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)
The UK’s premier period instrument quartet performs in Monmouth (programme to be confirmed)
Clare Hammond
Sunday 20th October 2024 at 3:00pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, St Briavels, GL15 6RG
Acclaimed pianist, Clare Hammond, returns to St Briavels with an eclectic programme of works by Hélène de Montgeroult, Beethoven, Fauré, Chaminade, Mozart, Clara Schumann, Jeffrey Mumford and Chopin
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)
Works by Mozart, Brahms, Fanny Mendelsohn, Fauré and Bartok
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
Baroque period orchestra with an all-Vivaldi programme
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)
A Hungarian inspired programme including works by Haydn, Kurtag, and Brahms
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
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
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
