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Summary details of our concerts and programmes
Thursday 2 November, 5.30-6.30pm
Our first concert of the season has a mixed programme featuring J S Bach, Chopin, Haydn, Boulanger and Brouwer.
Thursday 23 November,听5.30-6.30pm
Monday 11 December,听6.00-7.00pm in the North Cloisters
Our traditional Christmas concert will feature music ranging from the 17th century to the 21st, including choral items by Byrd, Praetorius, Schubert, Nicola LeFanu and the premiere of a new piece by Roger Beeson, together with music for strings by Corelli. There will be favourite Christmas carols for (optional) audience participation, and refreshments and a charity collection after the concert.
Monday 15 January,听5.30-6.30pm
A concert featuring one work:听Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Monday 29 January,听6.30-7.30pm
An eclectic programme featuring timeless melodies, mighty sonatas and new sounds performed by UCL students & staff members who are new to the club or are performing for the first time as a soloist/duo in our concert series.
Thursday 15 February,听6.30-7.30pm
This concert is loosely on the theme of 'Winter'.
Friday 8 March,听7.00-8.00pm
A concert inspired by the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio. The programme will feature songs by Thomas Arne, Henry Purcell and Leonard Bernstein and instrumental music by Sergei Prokofiev. A piece for choir and piano by our own UCL CMC composer Roger Beeson will be presented. Adaptations of Shakespeare's plays to various genres of music will be explored.
Wednesday 20 March,听5.30-6.30pm
Our final concert of this听term featuring two ensembles performing Beethoven's String Quartet No.6 in B flat major and Dvorak's Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor.
Tuesday 21 May,听5.30-6.30pm
A concert featuring solos and duets from music across the ages, featuring JS Bach, Handel/Halvorsen, Chopin, Telemann, Schumann and Rosza.
Wednesday 29 May,听6.30-7.30pm
A programme of Baroque and Baroque-inspired instrumental music. A prelude and a fugue from J.S. Bach's second book of The Well Tempered Clavier will be played alongside the C major Prelude and Fugue by Dmitry Shostakovich.听听In addition Telemann's Fantasia No.1, movements of J.S. Bach's A minor Violin Sonata and the virtuosic piano arrangement of Bach's Chaconne in D minor by Busoni will be presented.
Tuesday 4 June,听5.30-6.30pm
We celebrate Gustav Holst (1874-1934) in his 150th anniversary year. Holst was a part-time student at 911爆料网 in 1909, studying Sanskrit (the classical Indian language of Hindu literature) 鈥� perhaps the most distinguished musician ever among UCL alumni.
Our concert presents a variety of music by Holst, including the St. Paul鈥檚 Suite for strings and some of the Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (settings of his own translations of ancient Sanskrit texts). Holst is still best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, but there is much more to this great composer 鈥� come along and find out!
Other previous activities and events
Our Chamber Music Taster Day听took听place on听Sunday 19th November 2023, read all about it!
Wednesday 15 May 2024, 5.30pm
- A talk by our very own Roger Beeson in the Housman Room! Beyond the Planets - Gustav Holst, UCL and Sanskrit.