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Please find below a selection of concerts around the country, and sometimes beyond, featuring woodwind instruments. If you have a concert that you think might be relevant for listing on our page, please ‘Get in Touch’ with the details and a link to the booking page.
SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 3rd 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 4th 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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SCO – Mozart & Strauss
05/04/2025 2:00 pm
Aberdeen Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS
SCO – Mozart & Strauss
April 5th 2025 at 14:00 – 15:30
Francois Leleux conductor / oboe
Cerys Ambrose-Evans Bassoon
Zedginidze Symphony No. 1 (Scottish Premiere)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto
R Strauss Serenade for Winds, Op 7
R Strauss Symphony No. 1 in D minor
Unfailingly charming and breathtakingly expressive, Francois Leleux delivers profound musical insights and high drama as both oboist and conductor. His matinee programme with the SCO is one of discoveries, written by teenage composers.
SCO Principal Bassoon Cerys Ambrose-Evans is the soloist in the expressive, cheeky concerto that Mozart composed aged 18, while Richard Struass blends influences from Mozart and Medelssohn in the richly lyrical Serenade for 13 wind instruments he wrote as a 17-year-old. His passionate, poewrful Symphony comes from a year earlier, but Georgian teenager Tsotne Zedginidze – born as recently as 2009 – has already been celebrated as a major musical prodigy.
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ECHO Rising Stars: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
06/04/2025 11:00 am
Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA
ECHO Rising Stars: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
April 6th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:00
Programme
Widor – Introduction and Rondo
Debussy – Première Rhapsodie
Langing Ding – Echo new commission
Pedro Emmanuel Pereira – Suite Duas Igrejas
Horovitz – Sonatina for clarinet and piano
Portuguese clarinettist Carlos Ferreira pursues a twin career as an orchestral player (formerly with the Philharmonia Orchestra and, most recently, as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestre National de France), chamber musician and recitalist. His magnetic playing, deep rooted understanding of musical style and attention to the finest detail, have won him widespread praise. He’ll bring all these qualities to Debussy’s expressive and seductive First Rhapsody, a deserved cornerstone of the clarinet repertoire, and to his specially commissioned work for this ECHO Rising Stars tour by Lanqing Ding, a fresh and inventive voice in contemporary music.
Ferreira’s partnership with the Portuguese pianist and composer Pedro Emanuel Pereira has resulted in their first album XX-XXI which includes the Suite Duas Igrejas that Pereira has written for Carlos Ferreira. Its angular Praeludium, atmospheric Portuguese Fado and jazzy Postludium contrast with the bucolic and playful melodies of Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina, which also features on the recording. All of which makes for an ideal Sunday morning concert spent in the relaxed setting of the Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space.
Rising Stars are nominated by the artistic directors of Europe’s most prestigious venues which are members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO).
An hour-long Sunday morning concert, with coffee/tea and a slice of cake available before the concert, included in your ticket.
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ORBI – The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments
11/04/2025 8:15 pm
Amare, Spuiplein 150, 2511 BM Den Haag, Netherlands
The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments
The Age of Greed
April 11th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:15
ORBI or ‘The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments’ is a chamber music rock group. Three classical musicians and one musician from the soul/blues/rock scene challenge each other continuously by, for example, imitating virtuoso guitar solos with a bassoon or double bass. They play music from Gustav Mahler to The Doors, Radiohead and Morricone.
In both the rock/metal style and the late romantic music of Mahler and Wagner there is a tendency towards epic and existential questions. In this program ORBI combines this historical drama with the concerns of the present.
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
16/04/2025 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
April 16th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:45
Klaus Mäkelä – chief conductor designate
Emily Beynon – principal flute
Ivan Podyomov – principal oboe
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.
Klaus Mäkelä invites listeners to use their ears and eyes. Maurice Ravel, a master of ‘visual’ composition, could depict exotic settings and fairy-tale atmospheres with razor-sharp precision. In the rarely performed orchestral miniature Shéhérazade, we are transported to the world of The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel’s compatriot Guillaume Connesson is a contemporary sound wizard. His works sound almost cinematic, not least because of their highly refined orchestration. In addition to his recent oboe concerto, entitled Les belles heures, with Ivan Podyomov as soloist, the programme features the brand-new flute concerto he composed especially for the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its principal flautist Emily Beynon. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover for yourself why Connesson’s exciting music appeals to such a wide audience.
