear exceptionally talented musicians in the early stages of their careers. In this iteration the instrumental lineup broadens to include not just string trios and piano quartets but music featuring recorder and horn, from Handel and Bach to Schumann, Brahms and Strauss. We have partnered with YCAT (Young Classical Artists Trust) in our careful selection of the finest emerging musicians. Founded in 1984, YCAT selects artists who show international potential, and works in partnership with many of the most important venues around the world, building strategic career development that enables young artists to flourish.

Benjamin Baker. On the recommendation of violinist Nigel Kennedy, he moved to the UK from New Zealand to take up a scholarship at the Menuhin School. A top prize-winner in international competitions, he has developed an international career as a soloist and chamber musician.

Philip Higham. The first British cellist to win first prize at the Leipzig International Bach Competition, he is currently principal of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Giuseppe Guarrera won second Prize and five other awards at the Montreal Competition in 2017. He went on to win a Tabor Foundation Award at the Verbier Festival Academy and a prestigious Klavier Ruhr Festival scholarship.

Tabea Debus. Born in Germany, Tabea moved to the UK to study at the Royal Academy of Music where she won Principal’s Prize, among numerous other awards.

Benjamin Goldscheider reached the final of the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition.

He is currently completing his studies at the Barenboim-Said Academy with Radok Baborá and made his BBC Proms debut in 2018.

Timothy Ridout. The only British violist to have won first prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in 2016. In 2019 he is set to appear as a soloist with the Hamburg Symphony, Philharmonia, Orchestre de Lille, Camerata Salzburg and Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

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Our speaker, Stephen Johnson, often presents BBC Radio 3’s Discovering Music and broadcasts on BBC Radio 4. He has also been a critic and journalist.

SUNDAY 26 JANUARY, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Schumann, Märchenbilder Op.113 Schumann, Dichterliebe, piano & viola, Op.48 Strauss, Violin Sonata in E flat, Op.18

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY, 5.30pm Talk at 5.00pm PRICES – per person Schubert, String Trio in B flat, D471 (fragment) Beethoven, String Trio in G, Op.9 No.1 Two sharing: standard double or twin £810; Mozart, Piano Quartet No.2 in E flat, K.493 Garden Room £990. Single occupancy: single bedded room £810 (doubles for sole use may be SATURDAY 25 JANUARY, 11.00am available at a later stage for a higher price.)

Talk at 10.30am Telemann, Solo Flute Fantasias No.1 & No.7; Prices above include: four concerts and Sonata in C from Der getreue music-meister; pre-concert talks, accommodation for two Flute Sonata in B flat. Dani Howard, Two-andnights at The Castle Hotel, breakfasts, two a-Half Minutes to Midnight. J.S. Bach, Cello afternoon teas, two dinners, interval drinks, Suite No.2 in D minor; Invention No.7 in E programme, tips for hotel staff. minor; excerpts from Flute Sonatas in E minor and E. Handel, Sorge nel petto from Rinaldo; Individual concert tickets: £20 mornings, £25 Flute Sonata in D. Arne Gieshoff, Entr’acte. evenings. Interval drinks and a programme are also included. See page 15 for ticket bookings.

SATURDAY 25 JANUARY, 5.30pm Talk at 5.00pm Photographs above, left–right: Schumann, Adagio & Allegro in A flat Giuseppe Guarrera; Benjamin Baker; Timothy Ridout. for Horn & Piano, Op.70 Previous page, top: Tabea Debus.

Brahms, Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40 Bottom left–right: Philip Higham; Benjamin Goldscheider.

Schumann, Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 All ©Kaupo Kikkas

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BEETHOVEN AT THE CASTLE 20 –24 February 2020 (mg 108 & mg 109) The Castle Hotel, Taunton From £980 per module or £1,920 combined Speaker & Co-curator: Richard Wigmore The Mandelring Quartet • The Heath Quartet London Bridge Trio • Martin Roscoe piano Rachel Podger violin • Christopher Glynn piano Llŷr Williams piano • Ian Fountain piano ‘I don’t write for the galleries,’ proclaimed the young Beethoven. Indeed he didn’t.

From the Op.1 piano trios – surely the most brilliant Op.1 in music history – to the sublime late quartets, Beethoven sought to stir and challenge rather than merely entertain. From the outset each new work was an ‘event’.

