Nash Ensemble diary for the year ahead
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Diary - January to June 2012:

2012

February 2, BBC Lunchtime at LSO St Luke's  
 
Instrumentation: clarinet & string quartet  
 
Mendelssohn: Theme and Variations in E and Scherzo in A minor Op 81 Nos 1 & 2 for string quartet
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115


February 9, BBC Lunchtime at LSO St Luke's  
 
Instrumentation: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos  
 
Richard Strauss: Capriccio for string sextet
Brahms: String Sextet in Bb Op 18


February 11, Wigmore Hall  
 
Echoes of Romanticism  
 
Instrumentation: piano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, harmonium, harp, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass  
 
7.30pm:
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mozart: String Quintet in C, K515
R Strauss: Prelude to Capriccio
R Strauss: Final Scene from Capriccio (are. D Matthews)  
 
with Felicity Lott (soprano), Paul Watkins (conductor)


February 16, BBC Lunchtime at LSO St Luke's  
 
Instrumentation: piano & string quartet  
 
Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K564
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34


February 21, Berlin Konzerthaus  
 
Instrumentation: piano, clarinet, horn & string quartet  
 
Bartók: Contrasts
Dohnanyi: Sextet
Liszt: Romance oubliée S 132; La Lugubre Gondola S134 (cello & piano)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34


February 23, BBC Lunchtime at LSO St Luke's  
 
Instrumentation: piano, violin, viola, cello  
 
Haydn: Piano Trio in G HXV 25 'Gipsy Rondo'
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Op.25


March 3, Wigmore Hall  
 
Echoes of Romanticism  
 
Instrumentation: piano, harmonium, clarinet, string quartet & double bass  
 
6.00pm:
Schubert: String Trio in B flat D471
Berg: Adagio for clarinet, violin & piano
Zemlinsky: Andante and Allegro fro Clarinet Trio Op.3  
 
7.30pm:
Schumann: Fairy Tales Op.132
Korngold: Piano Quintet in E minor Op.15
Johann Strauss: Treasure Waltz (piano, harmonium & string quartet)
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D667 'Trout'


March 5, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh  
 
Instrumentation: piano, horn & string quartet  
 
MacMillan: Quintet for horn & strings
Brahms: Horn Trio
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A, Op.81


March 13, Wigmore Hall  
 
Nash Inventions  
 
Instrumentation: piano, flute, clarinet, horn, string sextet & harp  
 
7.30pm:
Turnage: Returning (string sextet)
Harvey: Song Offerings
Goehr: Clarinet Quintet
Maxwell Davies: The Last Island (string sextet)
Birtwistle: Fantasia on all the Notes - new work for flute, clarinet, string quartet & harp
Colin Matthews: The Island  
 
with Claire Booth (soprano), Lionel Friend (conductor)


March 18 & 20, Concerts in Duisberg & Vienna  
 
Instrumentation: piano & string quartet  
 
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat Op.76 No.4 "Sunrise"
Enescu: Piano Quartet No.2 Op.30
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34


March 23-25, Weekend at The Castle Hotel, Taunton  
 
Instrumentation: piano, clarinet & string trio  
 
23 March evening
Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E flat Op.16
Bartok: Contrasts
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for solo clarinet
Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E flat Op.87  
 
24 March morning
Tchaikovsky: Piano Pieces arr. Borisovsky for viola & piano
Stravinsky: Suite from The Soldier's Tale
Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor Op.1  
 
24 March evening
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Weber: Duo Concertante for clarinet & piano
Schumann: Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60  
 
25 March morning
Mahler: Piano Quartet movement
Bruch: Pieces from Op.83 for clarinet, viola & piano
Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor Op.60


April 25 & 26, Concerts in Groningen & Gent  
 
Instrumentation: soprano, piano, flute & string quartet  
 
Mozart: Flute Quartet in C K285b
Fauré: La Bonne Chanson
Ravel: Chansons Madécasses
Saint-Saëns: Piano Quintet in A minor Op.14


April 28, Painswick Music Society  
 
Instrumentation: string quartet  
 
programme to be confirmed


May 16, Richmond Concert Society  
 
Instrumentation: piano, oboe & string trio  
 
Britten: Phantasy Oboe Quartet
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47
Bainbridge: Music for Mel and Nora (ob, pf)
Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E flat Op.87


May 18, Chipping Campden Festival  
 
Instrumentation: clarinet, bassoon, horn & string quartet  
 
Britten: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat, K407
Schubert: Octet in F, D803Clarinet Quintet


