Concert Programme
Wednesday 9 May 2012, 7 pm
Gavin Higgins: Three Broken Love Songs
14 min, for piano and clarinet Composed in 2006, commissioned by Mark Simpson, winner of the 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition
Johannes Berauer: Des Kaisers neue Kleider
8 min, for flute solo After a theme by Joseph Haydn Composed in 2008, dedicated to Helmut Trawöger
Johannes Berauer: Piano Trio No. 1 Movement I
4 min, for piano, violin and cello
Luke Styles: Slogan 3
10 min, for piano, violin and clarinet
Thomas Wally: 4 Bagatellen
10 min, for two violins, viola and cello
Manuela Kerer: Air des souffleuses
5 min, for flute and clarinet
Dedicated to Theresia Schmidinger & Doris Nicoletti
Manuela Kerer: Rei(hihi)
4 min, for 3 smiling musicians
Charlotte Bray: Replay
10 min, for piano, violin, viola and cello
Composed in 2011, commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for the 2011 Cheltenham Music Festival, with prize money from the Susan Bradshaw Composers’ Fund
Thursday 10 May 2012, 7 pm2
Charlotte Bray: Midnight closes
Three Thomas Hardy settings
7 min, for piano and soprano Composed in 2010, commissioned by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust for the Monday Night Platform 2010
Johannes Berauer: Prelude
7 min, for piano and saxophone
Manuela Kerer: eMotionale Entäußerung [eMotional relinquishing]
9 min, for a moving violinist and tape Composed in 2010, dedicated to Helmut Hable
Gavin Higgins: Drop Dead
7 min, for solo saxophone
Thomas Wally: Music for violin and piano
11 min, for piano and violin Composed in 2009, dedicated to Martin
Luke Styles: Lieder aus dem Frühlingszyklus [Spring Song Cycle]
8 min, for piano, horn and soprano