LARA MELDASaturday October 13th 2018 at 7.30 p.m.

Shostakovich String Quartet No 1 in C major op. 49Schubert String Quartet No 14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84

The Allegri String Quartet, in its 65th year, is Britain’s oldest chamber group. Founded in 1953 by Eli Goren and William Pleeth it has played a key role in the British musical scene, working with composers such as Benjamin Britten, Michael Tippett, Elizabeth Maconchy, John Woolrich, Peter Fribbins, Anthony Payne, James MacMillan, Matthew Taylor and most recently Alec Roth, resulting in new commissions and recordings. Their annual Llanfyllin Festival, a Biennial Swiss Festival in the beautiful setting of the Engadin mountains, The Orange Tree Theatre Sunday concert series and regular invitations to concert societies and leading concert halls stand alongside newer relationships such as with the Southbank Sinfonia and their festival in Anghiari, Italy and ACE tours based in Cambridge. Latest recordings include the Beethoven opus 18 quartets on the Vivat label, receiving a double 5 star review and chamber music disc of the month accolade from the BBC Music Magazine. On the Champs Hill label they have recorded the Bolzano-born composer Ludwig Thuille’s quartets with recently discovered unrecorded material and The string quartets by Alec Roth, on RTF Classical.

During his illustrious career, Martin Roscoe has become one of the UK’s most loved and respected pianists. With his extensive repertoire, consummate musicianship and immediate connection with audiences, he is in great demand as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. Martin appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and has long-standing associations with many of the UK’s leading orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Scottish Symphony. A prolific recording artist, Martin has a distinguished discography and is one of the most broadcast pianists on BBC radio. Callum Smart attracted wide public attention at the age of thirteen having won the strings category of the 2010 BBC Young Musicians Competition and becoming the top European prize-winner in the Menuhin Competition. He has since appeared with orchestras including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Calgary Philharmonic, European Union Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductors such as Grant Llewellyn and Vasily Petrenko. Recent recital and chamber performances include the Dvorak Festival in Prague, Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, the Valdres Sommersymfoni Festival, the Cheltenham Festival, London’s Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris.

ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WIND ENSEMBLE

Sunday February 3rd 2019 at 3.00 p.m.

Welcome to International Classical Concerts at Vinehall

GOLDNER STRING QUARTETPIERS LANE (Piano)

Saturday December 10th 2018 at 7.30 p.m.

VINEHALL INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS BOOKING FORMPlease complete as required. Bookings can be made by post, phone or email during the season.

A FULL SEASON TICKET provides one seat at each of the seven concerts. The SIX CONCERT OPTION and the FIVE CONCERT OPTION allow you to select six or five different concerts of your choice. SINGLE TICKETS may also be booked for all concerts. Please indicate your choice on the form overleaf. Complimentary refreshments are served at each concert.

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The distinguished pianist Piers Lane sends the following message:

“I am very much looking forward to returning to Vinehall. There are many exciting artists to be seen and heard this season, ranging from the talented young pianist Lara Melda, to wonderful string quartets such as the Allegri, Navarra and Elias. With groups like the Avison Ensemble and the wind players of the E.C.O., there is a huge variety of works to enjoy. I am delighted to be playing with my old friends, the Goldner Quartet, who are making the long journey from Australia to perform in the UK. I wish the Vinehall International Concert Series every success in its 30th Anniversary season and look forward to meeting you again in December.”

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ELIAS and NAVARRA STRING QUARTETSSaturday 8th June 2019 at 7.30 p.m.

TRIO ISIMSIZSaturday March 16th 2019 at 7.30 p.m

AVISON ENSEMBLE(Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk)

Saturday May 4th 2019 at 7.30 p.m.

Brahms Sextet for Strings in B flat major Op. 18Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E flat major Op. 20

Concertgoers are very welcome to picnic in the grounds before the concert and complimentary Pimms will be served at 6.40pm.

MARTIN ROSCOE (Pno) CALLUM SMART (Vln)ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET

Saturday November 10th 2018 at 7.30 p.m.

Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No.5 in F, Op.24 ‘Spring’Haydn String Quartet Op 71 No 2 in D major Chausson Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet Op. 21

Brahms Fantasien Op. 116 Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S. 171Liszt Sonetto 123 del Petrarca, S. 161Chopin Four Ballades

Celebrating their 23rd Season in 2018, the Goldner String Quartet has long-standing recognition, as not only Australia’s pre-eminent string quartet but as an ensemble of international significance. Launched in 1995 and still retaining all founding members, the musicians are well known to Australian and international audiences.Unanimous audience and critical acclaim following their Wigmore Hall debut in 1997 ensured the Goldner Quartet’s invitations to prestigious UK and European festivals. Performances in the USA and throughout Asia have followed, in addition to several tours of New Zealand and the Quartet regularly appears at Australia’s leading festivals.

The Quartet’s appearances in the 2011 City of London Festival drew capacity audiences and unanimous praise from UK critics, and were broadcast on the BBC. The Goldner’s complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle won the 2009 Limelight Award for Best Classical Recording. The Quartet has numerous recordings for Hyperion; each disc highlights string quartets and piano quintets with pianist Piers Lane. Universal rave reviews have followed, including Diapason D’Or, Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine and BBC Music Magazine, as well as finalist for the BBC Music Magazine’s Chamber Music Award in 2009.

London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane stands out as an engaging and highly versatile performer, at home equally in solo, chamber and concerto repertoire. Recent highlights include a performance of Busoni’s mighty piano concerto at Carnegie Hall and several sold-out solo recitals at Wigmore Hall. Five times soloist at the BBC Proms in London’s Royal Albert Hall, Piers Lane’s concerto repertoire exceeds ninety works and has led to engagements with many of the world’s great orchestras. He frequently performs at prestigious festivals including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Prague Spring, and the Chopin Festivals. Piers Lane’s discography of over 50 CDs includes much admired recordings of rare Romantic piano concertos, the complete Preludes and Études by Scriabin, transcriptions of Bach and Strauss, along with complete collections of concert études by Saint-Saens, Moscheles and Henselt, and transcriptions by Grainger. With the Goldner String Quartet, he has recorded Piano Quintets by Bloch, Bridge, Bruch, Dvorak, Harty, Elgar, Taneyev, Arensky and Pierné. Recent recordings have included a solo recording, “Piers Lane goes to Town”, concertos with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and sonatas with violinist Tasmin Little.

In the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Honours, Piers was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for services to music.

“One only had to hear the opening bars to realise this is a very fine quartet indeed.” The Telegraph

“No praise could be high enough for Piers Lane whose playing throughout is of a superb musical intelligence, sensitivity, and scintillating brilliance.” Bryce Morrison, Gramophone

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Beethoven Rondino in E-Flat for Wind Octet, WoO 25 Wind Octet in E-flat major, Op.103Mozart Serenade No. 10 for 12 Winds and Double Bass in B flat Major, ‘Gran Partita’

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“The real highlight of this year’s festival were the performances of the Trio Isimsiz….they are well-matched players who demonstrated exquisite ensemble playing in their performances.” IOCO - Festival de Stavanger Norway

‘it’s a fine performance... it’s a piano trio that already has that vital combination of unanimity of ensemble and musicianship, plus plenty of individual character and vitality’ BBC Radio 3 Record Review, Andrew McGregor

Formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, in 2015 the Trio Isimsiz won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at theTrondheim Competition, and in 2017 2nd Prize at the Haydn International Competition in Vienna. They were selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) between 2013 and 2018, and in February 2018 won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award.

