Booking now open for chapel concerts until the end of October -(If you have already booked your places are secure).

The Neave Trio 6.30pm on Sep 19 is sold out but places are still available for their 3pm performance. Tunnicliffe/Cole at the chapel is also sold out but you can catch that same programme at the Assembly House at the 1pm lunchtime concert on the same day. The only additional concert is the Trio Isimsiz who return on Friday October 22nd for a pre-Wigmore concert. If you would prefer, you can also hear Lllyr Williams’ Chopin recital earlier in the day at the Assembly House.

2021
Sunday  19^th September at 3 pm (6.30pm perf sold out)
NEAVE TRIO
Anna Williams violin      
Mikhail Veselov cello  
Eri Nakamura – piano

Ravel; Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms; Piano Trio No 1 in B maj  Op 8
Rachmaninov; Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor

Sunday  26^th September at 6.30 – 8pm 
MARTIN JONES piano

Liszt Variations on a theme by Bach  Debussy Images Book 1
Grainter/Strauss Ramble on the love duet from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
Albéniz El Albaicin from ‘Iberia’
Gershwin/Wild Fantasy on ‘Porgy and Bess’

Thursday 23rd September at 7pm (sold out)
RICHARD TUNNICLIFFE cello & MAGGIE COLE piano

14^th October at 7pm
LLYR WILLIAMS
Chopin Recital

Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat min Op 35
Selection of Etudes
Ballade No 3 in A flat maj Op 47

Friday 22nd October at 7pm
TRIO ISIMSIZ

Rhim; Fremde Szene III
Beethoven; Piano Trio in D Op 70/1 Ghost
Korngold; Piano Trio in D maj Op 1

Herewith details of September concerts at the Chapel. There are a few seats left for David Parry’s Beethoven recital on 5th September – not to be missed! – and David has kindly agreed to an additional performance  at 3pm.

Please note that the Tunnicliffe/Cole Beethoven Cello Sonatas recital has had to be brought forward to 23rd September at 7pm. If you have bought tickets for its original date on 30th you should already have been notified. 

Sunday 5 September at 3pm & 6.30pm

DAVID PARRY

Beethoven; Sonatas Op 109,110 & 111

Sunday  19 September at 6.30pm 

NEAVE TRIO

Ravel; Piano Trio in A minor
Brahms; Piano Trio No 1 in B maj  Op 8
Rachmaninov; Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor

 Thursday 23 September at 7pm 

RICHARD TUNNICLIFFE cello & MAGGIE COLE piano

Beethoven Cello Sonatas III
Horn Sonata in F Op. 17
Variations “Judas Maccabeus” WoO 45
Sonata No 3 in A major. Op. 69                              

Sunday  26 September at 6.30pm 

MARTIN JONES piano

Liszt Variations on a theme by Bach  
Debussy Images Book 1
Grainter/Strauss Ramble on the love duet from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
Albéniz El Albaicin from ‘Iberia’
Gershwin/Wild Fantasy on ‘Porgy and Bess’

On  26 August at 1pm the very exceptional violinist DANIEL PIERO with cellist Clare O’Connell will give a typically innovative programme including two of the Mystery Sonatas by the Bohemian- Austrian composer Heinrich Biber and an unusual arrangement of J S Bach’s  famous Chaconne. Pioro’s interest in finding new ways of listening to and creating sound has led to creative relationships including Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.

Thursday 26 August at 1pm

DANIEL PIERO (violin) & CLARE O’CONNELL (cello)

Programme

Heinrich Biber; Passacaglia                                                                                                           

Cassandra Miller; For Mira                                                                                                        

Heinrich Biber; The Agony in the Garden                                                                                 

Reiko Füting; tanz.tanz                                                                                 

J S Bach: Chaconne (Partita No 2) 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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There are just a few seats left for Finghin Collins recital on Monday at 7pm. The highly praised Irish pianist is performing this programme in Norwich only, prior to his Wigmore Hall recital next Wednesday, Roger 

