Concerts
Our 2006/07 season featured six classical concerts, listed below, a celebrity event with the internationally renowned clarinetist, Emma Johnson, and two lunchtime concerts.
Click here for details of the 2005/06 season's concerts.
Click here for details of the 2004/05 season's concerts.
Click here for details of the 2003/04 season's concerts.
Sunday 24 September 2006 at 12.00pm
Travelling by Tuba
An interactive event for children aged 4+ including an exploding tuba!
Sunday 24 September 2006 at 3.00pm
Ruth Palmer (violin) and Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
- Mozart – Sonata K 304
- Mendelssohn – Sonata in F minor
- Shostakovich – Sonata Op. 134
- Gershwin/Heifetz – Suite: Porgy and Bess
This concert is in support of The Acorns Children's Hospice in Worcester.
Celebrity Concert
Sunday 8 October 2006 at 3.00pm
Emma Johnson (clarinet) and John Lenehan (piano)
- Mozart – Variations K581
- Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata
- Schumann – Fantasiestucke Op. 73
- Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
- Rachmaninov – Vocalise Op. 34 no. 14
- Dankworth – Suite for Emma
- Johnson – Bedtime stories
- Morricone arr. West – Cinema Paradiso
- Goodman arr. Johnson/Lenehan – Gershwin Medley
Emma Johnson needs no introduction, being one of the few clarinettists who have established an international career as a soloist. She is regularly heard on radio and her most recent CD 'Voyage' went straight to number 3 in the UK Classical Charts. She collaborated with John Lenehan on this disc in an arrangement of Benny Goodman's improvisations on themes of Gershwin, which is featured in the programme they will play for Worcester Concert Club.
See the tickets page for prices
Sunday 5 November 2006 at 3.00pm
London Concertante
Adam Summerhayes (violin), Matthew Quenby (viola), Chris Grist (cello), Lucy Shaw (double bass) and Nicola Eimer (piano)
- Mahler – Piano Quartet (1876)
- Fauré – Piano Quartet no. 1
- Schubert – Trout Quintet
Sunday 26 November 2006 at 3.00pm
The Musicke Companye
Philippa Hyde (soprano), Paul Esswood (counter tenor), Jennifer Janse (Baroque cello) and Helen Rogers (harpsichord and chamber organ)
A Venetian Carnival including music by: Monteverdi, Cavalli, Lotti, Strozzi, Marcello and Handel interwoven with tales of love, intrigue and murder.
Sunday 28 January 2007 at 12.00pm
Oboeworks
Imogen Triner (oboe), Roger Huckle (violin), Moira Alabaster (viola) and Richard May (cello)
A musical workshop for people with learning difficulties.
Sunday 28 January 2007 at 3.00pm
Oboeworks
Imogen Triner (oboe), Roger Huckle (violin), Moira Alabaster (viola) and Richard May (cello)
- Vanhal – Oboe Quartet Op. 7
- Schubert arr. Smith – Oboe Quartet D74
- Britten – Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
- Schubert – String Trio D471
- Mozart – Oboe Quartet K370
This day is in support of Mencap.
Sunday 25 February 2007 at 3.00pm
The Quince Quartet
Chris George and Matthew Truscott (violins), Juliet Jopling (viola) and Amy Norrington (cello)
- Haydn – String Quartet Op. 20 no. 4
- Bartok – String Quartet no. 5
- Beethoven – String Quartet Op.59 no. 1
Sunday 25 March 2007 at 3.00pm
Llŷr Williams (piano)
- Schumann – Fantasy in C Op. 17
- Tchaikovsky – The Season (selection)
- Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
