Past Concerts

Solstice Choral Ensemble
Sunday 8th December 2024 at 3:00pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG
This talented chamber choir present an enticing mix of classic and contemporary Christmas music, including oratorios and other choral works intertwined with festive art song

The Consone String Quartet
Sunday 10th November 2024 at 3:00pm
Bridges Centre, Monmouth, NP25 5AS
Agata Daraškaite (violin), Magdalena Loth-Hill (violin), Elitsa Bogdanova (viola) and George Ross (cello)
R. Schumann: A selection from "Bilder aus Osten" arr. Hermann
F. Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat (1823)
F. Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D 810, "Death and the Maiden"

Clare Hammond
Sunday 20th October 2024 at 3:00pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG
Clare Hammond (piano)
Hélène de Montgeroult – Études Nos. 62, 67, 104, 110, 111
Cécile Chaminade – 'Impromptu' Étude de concert, Op. 35 No. 5
Cécile Chaminade - Étude romantique, Op. 132
Gabriel Fauré – Nocturnes Nos. 12 and 8
Ludvig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sonata in D major, K. 311
Clara Schumann – 3 Romances, Op. 21
Jeffrey Mumford – of ringing and layered space 'Jenny'
Frédéric Chopin – Études Op. 25 Nos. 1, 2, 4, 11 and 12

Fenella Humphreys & Emma Abbate
Sunday 15th September 2024 at 3:00pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG
Fenella Humphreys (violin) and Emma Abbate (piano)
Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from F.A.E. Sonata
Rebecca Clarke: Midsummer Moon
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in B flat major for violin and piano, K. 454
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps
Gabriel Fauré: Andante op. 75 & Berceuse op. 16
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Fanny Mendelssohn: Adagio for violin and piano H.72
Bela Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Moscow Drug Club
Sunday 14th July 2024 at 7:30pm
The Drill Hall, Chepstow, NP16 5HJ
Return of the exciting Bristol-based jazz/cabaret ensemble

Simone Pirri & Esplumoir
Sunday 16th June 2024 Drinks reception 3pm, performance 4pm
Bridges Centre, Monmouth, NP25 5AS
Simone Pirri (violin), Esplumoir (chamber orchestra)
Antonio Vivaldi: Allegro from Sinfonia in B minor, RV 168
Antonio Vivaldi: Largo from Violin Concerto in B minor RV 387
Arcangelo Corelli: Fuga a quattro voci
Francesco Maria Veracini: Violin Sonata in A major, Op.1 No.7
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata "Didone Abbandonata" in G minor, Op.1 No.10
Francesco Antonio Bonporti: Concerto a quattro in B flat major, Op.11 No.2
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Odysseus Piano Trio
Sunday 5th May 2024 at 3:00pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG
Rosie Biss (cello), Sarah Trickey (violin) and Domonkos Csabay (piano)
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No.39 in G major, the “Gypsy Rondo”
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio No.2 in C major, Op.87
György Kurtág: Varga Bálint Ligaturája for Violin, Cello and Piano

Sarah Williamson & Sam Heywood
Sunday 14th April 2024
Sarah Williamson (clarinet) and Sam Heywood (piano)
Finzi: Five Bagatelles
Poulenc: Sonata
Chopin: Barcarolle Op 60 (Solo piano)
Messager: Solo de concours
John Ireland: Fantasy sonata
Brahms: E Flat sonata
Gershwin: 3 preludes arranged for clarinet and piano

RWCMD Showcase 2024
Sunday 24th March 2024
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op.10, No.3 
Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann
Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op.53 ‘Waldstein’
Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, Op.27, No.1 
Liszt: Légende No.2 (St François de Paule marchant sur les flots)
Bartok: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op.57 ‘Appassionata’

Mary Hofman (violin) and Richard Ormrod (piano)
Sunday 14th January 2024
Dvorak: Four Romances
Enescu: Impressions d'enfance
Kodaly: Three Hungarian Dances
Brahms: D minor sonata
 

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Christmas Choral Concert
Sunday 10th December 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Swan Consort

Brompton String Quartet
Sunday 12th November 2023 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Maja Horvat (violin), Mee-Hyuan Esther Park (violin), Wallis Power (cello), Edward Keenan (viola)
Josef Haydn: String Quartet No. 11 in D Minor Op.9 No 4 
Jesse Montgomery: Strum
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in Bb Major Op. 130 and Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Daniel Tong
Sunday 15th October 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No.1
Beethoven: Sonata in E Flat, Op.27, No 1
Beethoven: Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 (Moonlight Sonata)
Beethoven: Sonata in A Flat, Op. 110

Astatine Trio
Sunday 17th September 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Julia Błachuta (violin), Riya Hamie (cello), Berniya Hamie (piano)
Haydn: Piano Trio in C major, Hob XV:27
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Arango-Prada: Trois hétéronymes
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Opa Rosa
Sunday 16th July 2023 (Drill Hall, Chepstow)
A foot-stomping journey through the Balkans and beyond

Olivia Dance and Lorna Day
Sunday June 18th 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Olivia Dance (piano), Lorna Day (mezzo soprano)
Madeleine Dring: Shakespeare songs and Betjeman songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Arthur Sullivan: Orpheus With His Lute & The Willow Song
George Gershwin: The Man I Love, I Love to Rhyme & Isn’t it a Pity?

