Music at Dingley

2012
our 25th anniversary year

Sunday 26th February : 12.30pm
Benedict Holland - violin; John Gough - piano; Hannah Roberts - 'cello

Schumann: Violin Sonata in A minor Opus 105
Brahms: 'Cello Sonata No2 in F major Opus 99
Schubert: "Notturno" for piano trio D897
Mendelssohn: Trio No1 in D minor Opus 49

As a chamber musician, Benedict Holland has worked with various ensembles both in the UK and Europe, undertaking British Council tours, and was a founder member of the Matisse Piano Quartet with whom he broadcast regularly for the BBC. In April 2006, Benedict became Artistic Advisor of sinfonia ViVA, a diverse role which entails appearing as director and soloist, performing chamber music and participating in education projects.

During a career embracing solo and ensemble playing, John Gough has performed all over Britain, across Europe and at New York's Carnegie Hall. He has appeared with many orchestras, as well as performing recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London and also the Chester, Buxton and Ribble Valley Festivals.

Hannah Roberts is widely recognised as one of the outstanding ‘cellists of her generation and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Equally at home as soloist or chamber musician, she has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the LSO, Halle, London Mozart Players and Manchester Camerata. Recitals are most often given with duo partner, pianist and composer Simon Parkin. Hannah is greatly in demand as a teacher and is on the faculties of the RNCM and Chetham's.

This recital will be in the intimate surroundings of The Porch House so numbers are limited and I am sorry, it is now SOLD OUT.

Tickets for the following events will be sold through De Montfort Hall Box Office from the end of January (for Friends - or mid February for others) following the printing of our 2012 Brochure. The Brochure will be sent to all on our mailing list so if you would like a copy and are not on our mailing list, please get in touch with us (Janet Marchand or anyone else on the committee).

Sunday 22nd April : 4.30pm
Ensembles from Chetham's School of Music

With 290 students, aged 8 - 18, Chetham's is the leading specialist Music School in the UK. Soloists and ensembles from the School have been coming to Dingley for 10 years - and we see them return later as fully fledged soloists. Tomorrow's artists today!

Sun 27th May : 12.30pm
Paul Lewis - Schubert piano recital

Schubert : German Dances D783
Schubert : Sonata for Piano No14 in A minor D784 [1823]
Schubert : Allegretto in C minor D915
Schubert : Sonata for Piano No16 in A minor D845 [1825]

Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the leading pianists of his generation. His many awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award, the South Bank Show Classical Music Award, the 25th Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, the "Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik", a Limelight Award in Australia, and three Gramophone awards, including Record of the Year in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton. His concert performances and Harmonia Mundi recordings of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, Concertos and the Diabelli Variations have earned him unanimous acclaim from all over the world, culminating in 2010 with the honour of becoming the first pianist in the history of the BBC Proms to perform all five Beethoven Concertos in a single Proms season.

Paul is a guest at many prestigious venues and festivals including the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Roque d’Antheron Piano Festival, the Rheingau Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall where he has appeared on more than fifty occasions - and Dingley!. Recent and forthcoming highlights include concerts in Europe and the US with the London Symphony Orchestra, performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic, Phiharmonia, NHK Symphony, Boston Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Tonhalle Orchestras, a tour of Spain with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and an extensive tour of the US with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Solo recitals have taken him to such major venues as London's Royal Festival Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Toppan Hall Tokyo, Orchestra Hall Chicago, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zurich, Festspielhaus Baden Baden, and the Auditorio Nacional Madrid.

At the beginning of 2011, Paul embarked upon a two year project to perform all the mature piano works from the last six years of Schubert's life. This series is being presented in London, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Bologna, Florence, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, and at other major venues worldwide. Future recording plans for Harmonia Mundi include two double CDs of Schubert solo works, Mozart concertos with Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, and solo works by Schumann and Mussorgsky.
Paul Lewis studied with Ryszard Bakst at Chethams School of Music and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. Along with his wife the Norwegian cellist Bjørg Lewis, he is artistic director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire, UK.
Lunch after the recital will be available in The Porch House for those booking in advance.

