A series of chamber concerts by top-quality local musicians on the first or second Sunday of each month.  3.00-4.00pm at St Nicolas Church, Market Place, Abingdon. Tickets £10 (£9 concessions)

Support local musicians! Support the arts in Abingdon!

OUR 2012 SEASON WILL BEGIN ON 5 FEBRUARY WITH VALERIE FINDLAY AND OLIVIA NEWBOLD, CELLO AND PIANO playing Bach Sonata BMW 1029 G minor, Janacek Pohadka, Poulenc Sonata

4 March – students from Abingdon school

8 April – Dorchester Wind Players ‘in memoriam Marshall Stoneham’

Chris Britton – flute

Carolyn King, Gill Terrett – oboe

Barbara Stuart, Mark Etherton – clarinet

Lorri Atkins, David Terrett – horn

Simon Payne, Chris Grovenor – bassoon 

To include excerpts from some of Marshall’s favourite pieces – Gounod Petite Symphonie, Mozart and Strauss octets, Earl of Abingdon’s March, and a sextet by Seiber which famously includes a sneeze!

13 May – Abbey Strings

Baroque program to include Bach suite in B minor with Chris Britton flute soloist, Bach Brandenburg concerto no 3, Vivaldi flute concerto ‘la notte’ with Chris again and a Handel concerto grosso.

10 June 2012 – Olwen Turchetta and Estevan Ellul soprano and oboe

Accompanist Fiona Gannon

Works (duets and solos) for oboe and soprano by Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Schubert, Rossini and Meirion Williams. 

1 July – Mami Shikimori, piano

Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, op 58

Albeniz:  from Iberia

                 “Evocacion”

                 “Triana”

Ravel: La Valse

5 August – no concert

9 September – Trios for piano, oboe and bassoon. Glynne Butt, Carolyn King and Simon Payne.

7 October – brass group

4 November – Serendipity Trio (Chris Britton flute, Keith Fairbairn percussion, Rey Lear guitar)

16 December  – Pavlova Ensemble Christmas concert. Chris Britton, Carolyn King, Barbara Stuart, Jenny Morgan, Simon Payne

 

Contact us on abbeychamberconcerts@btconnect.com or 07775 904626 for all queries

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