Now in its 27th season, our concert series continues to attract artists with international reputations to Harrogate. Andrew Hitchen, a music-loving volunteer, put the series together. 

LUNCHTIME RECITALS at 1 pm on Mondays

Admission £10

Tickets 01423 883 618 or a.hitchen81@gmail.com

4 October 2021  

Leonore Piano Trio                                                                                                                                              

Benjamin Nabarro (violin)
Gemma Rosefield (cello)
Tim Horton (piano)

Piano Trio Hob XV:21 – Haydn 
Piano Trio in F minor Op.65 – Dvorak

1 November 2021

Susan Tomes (piano)                                                                                                                                         

CPE Bach, Haydn, Szymanowska, Chopin, Amy Beach, Schumann, Ravel and Debussy

6 December 2021

Ariel Lanyi                                                                                                                                                             

(3rd prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition 2021)
Mozart: Piano Sonata in G, K283, 
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No29 in B flat, Op. 106 (‘Hammerklavier’)

2022

7 February 2022

Irène Duval (violin) and Ariel Lanyi (piano)  

SCHUBERT: Sonatina No.2 in A minor for violin & piano, op.137 
REYNALDO HAHN: Romance in A for violin and piano  
SCHUBERT: Sonatina No.1 in D major (D.384)  
FAURE: Sonata No.1 in A for violin and piano, Op.13 

14 March 2022 

Elisabeth Brauß (Germany) – piano 

(Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist) 

W. A. Mozart – 12 variations on “Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman“ 
F. Mendelssohn – Bartholdy – Variations sérieuses op. 54 
J. Brahms – 4 Klavierstücke op. 119 
R. Schumann – Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26  

4 April 2022

The Mithras (Piano) Trio 

(BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists) 

Piano Trio, Op. 150 – Amy Beach
Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 – Brahms

Fidelio Trio 

6 June 2022 

Darragh Morgan – violin 
Tim Gill – cello 
Mary Dullea – piano 

Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor, op.90 (‘Dumky’) – Dvorak
Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 92 – Saint Saëns

Nicky Spence (tenor) BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year 2022. Joseph Middleton (piano)  

9 May 2022

Griffes:    3 poems of Fiona MacLeod  
Barber:    Knoxville Summer of 1915  
Ravel:      Ye Banks and Braes  
Britten:    Ca’ the Yowes  
                  O can ye sew cushions?  
                  The Larky Lad  
Bonds:   Songs of the Season

4 July 2022

Sofya Gulyak  (piano)

18 July 2022

Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2009

Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann op.20 – Clara Schumann
Rondo-capriccioso op.14 – Mendelssohn
Five pieces op.3 – Rachmaninov
Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky

Jazz concert – the Richard Wetherall Trio

EVENING RECITALS at 7.30pm

Admission £16 (16 and under £8) 
Tickets 01423 883 618 or a.hitchen81@gmail.com

Saturday, 8 January 2022

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet                                                                                                                                       

PIERNÉ  Nocturne op. 40 no. 2 
DECAUX  Cimetière (No. 3 from Clairs de lune) 
DEBUSSY  Nocturne (1892) 
RAVEL  Gaspard de la nuit 
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DEBUSSY  Préludes Book 2

Thursday, 3 March 2022

Stephen Hough                                                                                                                                                

Alan Rawsthorne      Bagatelles
Robert Schumann    Kreisleriana, Op. 16                                   
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Stephen Hough        Partita
Frédéric Chopin        Ballade No. 3 in A-flat. Op. 47
                                     Nocturne in F-sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2
                                     Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9. No. 2
                                     Scherzo: No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

Leonore Piano Trio

Monday, 3rd October 2022 at 1pm

Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Gemma Rosefield (cello) and Tim Horton (piano).

Programme:
Piano Trio in F sharp minor XV:26 – Haydn
Pino Trio in A minor, op. 50 – Tchaikovsky

Elisabeth Llewellyn (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano).

Monday, 7th November 2022 at 1pm

Since making her operatic debut as Mimi in La Bohème at English National Opera, Elisabeth Llewellyn has established herself internationally as an artist of distinction. She has been praised for her “rich opulent voice” (The Times) as well as for ” beautiful depth of expression and emotional intelligence” (Telegraph).

Elisa Tomellini (Italy) piano)

5th December 2022

Elisa Tomellini was one of the artists mentioned by The Guardian newspaper as belonging to ‘…the brightest talents among today’s exceptional generation of young pianists…’.

2023

London Horn Duo

9th January 2023 at 1pm

Programme:
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) – Sonata in A Minor: 3 movements
Bernhard Krol (1920-2013) – Laudatio (Kerin solo)
Mozart (1756-1791) – selection from Twelve Pieces for Two Horns K.487
Catherine Likhuta (b.1981) – I Threw a Shoe at a Cat: Theme, Waltz, Yazz, Finale (Jo solo)
Kerry Turner (b. 1960) – Four Duets for Horn: Waltz, Malagueña, Intermezzo and Trigger

Harmoniemusik

6th February 2023

Poulenc                   Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano                                                    
Bozza                      Trois pièces pour une musique de nuit                                     
Saint-Saëns            Tarantella for flute clarinet and piano         
Arnold Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet                                          
Caplet                      Allegro brillamente from Quintet for piano and winds

Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Middleton (piano)

6th March 2023 at 1pm.