London Bridge Trio
Sunday May 14th 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Clara Schumann:  3 Romances for Violin and Piano
Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat, D92

Esplumoir - Baroque String Trio & Theorbo
Sunday, April 16th 2023 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Simone Pirri (baroque violin), Henry Tong (baroque violin), Jacob Garside (baroque cello), Jonatan Bougt (theorbo)
Works by Vivaldi, Handel and Bach

Mishka Rushdie Momen
Sunday March 26th 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 784
Schubert: Sonata in B major, D. 575
Schubert: Sonata in D major, D. 850

ANIMO Flute and Piano Duo
15th January 2023 (St Briavels Church)
Sarah Waycott (flute) and Yanna Zissiadou (piano)
Maurice Ravel: Habanera Maurice               
Daniel Dorff: Sonata (Three Lakes) 
Anne Boyd: Bali Moods No. 1  
Simon Peberdy: Sonata for flute and piano
Jo Backovic: Orbit (1st Movement)
Helen Walker: Worlds Apart for alto flute and piano
Caitlin Laing-McEvoy: One Part, Another Part for flute, alto flute and piano
Edmund Jolliffe: Woodpecker from The Red Birds
Jo Howard: Ex Arcadia for flute, Alto flute, piano and soundscape
Ian Clarke: Deep Blue
Lukas Piel: The Journey of Alan Kurdi for flute, piano and soundscape
 

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Nos Miseri Homines
Sunday 11th December 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Choral music for Christmas

Carducci String Quartet
Sunday 6th November 2022 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)
Haydn: String Quartet op.33 no.2
Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet op.80

Alexander Soares
Sunday 16th October 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Alexander Soares (piano)
A European Odyssey. Works by Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Sibelius, Liszt, Albeniz

The Castagneri Trio
Sunday 18th September 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Alastair Scahill (viola), Adrian Bradbury (cello), Charles Mutter (violin)
Dohnanyi: Serenade for String Trio 
Howard Skempton: Winter Sunrise
Hugh Wood: Ithaka 
Mozart: Divertimento K.563

L'Esprit du Jazz
Saturday 2nd July 2022 (Drill Hall, Chepstow)
Karen Street (accordion), Sam Dunn (guitar), Charlie Pyne (bass & vocals) and Katie Patterson (drums)
Music inspired by swing, Valse-style French musette, the music of Brazil and the world of Tango, alongside original compositions by Karen and favourite jazz standards

Violin & Piano Recital - Beethoven in Wales pt III
Sunday 22nd August 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Mary Hofman (violin), Richard Ormrod (piano)
Scarlatti: 3 short Sonatas - KV.216, KV.215, KV.175
Hilary Tann: First Light: A Meditation on Beethoven Op.96 (New Commission)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")

Echoes and Reflections
Sunday 29th May 2022 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Inês Delgado (violin), Michael Christian Durrant (guitar)
Features prominent composers from Latin America and Spain, including  Astor Piazzolla, Francisco Tarrága, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Rodrigo as well as pieces by Arvo Pärt, Bella Bartok and Leo Brouwer

Solem String Quartet
Friday 8th April 2022 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Bela Bartók: String Quartet no. 4, BB 95
Cassandra Miller: ‘Warblework’
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet no. 12 in E flat major, op. 127

RWCMD Showcase
20th March 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Including Charlotte Kwok (piano) and Mica Bushnell Smith (baritone)
Piano works by Chopin and Liszt
Songs from operas by Mozart and Rossini
Beethoven ‘Ghost’ Piano trio, op.70/1.