The Trio has performed widely in Europe, highlights including recitals at the Stavanger, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peasmarsh and Gower Festivals (broadcast by BBC Radio 3), the Tivoli Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Fundación Juan March in Madrid and Marianischer-Saal in Lucerne. Further afield they have undertaken tours in China and Argentina. In 2017, the Trio returned to the Aldeburgh Festival and completed their first CD released by Rubicon in November. Engagements this season include an all-Beethoven programme at the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris, concerts at the Köln Philharmonie, Trondheim Chamber Music Festival and recitals at Wigmore Hall, Brighton Dome and Saffron Hall. The Trio Isimsiz are currently Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

They have collaborated with Anthony Marwood, Krysztof Chorzelski, Richard Lester and Aleksander Madzar and attended IMS Prussia Cove working with Ferenc Rados. During their studies the Trio undertook residencies at the Banff Centre in Canada, and Mozarteum, Salzburg, and participated in masterclasses with András Schiff, Steven Isserlis, Menahem Pressler, the Gould Piano Trio and Belcea and Takács Quartets.

All three members of the Trio Isimsiz Piano Trio enjoy great success individually. Erdem Misirlioglu was a Concerto Finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition in 2008, Pablo Hernán Benedí is a member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet, formed by Alina Ibragimova, and Michael Petrov represented the UK in the European Concert Halls Organisation Rising Star series.

Mozart Piano Trio No 1 in B flat major K254 Faure Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120Brahms Piano Trio in B major Op.8

The Avison Ensemble is one of England’s foremost exponents of 18th century music on period instruments. Named after Charles Avison (1709-1770), the Newcastle-born composer, conductor and organist, “the most important English concerto composer of the 18th Century” (New Grove).

In addition to playing other Baroque and early Classical works, the Avison Ensemble is also a training ground for young up and coming musicians to gain experience at period performance practice and styles, affording them the opportunity to work with outstanding directors and soloists. The Ensemble has an active outreach programme involving thousands of children each year in music education projects throughout the North East.

The Avison Ensemble’s recording of the complete works of Charles Avison on both the Naxos and Divine Art labels has been exceptionally well received. Their recording of ‘6 Cello Concertos’ by John Garth has been a sensational success, having been reprinted several times during the first year of its release and is regularly played on Classic FM.

The Avison Ensemble in addition to numerous appearances in the English regions, has also appeared to critical acclaim at St. John’s, Smith Square in London and at the Hallé Handel Festival in Germany. Recently, the Ensemble has performed at St. James’ Palace in London with the choir of Her Majesty the Queen’s Chapel Royal and were the largest orchestra in the opening concert series at the new London concert hall, Kings Place, performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto as part of an all-Beethoven programme on period instruments.

“this latest enterprise [Avison Concertos after Geminiani] only confirms that here, surely, is a band whose strength of vision and outstanding artistry would have pleased not only its namesake but also Geminiani, beyond all measure.” Robert Levett International Record Review

‘The concerti tumble out like pristine toys from a long-locked cupboard.’ Rick Jones Classic FM Magazine

Avison Concerto Grosso in D Locatelli Concerto “Il Pianto d’Arianna” Telemann Concerto in A for Flute, Violin and ‘CelloVivaldi Flute Concerto “Il Gran Mogul” Bach 3rd Suite in D (version for Strings)

‘It is hard to see how these concertos could be better played than they are here.’ Audiophile Audition (USA)

sponsored by Judy Phillips, in celebration of Geoffrey Whitehead’s 30th Season of Vinehall concerts.

The Elias String Quartet takes its name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio, Elijah, and was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. They also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg Quartet. The Elias participated in BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists’ scheme and was a recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. They have performed at some of the world’s most prestigious chamber venues, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Washington Library of Congress, the Vienna Musikverein, the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Wigmore Hall in London.

The Quartet has recorded the Schumann and Dvorak piano quintets, a disc of French harp music with harpist Sandrine Chatron, Alexander Goehr’s Piano Quintet, a Britten Quartets disc, and a Mendelssohn disc for ASV Gold. Their first three recordings for Wigmore Live were praised unanimously, the first winning a BBC Music Magazine Newcomers award and the fourth volume of their complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle was released by Wigmore Hall Live in 2017.

