22/23 Season

Michaelmas Term

16th October: 1926th Concert
THE BALLIOL SOCIETY CONCERT
Trio Bohémo: Jan Vojtek (piano), Matouš Pěruška (violin) and Kristina Vocetková (cello)

  • Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor Dumky, Op. 90, B. 166
  • Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor Poème, Op. 8
  • Isidora Žebeljan: Sarabande
  • Paul Schoenfield: Café Music

30th October: 1927th Concert
THE ERNEST WALKER CONCERT
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello)

  • M. de Sainte-Colombe, le fils: Suite No. 4 in E Minor: Prelude X.XVII
  • Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007
  • Escaich: Cantus I
  • Marin Marais: Les Folies d’Espagne
  • Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor BWV 1011
  • Sollima: Lamentatio

13th November: 1928th Concert
Milena Simović (viola) & Vitaly Pisarenko (piano)

  • Schumann: Märchenbilder for Piano and Viola, Op. 113
  • De Falla: Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
  • Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
  • Enescu: Conzertstück for Viola and Piano

27th November: 1929th Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring a variety of works performed by Balliol members and friends.

Hilary Term

22nd January: 1930th Concert
Sara Trickey (violin) and Ivana Gavric (piano)

  • Tartini: Abandonment of Dido
  • Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119
  • Mozart: Sonata No. 21 in E minor
  • Debussy: Sonata in G minor, L 140
  • Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

5th February: 1931st Concert
THE MEMBERS’ CONCERT
Featuring performances by Balliol members and friends

19th February: 1932nd Concert
THE JOHN FARMER MEMORIAL CONCERT
Simon Callaghan (piano)

  • Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
  • Enescu: Suite No. 2, Op. 10 Des cloches sonores
  • Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op. 17

4th March: 1933rd Concert
THE TOMMY USBORNE MEMORIAL CONCERT:
Sarah Williamson (clarinet) and Sam Haywood (piano)

  • Finzi: Five bagatelles for clarinet and piano
  • Ireland: Fantasy Sonata for clarinet and piano
  • Poulenc: Rondo from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano FP43 transcribed by Sam Haywood for piano solo
  • Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
  • Schumann: Fantasy pieces for clarinet and piano
  • Schumann: Romance from Fantasiestücke Op. 88 transcribed by Sam Haywood for piano solo
  • Brahms: E Flat Sonata Op. 120 No. 2

Trinity Term

30th April: 1934th Concert
THE STEPHEN TEMPLE MEMORIAL CONCERT:
Armand Djikoloum (oboe) and Iyad Sughayer (piano)

  • BRITTEN: ‘Temporal Variations’
  • MENDELSSOHN: A selection from Songs Without Words
  • POULENC: Sonata for oboe and piano
  • LIZA LIM: Gyfu (gift) for solo oboe (2011)
  • TCHAIKOVSKY: ‘Kuda, kuda vï udalilis’ from Eugene Onegin
  • SCHUMANN: ‘Stücke im Volkston’, Op. 102: Nos. 2 and 4
  • SCHUMANN: Myrthen, Op. 25: No. 24 ‘du bist wie eine Blume’
  • J.W. KALLIWODA: Morceau de Salon for oboe and piano, Op. 228

14th May: 1935th Concert
THE BALLIOL MEMBERS’ CONCERT

Featuring a variety of works performed by Balliol members and friends.

28th May: 1936th Concert
THE PEGGOTTY GRAHAM CONCERT:
Riyad Nicolas (piano)

  • SHOR/PLETNEV: Piano Sonata No. 1
  • RACHMANINOFF: Sonata No. 2, Op. 35               
  • SCHUBERT: Sonata No. 13 in A major D 664
  • LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
  • PAGANINI/LISZT: Etude No. 6
  • AL HAJJAR: Etude No. 1