Michaelmas Term
20th October 2013: 1833rd Concert
THE ERNEST WALKER CONCERT
MARCUS FARNSWORTH (BARITONE) AND JAMES BAILLIEU (PIANO)
- Purcell: Sweeter than roses; In the black, dismal dungeon of despair; I’ll sail upon the Dog Star
- Schubert: Der Schiffer; Auf der Donau; Nachtstück
- Ireland: Sea Fever; If there were dreams to sell; The Three Ravens; Great things
- Bridge: Thy hand in mine; All women born are so perverse
- Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake; Sally in our Alley; I wonder as I wander; Lord! I married me a wife; O Waly, Waly
3rd November: 1834th Concert
CHRISTOPH RICHTER (CELLO) AND SHOLTO KYNOCH (PIANO)
- Beethoven: Variations in E flat, WoO 46
- Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 891
- Bach: Viola da Gamba Sonata no. 1, in G
- Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op. 69
17th November: 1835th Concert
THE JOHN FARMER MEMORIAL CONCERT
JAYSON GILLHAM (PIANO)
- Beethoven: Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’
- Wagner/Liszt: Isolde’s Liebestod
- Verdi/Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase
- Debussy: Four Etudes from Book 2; L’Isle joyeuse
- Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
1st December: 1836th Concert
THE GEORGE MALCOLM CONCERT
ANDRAS SCHIFF (PIANO)
This concert is the final event in the Balliol 750th Anniversary celebrations. It is only open to a alumni and to a limited number of music society members. Details will be released later this term.
Hilary Term
26th January: 1837th Concert
THE TOMMY USBORNE CONCERT
THE BUSCH TRIO
- Bridge: Phantasie Piano Trio
- Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor (1914)
- Brahms: Piano Trio no. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
9th February: 1838th Concert
THE STEPHEN TEMPLE CONCERT
GRETA BRADMAN (SOPRANO) AND COADY GREEN (PIANO)
- Richard Strauss: Morgen!, Op. 27, no. 4
- Ross Edwards: Five Senses
- Peter Sculthorpe: Patrick White Fragments
- Alban Berg: Sieben Frühe Lieder
- Betty Beath: Love’s Question
- Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91
- Benjamin Britten: I wonder as I wander
23rd February: 1839th Concert
KAIJA LUKAS (VIOLIN) AND SHOLTO KYNOCH (PIANO)
- Beethoven: Sonata no. 1 in D, Op. 12 no. 1
- Sibelius: Sonatina in E, Op. 80
- Dvorák: Sonatina in G, Op. 100
- Strauss: Sonata in E flat, Op. 18
9th March: 1840th Concert
THE BALLIOL MEMBERS’ CONCERT
This concert will feature members of the Balliol Music Society and their friends.
- Hummel: Septet No. 2 ‘Military’, Op. 114, 1st mov.
- Schumann: Violin Sonata no. 1 in A minor, Op 105, 1st mov.
- Debussy: Clair de Lune
- Piazzola: Le Grand Tango
- Morley: The Catherine Wheel
- Uccelini: Aria Sopra la Bergamasca
- Basa: Dance in the Sand
- Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, KV 364, 2nd and 3rd mov.
- Chang and Shepherd: Remember Me This Time, A Beautiful Beginning (self-composition)
- Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27, No. 2
- Bach: Double Violin Concerto, BWV 1043, 1st and 2nd mov.
Trinity Term
4th May: 1841st Concert
ROBERT WEATHERBURN (PIANO)
- Weatherburn: Mnajdra (A major contribution to 20th century keyboard music. The Gramophone, 1988.)
- Ángel Cucco Pena, arr. Weatherburn: Siento la nostalgia de palmeras
- Weatherburn: Mystras (Homage à Claude Debussy)
- Weatherburn: Old Grey Eyes (A little Bluesy Jazz)
- Weatherburn: Dance Sequence Number One (Ebro)
- Weatherburn: Dreamtime Suite (From the Dreamtime of the Australian Aborigines – The Birth of the Universe).
- Chopin: 4 Mazurkas
- Weatherburn: Valse Pastiche (For Joan Greenwood)
- Bach, arr. Weatherburn: Two Organ Preludes
18th May: 1842nd Concert
THE BALLIOL SOCIETY CONCERT
PHILIP HIGHAM (CELLO) AND ALASDAIR BEATSON (PIANO)
- Beethoven: 12 Variations on ‘Ein Madchen oder Weibchen’ from the Opera ‘Die Zauberflote’, Op. 66
- Schumann: 3 Romances, Op.94
- Faure: Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.117
- Janacek: Pohadka (Fairy tale)
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.3 in A, Op.69
1st June: 1843rd Concert
THE PEGGOTTY GRAHAM CONCERT
THE ZEMLINKSY QUARTET
- Haydn: String Quartet, Op 74/3, The Rider
- Dvorak: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 34
- Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat, Op. 12