In February leading pianists and chamber musicians gather at the Castle Hotel, Taunton, to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in unique style in 18 ‘concerts’ spanning his 35-year career. ‘Concerts’ is in inverted commas because we are re-inventing the conventional formula. There will be only one piece per concert (with two exceptions), each introduced by Richard Wigmore (see page 4 for his biography), often in discussion with the players. Then there will be a c. 25-minute interval before the next.

Interleaved with popular favourites like the Waldstein Sonata, the Razumovsky Quartets and the Archduke Trio are rarities such as the darkly brooding C minor String Trio and the quixotic Piano Sonata Op.54. You are sure to come away with your knowledge of Beethoven enriched, marvelling anew at the spiritual space the composer traversed between his Op.1 and Op.135.

The event is split into two modules – you can choose to book just one of these or both.

MODULE 1 • 20 –22 FEBRUARY (mg 108) THURSDAY 20 FEBRUARY 3.30pm, London Bridge Trio: Piano Trio Op.1 No.1 4.40pm, Martin Roscoe: Piano Sonata Op.2 No.1 5.35pm, London Bridge Trio: Cello Sonata in A, Op.69 6.40pm, London Bridge Trio: Cello Sonata in C, Op.102 FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 11.00am, London Bridge Trio & Gary Pomeroy: String Trio in C minor, Op.9 No.3 12.00, Martin Roscoe: Piano Sonata Op.31 No.2, Tempest; Piano Sonata Op.54 3.30pm, Heath Quartet: String Quartet in D, Op.18 No.3 4.35pm, Martin Roscoe: Piano Sonata Op.53, Waldstein 5.35pm, Heath Quartet: String Quartet in F minor, Op.95 6.35pm, Heath Quartet: String Quartet in F, Op.135 SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 11.00am, Rachel Podger & Christopher Glynn: Violin Sonata No.5 in F, Op.24, Spring 12.15pm: Rachel Podger & Christopher Glynn: Violin Sonata in G, Op.96

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MODULE 2 • 22–24 FEBRUARY (mg 109) SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 3.30pm, Heath Quartet: String Quartet in F, Op.59 No.1 4.50pm, Llŷr Williams: Piano Sonata in A, Op.101 5.45pm, Heath Quartet: String Quartet in E flat, Op.74 6.55pm, Llŷr Williams: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op.90 SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 11.00am, Mandelring Quartet: String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 12.15pm, Llŷr Williams: Piano Sonata in E, Op.109 3.30pm, Llŷr Williams: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.111 4.30pm, Llŷr Williams: Piano Sonata in A flat, Op.110 5.25pm, Mandelring Quartet: String Quartet in E flat, Op.127 6.35pm, Mandelring Quartet & Ian Fountain: Piano Trio Op.97, Archduke MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY 11.00am, Mandelring Quartet: String Quartet in B flat, Op.130, with Grosse Fuge Op.133 8

The Mandelring Quartet are famed for their expressivity and remarkable homogeneity of sound and phrasing. They have been prizewinners at prestigious competitions such as Munich International Music Competition, Evian and Reggio Emilia. Their busy concert schedule has taken them to major venues and festivals worldwide.

The charismatic and sought-after Heath Quartet won the 2016 Gramophone Chamber Award for their recording of the complete string quartets of Sir Michael Tippett, and in May 2013 became the first ensemble in 15 years to win the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artists Award.

The London Bridge Trio is one of Britain’s leading chamber ensembles, known for their deeply nuanced and searching interpretations.

The trio originally formed in 2002 as the London Bridge Ensemble and they continue to prioritise strong, composer-led programmes and collaborate with regular guest artists.

With an extraordinary career spanning over four decades, Martin Roscoe is unarguably one of the UK’s best loved pianists. Martin has also performed with orchestras and festivals across Europe, Canada, Australia and the Far East, and shared the concert platform with eminent conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder and Christoph von Dohnányi.

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Photographs, clockwise from far left: Mandelring Quartet ©Uwe Arens Heath Quartet ©Kaupo Kikkas London Bridge Trio ©Jack Liebeck Rachel Podger ©Theresa Pewal Christopher Glynn ©Joanna Bergin Ian Fountain Martin Roscoe ©Eric Richmond Llŷr Williams ©Ben Ealovega

Rachel Podger has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical music periods. She was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015 and was the 2018 Gramophone Artist of the Year.

