EVENTS
Music at St Giles
Welcome to the fourth year of Music at St.Giles. We are excited to bring you five fantastic programmes, chosen in collaboration with Dougie Scarfe from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
We open in June with one of the great pianists of our time, Paul Lewis followed in July by the Kungsbacka Trio including the BSO’s very own Principal Cello, Jesper Svedberg. For the autumn concerts we are delighted to host the amazing Voces8, the brilliant Nemanja Radulovic and finally with the wonderful Soloists of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Each performance is
accompanied by canapés and a two-course dinner.
We now how several accommodation options for guests wanting to spend the evening with us, whether that’s at the newly refurbished Riding House or the two Pepperpot Lodges. Please get in touch with our accommodations team for more information.
TICKETS
Price £105 pp
To include the following:
Start your evening with a drinks reception at 6.15pm, followed by the performance at 7pm, finishing off with a delicious two course dinner with coffee.
DATE
Tuesday 7th May
Alban Gerhardt Cello
Steven Osborne Piano
SCHUMANN Fünf Stücke im Volkston Op.102
BRAHMS Sonata No.2 in F Major Op.99
DE FALLA Siete canciones populares
DEBUSSY Estampes
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso, Habanera, Tzigane
The opening concert of the series and our first cello and piano recital combines glorious German Romantic works by Schumann and Brahms with a second half of Spanish-inspired show pieces by Debussy, Ravel and De Falla – perfect for a glorious St. Giles summer evening.
DATE
Wednesday 12th June
Melvyn Tan Piano
DEBUSSY Images Book 2
BRAHMS Klavierstücke Op.119
BRETT DEAN Homage à Brahms
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.32 Op.111
International star and one of the most fascinating musicians of his generation, Melvyn Tan will perform the final piano works of two of the greatest composers for the instrument, Beethoven and Brahms. Following his pioneering performances on the fortepiano in the 1980s, Tan now performs on the modern piano and has a remarkable ability to conjure subtle new colours and delicate shadings from the modern concert grand.
DATE
Wednesday 17th July
Elias String Quartet
PURCELL Fantasias
BRITTEN String Quartet No.2
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.14 in C# minor Op.13
There is a magical intensity about the string quartet and never more so than in Beethoven’s final String Quartet, which Robert Schumann described as having a “grandeur which no words can express”. This leading UK quartet also explores the close affinities of the music of Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten, arguably two of Britain’s best-known composers.
DATE
Thursday 3rd October
Roderick Williams Baritone
Susie Allan Piano
SCHUBERT Winter Journey (Winterreise)
The performance of Schubert’s Winterreise in a special new English translation will take you on a journey to the setting of Wilhelm Muller’s poetry. Roderick Williams, one of our finest baritones and great communicators, returns to St. Giles for Schubert’s extraordinary narrative of a spurned lover travelling through a cold and barren landscape.
DATE
Tuesday 12th November
Soloists of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
BACH Cello Suite No.3
MOZART Flute Quartet
MOZART Serenade No.11 in E flat
Mozart’s serenade for wind instruments have a beauty and life-affirming joy that make them favourites for audiences and performers alike. Alongside his Flute Quartet and a Suite for solo cello by Bach, our celebration of the wonderful musicians of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is the perfect way to finish the season.