Forthcoming events

DvořákSerenade for wind instruments in D minor Op.44
MozartSerenade No.13 in G major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K.525
Brahms Serenade No.1 in D major Op.11

Gresham College Lecture
"Is it possible?"
Harnessing virtuosity to good taste and fireworks to fine craftsmanship is a permanent challenge for the composer. Purely technical show will have little lasting effect, and Mozart was especially scrupulous at linking what sounded effective with what was musically needed. We examine with Mea Wade the requirements of good oboe playing and some of that instrument‘s special qualities, and hear a performance of Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F major K.370 with string players from the Royal Academy of Music.

Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25
Mendelssohn "War March of the Priests" from Athalia Op.74
Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 in D minor Op.107 'Reformation'

Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25
Mendelssohn "War March of the Priests" from Athalia Op.74
Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 in D minor Op.107 'Reformation'

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Suite
Mendelssohn Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56 'Scottish'

HaydnSymphony No.104 in D major Hob. I/104 'London'
HaydnMass in D minor Hob. XXII 'Nelson Mass'

Gresham College Lecture
"The Opening Salvo"
How to be revolutionary without scaring away your public? How to announce yourself as a new broom without alienating the more stalwart connoisseurs? Beethoven faced these problems when presenting his first six string quartets for publication as opus 18; did he win his public and allay their fears with his choice of opening? A string quartet from the Royal Academy of Music will present the evidence in a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet in F major Op.18 No.1.

MendelssohnOverture "Ruy Blas" Op.95
MendelssohnPiano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25
MendelssohnSymphony No.4 in A major "Italian" Op.90

HaydnSymphony No.49 in F minor "La Passione"
MozartMass in C minor K.427

MozartSymphony No.39 in E-flat major K.543
Handel arr. MozartOde for St. Cecilia

StraussSerenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E-flat major Op.7
ElgarSerenade for strings in E minor Op.20
BrahmsSerenade No.2 in A major Op.16

MozartSymphony No.39 in E-flat major K.543
HaydnMass in D minor Hob.XXII "Nelson Mass"

MendelssohnSymphony No.2 in B-flat major Op.52 "Lobgesang"

Gresham College Lecture
"The Challenge of the Solo"
Pavlo Beznosiuk, one of the world’s leading baroque violinists, explains and demonstrates the challenge of music for solo violin; works by Nicola Matteis and Heinrich Biber lead to a discussion and performance of the famous Chaconne from Bach’s Solo Partita in D minor. Can such a work be satisfactorily analysed or does “Music begin where words leave off”?

StravinskyConcerto in D major for string orchestra "Basle"
Stravinsky/BachTwo Preludes & Fugues from "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier"
MendelssohnSymphony No.2 in B-flat major Op.52 "Lobgesang"

MozartOverture to Le Nozze di Figaro
DvořákSerenade for wind instruments and double bass in D minor
 Op. 44
SukMeditations on the old Czech Chorale 'St.Wenceslas' for  string orchestra Op. 35a
MozartSymphony No. 38 in D major K. 504 'Prague'

MartinůSerenade for Chamber Orchestra H.199
R. StraussDuet-Concertino in F major AV 147
BeethovenSerenade for flute, violin and viola in D major Op.25
MozartSerenade No.6 in D major "Serenata notturna" K.239