All concerts run from 3pm to 4pm:
The next concert will be on Sunday December 8th 2024, and the venue is Charlbury Memorial Hall. The dates for 2025 (all Sundays, same venue, 3-4pm) are 26 January, 23 February, 30 March, 11 May, 29 June, 14 September, 26 October, 14 December.
Previous concerts: (visit the facebook page to see some photos)
2024
Sunday 27 October 2024 : Johann André arr. Sheila Sandys-Wunsch: movement from Piano Sonata in C, opus 3; Haydn arr. Sandys-Wunsch: Romanza from Symphony 85, La Reine, for string quartet. JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue number 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849, for piano solo. Handel: Bourrée arranged from Water Music; Mozart: Divertimento number 2, K229; Hugenin: Marcietta, Sicilienne, Menuet, opus 30, for clarinet, oboe, and bassoon. Chopin: Nocturne number 18 in E major, for piano solo. Piazzolla: Oblivion, Libertango; Bellinatti: Jongo, for guitar duo.
Sunday 15 September 2024 : Part 1, Workshop : Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio in E flat major KV498, 3rd movement, for clarinet, viola, and piano, with Coach Martin Wallington. Part 2, Concert : Luys de Narvaez: Fantasias 10 and 14 from Los seys libros del Delphin de Musica, for guitar solo. Elgar: Four very easy pieces, opus 22, for viola and piano. Christian Petzold: Minuet in G minor, for violin and viola. Grieg: Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt, opus 23, for violin and piano. Beethoven: Piano sonata in E minor, opus 90, 2nd movement, for piano solo.
Sunday 21 July 2024: Mozart: Minuet and Trio from Divertimento in D, K334; Trad arr. Carson Turner: Bandura Waltz, for string quartet. Max Bruch: no.1 in A minor from Acht Stücke, opus 83, for piano, clarinet, and viola. Leo Portnoff: Russian Fantasia no.2, for violin and piano. Abel Fleury: A flor de llanto (Milonga), Estilo Pampeano, for guitar solo. Albinoni: Trio sonata in A minor, opus 1 no.6, for violin, two violas, and piano continuo.
Sunday 2 June 2024: Mozart: 1st movement from Divertimento in F KV 138; George Speckert: The smell of tango, for string quartet. Alan Richardson: Sonatina in F, 2nd movement; Martinu: Allegretto, number 4 from Ctvrtky a osminski H257; Dianne Rahbee: Prelude, Twilight opus 69, for solo piano. Maria Szymanovska: Nocturne in B flat major, for solo piano. Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio in E flat major KV498, 2nd movement (minuet and trio), for piano, clarinet, and viola.
Sunday 21 April 2024: Alan Richardson: Sonatina in F, 2nd movement, for solo piano. Beethoven: Variations 6 and 7 on La ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni; Pido: Wandering; Pfeiffer: Musette, for clarinet, oboe, and bassoon. Kern: Can’t help loving that man; Gershwin: Someone to watch over me, for soprano and piano. Weber: Clarinet concerto no.2 in E flat major, opus 74, 2nd movement, for clarinet and piano. Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, opus 79 no.2, for solo piano. Philip Houghton: Ophelia – a haunted sonata, I.Fear and the angel; II.Suffering and madness; III.Chant of the flower moon: IV.Water; V.Death, for solo guitar.
Sunday 10 March 2024: Thomas Peter-Horas: Sarah, for solo piano. Adam Carse: Eventide; Waltz Time, for violin and piano. Brahms: sonata opus 120 no.1 in F minor, second movement; Allegretto grazioso, for clarinet and piano. Krommer: Variations on a theme by IJ Pleyel, for clarinet trio. WF Bach: Alla Breve from Duo no.3, for viola duet. Chopin: Waltz in A flat major opus 42, for solo piano. Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio in E flat major KV498, 3rd movement, for piano, clarinet, and viola.
Sunday 21 January 2024: Joe Hisaishi: Summer, for solo piano. Schumann: piano quartet opus 47, 2nd movement Scherzo. Traditional arr. Gary Ryan: Shenandoah; Carlo Domeniconi: Journey into India, for solo guitar. Bizet arr. Maganini: Entracte from Act III of Carmen; Bizet arr. de Smet: Duet “In the depths of the Temple” from The Pearl Fishers, for piano and two clarinets. William Hargreaves: Burlington Bertie from Bow; R.Strauss: Morgen, for soprano and piano. Debussy: Prelude from Suite Bergamasque, for solo piano.