Monday 19th July 2021 at 7pm – 8.pm

FINGHIN COLLINS piano

Schubert Four Impromptus D. 935 (36 mins)
Deirdre Gribbin Anfa Virga, from the Ros Tapestry Suite (2015) (7 mins)
Gerald Barry Midday, from Ros Tapestry Suite (2014)  (8 mins)
John Field Midi in E major ( 4 mins)
Chopin Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 in C minor (7 mins)
Chopin Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op. 31 (11 mins)

Sunday 25th July at 3pm &  6.30pm

Maya Iwabuchi violin

David Parry piano

Brahms; Violin Sonata No 1 in G major  Op 78

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 9  in A major Op 47  ‘Kreutzer’

Sunday 8th August at 6.30pm

Rebecca Harris – violin
Kate Bennett  baroque cello
Matt Wadsworth  lute & theorbo

MUSICA TRANSALPINA
A programme of 17^th cent sonatas from across The Alps by Schmelzer, Marini, Castello & Bertali interspersed with pieces for Theorbo by Kapsberger & Piccinini

 Sunday 5th September at 6.30pm

DAVID PARRY

Beethoven Sonatas Op 109,110 & 111

Don’t miss this Thursday’s lunchtime concert at The Assembly House from the Zoffany Ensemble. We have a very limited number of tickets remaining on sale but If you’d like to attend and haven’t yet got a ticket you can book online via the ‘Book Tickets’ link below…  All major credit cards are now accepted and you don’t need to log in to or use Paypal. 

Zoffany Ensemble
Thursday, 15th July at 1:00pm
The Assembly House, Norwich

Programme

Mozart; Piano Quartet in G min K478

Faure; Piano Quartet in C min Op 15

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COVID-19

In an effort to keep everyone safe we are continuing to run our events are half capacity, socially distancing the seating, ventilating the room as best we can and requiring everyone (unless exempt) to wear a mask or face covering throughout the concert. We hope that these measures will help to reassure you and give you confidence in attending. If you have any questions then please do get in touch. 

Best wishes and hope to see you on Thursday!  

Iain

Assembly House Classical

June update from Norwich Chamber Music

We are delighted to announce that Steven Isserlis will join our Artistic Director Misha Donat in a Zoom pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm on Friday June 18th in advance of his concerts at the John Innes Conference Centre on Saturday June 19th. As usual, register at NCM TicketSource.

For Covid related reasons, Connie Shih will be unable to accompany Steven at his recitals on June 19th, but we are  delighted that Sam Haywood has agreed at short notice to come to Norwich in her stead.

The Norwich Chamber Music summer series now includes: 

Steven Isserlis (cello) and Sam Haywood (piano), Saturday 19 June at 3.00pm and 6.00pm 

Bruch. Kol Nidrei
Strauss. Sonata in F Op.6 (original version)
Dvořák, arr. Isserlis. Four Romantic Pieces
Le Beau. Sonata in D Op.17 

At 6.30pm on Friday 18 June, Steven Isserlis will join with Misha Donat to give a pre-concert talk online. Registration is at NCM TicketSource. Tickets are £5.00, with no charge to NCM Season ticket holders and Members. 

Paul Lewis (piano), Saturday 26 June at 3.00pm and 6.00pm 

Mozart. Sonata in A K.331 (‘Turkish Rondo’)
Scriabin. Five Preludes Op.74
Mussorgsky. Pictures at an Exhibition

At 6.00pm on Friday 25 June, Richard Wigmore will give a pre-concert talk online. Registration is at NCM TicketSource. Tickets are £5.00, with no charge to NCM Season ticket holders and Members. 

