©Kiril Kozlov
©Paul Marc Mitchell
Saturday 23 September 7pm
The Goods Shed Arts Centre, Tetbury
Kristīne Balanas, violin
Roberts Balanas, violin
Martin James Bartlett, piano
As a curtain raiser for this year’s Festival, two members of the groundbreaking Balanas family combine with pianist Martin James Bartlett in a spectacularly wide-ranging programme. The Latvian-born violinists Roberts and Kristīne Balanas are bright young stars of concert halls and social media, acclaimed performers of concertos, rock, pop and electronica. They are joined by the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year in a characteristically stimulating juxtaposition of styles and genres.
Thursday 28 September 7pm
St Marys' Church, Tetbury
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn:
Piano Sonata No 60 in C major, Hob XVI/50
Fanny Mendelssohn: Easter Sonata
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Opus 15
Frederik Chopin:
Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Opus 58
©John Davis
©Ronald Knapp
Friday 29 September 7pm
St Marys' Church, Tetbury
The Doric String Quartet
Alex Redington, violin
Ying Xue, violin
Hélène Clément, viola
John Myerscough, cello
Programme
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Opus 50, No 2
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No 2
Edward Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Opus 83
©Satoshi Aoyagi
©Bo Huang
Saturday 30 September 6.30pm
St Marys' Church, Tetbury
Steven Isserlis, cello
Connie Shih, piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gamba Sonata No 1
Emanuel Moór: Largo
Pablo Casals: Serenade
Édouard Lalo: Sonata
Enrique Granados (arr Cassado):
Intermezzo from ‘Goyescas’
Pablo Casals: Morceau de concours
Gaspar Cassadó: Requiebros
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F major, Opus 99
©Chris O'Donovan
Sunday 1 October 5pm
St Marys' Church, Tetbury
Tenebrae
conducted by Nigel Short
Programme
Robert White: Christe qui lux es III
William Byrd: Mass for four voices
Thomas Tallis: O sacrum convivium
Thomas Tallis: Sancte Deus
Thomas Tallis: Miserere nostri
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur
Robert White: Christe qui lux es IV
William Mundy: Vox Patris caelestis
Robert White: Exaudiat te Dominus