This is the 42nd season of Bromsgrove Concerts' Friday evening chamber music series.
All concerts are at 8pm in Spadesbourne Hall.
15 October 2004 8pm
Skampa Quartet
Pavel Fischer violin · Jan Lukásová violin · Radim Sedmidubský viola · Lukás Polák cello
| Dvorák | Quartet in F op. 96 'The American' |
| Janácek | Quartet no. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' |
| Smetana | Quartet no. 1 'From My Life' |
12 November 2004 8pm
Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Malin Broman violin · Jesper Svedberg cello · Simon Crawford-Phillips piano
| Grieg | Andante con moto in C minor |
| Schumann | Piano Trio no. 3 in G minor op. 110 |
| Beethoven | Piano Trio in Eb major op. 70 no. 2 |
| Martinu | Piano Trio no. 1 (Five Short Pieces) |
10 December 2004 8pm
Red Priest
Piers Adams recorders · Julia Bishop violin · Angela East cello · Howard Beach harpsichord
Nightmare in Venice: a Baroque Fantasy
| Vivaldi | The Nightmare Concerto ('La Notte') in G minor RV439 |
| Robert Johnson | The Satyrs' Masque · The Flatt Masque |
| Nicholas Le Strange | The Furies |
| Robert Johnson | The Witches' Dance |
| Purcell | Two in One upon a Ground · Fairy Dance · Chaconne |
| J.S. Bach | Concerto ŕ Tre in A minor (after BWV1020) |
| Dario Castello | Sonata Decima |
| Maurizio Cazzati | Zephiro's Ground |
| Diego Ortiz | Two Ricercadas |
| J.S. Bach | Prelude from Suite no. 5 for cello |
| Jacob van Eyck | The English Nightingale |
| Heinrich Biber | Mystery Sonata 'The Crucifixion' for violin |
| Gluck | Dance of the Blessed Spirits |
| Jean-Marie Leclair | Demon Airs and Simphonie |
| Red Priest | Fantasy on Corelli's 'La Folia' |
28 January 2005 8pm
Paul Lewis piano
| Beethoven | Sonata no. 27 in E minor op. 90 |
| Beethoven | Sonata no. 22 in F op. 54 |
| Beethoven | Sonata no. 18 in Eb major op. 31 no. 3 |
| Schubert | Sonata no. 21 in Bb D960 |
18 February 2005 8pm
Belcea Quartet
Corina Belcea violin · Laura Samuel violin · Krzysztof Chorzelski viola · Alasdair Tait cello
| Beethoven | Quartet in G major op. 18 no. 2 |
| Tippett | Quartet no. 3 |
| Beethoven | Quartet in A minor op. 132 |
11 March 2005 8pm
James Gilchrist tenor and Alison Nicholls harp
| Alec Roth | Romantic Residues (words by Vikram Seth) |
| Round and Round · Protocols · A Style of Loving · Across | |
| Equals · Mistaken · Sit · The Room and the Street · Walk | |
| Alphonse Hasselmans | La Source op. 44 |
| Howard Skempton | Three Songs for Jennie |
| The Triumph of Love LIII (Geoffrey Hill) | |
| The Syllables of Summer Birds (Molly Holden) | |
| A Shropshire Lad XXXII (A.E. Housman) | |
| (world premičre of Bromsgrove Concerts commission) | |
| Ronald Stevenson | Nine Haikus |
| Dedication · The Fly · Gone Away · Nocturne · Master and Pupil | |
| Spring · The Blossoming Cherry · Curfew · Hiroshima · Epilogue | |
| André Caplet | Deux Sonnets |
| Quand reverrai-je, helas! · Doux fut le trait | |
| André Caplet | Deux Divertissements |
| Benjamin Britten | A Birthday Hansel (words by Robert Burns) |
| Birthday Song · My Early Walk · Wee Willie · My Hoggie | |
| Afton Water · The Winter · Leezie Lindsay |
15 April 2005 8pm
Emperor Quartet and Ian Fountain piano
Martin Burgess violin · Clare Hayes violin · Fiona Bonds viola · William Schofield cello
| Mozart | Piano Quartet in Eb K493 |
| Martinu | String Quartet no. 2 |
| Brahms | Piano Quintet in F minor op. 34 |
Bromsgrove Concerts reserves the right to alter dates, programmes, or artists without notice