Saturday 28th July : 7.30pm
City of London Chamber Orchestra
with Thomas Hull, conductor, Sarah Butcher, cello and Susanna Candlin, leader

Haydn - Symphony No47 in G
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major
Mozart - Symphony No29 in A major K201
The City of London Chamber Orchestra (CLCO) was founded in 1987 and very quickly established itself as an exciting, innovative and flexible ensemble performing regularly around the UK as a full orchestra and in various smaller chamber ensembles. This summer marks the 25th anniversary year for Music at Dingley and we intend to make it a special weekend of music.
Supper will be available in the Porch House for those booking in advance or concertgoers are welcome to picnic in the grounds.
Please note this concert is now on Saturday - we moved it in case people were involved or wanted to watch the opening ceremony for the Olympics.

Sunday 29th July : 12.30pm
Tom Hull and Friends - Clarinet Trio
Tom Hull clarinet, Laura Mitchell soprano and Simon Over piano

Spohr - Three German lieder Opus 103
Spohr - Aria from Doctor Faustus
Brahms and Strauss - "Songs of Ophelia"
Brahms - Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano Opus 120
Schubert - Shepherd on the Rock D965 for soprano, clarinet and piano

Tom Hull, director of the City of London Chamber Orchestra and professional clarinettist, is getting together with friends to perform our very popular summer Sunday lunch recital.
Lunch will be available in the Porch House for those booking in advance or patrons are welcome to picnic in the Dingley Hall grounds.

Sunday 18th November : 12.30pm
Elias String Quartet
Sarah Bitlloch violin
Donald Grant violin
Martin Saving viola
Marie Bitlloch cello

Schumann - String Quartet in A Opus No3
Colin Matthews - String Quartet (2012)
Beethoven - String Quartet in C sharp minor Opus 131

The Elias String Quartet take their name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is its German form, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. They perform around the world, collaborating with many different artists. The Quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where they worked closely with the late Dr. Christopher Rowland. They also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg quartet. Other mentors in the Quartet’s studies include Hugh Maguire, György Kurtág, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Henri Dutilleux and Rainer Schmidt. The quartet had their debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2011, a week long tour in Europe with pianist Jonathan Biss, appearances at The Sage Newcastle, Bridgewater Hall Manchester and the City of London, Cheltenham and East Neuk Festivals. Future projects include a five concert series at Wigmore Hall, a US tour including their Carnegie Hall debut, returning to Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and participating in Jonathan Biss’s Schumann project. With the support of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, the Elias Quartet are embarking on their Beethoven project: Learning and performing all Beethoven string quartets, with cycles starting in 2012/13 in various venues including Southampton, Bristol, Brighton, Tonbridge, London, and documenting their journey, learnings and findings on a dedicated website, www.thebeethovenproject.com

Lunch after the concert will be available in The Porch House for those booking in advance.

Saturday 15th December : 7.30pm
Celebration of Christmas with the Cecilian Singers

The Cecilian Singers, a chamber choir of about 25 mixed voices, is based in Leicester and was formed in 1982 by a group of highly-committed singers, all having wide experience of choral singing and many with a reputation as soloists. Their broad repertoire includes music from the Renaissance to the present day. They regularly give celebrity concerts with international stars such as Emma Kirkby and Peter Skellern, have taken part in the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service and have made four successful European tours.
We look forward to welcoming them to their third Celebration of Christmas at Dingley. The Celebration will take the form of our usual format of seasonal songs and amusing readings with audience participation required in the carols.

A limited number of suppers in the Porch House will be available afterwards for those booking in advance. Alternatively, we have special rates at The Queen's Head, Sutton Bassett for pre or post concert meals - please contact 01858 463530 to book.

The website will be updated with information about programmes and other details as soon as we have them

