Blockley Chamber Concerts

All concerts start at 7:30pm with drinks being served from 7pm unless stated otherwise.

Tickets for Friday concerts £20 including drinks.   Available via lgpacker123@gmail.com or 01386 700579 


Friday 21 March                    

St George’s Hall, GL56 9BB   

The Seion Quartet

Claud Debussy                      String Quartet, Op 10

Jessie Montgomery               Strum

Traditional                             Ae Romeser

Fredrik Sjolin                         Intermezzo

Rune Tonsggard                    Shine You No More

Edward Elgar             String Quartet, Op 83


Friday 2 MAY                     

St Peter & St Paul Church, Blockley

The Geminiani Ensemble

                       Jean-Marie Leclair                Sonata a Trois VIII, Op 2

Elizabeth Jacquet                  Violin Sonata No 1

De la Guerre

Jean-Philippe Rameau          Cinquieme Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts

Francois Couperin              Troisieme Concert de Royaux

Marin Marais                         Piece de Viole, Ille Livre

Jean-Philippe Rameau          Troisieme Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts

Played on a Taskin harpsichord.


Friday 6 June                          

Blockley Church

         The Kucharsky Quartet

W A Mozart                            String Quartet, K458 – The Hunt  

                     Dmitri Shostakovich Allegro and Allegretto for String Quartet, Op 73                                      

Franz Schubert                      String Quartet, D810 – Death and the Maiden

                       


Sunday 29 June        ‘BCC Next Generation’ Recital

Stratford Girls’ Chamber Choir

‘Songs for a Summer Morning’

11:15 to 12 noon; coffee, tea and biscuits from 10:45 am.

No tickets, no booking.  Donations to travel costs of the choir’s recitals for good causes.


         

Friday 18 July

Blockley Church

The Tedesca Quartet

Josef Haydn                            String Quartet Hob III:38 The Unfinished

Maurice Ravel String Quartet, M 35

Felix Mendelssohn                 String Quartet Op 44, No 1                              


Friday 29 August                     

Blockley Church

Kate Semmens Soprano and Steven Devine Harpsichord
The Notebooks of Anna Magdalena Bach represent an intimate glimpse into the Bach family life through two fascinating musical notebooks belonging to Johann Sebastian’s second wife. 

Soprano Kate Semmens (‘…clarity and charm’  Opera Magazine) and harpsichordist Steven Devine (‘… one of the finest keyboard players …’ BBC Music Magazine) bring Anna Magdalena’s notebooks to life with a charming programme of songs and preludes, together with Ich habe genug, Schlummert Ein, and solo music from the French Suites.    


Sunday 14 September   ‘BCC Next Generation’ recital 

Amelia Parkin, Organ

Programme including J S Bach Prelude and fugue in G Minor, ‘The Great’

11:15 to 12 noon; coffee, tea and biscuits from 10:45 am.

No tickets, no booking.  Donations to Amelia’s chosen good cause.


Friday 26 September                         

The Brompton Quartet

Jack Greed                              Violin

Mee-Hyun Esther Park           Violin

Edward Keenan                      Viola

Wallis Power                           Cello

Barbara Strozzi (1619-77)         L’amanti modesto (Arr. Alex Fortes)

Josef Haydn                  String quartet in C major ‘The Emperor’

Dmitri Shostakovich     String quartet No 1 in C major, Op 49

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2