Joseph Middleton is artistic director of Leeds Lieder.

Duality: Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins Four hands on one piano

3rd April 2023 at 1pm.

The King’s Musick Piano Recital with Gareth Brynmor-John and Christopher Glynn

On 8th May 2023. Starts at 1pm.

Gareth Brynmor-John (tenor/winner of the Ferrier Award 2013)
and Christopher Glynn (piano/is artistic director of the Ryedale Festival)

Programme:
The King’s Musick: My crown is in my heart:
Purcell – Let the dreadful engines (Tippett version) 
Finzi – Let us garlands bring 
Bax – To Eire; The white peace; A milking sian 
Peter Maxwell Davies – Farewell to Stromness 
Handel – Revenge Timotheus cries 
Parry – Four Shakespeare sonnets 
Weir – Songs of the exotic

Piano Recital Programme by Susan Tomes

On Monday 5th June 2023. Starting at 1pm.

Susan Tomes is a pianist and writer. Renowned as a soloist and as a chamber musician, she’s the author of six books.

A celebration of women pianist-composers
Marianna Martinez (1745-1812): Sonata in A, first movement
Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836): Etude no 30 in B flat and Etude no 106 in B
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): Caprice sur la Romance de Joconde
Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-47): Abschied von Rom
Clara Schumann (1819-96): Romance in G minor op 21/3
Teresa Carreño (1853-1917): Un Bal en Rêve
Amy Beach (1867-1944): Dreaming, op15 no 3
Adele aus Der Ohe (1861-1937): Melodie + Pastorale
Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944): Guitare

Evening Piano Recital – GIOVANNI BERTOLAZZI (Italy) – piano

Prizewinner at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition 2021

On Friday, 23rd June 2023 at 7.30pm

Programme

L. v. Beethoven
Sonata no. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7
F. Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in C-sharp minor, S. 244/12

F. Liszt
Totentanz. Paraphrase on Dies irae, S. 525
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen. Prelude after J. S. Bach, S. 179
Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata, S. 161

Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Monday 2nd October 2023 at 1pm

Programme:
Schubert – Piano Sonata in A major D.664
Schumann – Carnaval, Op. 9

Leeds Lieder Recital

6th November 2023. Starting at 1pm.

HELEN CHARLSTON (mezzo-soprano)
(Current BBC Radio 3 NGA)

JOSEPH MIDDLETON (piano)
Fanny Hensel, John Ireland, Mahler,

Artur Haftman Piano Recital

Internationally Acclaimed Concert Pianist Artur Haftman, Winner of 25 International Competitions,  Co-founder and Artistic Director of London International Chopin Competition and Artistic Director of SIMA Classics Masterclass plays the music of Mozart and Chopin.

24th November 2023 at 7.30pm.
Find out more about the artist at arturhaftman.com

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux & Joseph Havlet

Monday, 4th December 2023 at 1pm

CHARLOTTE SALUSTE-BRIDOUX (violin)
JOSEPH HAVLAT (piano)

Fantasy in C , D934 – Schubert
Rondo Brillant in B minor, D895 – Schubert

2024

Mithras Trio

(Current BBC Radio 3 NGAs)

Monday, 8th January 2024 at 1pm
Programme will include Beethoven Trio in B flat major, Op.97 ‘Archduke’

Beethoven & Brahms

Monday, 5th February 2024 at 1pm

JONATHAN LEIBOVITZ (clarinet)
MACIEJ KULAKOWSKI (cello)
ARIEL LANYI (piano)

Sir Stephen Hough (piano)

Saturday, 10th February 2024 at 7.30pm

Programme:
Chaminade
Liszt
Chopin

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Monday, 12th February 2024 at 1pm

JEAN—EFFLAM BAVOUZET (piano)
Debussy, Massenet & Liszt

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano)

Monday, 4th March 2024 at 1pm

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano)
Mozart and Debussy

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Saturday, 13th April 2024 at 7.30pm

Programme:
Bach
Mendelssohn
Shostakovich
Samuel Barber

Alessandro Fisher (tenor) & Simon Lepper (piano) 

Monday, 13th May 2024 at 1pm

Alessandro Fisher (tenor) BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist 2018-2021 and Simon Lepper (piano)
Programme: Songs by Fauré, Michael Head, Bellini, Tosti, Puccini and Reynaldo Hahn.

Nicholas Daniel & Huw Watkins

Monday, 3rd June 2024 at 1pm

NICHOLAS DANIEL (oboe)
HUGH WATKINS (piano)

Programme will include works by Clara Schumann and Mozart’.

Richard Wetherall Trio – Jazz Concert

Monday, 1st July 2024 at 1pm

Cymanfa Ganu 2024

Saturday 11th May between 2pm and 4pm

The Yorkshire and the North-East annual Welsh Hymn-Singing Festival, the Cymanfa Ganu, will be held at the Wesley Centre in Harrogate on

Lunchtime Piano Recital by Angela Hewitt

On Monday 13th May 2024 at 1pm

Programme: Songs by Fauré, Michael Head, Bellini, Tosti, Puccini and Reynaldo Hahn.

For further information, please  contact  a.hitchen81@gmail.com or by telephone on 01423 883618.