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TRMS Past Concerts (2024)



Evening Concert - Piano solo


by

Tim Horton

Monday 04.12.2023




The Programme
Frederic Francois Chopin (1810-1849)
Two Nocturnes:
Nocturne in C minor, op. 48, no.1
Nocturne in F sharp minor, op. 48, no.2

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Masques, op.34:
Scheherazade
Tantris le bouffon
Serenade de Don Juan

Interval

Frederic Francois Chopin (1810-1849)
Chopin: Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op.20
Chopin: Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op.31
Chopin: Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op.39
Chopin: Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op.54

Tim Horton is one of the UK's leading pianists, equally at home in solo and chamber repertoire. He is a founder member of both the Leonore Piano Trio and Ensemble 360 and has been a regular guest pianist with the Nash Ensemble. He was invited to make his solo debut at Wigmore Hall in 2016. Tim returned to Wigmore Hall in early 2021 to perform a programme of Mozart, Chopin and Szymanowski, and will be giving further solo recitals in the coming seasons. Between 2011 and 2015 Tim presented a complete Beethoven Sonata cycle at Sheffield's Crucible Studio for Music in the Round, who invited him to return for a cycle of Schubert Sonatas 2017-2019, and a Chopin cycle which is currently underway.

Following two performances of Schoenberg's Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the Royal Festival Hall, London in 1995, at the recommendation of Alfred Brendel, Tim was asked to give concerts with the RLPO, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

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Evening Concert - Flute & Harp Duet


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Daniel Ephgrave-flute

and

Valeria Kurbatova-harp

Monday 14.11.2023




A concert good enough for royalty

Valeria Kurbatova is a multi-award-winning harpist who has performed for King Charles as well as rock royalty, in the shape of the Rolling Stones.

She has played in the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace, the Barbican and the Palace of Westminster. But on Monday, November 13, she and flautist Daniel Ephgrave will be performing in a rather more modest venue - albeit one with excellent acoustics -- Rickmansworth Baptist Church.

Daniel is also an award-winning musician and was a prize-winner in the British Flute Society competitions in both 2020 and 2021. Like Valeria, he often plays with some of the UK's leading orchestras and ensembles.

Valeria and Daniel have a particularly wide repertoire that spans classical, folk and contemporary music. At their Three Rivers Music Society concert on November 14, they also offered their audience a taste of the tango, courtesy of Argentina's Astor Piazzolla.

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Evening Concert - Symphonia Academica


by

led by Peter Busserau

and

Monday 16.10.2023




The programme included Florence Price who rose from cinema organist to celebrated composer

Back in 1931 Florence Price was a single mother who made ends meet by playing cinema and church organs and writing songs for radio commercials.

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Afternoon concert - Piano and Strings trio


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David(piano) & Steven(cello) Halls

and

Daphne Moody(violin)

Friday 15.09.2023



David Halls, Director of Music at the Salisbury cathedral is a pianist, organist and composer of music of distinction and high reputation. His brother Dr Steven Halls is a renowned cellist performer with equally talented Daphne Moody on the violin in their third appearance for TRMS performed this exciting repertoire including compositions by Shostakovich, Bridge, Mendelssohn and David's own work.

The Programme
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
violin, cello & continuo op.5 no.7 in D minor

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Trio No.1 in C minor op.8
Andante - Moderato

Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Three Miniatures Set 2 H88
1. Romance: Andante; 2. Intermezzo: Allegretto; 3. Saltarello: Allegro vivo;
4. David Halls (b.1963) Passacaglia on the second set of Miniatures by Frank Bridge

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Piano Trio No.2 in C minor op.66
1. Allegro energico e con fuoco; 2. Andante espressivo;
3. Scherzo - molto allegro quasi presto; 4. Finale - allegro appassionato



Shostakovich composed his mature, second piano trio in 1944 at the age of 38 and it is a stunning and potent masterwork firmly in the repertoire. Likely less well known is his compelling first piano trio, op.8, a "student" work Shostakovich wrote in 1923 at the tender age of 16. Such was his precocity that he had already been a student at the Petrograd Conservatory for three years. A bout of tuberculosis sent the young Shostakovich to sanatorium to convalesce where, according to a letter from his sister Mariya, he got a suntan and fell in love. The object of his affections was girl named Tatyana Glivenko to whom Shostakovich eventually dedicated the piano trio, quite possibly the chief inspiration for this piece that he completed upon returning from his hiatus. One can imagine his amorous intent from the original title Poem. The trio was not published during Shostakovich's lifetime and, apparently, its current published form was assembled from multiple manuscript sources with the final missing bars of the piano part completed by composer Boris Tishchenko.

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Evening concert - violin recital


by

Thomas Bowes

Monday 13.06.2023



Nicolo Paganini...
A Night of Myth
Mystery
Magic & the op.1 Caprices
played by
THOMAS BOWES
Narration by
STEVEN HALLS


Thomas Bowes is one of the UK's finest violinists, very active in the realm of cinema, and millions have heard him on the soundtracks of his numerous (200+) film credits.

Tom's recording of the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas was released in 2018 on the Navona label to great critical acclaim, with Laurence Vittes in Gramophone Magazine noting it was 'deeply human - unusually communicative - a succession of miracles.' His 'Bach Pilgrimage' is a feature of every season and future events will take him all over the world. In 2019 Tom was given a 'Sebastian Award' by the Ars Ante Portas Civic Association of Bratislava, Slovakia for his 'Extraordinary contribution in maintaining public appreciation of the work of J.S. Bach'.

