Sheffield Chamber Music Festival at home
Music in the Round's first ever free online festival of music will feature specially curated performances, talks and family events on YouTube
We are absolutely thrilled to be presenting our first ever free online festival of music this May!
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival at home (#SCMFhome) will feature more than a dozen specially curated performances, talks and family events, all launching on the Music in the Round YouTube channel over two days on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May.
The plans follow our recent disappointing announcement that this year’s Sheffield Chamber Music Festival, our 36th annual festival, cannot go ahead as planned from 8 to 16 May in the Crucible Studio.
Friday 15th May
11.00am Concerteenies @ home with Ensemble 360’s violinist BENJAMIN NABARRO and cellist GEMMA ROSEFIELD
1.00pm JULIETTE BAUSOR from Ensemble 360 plays solo flute, including BACH Flute Sonata in A minor Wq132
2.00pm Ensemble 360 pianist TIM HORTON and the University of Oxford’s PROF LAURA TUNBRIDGE discuss BEETHOVEN’s Grand Sonata Op.7 with musical illustrations
3.00pm Violinist BENJAMIN NABARRO performs JS BACH Chaconne
4.00pm Folk singer FAY HIELD is joined by concertina wizard ROB HARBRON for ‘The Space Between’, introducing tracks from her forthcoming album ‘Wrackline’.
5.00pm Oboist ADRIAN WILSON from Ensemble 360 performs Beethoven’s Trio for two oboes and cor anglais and gives us an insight into the world of reeds
6.00pm Two films from Mercury music prize-nominee GAVIN BRYARS: ‘After A Requiem’ and ‘Winestead’
7.00pm Ensemble 360’s violinist BENJAMIN NABARRO and cellist GEMMA ROSEFIELD perform MOZART Duo in G major KV423
8.00pm Clarinettist MATTHEW HUNT from Ensemble 360 performs STEVE REICH New York Counterpoint, followed by a Q&A with TOM McKINNEY, BBC Radio 3 presenter and Music in the Round Programme Manager
Saturday 16 May
10.00am NAOMI ATHERTON from Ensemble 360 performs two pieces for horn outside her home in the Peak District at sunrise
11.00am FAMILY CONCERT Sir Scallywag and the Battle of Stinky Bottom presented by ENSEMBLE 360 and narrator POLLY IVES
1.00pm Ensemble 360 Double bassist LAURENE DURANTEL presents BACH Cello Suite No.2 and BIBER Passacaille in G minor
2.00pm Pianist PAUL LEWIS in conversation with TOM McKINNEY, BBC Radio 3 presenter and Music in the Round Programme Manager
3.00pm Ensemble 360’s CLAUDIA AJMONE-MARSAN (violin) and RUTH GIBSON (viola) play and chat about BARTOK’s Duos.
4.00pm Chart-topping guitarist and CLASSIC FM favourite CRAIG OGDEN in performance
5.00pm A recital from amazing accordion player MILOS MILIVOJEVIC, including a fascinating insight into the instrument
6.00pm Ensemble 360’s AMY HARMAN (bassoon), MATTHEW HUNT (clarinet) and ADRIAN WILSON (oboe) discuss Beethoven’s music, including anecdotes and stories
7.00pm Oboist ADRIAN WILSON performs BRITTEN Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Op.49, with accompanying film by KATIE GOODWIN (from Music in the Round’s 2013 Festival of Chamber Music)
8.00pm TIM HORTON performs CHOPIN Ballades
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#SCMFhome is free to everyone, but Music in the Round will be running a fundraising campaign to enable us to support our freelance musicians and so we can return to live music-making when venue doors reopen. Donations can currently be made here.
Performers
Ensemble 360, Craig Ogden (Guitar), Paul Lewis (Piano), Gavin Bryars (Composer / Double Bass), Fay Hield & Rob Harbron (folk duo) and Miloš Milivojevic (Accordion)
