Brockenhurst Music Society

Concerts 2024

Please see below our concert programme for 2024.

Tickets are £18 in advance or £20 on the door.

The advance tickets are available through TicketSource (see the links below for each concert) or through our local outlets - Pot Pourri, Brockenhurst & Sway Deli.

Saturday 18th May : 7.0pm

FIBONNACI QUARTET

The Fibonacci Quartet, one of the leading young string quartets in Europe, are winners of many awards including the first prize and audience prize at the International Beethoven Competition. We can’t think of a better way to open our 2024 season!

Programme:

MOZART Quartet No.16 K428 E♭ Major

JANACEK Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata‘

SCHUBERT Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’ D810

Kindly supported by Making Music’s
Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artist Scheme

Monday 17th June : 7.00pm

MAXIM CALVER (cello) and KUMI MATSUO (piano)

Praised for the “elegance of his technique, overall sound and natural poeticism” (Strand Magazine), Maxim was finalist in the 2018 BBC Musician of the Year. He is in high demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Currently he is an ABRSM scholar for his post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Music.

Kumi Matsuo is a versatile solo pianist, chamber musician and accompanist. She teaches as Duo coach at the RCM.

Programme:

DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D minor

BRAHMS Cello Sonata No.1 E minor Op.38

MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonata No.2 D Major Op.58

Kindly supported by the Countess of Munster Trust.

Monday 15th July : 7.00pm

SOFIA SACCO (piano)

Born in Italy, Sofia moved to the UK in 2019 to study at the Royal Academy of Music. She was awarded the Francis Simms Prize in 2021 and a DipRAM Award for outstanding achievement. Having completed her MA and Diploma, she was appointed to a Hodgson Fellow of the RAM. She has played extensively across Europe and the UK, both in solo recitals and as a soloist with orchestras. Her first CD of the Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues Op.87 will be released this year.

Programme

D. SHOSTAKOVICH: 3 Preludes and Fugues op. 87
F. COUPERIN: Les Barricades Mystérieuses
LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN: Le Coucou
M. CLEMENTI: Sonata op.40 n.2

D. SHOSTAKOVICH: 3 Preludes and fugues op. 87
O. RESPIGHI: Notturno
F. LISZT: Voices of the Woods S145 No.1

Transcendental Etude No. 10 "Appassionata"

Monday 12th August : 7.00pm

CAROLINE TAYLOR (soprano) and

GEORGE IRELAND (piano)

"Glittering”, “Spell-binding”, “Pure-voiced nobility”: some of the words in praise of Caroline’s singing. In addition to song recitals, she has appeared in many operatic roles, and as a concert soloist with orchestras.

George Ireland is in great demand as a recital partner with some of finest singers of his generation. Both George and Caroline are designated Young Artists of the Oxford Song Festival for 2022-24.

Programme:

The Peasant’s Wise Daughter: Telling women’s stories through song, the recital includes Schubert’s “Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”, songs by Kinkel, Dvorak and Wolf and Schumann’s “Frauenliebe und Leben” Op.42.

Monday 2nd September : 7.00pm

ANNA IM (violin) and CHIAO-YING CHANG (piano)

Anna was born in Korea. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with a Masters Degree and Advanced Diploma, after her earlier studies at the Curtis Institute. She has been a prizewinner in many international competitions. Her second recording, Réverie, is released in April 2024. Chiao-Ying is from Taiwan. She also graduater from the RAM with a Distinction in her Masters and a DipRAM. She is a top prizewinner in a number of international festivals and has performed at prestigious venues and festivals in the US, UK and across Europe, both in solo recitals and in concertos.

Programme:

R. Schumann Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

Schubert Grande Duo Sonata in A major, D. 574

Interval

Kreisler Recitativo and Scherzo for Solo Violin, Op. 6

Grieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45

Kindly supported by the Tillett Trust Debut Scheme