2023
Sunday 10 December 2023: Goss arr Turner: See amid the Winter’s Snow, Corelli arr Nelson: Pastorale from Christmas Concerto, for string quartet. Franz Krommer: concerto for two clarinets in E flat op.91, 2nd movement. Telemann: andante and allegro from viola concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9, for viola, two violins, viola, and piano continuo. Mozart: Mirror quartet (Der Spiegel) from Four Spiegelkanons, K.Anh.10.16, for two violins. J.E. Galliard: Menuet Alternat, from sonata no.6 in C Major, Godard: Berceuse de Jocelyn, op.100, for trombone and piano. Chopin: Polonaise op.40 no.2 in C Minor, for solo piano. Medley of Christmas tunes, for all players!
Sunday 29 October 2023: Telemann: Andante from viola concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9, for viola and piano. JS Bach: Bourrées from cello suites in C Major and C Minor, arranged for solo trombone. Liszt: Liebestraum number 3 in A Flat Major, S541/R211, for piano solo. Benedetto Marcello: sonata in F Major, opus 2 number 12, for flute and basso continuo. Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (from the Années de Pèlerinage, deuxième année – Italie), S158/3, for piano solo. Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness, Jutte Jost: Cool, Bart Howard: Fly me to the Moon, for clarinet quartet.
Sunday 24 September 2023: Wicklow (Irish trad.); Blow the wind southerly (arr. Sheila Nelson); Slovakian folk song (Bartok, arr. Sheila Nelson), for string quartet. Chopin: Nocturne no.16 opus 55 no.2 in E-flat Major, for piano solo. Shin-Itchiro Yokoyama: Valse de Mariage; Gordon Lewin: Scherzola; Gershwin (arr. Lisa Portus): Walking the Dog, for wind trio. Telemann: Methodical Sonata, TWV41:g3 (Adagio, Allegro), for violin and piano. Schumann, Dichterliebe: Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen; Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen, for soprano and piano. Teddy Bears’ Picnic; Schumann: Träumerei; Saint-Saëns: Elephant (from Carnival of the Animals), for wind quintet.
Sunday 30 July 2023: Schubert: “Am Feierabend” from Die Schöne Műllerin, D795, for soprano and piano; Purcell: Bourrée and Hornpipe and Schubert: Lullaby, for viola and piano; Debussy: La plus que lente, L121, for piano solo; Mozart: second movement from Clarinet concerto, K 622, for clarinet and piano; Ben Moore: “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”, for soprano and piano; Beethoven: second movement (Rondo) from Cello Sonata, opus 5, number 2, for cello and piano; Kapustin: “Big Band Sounds”, opus 46, for piano solo; Beethoven: “Sally in our Alley”, from Scottish Folksong Arrangements, opus 108, number 25 and “Behold my Love” number 9, for two tenors, violin, cello, and piano.
Sunday 25 June 2023: Verdi: “Va pensiero” for trombone and piano; Mozart: sonata number 17 in B flat major, K570; Pleyel: duet opus 8, number 2, for violin and viola; Cole Porter: Night and Day, Kurt Weil: My Ship; Christian Petzold: minuet in G major and G minor, Leslie Sanford Duet no 6, for violin and viola; Bach: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914, for piano solo.
Sunday 26 March 2023: Fesca: Abendlied and Pepusch: Theatermusik for violin and piano; Grieg: Wedding Day in Troldhaugen for piano; Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit for voice and piano; Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, opus 91, number 2for alto, viola and piano; JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891; Brahms: Intermezzo opus 118, number 2; Irving Berlin: Puttin’ on the Ritz, Walter Donaldson: Yes Sir! That’s my Baby and You’re Driving Me Crazy arranged for clarinet quartet.
Sunday 12 February 2023: JS Bach: Sarabande and Double from Violin Partita number 1, BWV 1002 arr guitar; Gary Ryan: Across the Plain for guitar; Mozart C minor piano sonata, K457, final movement; Purcell: Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas, Z626 arr trombone and piano; Mendelssohn: Sonata in E flat major, MWV Q15, slow movement; Camilleri: Concertino for clarinet and strings, slow movement; John Sturte: Lady Banning’s Almand and JS Bach: Rondeau for alto recorder; Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Baermann: clarinet quintet number 3, opus 23, Adagio; Mozart, Kegelstatt Trio, K498 third movement for clarinet, viola, piano.
2022
Sunday 11th December: Beethoven: Abschied, Rieding: second movement violin sonata and Papaen: Loure for violin and piano; “Allerseelen” Richard Strauss; Corelli trio sonata no 2 opus 3 (arr clarinet trio); Isaac Albéniz: Tango (Op. 165, No 2) and Armand Coeck: Mystical Movements for guitar; Gershwin. Two preludes for piano; Bourree from Handel’s Firework Music (arr trombone and piano); Encore: Jingle Bells for piano 6 hands.