Odysseus Piano Trio
Sunday 23rd January 2022 (St Briavels Church)
Robin Green (piano), Sara Trickey (violin), Rosie Biss (cello)
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio
Helen Grimes: Three Whistler miniatures
Beethoven: Archduke Trio
 

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HEXAD
Saturday 11th December 2021 (St Briavels Church)
An exciting new vocal ensemble present a programme of Christmas Choral music

Salomé Quartet
Sunday 14th November 2021 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Haim Choi (violin), Coco Inman (violin), Kasia Ziminska (viola), Shizuku Tatsuno (cello)
Haydn: String Quartet in G major Op. 76 No 1
Bridge: Three Idylls for String Quartet
Schubert: String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D. 810

Reiko Fujisawa
Sunday 17th October 2021 (St Briavels Church)
Reiko Fujisawa (piano)
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne
Schubert: Four Impromptus D.899

Notos Oboe Quartet
Sunday 26th September 2021 (Bridges Centre, Monmouth)
Joseph Saunders (oboe), Melissa Reiner (violin), Alistair Scahill (viola), Tessa Seymour (cello)
Mozart: Adagio for Cor Anglais and String Trio
JS Bach: Fugue no 9 in E major BWV 878, from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2
Mozart: Trio No.3 in F major K.404, Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370
Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe (Op. 49)
Schubert: String Trio D.471
Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op 2

Usha Kapoor & Edward Leung
Sunday 5th September 2021 (St Briavels Church)
Usha Kapoor (violin), Edward Leung (piano)
Handel: Violin Sonata in D major, HWV 371
Grażyna Bacewicz: Sonata da camera
Lili Boulanger: Deux Morceaux for violin and piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata in D major, K.306

Mary Hofman & Richard Ormrod
Sunday 22nd August 2021 (St Briavels Church)
Mary Hofman (violin), Richard Ormrod (piano)
Scarlatti: 3 short Sonatas - KV.216, KV.215, KV.175
Hilary Tann: First Light: A Meditation on Beethoven Op.96 (New Commission)
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")

Emma Abbate & Michal Ćwiżewicz
Sunday 11th July 2021 (St Briavels Church)
Emma Abbate (piano), Michal Ćwiżewicz (violin)
Mozart: Sonata in B flat major for violin and piano, K. 454
Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from F.A.E. Sonata
Wieniawski: Fantasia on Themes from Gounod’s “Faust”, op. 20
Bartók: Six Romanian Folk Dances

Joglaresa
Saturday 26th June 2021 (St Briavels Church)
Boogie Knights Directed by Belinda Sykes

Darragh Morgan & Mary Dullea
Thursday 27th May 2021 (online)
Darragh Morgan (violin), Mary Dullea (piano)
Trad: Pórt Na bPúcaí, arr Dullea/Morgan
E J Moeran: Violin Sonata, 1st Movement Allegro non troppo ma energico 
Chick Corea: Children's Songs Nos 7, 16, 18, 19, 12
Sally Beamish: The Lone Seafarer
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne
César Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, 4th Movement Allegretto poco mosso

Flora Brass Quintet
Thursday 11th March 2021 (online)
Gregor Spence (tuba), Bethany Peck (trombone), Cerys Mair Hughes (flugel horn / cornet), Josie Allen (cornet / trumpet), Charley Green (tenor horn)
An eclectic mix of music spanning many genres
 

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Performances in 2020 
       

15 MAR	Artists from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama: HAYDN Piano Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI/48,  BEETHOVEN Clarinet Trio in E Flat Major Op.38, LISZT Liebestraum No.3,  PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No.3 in A Minor Op.28, SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.2 Op.67, and Arias and Lieder by MOZART, SCHUBERT, POULENC, KORNGOLD and PUCCINI
19 JAN	Debussy: A Painter in Sound Illustrated talk with Professor Stephen Walsh and Clare Hammond, piano

Performances in 2019

1 DEC	London Klezmer Quartet: A programme of soulful and celebratory music from the folk tradition of the Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
9 NOV	Maconchy String Quartet: HAYDN String Quartet No.1Op.76, MACONCHY String Quartet No.5, RAVEL String Quartet
12 OCT	Trio Damira: HAYDN Piano Trio No.44 in E Hob XV/28, RACHMANINOV Trio Élégiaque in G Minor, SCHUBERT Trio in E Flat D929
15 SEP	Mary Hofman, violin & Richard Ormrod, piano: BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas 6,7 & 8, SARAH LIANNE LEWIS New commission “Until the Thread Breaks”
30 JUN	Katona Twins Guitar Duo: works by TEDESCO, PIAZZOLLA, ALBÉNIZ, TARREGA, PETER KATONA, BERNSTEIN and DJANGO REINHARDT
15 JUN	Joseph Tong & Waka Hasegawa (‘Piano Four Hands’): MOZART Sonata in F Major K497, SCHUBERT Fantasy in F Minor, AILSA DIXON Airs of the Season, GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
18 MAY	Clare Hammond, piano: works by DEBUSSY, ADÉS, MENDELSSOHN, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, EWAN CAMPBELL, BARTÓK, FINNIS and RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor Op.36
13 APR	Tranquillo: Sarah Waycott, flute & Hannah Mitchell, piano: works by RICHARD RODNEY BENNET, MESSIAEN, IAN CLARKE, REINECKE, GAUBERT, SAINT-SAËNS, TELEMANN AND CHAMINADE
24 MAR	Artists from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
20 JAN	Mary Hofman, violin & Richard Ormrod, piano: BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Op12 Nos, 1,2 and 3 & Op.24 (Spring), RHIAN SAMUEL New Commission “Sonata”

