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PROGRAMME
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Friday 15 July

7pm - 9pm   St.Mary's  Upper Street
Opening Concert
Kindly sponsored by Kashti Johnson Associates

Ernst von Dohnányi - Serenade, opus 10
Leoš Janáček - Violin and Piano Sonata
Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet in g minor, opus 25

Joana Ly - violin
Dorothea Vogel - viola
Bryony James - cello
Martin André - piano
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Saturday 16 July

1pm - 2pm South Arcade, Islington Square
Jazz Piano

Crumble
Symphony of Isolation
Be Gentle
Loch Lomond
Whispers on a Wind
Aka Tonbo

Nathan Tinker - composer & piano
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7pm - 9pm St.Mary's Upper Street
Brahms and the Gypsy
​Kindly sponsored by Davy's Wine Merchants 

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Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet , opus 115, with a twist! 
​ ZRI -   Zum Roten Igel "To the Red Hedgehog"
Ben Harlan – clarinet
Iris Pissaride – santouri
Jon Banks – accordion

Matthew Sharp – cello
Max Baillie – violin

Sunday 17 July

1pm - 2pm  South Arcade, Islington Square
Violin and Piano Favourites and Hidden Gems!
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances nos. 5 & 7
Mel Bonis – 2 pieces
Luise Adolpha Le Beau – Romanze
Dora Pejačević – Miniatures
Joana Ly – violin
Martin André – piano
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3.30pm - 5.30pm  Newington Green Meeting House
Photography Workshop

From taking the shot to making the shot -
A beginner’s guide to crafting a photograph


​It’s estimated that 1.4 trillion photos were taken in 2020, and that was when most of us were stuck inside! When so many shots are taken every day, how do we make an image that stands out? (read more..)
​Tutor - Marc Gascoigne

Thursday 21 July

7pm - 9pm   Christ Church Highbury
Clara Schumann – Six Songs, opus 13
Robert Schumann – Dichterliebe
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio in B Major

Peter Bronder   – tenor
Martin André – piano
Joana Ly – violin
Miguel Ángel Villeda Cerón – cello​


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9.30pm - 10.30pm  Little Angel Theatre
Early Music, Late at Night

Claudio Monteverdi - Si dolce il tormento
Giulio Caccini - Amarilli mia bella
Hieronymus Kapsberger - Toccata sesta
Claudio Monteverdi - Lettera amorosa
Francesco Corbetta - Caprice de Chaconne - Sarabande
John Dowland - Flow my Tears - Can She Excuse - Now Oh Now
Robert de Visee - Passacaille
Henry Purcell - When Orpheus Sang ​- Evening Hymn

Hugo Hymas – tenor​ 
Sergio Bucheli – theorbo & baroque guitar


Friday 22 July

7pm - 9pm Christ Church Highbury
Mentorship and legacy
Louise Farrenc – String Quintet 
Gioachino Rossini – Duo for Cello and Double Bass
Antonín Dvorák – String Quintet, opus 77
I Musicanti

Tamás András - violin
Benedict Holland - violin 
Robert Smissen - viola
Richard Harwood - cello
​Leon Bosch - double bass 
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9.30pm - 10.30pm Newington Green Meeting House
Early Music, Late at Night

 ‘A Mini-Evolution of the Trombone Quartet'
Sackbuts 17th/18th centuries: 
Cesario Gussago – La Rizza 

 Johann Georg Franz Braun - Canzonato
Georg Daniel Speer - Sonata für Vier Posaunen
Classical Trombones – early 19th century: 

Ludwig van Beethoven - Drei Equale für Vier Posaunen
Ignaz Xaver, Ritter von Seyfried – Equale für Drei Posaunen
Romantic Trombones – late 19th century:
Anton Bruckner - Aequale no. 1
Josef Franz Serafin Alschausky - Gebet
Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Alschausky) -
Jägers Abschied & Der frohe Wandersmann

Joseph Grüber - Domino Deus
English Peashooter Trombones, 19th century: 
Lady Caroline Keppel - Traditional Irish Air - Eibhlin a Ruin
Malcolm Forsyth - Eclectic altos with Pokerbass
The Concert Trombone Quartette
Adrian France - bass trombone & director
Emily White - alto/tenor trombones
Miguel Tantos 
- alto/tenor trombones
Susan Addison - alto/tenor trombones
  

Saturday 23 July

1pm - 2pm  South Arcade, Islington Square
Gyspy Jazz 
Tunes from the Great American Songbook, waltzes, original compositions and gypsy jazz classics
Sol Grimshaw Quartet
Cornelius Corkery - guitar
Dafydd Williams - tenor saxophone
​Lorenzo Morabito - double bass
Sol Grimshaw - guitar
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© Marc Gascoigne
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3pm - 5pm Newington Green Meeting House
Drawing Class with Live Music
By referencing the 1870 paintings of Edgar Degas, Musicians in the Orchestra and The Orchestra at the Opera, artists are invited to respond to the rhythm and movements of a musician in practice, and the exquisite form of the musical instrument. The workshop will be divided between still life and figure drawing.   
(read more..) 
​Tutor - Dolph van Eden
7pm - 9pm    Christ Church Highbury
​Piano Recital

J.S. Bach/Franz Liszt - Prelude & Fugue in a minor, BWV 543
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -  Sonata no. 12 in F Major, K332
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata no. 31 in A flat Major, opus 110
Frederic Chopin - Etudes 1-6, opus 10
Johannes Brahms - Sonata no 2  in  f# minor, opus 2
Dmitrii Kalashnikov - piano
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© Marc Gascoigne
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 9.30pm - 10.30pm Newington Green   Meeting House
​Early Music, late at night

​Thomas Baltzar - Prelude
Pedro Lopes Nogueira - Fantasia
J.S. Bach - Sonata in a minor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – Passacaglia
Kati Debretzeni - violin​

Sunday 24 July

7pm - 9pm   Christ Church, Highbury
​Grand Finale

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Horn and Piano
Mel Bonis – Le matin, Le soir
Ernst von Dohnányi – Sextet in c minor

Fabian van de Geest -  horn
Nathan Tinker - piano
Joana Ly  -  violin
Bryony James – cello 
Dorothea Vogel - viola
Stephen Williams  -  clarinet
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