Leamington Music Festival 2024. Amici della Musica Philippe Graffin violin | Elizabeth Wallfisch viola Raphael Wallfisch cello | Piers Lane piano Mahler   Piano Quartet movement in A minor Schulhoff   Duo for Violin and Cello Smetana   Polkas de salon Op 7 Nos 2 & 3 Smetana   Caprice bohemien in F Op 12 Dvořák   Piano Quartet in E flat Op 87 Raphael Wallfisch,… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Smetana   Bagatelles & Impromptus Dvořák   Suite in A Op 98 Chopin   Ballade in G minor Op 23 Chopin   Nocturne in D flat Op 27 No 2 Chopin   Scherzo in B flat minor Op 31 Concert given in memory of Iain Smith (Leamington Music Chairman, 2006-15) and Teresa Halikowska-Smith. Iain Smith had… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Guarneri Piano Trio Čeněk Pavlík violin | Marek Jerie cello | Ivan Klanský piano Suk   Elegy Smetana   Trio in G minor Op 15 Dvořák   Trio in F minor Op 65 The Guarneri Piano Trio, founded in 1986, is one of best in the world and has given several memorable concerts in Leamington over the years. Although… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Kukal String Quartet Eliška Kukalová and Klára Lešková violins Daniel Macho viola, Filip Rufer cello Coffee Concert Schulhoff   Five Pieces Sylvie Bodorová   Shofarot Smetana   Quartet No 2 Dvořák   Cypresses – a selection The Kukal Quartet is making its UK debut on this visit, having been specially chosen by The Czech Centre. Named after a leading… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. A talk by David Beveridge Following The Dvořák Society’s AGM, there will be tea and a 50th anniversary cake served before the talk starts at 3.30pm. David Beveridge is a musicologist and Dvořák specialist who lives in Prague. Free entry | Donations welcome

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Martinů String Quartet Lubomír Havlák violin and Adéla Štajnochrová violins Martin Stupka viola, Jitka Vlašánková cello with Vilém Veverka oboe  and Martin Kasík piano Mozart   Oboe Quartet in F K370 Sylvie Bodorová   Psalms and Exhortations for Oboe Quintet (Première) Dvořák   Piano Quintet in A Op 81 The Martinů Quartet returns to Leamington for three concerts, two of them… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Mahler   Lieder eines fahrende Gesellen Suk   Životem a snam Op 30 Haas   Four Songs on Chinese Poetry Ullmann   Two Chinese Songs Korngold   Der Kranke Op 38 No 2 Suk   Longing from Spring Op 22a Janáček   Andante from In the Mists Dvořák   Gypsy Songs Op 55 Simon Wallfisch returns to Leamington for the first time since… Read More »

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Royal Pump Rooms | Assembly Hall A platform which again showcases the cream of Warwickshire Music’s students from across the county. The programme will reflect the Czech theme of the Festival. £4 students & children | £8 adults Includes tea and cake served afterwards

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Royal Pump Rooms | Conservatory Daniel Low-Beer talks about The Low-Beer story behind Schindler’s List and the Brněnec project. In association with the Friends of Czech Heritage. Donations to the project welcome. Tickets: £8 Includes tea and cake served afterwards

Leamington Music Festival 2024. Martinů String Quartet Lubomír Havlák violin and Adéla Štajnochrová violins Martin Stupka viola, Jitka Vlašánková cello with Vilém Veverka oboe  and Martin Kasík piano Bohemian Pot Pourri Martinů   Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano H315 Haas   Suite for oboe and piano Op 17 Klein   Wiegenlied Smetana   From My Homeland Dvořák   Silent Woods Op 68 Dvořák   Humoreske Op… Read More »