Sunday 23rd October: Bourree from Handel’s Firework Music (arr trombone and piano); Three Polish dances, and Selection from Miniatures for String Trio, George Speckert; Duet for violin and viola Playel; “Salutation” from Dies Natalis, Finzi; Allegro from Sonata number 5, Jean-Xavier Lefevre for clarinet and piano; Three Dowland duets: My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home; My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard; The Frog Galliard for two guitars; Chopin Nocturne in B major, opus 62, number 1 ; Third movement from Kegelstatt Trio, Mozart.
Sunday 11th September: cancelled due to multiple illnesses.
Sunday 3rd July: Poulenc: nocturne number 8, FP 56; Gabriel Pierné: Canzonetta, opus 19 for clarinet and piano; Own composition for piano: “Esperanza”; Schubert: Impromptu D899, number 2 in E flat major; Elgar: Salut d’amour, opus 12 (arr cello and piano); Neil Gow’s Lament for the death of his second wife (arr David Russell), Pokarekare Ana (arr Gary Ryan) and El Testament d’Amelia (arr Gary Ryan) for guitar; Brahms: Intermezzo opus 118 number 2 in A major; Robert Schumann: Dein Angesicht, and Ich grolle nicht.
Sunday 8th May: Schumann: Arabeske in C major, opus 18; Barrios: Gitanos por Siguiryas, and Maurice Ohana: Tiento for guitar; Own composition for piano: “Molly”; Handel: “Samson”, opening of Act 2, Scene 4; Mozart: first movement from Quartet no 1 in D, K285 (arr flute and piano); Poulenc: first movement (allegretto malincolico) and second (cantilena: assez lent) from Sonata for flute FP 164; Moondance; Moon River; A Grand Day Out! for clarinet quartet.
Sunday 13th March: Humperdinck: Abendsegen from the opera Hansel & Gretel (arr violin and piano); William McGibbon: Adagio from Sonata number 5 in C minor for violin and piano; Schubert: Winterreise D911, number 1 “Gute Nacht”, number 20 “der Wegweiser” and number 24 “der Leiermann”; Clare Grundman: Waltz and Interlude for flute, clarinet and piano; Chopin: waltz in A flat major opus 60, number 1; Chopin: nocturne in F# minor, opus 48, number 2; Roland Dyens: Lettre number 2 (Lettre à la Seine) from 20 lettres for guitar; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto number 1 for guitar; Mozart: Kegelstatt trio, K498, first movement.
Sunday 6th February: Finzi: Carol and Romance from Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, opus 23; Pergolesi: Se tu m’ami, sospiri (arr trombone); Purcell: Evening Hymn, Z193; Mozart: Porgi amore (from Marriage of Figaro); Cole Porter: I get a kick out of you; Purcell: Sweeter than roses, Z585; Joan Trimble: The pool among the rushes; JS Bach: prelude & fugue in C minor, BWV847; Paulo Galvao: Fado; Hoagy Carmichael: Georgia; Three pieces arranged for wind band: Que sera, sera; MacCartney: Yesterday; Gershwin: I got rhythm
2021
Sunday 12th December: Chopin: nocturne in A flat major, opus 32, no 2; Grande Valse Brilliante in A minor, opus 34, no 2; Paul Reade: prelude from Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite for clarinet; Kuhlau: divertimento in G for solo flute; Rodrigo: second movement from Fantasia para un gentilhombre; Chestnuts roasting on an open fire arr flute and piano; First Noel for flute duet; Christmas Time is Here arr solo piano.
Sunday 24th October: P Racine Fricker: Toccata, number 2 from 12 Studies, opus 38; Irish folk song for unaccompanied viola: Black Water Side Air; Chopin: Nocturne in C# minor, opus posth; Chopin: Polonaise in C# minor, opus 26, number 1; Duets for violin and viola: Rigadoon, Loch Lomond and Jupiter; JS Bach: Fugue in A minor, BWV 889; Mozart: Rondo (allegretto) in F from Sonata number 15, K 533; Julian Arcas (arr): Tango, and Habanera; Atahualpa Yupanqui: Canciones del abuelo No 2; Harold Arlen: Somewhere over the rainbow arr for solo piano.
Sunday 5th September: Two Irish folk songs for unaccompanied viola, John’s Song, The Wandering Minstrel; Mozart: First movement divertimento 3, K166; Baermann: Schlummerlied opus 84, number 2 (clarinet and piano); Faure: Apres un rève, opus 7, no 1 (arr for trombone); Rieding: Second movement, violin concerto in B minor, opus 35; JS Bach: Prelude in A minor, BWV 889; Dvorak: Humoreske Opus 101, number 7 (arr for violin); Rautavaara: Serenades of the Unicorn (1977); Mendelssohn: First movement clarinet sonata in E flat, MSV Q15.