Aronovsky at the Royal Northern College of Music. Since that time he has enjoyed a wide-ranging and varied career, performing extensively throughout Europe, the USA, the UK and the Far East, with orchestras such as the London Symphony and Sir Colin Davis, the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta.

Christopher Glynn is an award-winning pianist and accompanist, working with leading singers, instrumentalists and ensembles in concerts, broadcasts and recordings throughout the world. He is also Artistic Director of the Ryedale Festival, programming around 70 events each year in beautiful and historic venues across North Yorkshire.

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Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams is widely admired for his profound musical intelligence, and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. An acclaimed performer of Beethoven, he has several complete sonata cycles under his belt, most recently at Wigmore Hall and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, as well as a Concerto cycle with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

In 1989 Ian Fountain became the youngest winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Masters Competition in Tel Aviv at the age of nineteen. He was educated as a chorister at New College, Oxford and later at Winchester College. He studied piano under Sulamita

MODULE 1. Two sharing: standard double or twin £980; Garden Room £1,160. Single occupancy: single bedded room £980.

MODULE 2. Two sharing: standard double or twin £980; Garden Room £1,160. Single occupancy: single bedded room £980.

MODULES 1 & 2 COMBINED Two sharing: standard double or twin £1,920 Garden Room £2,260. Single occupancy: single bedded room £1,920.

Prices include – for each module: all concerts, talks, accommodation for two nights at The Castle Hotel, breakfasts, two dinners, interval drinks, programme, tips for hotel staff.

Individual concert tickets: available to people living within 30 miles of Taunton. £8 for all except the final concert, which is £16. Prices include a programme booklet but not an interval drink. See page 15 for ticket bookings.

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THE LEONORE PIANO TRIO 24 –26 April 2020 (mg 168) The Castle Hotel, Taunton Price: from £830 Speaker: Stephen Johnson Benjamin Nabarro violin Gemma Rosefield cello Tim Horton piano with Lawrence Power guest viola The excellent Leonore Piano Trio presents a weekend of music by Haydn, Brahms and Dvořák; charting the evolution of the piano trio through three composers, from its Classical quasi-sonata form to the rhapsodic, folk-like nature it assumed under the Czech’s pen.

The Leonore Piano Trio brings together three internationally acclaimed artists who joined in 2012 after having performed together within the larger Ensemble 360. Their recording for Hyperion of Anton Arensky’s piano trios in 2014 garnered widespread international praise. Several years and discs later, they perform at some of the world’s great venues, including Wigmore Hall, the Bath Mozartfest and Istanbul’s Süreyya Opera House; and mentor a next generation of musicians as part of the Sistema Aotearoa programme.

Pre-concert talks are given by Stephen Johnson – see page 6 for his biography.

FRIDAY 24 APRIL, 5.30pm Talk at 5.00pm Haydn, Piano Trio in E flat, Hob XV:29 Brahms, Piano Trio in C, Op.87 Dvořák, Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65

Photograph: The Leonore Piano Trio ©Eric Richmond

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SATURDAY 25 APRIL, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Brahms, Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101 Dvořák, Piano Trio in B flat, Op.21 SATURDAY 25 APRIL, 5.30pm Talk at 5.00pm Haydn, Piano Trio in C, HobXV, Op.27 Dvořák, Piano Quartet No.2 in Eb, B.162, Op.87 SUNDAY 26 APRIL, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Dvořák, Piano Trio in E minor, Op.90 ‘Dumky’ Brahms, Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 PRICES – per person Two sharing: standard double or twin £830; Garden Room £1,020. Single occupancy: single bedded room £830 (doubles for sole use may be available at a later stage for a higher price).

Prices above include: all concerts and pre-concert talks, accommodation for two nights at The Castle Hotel, breakfasts, two afternoon teas, two dinners, interval drinks, programme, tips for hotel staff.

Individual concert tickets: £20 mornings, £25 evenings. Interval drinks and a programme are also included. See page 15 for ticket bookings.

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ALBION STRING QUARTET 19–21 May 2020 (mg 219) The Swan, Lavenham Price: from £810 Speaker: Richard Wigmore Tamsin Waley-Cohen violin Emma Parker violin Ann Bielby viola Nathaniel Boyd cello The Albion String Quartet present a sumptuous array of works from the masters of the quartet medium, encompassing the pivotal shift from the classical to the romantic style, with a work from each major quartet cycle through to the great 20th-century giant Shostakovich.