Lawrence Power (viola) andHuw Watkins (piano), Saturday 3 July at 3.00pm and 6.00pm

Couperin. Prelude from Première Suite in E minor (Pièces de violes 1728)
Adès. Three Berceuses from ‘The Exterminating Angel’
Brahms. Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1
Clarke. Sonata (1921)

Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Saturday 17 July at 3.00pm and 6.00pm

Chopin. Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3;
Chopin. Waltz in A flat Op. 42
Chopin. Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No.4
Chopin. Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1
Chopin. Ballade No 3 in A flat Op. 47
Mozart. Sonata in A minor K.310
Chopin. Nocturne in E Op. 62 No.2
Chopin. Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat Op.61

For all of these concerts, the ticket price is £20, (complimentary to 2020-2021 Season Ticket holders, £15 to for 2020-2021 Members). Please note that everyone, including Season ticket holders, must have a booking before attending. There will be no sales on the door.  

Tickets can  be booked at NCM TicketSource. If you prefer to book by telephone, you can call the TicketSource box office on 0333 666 3366 (there is a fee of £1.80, and it is open weekdays 9.00am to 5.00 pm). As usual, please let us know if you require special seating arrangements.

For all of these concerts, we’re operating under the prevailing restrictions (with social distancing, masks, and no interval). The seating arrangements which meet these requirements are complex, so we ask you to accept and remain in the seats that the stewards offer you.  We shall endeavour to offer seats in the lower body of the auditorium first.

As ever, please share this newsletter with anyone you know who might be interested, and encourage them to both put themselves on our mailing list (via the NCM website) and come to one – or more –  of our concerts.  

With our best wishes,

Norwich Chamber Music

Norwich Chamber Music is hosting a discussion led by Misha Donat about “Schubert”. It will be held on Zoom at 6.00 pm on Sunday February 14th, and follows the highly successful discussion on ‘Beethoven’ that Misha led in December. If you haven’t already signed in, please do so. Everyone is welcome. 

If you are a Season ticket Holder or Member, you can register for a complimentary ticket at  NCM TicketSource  or by writing to us at info@norwichchambermusic.org.uk, in either case quoting your Season or Membership number.   

All other supporters are welcomed and can register for £5.00.atNCM TicketSource

Sign in details will be circulated to all who have registered 48 hours before the event.

If you have not already registered, we hope you will be able to attend

Concerts

Our current plans for concerts are a little uncertain as we emerge from Covid restrictions. As a reminder, these are the dates that we currently plan, and we hope us to welcome you on many of them as regulations permit.

Sunday April 18^th              Christiane Karg and Simon Lepper (if international travel restrictions permit)
Saturday May 15^th            Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien (Norwich and Norfolk Festival) 
Saturday June 19th          Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih (postponed from March 26th)
Saturday June 26^th           Paul Lewis  (postponed from March 6^th)
Saturday July 3^rd               Laurence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips (postposed from February 14^th) 
Saturday July 17^th             Pavel Kolesnikov (postponed from September 12^th 2020) 

The programmes originally planned are shown on our website, These may well change, however, particularly if social distancing arrangements cause us to offer two shorter concerts to limited audiences.

With best wishes to everyone, and let’s all hope for a speedy return to some form of normal life.

The Committee
Norwich Chamber Music

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Majestic Renaissance music, the striking surroundings of the Tate Modern in London, and a deeply moving experience for us all.

There’s no piece of music like Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium. It’s one of the most iconic works for the human voice, featuring the choir of 40 independent singers and interweaving lines of music.

Written 450 years ago in 1570, it’s a masterpiece of composition. Writing for 40 different voices requires elaborate musical architecture. Often the voices join one by one and sing in different combinations, but several times in the 10-minute piece, all 40 voices enter at the same time. The sound is majestic and overwhelming.

It’s a piece that’s often sung in big, distinctive acoustics like cathedrals or cavernous basilicas. In May 2020, the leading British choir ORA Singers and their founder and director Suzi Digby planned to sing it somewhere quite different: one of London’s most strikingly modern spaces.

The Tate Modern on the banks of the Thames is one of the world’s most iconic galleries, with huge austere rooms situated in a massive Victorian former power station. The performance was to take place in the building’s Turbine Hall, to coincide with Tate Modern’s 20th birthday.

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