These concerts (and many others!) are also listed on

Classicfm Concert diary

The Village Monthly

Arts Link Directory

Britain's What's On Events Guide

	Music at Dingley
Home Page Concerts Friends of Music at Dingley Tickets & Prices Send us an email	2012 our 25th anniversary year Sunday 26th February : 12.30pm Benedict Holland - violin; John Gough - piano; Hannah Roberts - 'cello Schumann: Violin Sonata in A minor Opus 105 Brahms: 'Cello Sonata No2 in F major Opus 99 Schubert: "Notturno" for piano trio D897 Mendelssohn: Trio No1 in D minor Opus 49 As a chamber musician, Benedict Holland has worked with various ensembles both in the UK and Europe, undertaking British Council tours, and was a founder member of the Matisse Piano Quartet with whom he broadcast regularly for the BBC. In April 2006, Benedict became Artistic Advisor of sinfonia ViVA, a diverse role which entails appearing as director and soloist, performing chamber music and participating in education projects. During a career embracing solo and ensemble playing, John Gough has performed all over Britain, across Europe and at New York's Carnegie Hall. He has appeared with many orchestras, as well as performing recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London and also the Chester, Buxton and Ribble Valley Festivals. Hannah Roberts is widely recognised as one of the outstanding ‘cellists of her generation and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Equally at home as soloist or chamber musician, she has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the LSO, Halle, London Mozart Players and Manchester Camerata. Recitals are most often given with duo partner, pianist and composer Simon Parkin. Hannah is greatly in demand as a teacher and is on the faculties of the RNCM and Chetham's. This recital will be in the intimate surroundings of The Porch House so numbers are limited and I am sorry, it is now SOLD OUT. Tickets for the following events will be sold through De Montfort Hall Box Office from the end of January (for Friends - or mid February for others) following the printing of our 2012 Brochure. The Brochure will be sent to all on our mailing list so if you would like a copy and are not on our mailing list, please get in touch with us (Janet Marchand or anyone else on the committee). Sunday 22nd April : 4.30pm Ensembles from Chetham's School of Music With 290 students, aged 8 - 18, Chetham's is the leading specialist Music School in the UK. Soloists and ensembles from the School have been coming to Dingley for 10 years - and we see them return later as fully fledged soloists. Tomorrow's artists today! Sun 27th May : 12.30pm Paul Lewis - Schubert piano recital Schubert : German Dances D783 Schubert : Sonata for Piano No14 in A minor D784 [1823] Schubert : Allegretto in C minor D915 Schubert : Sonata for Piano No16 in A minor D845 [1825] Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the leading pianists of his generation. His many awards have included the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award, the South Bank Show Classical Music Award, the 25th Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, the "Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik", a Limelight Award in Australia, and three Gramophone awards, including Record of the Year in 2008. In 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton. His concert performances and Harmonia Mundi recordings of the complete Beethoven Sonatas, Concertos and the Diabelli Variations have earned him unanimous acclaim from all over the world, culminating in 2010 with the honour of becoming the first pianist in the history of the BBC Proms to perform all five Beethoven Concertos in a single Proms season. Paul is a guest at many prestigious venues and festivals including the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Roque d’Antheron Piano Festival, the Rheingau Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall where he has appeared on more than fifty occasions - and Dingley!. Recent and forthcoming highlights include concerts in Europe and the US with the London Symphony Orchestra, performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic, Phiharmonia, NHK Symphony, Boston Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus and Tonhalle Orchestras, a tour of Spain with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and an extensive tour of the US with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Solo recitals have taken him to such major venues as London's Royal Festival Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Toppan Hall Tokyo, Orchestra Hall Chicago, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zurich, Festspielhaus Baden Baden, and the Auditorio Nacional Madrid. At the beginning of 2011, Paul embarked upon a two year project to perform all the mature piano works from the last six years of Schubert's life. This series is being presented in London, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Bologna, Florence, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, and at other major venues worldwide. Future recording plans for Harmonia Mundi include two double CDs of Schubert solo works, Mozart concertos with Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, and solo works by Schumann and Mussorgsky. Paul Lewis studied with Ryszard Bakst at Chethams School of Music and Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before going on to study privately with Alfred Brendel. Along with his wife the Norwegian cellist Bjørg Lewis, he is artistic director of Midsummer Music, an annual chamber music festival held in Buckinghamshire, UK. Lunch