Since forming in 2014, the group has enjoyed numerous competition successes including the Melbourne and Florence International Chamber Music Competitions, and awards from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and ECHO Rising Stars. The Quartet’s thirst for exploring the repertoire of the chamber string quartet genre expresses itself through innovative and eclectic programming.

Pre-concert talks are given by Richard Wigmore – see page 4 for his biography.

TUESDAY 19 MAY, 5.15pm Talk at 4.45pm Mozart, Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421 Suk, Meditation on an old Czech hymn ‘St Wenceslas’ Op.35 Dvořák, Quartet No.13 in G, Op.106 WEDNESDAY 20 MAY, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Beethoven, Quartet No.5 in A, Op.18, No.5 Shostakovich, Quartet No.3 in F, Op.73

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY, 5.15pm Talk at 4.45pm Mozart, Quartet No.16 in E flat, K.428 Mendelssohn, Capriccio for String Quartet in E minor, Op.81, No.3 Schumann, Quartet No.1 in A minor THURSDAY 21 MAY, 11.00am Talk at 10.30am Haydn, Quartet in D, Op.64 No.5, Lark Brahms, Quartet No.3 in B flat, Op.67 PRICES – per person Two sharing: standard double or twin £810; superior double or twin £890; Junior suite (‘Gainsborough’) £990; Suite (‘Constable’) £1,050. Single occupancy: double for sole use £860; superior double for sole use £960.

Prices above include: all concerts and preconcert talks, accommodation for two nights at The Swan Hotel & Spa, breakfasts, two afternoon teas, two dinners, interval drinks, programme, tips for hotel staff.

Individual concert tickets: £20 mornings, £25 evenings. Interval drinks and a programme are also included. See page 15 for ticket bookings.

Photograph: Albion String Quartet ©Steve Gullick

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THE HOTELS

THE CASTLE HOTEL, TAUNTON

THE SWAN HOTEL & SPA, LAVENHAM

The Castle is renowned for its excellent service, for comforts traditional and modern, and for its superb catering. It has been owned and run by the Chapman family for over sixty years. Chamber music events have been held here since 1977, and we took over the running of them in 2003.

The Swan Hotel at Lavenham has been an inn since 1667 and is one of the loveliest and best-known and small-town hotels in England.

It spreads through a number of contiguous half-timber buildings which date to the 15th and 16th centuries.

The hotel’s bedrooms are individually and charmingly decorated. Doubles and twins are mainly of a good size, and the largest – the Garden Rooms – overlook the garden. There is no single-occupancy supplement for the rooms with single beds. The majority of rooms have a bath with a shower fitment.

The hotel has a lift, though some bedrooms are then accessed via stairs. The Music Room is on a mezzanine level, up a flight of stairs from the lobby.

Taunton lies on the doorstep of Exmoor and the Quantocks, areas with some of the loveliest countryside in England. www.the-castle-hotel.com

The bedrooms have been recently renovated in a pleasingly restrained manner which retains their historical character. Most bathrooms have a bath with shower fitment. Facilities include a bar, extensive lounge areas, a brasserie and the Weavers’ House Spa. Dinners are served in the hall.

Due to the historical nature of the building, the hotel does not have a lift, and on the ground floor there are steps to negotiate. A limited number bedrooms are available on the ground floor. If you have access requirements, please contact us as soon as possible.

Lavenham is only around 60 miles from London and yet it feels a world apart, and an age away. Surrounded by gently rolling farming country, this Suffolk village is noted for its outstanding 15th-century church and halftimbered medieval houses. www.theswanatlavenham.co.uk

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Please conf irm whether you are happy to receive documents online: Yes No E-mail EVENT & ACCOMMODATION – please select your choice(s) of event and room-type: The Wihan Quartet 29 November–1 December 2019 Rising Stars 24–26 January 2020 Beethoven at The Castle MODULE 1 • 20 –22 February Beethoven at The Castle MODULE 2 • 22–24 February

The Castle Hotel, Taunton Single room Standard double – two sharing Garden Room – two sharing With:

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The Leonore Piano Trio 24–26 April 2020 The Swan Hotel & Spa, Lavenham Double room for sole use Superior double for sole use Albion String Quartet 19–21 May 2020

Standard double – two sharing Superior double – two sharing Junior suite – two sharing Suite – two sharing With:

twin beds

double bed

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