2020 – no concerts
2019
Sunday 8th December: Chopin: first movement, Sonata number 2 in B flat minor, opus 35; Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue number 19 in E flat major, opus 87; seasonal duets for two violins; Faure: Au bord de l’eau, arr clarinet and piano; Milhaud: Scaramouche for clarinet and piano; Armand Coeck: nocturne number 2, and Mystical Moments for guitar; Edward German: Pastorale and Bourree, for two clarinets; Clarence Hurrell: Chincoteague for two clarinets; Corpus Christi carol, from A Boy was Born, variation 5; Poulenc: le Bestiaire FP 15
Sunday 27th October: Rieding: Marcia for violin and piano; three pieces for piano [awaiting details]; Llobet: el Testament d’Amelia and Albeniz: Cordoba, opus 232 number 4 for guitar; Mendelssohn: Hear ye people, from Elijah opus 70; Britten: Corpus Christi carol, from A Boy was Born, variation 5; Poulenc: le Bestiaire FP 15
Sunday 22nd September: Folk song arrangements for violin and piano; Prokofiev (arr for piano): theme from Peter and the Wolf; Schubert: Heidenroslein D257 (arr for clarinet and piano); CM von Weber: Kleine Fantasie from Oberon; JS Bach: Prelude in A minor, BWV889; Poulenc: Romanze from Sonata for Clarinet FP184; Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D major, opus 87, number 5; Mozart: Divertimento number 2 K439b: minuet and trio, larghetto and rondo.
Sunday 7th July: Rieding: Violin concerto in B minor, opus 35, second movement; Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, opus 118, number 2; Granados: La Maja de Goya and Tarrega: El Columpio (guitar); Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, Book 1 Well-tempered Clavier, BWV 861; Berlioz: Recitative and Prayer from Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale; Schubert: Sonata in G major, D894, first movement
Sunday 19th May: Finzi: Carol for clarinet and piano; Faure: three songs for soprano and piano; Berlioz: piece TBA for trombone and piano; Chopin: Nocturne in E flat major, opus 9 number 2; TBA – string trio.
Sunday 7th April – two last-minute cancellations were filled by two professional pianists who asked if they could try out pieces for an up-coming concert. Not the usual thing for the club, but why not? Stunning performances of Chopin Ballade number 4 and Scriabin sonata number 5 as well as Brahms, Ginastera and Mozart for the piano; two pieces by Barrios for classical guitar; and Mozart arr Beethoven for cello and piano. A piano-filled concert followed by Simnel cake in honour of the season.
Sunday 3rd March – a lovely concert with a lot of variety and everyone feeling much more confident: Telemann and Einaudi pieces for clarinet and piano; Elgar pieces for viola and piano; Piazzolla, Bach and Cardoso for classical guitar; slow movement from Weber’s first clarinet concerto; more Piazzolla but for accordion and piano; some show songs and some popular songs. No solo piano! First time ever. A very special clementine, pomegranate and almond cake which is apparently a February special in Iran.
Sunday 20th January – an interesting concert that almost didn’t happen. Due to a lot of last-minute cancellations, the formal programme was abandoned and anyone who was available came along with their music for a classical equivalent of an open-mic night. There was a movement from a Haydn piano sonata, one from a Beethoven cello sonata, some Purcell songs and a Handel aria. It turned out rather well! As did the marmalade cake.
2018
Sunday 9th December – a big one to round off the year with 22 performers (11 performances) including a singer, three clarinettists, a classical guitarist; a piano trio; six pianists (two playing four-hand duets); a French music group and a banjo player! Music by: Bach, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Faure, Rodrigo, Brahms, Bridge, Gershwin arr Grainger and a variety of popular composers. Special frangipani mince pies and mulled wine.
Sunday 21st October – seven performers (five performances); piano, flute, viola, cello; abilities from Grade 4 to diploma; Ian Clarke, Haydn, Brahms, Mozart, Elgar, more Mozart, Schumann. Spiced apple cake for tea, and £54 raised for charity.
Sunday 9th September – ten performers (eight performances); piano, accordion, viola, clarinet; abilities from Grade 1 to diploma; Bach, Bach and more Bach, Scriabin, anonymous, Gershwin, Leonard Cohen, Mozart and Grainger. Plum nut streusel cake for tea, and £25 raised for charity.
Sunday 15th July – eleven performers (six performances); piano, trumpet, recorders, cello, accordion; abilities from Grade 4 to diploma; folksong arrangements (for recorders), Poulenc, Faure, Haydn, Beethoven, some jazz pieces and an international medley; bilberry and lavender cake for tea, and £40 raised for charity.
Sunday 22nd April – eight performers (piano, voice, guitar, trumpet); abilities from Grade 2 to diploma; Mozart, Brahms, Smetana, Beethoven, Lennon & McCartney and others; marmalade cake for tea, and £80 raised for charity!