Record Store Day 2024 | List of titles, no doubt updates to follow | 20th April | Store opens 8am Record Store Day ______________________________ 100 Gecs Snake Eyes 10" Picture Disc 10000 Maniacs Playing Favorites 2XLP Opaque Red Vinyl 101 Strings Astro-Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000 1LP Blue Vinyl 1975, The The 1975 Live… Read More »
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 »
Leamington Music Festival 2024. Dvořák Song to the Moon from Rusalka Eben Okna Smetana Vltava from Má vlast Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat One of the big successes in the Warwick & Leamington Midsummer Music Festival after lockdown in 2021 was a recital at Holy Trinity Church when Imogen Whitehead played Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto. Johann Nepomuk Hummel was… Read More »