His concerto appearances in the UK, Germany and the USA have included highly praised performances of concertos by Elgar, Britten, Szymanowski and Walton. In 2023 he recorded the Elgar Concerto at Abbey Road Studios, which were opened by Elgar himself.

Navona also released Tom's recording of the complete Ysaye Solo Sonatas in 2020. Critics noted a depth of interpretation and characterisation. The recording was nominated for the solo instrumental category of the International Classical Music Awards.



From The Times, on Paganini's London concert, 3rd June 1831.
"Nothing can be more difficult than to describe Paganini's performance on the violin, so as to make the effect of it intelligible to those who have never heard him - all the anticipations formed of him, however highly coloured, have fallen short of reality -"

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Evening concert - 4 hands:1 piano


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Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins

Saturday 13.05.2023




Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins have given duet recitals at many prestigious venues including the Royal Opera House, St George's Bristol, St John's Smith Square, Hatchlands Park, the Russell Collection and for the Mozart Society of America. Hailed for their 'impressive playing' by BBC Music Magazine, they have recently released Carl Maria von Weber's complete piano duets on an original Viennese fortepiano for Deux-Elles, and have previously recorded Mozart's complete sonatas for keyboard duet on period instruments over two discs for Resonus Classics. They have each been awarded Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of their 'significant contribution' thus far to the music profession, and have just released Tournament for Twenty Fingers featuring works by British composers from the twentieth century on BIS Records: the disc has received a 5 star review on BBC Music Magazine and has been chosen by Scala Radio as Album of the Weekend.

The Neapolitan pianist Emma Abbate enjoys a demanding career as a piano accompanist and chamber musician. Described as "an amazingly talented pianist" by the leading Italian magazine Musica, she has performed in duo recitals for international festivals and concert societies in Austria, Portugal, Italy, Poland and USA, and at UK venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House, St John's Smith Square, St George's, Bristol and at the Aldeburgh Festival, in addition to broadcasts on BBC Radio 3.

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Evening concert


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John Donegan Jazz Sextet

Wednesday 05.04.2023


JOHN DONEGAN JAZZ SEXTET CAME TO TRMS FOR THE 7TH TIME

Rickmansworth audience with discerning musical taste enjoyed this great lively concernt

The best of British - and Irish - jazz
John and his highly regarded sextet played some of the stand-out tracks from his 2022 album, Shadows Linger, which one leading jazz website described as a memorable mix of bebop, Latin and blues-influenced numbers.

John and his fellow musicians also played music that John has written for an album he is to record in his native Ireland next month.

Also part of the sextet were trumpeter Steve Fishwick, (who was lauded by no less a figure than Wynton Marsalis, the revered American musician. "I can't think of another player that can do what he does," Marsalis said.)and the sextet's drummer, Clark Tracey, son of jazz piano great Stan Tracey, won the 'Best Drummer' title at the British Jazz Awards in 2017 and 2018.


 

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Lunchtime concert


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Purcell School Students

Wednesday 01.01.2023


THE TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS OF THE PURCELL SCHOOL RETURNED TO TRMS FOR THE 9TH TIME

The Programme -



Jessica (violin), Jacqueline (violin), Minsuk (viola), Ivan (cello) and Herman (piano) playing Dvorak's Quintet in A major Op.81 I. Allegro ma non tanto


 

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AGM


Three Rivers Music Society

Wednesday 01.01.2023

TRMS AGM

The Three Rivers Music Society's AGM was held in the Baptist Church, High Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1EH on Wednesday 1st March 2023 at 2.15pm. Minutes of the last AGM - 2022


 

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2023

Tim Horton Piano solo
Harp & Flute Duet
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Hallses & Mooody trio (3)
Thomas Bowes (3)
Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins
John Donegan Jazz Sextet (7)
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2022

Purcell School (8)
Verona Maier (2)
John Donegan Sextet (6)
Maggini Quartet (7)
Purcell School (7)
Organist Samuel Bristow
Symphonia Academica
Hallses & Moody trio (2)
Roberts & Horton

2020/21

TRMS AGM 2021
Purcell School (6)
Galliard Ensemble
Bowes (violin) & Maier (piano)
John Donegan Jazz Sextet (5)
Jayne Walker (violin) & Steven Halls (cello)Duet
Iain Farrington and John Reid piano duet
Jayne Walker Piano Trio

2019

Purcell School (5)
The Maggini String Quartet (6)
John Donegan Jazz Sextet (4)
Hallses & Moody Quartet (1)
Peter Nall Chamber Ensemble
Louise Thompson Harp Recital
John Donegan Jazz Quartet (3)
Purcell School (4)
Ferio Saxophone Quartet

2018

Jayne Walker Piano Trio
Symphonia Academica (2)
Purcell School (3)
Maggini String Quartet (5)
Maggini String Quartet (4)
Gunning Speech on Rubbra's music
Thomas Bowes Violin Solo
Stokes (flute) & Lee (piano)
Butterworth Organ Recital
Julian Trevelyan piano
Purcell School (2)

2017

Purcell School (1)
John Donegan's Jazz Quartet (2)
The Sansara Consort
Maggini (3)
Uday Bhawalkar
What is Dhrupad?
Symphonia Academica
RYMY - 2017
Ashley Fripp
Donegan Jazz Trio (1)
Maggini (2)
Sad news - David Angel's sudden death...
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