Christ Church

A performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C, considered by many to be amongst the world's greatest chamber music

Samuel Wesley Symphony No.5 Antonín Dvořák Two Waltzes Op.54 Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight Dana Wilson Hungarian Folk Songs Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Astor Piazzolla Summer A summer serenade to close this season’s series of tea-time concerts at Christ Church, Nailsworth. Tea and home made cakes served at 4pm. Tickets £15 (£13 for those on […]

Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville Ponchielli Dance of the Hours Debussy Petite Suite The woodwind have their chance to shine in this programme of colourful music from around Europe with Rossini’s effervescent Overture to the Barber of Seville as the perfect opener. The Italian theme is continued with Dance of the Hours, a ballet from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda, […]

Schubert Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major D.929 Rachmaninov Piano Trio Elégiaque in G minor No.1 Rachmaninov’s passionate and lyrical Piano Trio is paired with Schubert’s spirited and dramatic second Piano Trio, a substantial work written late in the composer’s life. Tea and home made cakes served at 4pm. Tickets £15 (£13 for those on […]

Holst St Paul’s Suite Finzi Romance for Strings Op.11 John Marsh Quantocks Suite Showcasing the string section of the Ensemble, this programme features some of the string-only repertoire’s best-loved and engaging music. Finzi’s Romance is also unmistakably English but with a poignant and elegiac quality, whilst Holst’s St Paul’s Suite draws on traditional ballads and dance for its inspiration. John […]

Schubert String Trio in B flat D 471 Phillip Glass String Quartet No. 2 ‘Company’ Mozart String Quintet in G minor K.516 This programme of music for 3, 4 and 5 players is a fascinating exploration of the versatility and inventiveness of chamber string ensemble repertoire. Schubert’s Trio was an unfinished work, set aside by […]

Ralph Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola – Group 1 The Lark Ascending On Wenlock Edge Marking the 150th birthday of one of England’s best-loved and most distinctive composers, this programme features the nation’s most treasured work, The Lark Ascending, in an arrangement for solo violin, piano and string quartet. The ravishing and wistful Suite for […]

Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor Frank Bridge Miniatures In 1839, when Mendelssohn produced his Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49, Robert Schumann immediately proclaimed it ‘the master trio of the age’. The beloved chamber work has a classical-era structure but is unmistakably Romantic, with its extended lyrical themes, often a dialogue between […]

Roger Huckle violin Paul Israel piano Beethoven Sonate for Violin and Piano No.5 ‘Spring’ Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca S.161 Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Gershwin Three Preludes Monti Csárdás A programme of music for solo violin and piano ranging from Beethoven’s zesty ‘Spring’ sonata to Pärt’s hypnotic Spiegel im Spiegel and Gershwin’s bluesy Three […]