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)
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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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