ZEPHYR WINDS -  Stokesley Methodist Church
Sunday, 21st October 2012 at 7:45 pm

We welcome back the well-established Zephyr wind group who played brilliantly for us a few years ago. They are all renowned musicians drawn from Britain's leading orchestras.

This time they are joined by pianist Leslie Hollingworth and will perform some interesting works which we seldom get a chance to hear.


HARFORD LLOYD Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Quintet for Piano and Winds
BURGMULLER Duo for Clarinet and Piano
SPOHR Quintet for Piano and Winds

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ROBERT PLANE & THE DANTE STRING QUARTET
St Bernadette's Church, Nunthorpe
Sunday, 2nd December 2012 at 7:45pm

Robert Plane played quite superbly for us in 2011 and so we were anxious to have him return as soon as possible. This time he brings the Dante Quartet, who have also delighted us before, with him and they will celebrate two centenaries – the death of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the birth of Jean Francaix.


COLERIDGE TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet
DVORAK Quartet no.12 in F “American”
WOLF Italian Serenade
FRANCAIX Clarinet Quintet

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THE YORK WAITS with DEBORAH CATTERALL (soprano) 
Stokesley Methodist Church 
Sunday, 9th December 2012 at 4:00 pm

The York Waits present a rousing programme of Christmas music from different countries. Their versatility in playing a large number of instruments that were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries is outstanding and we are looking forward to a concert that will emphatically mark the start of the Christmas season.

This concert is sponsored by Baines Jewitt Solutions Limited.  

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THE RIVOLI STRING QUARTET 
Stokesley Methodist Church

Sunday, 13th January 2013 at 4:00 pm

We were indebted to the Rivoli Quartet for playing for us at short notice in 2009 when another quartet had suddenly disbanded and many suggested that we should invite them again. They were formed at Manchester University and were coached by Peter Cropper of The Lindsays. They won the Prix Ravel and have made a speciality of the music of the Czech Jewish composer, Erwin Schulhoff.


HAYDN Quartet op.76 no.1
SCHULHOFF Quartet no. 1
RAVEL Quartet in F major


The Patrons' Party will take place after this concert.

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THE BENYOUNES STRING QUARTET 
St Bernadette's Church, Nunthorpe
Sunday, 10th February 2013 at 7:45 pm

This young quartet won the Royal Philharmonic Society's prestigious Isserlis scholarship and are recent prize winners at the Sandor Vegh competition in Budapest. They are the quartet in residence at Bangor University and make their debut at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall shortly. Their speciality is to work with composers and they will choose a new piece which they deem suitable for us nearer the date to be sandwiched between two well known classics.


BEETHOVEN Quartet op.18 no.1 in F

CASHIAN Samain (New work by a contemporary composer)

SCHUBERT Quartet D.810 in D minor “Death and the Maiden”

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MIN-JIN KYM (violin) & JAMIE WALTON (cello)
St Bernadette's Church, Nunthorpe 
Sunday, 3rd March 2013 at 7:45 pm

Min-Jin Kym is a wonderful musician, who has recorded concertos with the Philharmonia. Ruggiero Ricci said she is “the most talented violinist I have ever worked with”. 


Jamie Walton, who has recorded 10 concertos with the Philharmonia is well-known in this area as founder and director of the North Yorkshire Moors Chamber Music Festival. We are fortunate to be able to hear these two international stars perform music together which too rarely gets an airing.


BACH Suite No.2 in D minor

RAVEL Duo for Violin and Cello


Prokofiev Sonata for solo violin in D, Op. 115

KODALY Duo for Violin and Cello

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