The programme contrasts French sophistication with Hungarian horror by Béla Bartók. In The Miraculous Mandarin, Bartók managed to express in music the more primitive side of modern civilisation. This grim fairy tale sounds just as exciting – and alarming – as it did 100 years ago.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society – Wind Quartets
16/04/2025 7:30 pm
Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, 300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, United States
Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon, Mozart Bassoon Concerto
April 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
James Lee III wrote the solo woodwind works of Principal Brothers to highlight these four Black artists who are orchestral principals and inspirational leaders in the field. PCMS is proud to bring together these exceptional players for an evening of contemporary wind music that also features Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres and a world premiere by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
17/04/2025 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
April 17th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:45
Klaus Mäkelä – chief conductor designate
Emily Beynon – principal flute
Ivan Podyomov – principal oboe
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.
Klaus Mäkelä invites listeners to use their ears and eyes. Maurice Ravel, a master of ‘visual’ composition, could depict exotic settings and fairy-tale atmospheres with razor-sharp precision. In the rarely performed orchestral miniature Shéhérazade, we are transported to the world of The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel’s compatriot Guillaume Connesson is a contemporary sound wizard. His works sound almost cinematic, not least because of their highly refined orchestration. In addition to his recent oboe concerto, entitled Les belles heures, with Ivan Podyomov as soloist, the programme features the brand-new flute concerto he composed especially for the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its principal flautist Emily Beynon. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover for yourself why Connesson’s exciting music appeals to such a wide audience.
The programme contrasts French sophistication with Hungarian horror by Béla Bartók. In The Miraculous Mandarin, Bartók managed to express in music the more primitive side of modern civilisation. This grim fairy tale sounds just as exciting – and alarming – as it did 100 years ago.
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Sean Shepherd – Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
17/04/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
April 17th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
ROBERT XAVIER RODRÍGUEZ Adagio for Small Orchestra
SEAN SHEPHERD Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
FABIO LUISI conductor
DAVID BUCK flute
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
TED SOLURI bassoon
Inspired by seeing the ruins and moors of Scotland, and especially Mary Queen of Scots’s Holyrood Castle on a walking tour, Mendelssohn created his aptly named Third Symphony. Its pages are filled with both dark, meditative strains, as well as lively and spirited passages, but its emotional heart beats in the beautiful, stately Adagio. Our principal winds gather for the world premiere of a concerto commissioned for them by the DSO from one of the most sought-after American composers, Sean Shepherd, praised for possessing “a fantastic gift for orchestral color.” (The New York Times)
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Lunch concert – Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
17/04/2025 10:45 am
Golden Foyer, Gustav Adolfs torg 2, Stockholm, Sweden
Lunch concert – Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
April 17th 2025 at 10:45 – 11:45
Menu: BLT salad with beef bacon, crispy lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, croutons, lemon-dressed onion, & parmesan. Lactose free
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Sean Shepherd – Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
18/04/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
April 18th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
ROBERT XAVIER RODRÍGUEZ Adagio for Small Orchestra
SEAN SHEPHERD Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
FABIO LUISI conductor
DAVID BUCK flute
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
TED SOLURI bassoon
Inspired by seeing the ruins and moors of Scotland, and especially Mary Queen of Scots’s Holyrood Castle on a walking tour, Mendelssohn created his aptly named Third Symphony. Its pages are filled with both dark, meditative strains, as well as lively and spirited passages, but its emotional heart beats in the beautiful, stately Adagio. Our principal winds gather for the world premiere of a concerto commissioned for them by the DSO from one of the most sought-after American composers, Sean Shepherd, praised for possessing “a fantastic gift for orchestral color.” (The New York Times)
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Sean Shepherd – Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
19/04/2025 7:30 pm
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
April 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
ROBERT XAVIER RODRÍGUEZ Adagio for Small Orchestra
SEAN SHEPHERD Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
FABIO LUISI conductor
DAVID BUCK flute
ERIN HANNIGAN oboe
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
TED SOLURI bassoon
Inspired by seeing the ruins and moors of Scotland, and especially Mary Queen of Scots’s Holyrood Castle on a walking tour, Mendelssohn created his aptly named Third Symphony. Its pages are filled with both dark, meditative strains, as well as lively and spirited passages, but its emotional heart beats in the beautiful, stately Adagio. Our principal winds gather for the world premiere of a concerto commissioned for them by the DSO from one of the most sought-after American composers, Sean Shepherd, praised for possessing “a fantastic gift for orchestral color.” (The New York Times)
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Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon, Mozart Bassoon Concerto
19/04/2025 7:30 pm
Max-Joseph-Saal, Munich Residence, Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany
Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon, Mozart Bassoon Concerto
April 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
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Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Zelenka
22/04/2025 7:30 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Zelenka
April 22nd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Baroque oboe, with its plaintive sound and expressive warmth, inspired countless composers. Olivier Stankiewicz and Lucy Crowe form the ideal partnership in sacred and secular arias by Bach and Handel, interlaced with irresistible concertos and Zelenka’s delightful Sonata No. 5.