Performances in 2018
 

8 DEC	Nos Miseri Homines: works for vocal ensemble by BYRD, TALLIS, JOUBERT, TAVENER, PRETORIUS, WARLOCK, BRITTEN, DOVE and HEAD
10 NOV	Ystradivarius: GEORG TELEMANN Overture Suits in A Minor for Flute & Strings, J S BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major, CPE BACH Sinfonia in D Major,
14 OCT	Solem String Quartet: BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 3 in D Major Op.18 No. 3, BARTOK Quartet No. 4 BB95, SCHUMANN Quartet No.3 in A Major Op.41
15 SEP	Natalia Williams-Wandoch, piano: works by J S BACH Partita No.1 in B Flat BWV825, ARNOLD BAX Nympholept, , DEBUSSY, L’Isle Joyeuse & Suite Bergamasque, CHOPIN Études from Op.25, Waltz in A Flat Op.42, Polonaise in A Flat Op.53
1 JUL	Carismático Tango Band with Karen Street, accordion
16 JUN	Mishka Momen, piano & Siwoo Kim, violin: MOZART Sonata in F Major K377, MENDELSSOHN Variations Sérieuses Op.54, DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G Minor, MESSIAEN Theme and Variations, J S BACH Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D Minor BWV903, BRAHMS Sonata No.1 in G Major Op. 78
26 MAY	Charles Matthews, piano/organ/harpsichord: Survey of keyboard music through the ages
27 APR	Astaria Quartet: string quartets by MOZART String Quartet in C Major K157, PEREZ The Bullfighter’s Prayer, RAVEL String Quartet in F Major, KREISLER String Quartet in A Minor
24 MAR	Pianists from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama:INCLUDING works by MOZART Piano Sonata in D K576, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, SCHUMANN Piano Trio in G Minor, RACHMANINOV and IRELAND Fantasy Trio in A Minor
10 FEB	Alexandra Lomeiko, violin & Antonina Suhanova, piano: J C BACH Sonata No.4 in C Minor BWV101, YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Violin in G Minor Op.27 No.1, BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano in E Flat Major Op.12, STRAVINSKY Divertimento from “The Fairy’s Kiss”

Performances in 2017
 

3 DEC	Bella Tromba (“all-trumpet girls band”): works by MONTEVERDI, GESUALDO, LONGWORTH, TOFT, HOLST, ENESCU, TCHAIKOVSKY, DVORAK, HOWARD and KERN
19 NOV	Eusebius String Quartet: including SCHUMANN String Quartet No.3 Op. 41,
15 OCT	Park West Ensemble: works by J S BACH, HANDEL, PURCELL, DOWLAND, TELEMANN, BOISMORTIER and MANCINI
3 SEP	Kate Romano, clarinet & the Goldfield Ensemble: MOZART Clarinet Quintet K581, BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor Op.115
24 JUN	Moscow Drug Club
18 JUN	Benjamin Frith Piano Quartet with Chi-chi Nwanoku, double bass: BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet in E Flat Op.16, HUMMEL Piano Quintet in E Flat Op.87, SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major “The Trout”
27 MAY	Nuno Lucas, piano: SCHUMANN Carnaval Op.9, VILLA-LOBOS  Bachianas Brazilieras No.4, STRAVINSKY Three Movements from Petroushka
27 MAY	Rachel Podger, violin & Jane Rogers, viola: MOZART String Duo in G Major, J S BACH Partita in G Minor, MICHAEL HAYDN Sonata No. 2 in D Major, MOZART Allegro Piolonaise KV487, J S BACH Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, MOZART String Duo in B Flat Major
22 APR	Abingdon Wind Quintet
18 MAR	Gesualdo Six: works for vocal ensemble by TALLIS, GIBBONS, BYRD, ROBERT PARSONS, JONATHAN HARVEY, JOHN SHEPPARD, SARAH RIMKUS, LIGETI, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, SIMON CARRINGTON, BILL IVES and OWAIN PARK
19 FEB	Clare Hammond, piano: JACQUET DE LA GUERRE Suite No.6 in G Major, BEETHOVEN Sonata No.4 in E Flat Major Op.7,   DUTILLEUX Au Gré des Ondes, FAURÉ Two Nocturnes, DEBUSSY L’isle Joyeuse,  RICHARD WHALLEY Five Preludes,  SCRIABIN Sonata No.5 in F Sharp Op.53