after the recital will be available in The Porch House for those booking in advance. Saturday 28th July : 7.30pm City of London Chamber Orchestra with Thomas Hull, conductor, Sarah Butcher, cello and Susanna Candlin, leader Haydn - Symphony No47 in G Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major Mozart - Symphony No29 in A major K201 The City of London Chamber Orchestra (CLCO) was founded in 1987 and very quickly established itself as an exciting, innovative and flexible ensemble performing regularly around the UK as a full orchestra and in various smaller chamber ensembles. This summer marks the 25th anniversary year for Music at Dingley and we intend to make it a special weekend of music. Supper will be available in the Porch House for those booking in advance or concertgoers are welcome to picnic in the grounds. Please note this concert is now on Saturday - we moved it in case people were involved or wanted to watch the opening ceremony for the Olympics. Sunday 29th July : 12.30pm Tom Hull and Friends - Clarinet Trio Tom Hull clarinet, Laura Mitchell soprano and Simon Over piano Spohr - Three German lieder Opus 103 Spohr - Aria from Doctor Faustus Brahms and Strauss - "Songs of Ophelia" Brahms - Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano Opus 120 Schubert - Shepherd on the Rock D965 for soprano, clarinet and piano Tom Hull, director of the City of London Chamber Orchestra and professional clarinettist, is getting together with friends to perform our very popular summer Sunday lunch recital. Lunch will be available in the Porch House for those booking in advance or patrons are welcome to picnic in the Dingley Hall grounds. Sunday 18th November : 12.30pm Elias String Quartet Sarah Bitlloch violin Donald Grant violin Martin Saving viola Marie Bitlloch cello Schumann - String Quartet in A Opus No3 Colin Matthews - String Quartet (2012) Beethoven - String Quartet in C sharp minor Opus 131 The Elias String Quartet take their name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is its German form, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. They perform around the world, collaborating with many different artists. The Quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where they worked closely with the late Dr. Christopher Rowland. They also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg quartet. Other mentors in the Quartet’s studies include Hugh Maguire, György Kurtág, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Henri Dutilleux and Rainer Schmidt. The quartet had their debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2011, a week long tour in Europe with pianist Jonathan Biss, appearances at The Sage Newcastle, Bridgewater Hall Manchester and the City of London, Cheltenham and East Neuk Festivals. Future projects include a five concert series at Wigmore Hall, a US tour including their Carnegie Hall debut, returning to Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and participating in Jonathan Biss’s Schumann project. With the support of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, the Elias Quartet are embarking on their Beethoven project: Learning and performing all Beethoven string quartets, with cycles starting in 2012/13 in various venues including Southampton, Bristol, Brighton, Tonbridge, London, and documenting their journey, learnings and findings on a dedicated website, www.thebeethovenproject.com Lunch after the concert will be available in The Porch House for those booking in advance. Saturday 15th December : 7.30pm Celebration of Christmas with the Cecilian Singers The Cecilian Singers, a chamber choir of about 25 mixed voices, is based in Leicester and was formed in 1982 by a group of highly-committed singers, all having wide experience of choral singing and many with a reputation as soloists. Their broad repertoire includes music from the Renaissance to the present day. They regularly give celebrity concerts with international stars such as Emma Kirkby and Peter Skellern, have taken part in the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service and have made four successful European tours. We look forward to welcoming them to their third Celebration of Christmas at Dingley. The Celebration will take the form of our usual format of seasonal songs and amusing readings with audience participation required in the carols. A limited number of suppers in the Porch House will be available afterwards for those booking in advance. Alternatively, we have special rates at The Queen's Head, Sutton Bassett for pre or post concert meals - please contact 01858 463530 to book. The website will be updated with information about programmes and other details as soon as we have them These concerts (and many others!) are also listed on Classicfm Concert diary The Village Monthly Arts Link Directory Britain's What's On Events Guide

Music at Dingley

2012 our 25th anniversary year

Sunday 26th February : 12.30pm Benedict Holland - violin; John Gough - piano; Hannah Roberts - 'cello

Sunday 22nd April : 4.30pm Ensembles from Chetham's School of Music

Sun 27th May : 12.30pm Paul Lewis - Schubert piano recital

Saturday 28th July : 7.30pm City of London Chamber Orchestra with Thomas Hull, conductor, Sarah Butcher, cello and Susanna Candlin, leader

Sunday 29th July : 12.30pm Tom Hull and Friends - Clarinet Trio Tom Hull clarinet, Laura Mitchell soprano and Simon Over piano

Sunday 18th November : 12.30pm Elias String Quartet Sarah Bitlloch violin Donald Grant violin Martin Saving viola Marie Bitlloch cello

Saturday 15th December : 7.30pm Celebration of Christmas with the Cecilian Singers