Since its formation in 2002, the Navarra Quartet has built an international reputation as one of the most dynamic and poetic string quartets of today. Selected for representation by the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) from 2006 to 2010, They were prize-winners at the Banff, Melbourne and Florence International String Quartet Competitions. The Navarra Quartet has appeared at major venues throughout the world including the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Berlin Konzerthaus and international festivals such as Bath, and the BBC Proms. Further afield they have given concerts in Russia, the USA, China, Korea and the Middle East. Highly-acclaimed recordings include Haydn’s The Seven Last Words and Peter Vasks’ first three String Quartets, described by critics as “stunning”, “sensational” and “compelling”. Future recording plans include the three great quartets of Schubert and Britten.

Highlights this season and beyond include appearances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. The Navarra Quartet are excited to direct the 5th edition of the Weesp Chamber Music Festival, close to Amsterdam.

“The Elias always strike me with their diligence, candour and unguarded, searching commitment, but this performance adds new daring and flair… **** The Guardian

“ …the immaculately executed white-knuckle ride set up by the Navarras.” [Mendelssohn Quartets] Gramophone

The Vinehall Concert Series, now in its 30th year, continues to bring the best of both British and international musicians to East Sussex. Performances take place in a purpose-built 250 seat theatre with superb piano and intimate acoustic which is ideal for chamber music.

Sponsored by Paul and Margie Redstone in memoryof Elsie Redstone

“It’s Melda’s range and depth of tone that marks her out as a pianist mature beyond her years. She has command of the big picture, especially in late-Romantic music.” Pianist Magazine

“...the sincerity of Smart’s singing line is cause for celebration, and the recital is quite outstanding in its unique sequence and profile of a superb young player” Andrew Parker, International Record Review

“The Allegri play intensely, but also gracefully; they know when to give the music space.” David Cairns Sunday Times

“…I haven’t heard playing from any recent pianist that surpasses Roscoe’s…” BBC Music Magazine

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The English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble is a highly versatile and flexible group of musicians, which has evolved naturally from the membership of the English Chamber Orchestra.

Since its inception in 1960, the ECO has incorporated a core of accomplished chamber musicians. For nearly sixty years the ECO ensemble has performed frequently in both London and abroad in a variety of different formations, complementing the work of the Orchestra. The Ensemble has collaborated with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida and Christian Zacharias.

The Orchestra’s worldwide reputation is enhanced by its recordings of over 1,200 works and includes numerous award-winning discs. It has worked with all the major record companies alongside the world’s greatest international artists. The ECO Wind Ensemble’s discography includes the Mozart Serenade for 13 Winds conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the Dvorak Wind Serenade conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, and the Mozart and Beethoven Quintets for Piano and Winds with both Murray Perahia and Mitsuko Uchida.

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At the age of sixteen Lara Melda won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition, performing Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 in the final round, with Vasily Petrenko and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff. The competition had an international following via television and radio broadcasts on the BBC. Since then she has also performed Mozart Piano Concerto K466 and Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Lara made her Barbican debut in London with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Paul Daniel. Previous concerto performances have included Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Kirill Karabits (The Sage), Mozart K466 and K242 with the Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon (Kings Place), the Grieg Concerto with English Sinfonia (St John’s Smith Square) and Beethoven 3 in a tour of New Zealand with the National Youth Orchestra of New Zealand. Lara made her Wigmore Hall recital debut in 2017, and followed this with another sold out recital there in January 2018. She returns to the Wigmore Hall for a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast in December 2018 and an evening recital in November 2019.

Lara Melda performs regularly in Turkey and made her debut at the International Music Festival in Istanbul in June 2011, playing the Grieg Concerto. She has been presented by the ‘Istanbul Recitals’ piano series and in 2012 she received the prestigious ‘Promising Young Artist’ award from Kadir Has University and in 2015 was voted the ‘Woman of the Year Arts Award’ by Elele-Avon and the Turkish public. In the summer of 2016 Lara graduated from the Royal College of Music with a First Class Honours degree. Lara also enjoys playing chamber music and in 2015 was a scholarship holder under the Imogen Cooper Music Trust.

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