May 28-30, Recordings for NMC  
 
Instrumentation: piano, clarinet & string quartet  
 
Alexander Goehr:
Five Objects Darkly
Clarinet Quintet
Manere


June 2, Festival de Beauvais, France  
 
Instrumentation: piano, clarinet & string trio  
 
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor
Messiaen: Quartet for the end of Time


July 5, Cheltenham Festival  
 
Instrumentation: piano, horn & string trio  
 
Mozart: piano Quartet in G minor
Goehr: Horn Trio (world premiere)
Bridge: Phantasy Piano Quartet
Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat Op.40


July 9-14, Residency at Lofoten Festival, Norway  
 
Instrumentation: piano & string trio  
 
programmes to be confirmed


July 17, Recordings for NMC  
 
Instrumentation: piano, horn, violin  
 
Alexander Goehr:
Horn Trio


July 19 & 20: concerts for the Rheingau Music Festival and Mecklenburg Vorpommern  
 
Instrumentation: soprano, piano, clarinet, violin & cello  
 
Beethoven: Folk Songs for voice & piano trio
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114
Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor  
 
with Christine Oelze (soprano)


July 26 - August 5: Residency at the Toronto Festival  
 
Instrumentation: piano & string quartet  
 
Programmes to be confirmed


August 27: BBC Lunchtime Prom at Cadogan Hall  
 
Instrumentation: voice, piano, flute, clarinet, harp & string trio  
 
Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola & harp
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire


September 22, Wigmore Hall  
 
Dreamers of Dreams  
 
Instrumentation: piano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, harp, string quartet, double bass & percussion  
 
6.00pm:
Bax: Elegiac Trio for flute, viola & harp
Britten: Suite for harp
Bridge: works for string quartet  
 
7.30pm:
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy String Quintet
Grainger: works for piano trio
Bliss: Rout, Madame Noy & Women of Yueh
Quilter: Three Pastoral Songs for soprano & piano trio
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor Op.83  
 
with Sally Matthews (soprano), Ian Brown (conductor)


September 24: Flanders Festival  
 
Instrumentation: voice, piano, flute & string quartet  
 
Faure: La Bonne Chanson
Debussy: Syrinx
Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57  
 
with Christine Oelze (soprano)


October 25: Malvern Concert Club  
 
Instrumentation: flute, viola & harp  
 
Works by Ravel, Mozart, Bax, Reade, Piazzolla & Debussy


October 27, Wigmore Hall  
 
Dreamers of Dreams  
 
Instrumentation: tenor, piano & string quartet  
 
7.30pm:
Britten: Three Divertimenti for string quartet
Bridge: works for violin & piano
Gurney: Ludlow & Teme
Elgar: La Capricieuse & Canto Popolare for violin & piano
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge  
 
with Ian Bostridge (tenor)


November 9: Bath Mozartfest  
 
Instrumentation: 2 violins, 2 violas & cello  
 
Works by Mozart, Mendelssohn & Beethoven


November 11: Bath Mozartfest  
 
Instrumentation: 2 pianos, flute, clarinet, string quartet, double bass & percussion  
 
Programme to include Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals


November 17, Wigmore Hall  
 
Dreamers of Dreams  
 
Instrumentation: tenor, piano & string quartet  
 
6.30pm
Bridge: Miniatures for piano trio
Britten: Temporal Variations for oboe & piano
Vaughan Williams: Six Studies on English Folksong for cello & piano
Ireland: Clarinet Sonata  
 
7.30pm:
Britten: Simple Symphony
Bridge: Three Songs for voice, viola & piano
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Finzi: Dies Natalis  
 
with Roderick Williams (baritone), Susan Gritton (soprano), Lawrence Power (viola), Paul Watkins (conductor)


November 18, Wigmore Hall  
 
Dreamers of Dreams  
 
Instrumentation: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos  
 
11.30am:
Grainger: Molly on the Shore & Londonderry Air
Bridge: String Sextet
Mendelssohn: Octet


December 4, Wigmore Hall  
 
Dreamers of Dreams  
 
Instrumentation: tenor, piano & string quartet  
 
7.30pm:
Britten: Les Illuminations
Britten: Lachrymae
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings  
 
with Sandrine Pau (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lawrence Power (viola), Richard Watkins (horn), Martyn Brabbins (conductor)