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Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid – Weber Bassoon Concerto
23/04/2025 7:30 pm
Auditorio Nacional de Música, Calle del Príncipe de Vergara, 146, Chamartín, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid – Weber Bassoon Concerto
April 23rd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
A grand concert conducted by maestro Eun Sun Kim, featuring works by Prokofiev and Stravinsky, as well as Carl Maria von Weber’s concerto for bassoon and orchestra.
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Oboe Quartets – Spanish Roots
27/04/2025 12:00 pm
Espacio Turina: Sala Silvio Calle Laraña, 4, Seville, Andalusia, 41003, Spain
Oboe Quartets – Spanish Roots
April 27th 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00
Cuarteto Emispherio
Oboe | Sarah Roper
Violin | Vladimir Dmitrienco
Viola | Jerome Ireland
Cello | Gretchen Talbot
This chamber concert offers an interesting overview of the works that several Spanish composers (except for María Eugenia Luc, born in the 1960s and closely associated with the Basque Country) have dedicated to this infrequent ensemble in recent years, and who are now at the peak of their creative maturity. It’s a great opportunity to hear live pieces that are only available on specialised record labels.
With Ferrer Ferrán (Valencia, 1966), author of extensive works for orchestra and band, we explore Egyptian mythology in Horus (2007), the celestial god and healer. This is followed by Paisajes mecánicas (Mechanical Landscapes), by Sánchez Verdú (Algeciras, 1968), written in 1994 and premiered in Tangier the following year.
The program fulfills its commitment to promoting contemporary music by presenting the premiere of Quartet No. 2 by Sancho Velázquez (Alcalá del Río, 1962), a violinist with the ROSS. A self-taught musician, he began composing in 1993.
From María Eugenia Luc (Rosario, 1958), who is interested in the world of fractals, we will hear a 2015 work written for the Irauli quartet, Luma galdu bat bezala (“Like a Lost Feather”), which is the title of a poem by Joseba Sarrionandi.
From the extensive catalogue of Jesús Torres (Zaragoza, 1965), a composer deeply invested in Spanish poetry, we offer his 2009 Oboe Quartet.
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Orchestre de Paris – Strauss Oboe Concerto
30/04/2025 8:00 pm
Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris – Strauss Oboe Concerto
April 30th 2025 at 20:00 – 21:30
Orchestre de Paris
Holly Hyun Choe – conductor
Alexandre Gattet – oboe
Stéphanie Huang – cello
Between the limpid classicism of Strauss, the bounding energy of a more Broadway-esque than ever Bernstein, the serenity of Saariaho, and the most cheerful of Shostakovich’s symphonies, this program offers us four faces of joy.
How can one resist the neoclassical charm of Strauss’s Oboe Concerto? The spirit of Mozart lives on in these melodic and humorous passages, whose sustained singing nevertheless remains a formidable test for the soloist.
Linked to the ballet Fancy Free, the three dances from On the Town embody all of Bernstein’s hedonism: in the last, the frenzied sailors converge on Times Square for an unforgettable night of fun.
More peaceful, almost mystical in their quest for the suspended moment and the ephemeral, are the Seven Butterflies by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, whose cello, which she uses in innovative ways, is her preferred instrument.
To conclude, this is the most elliptical of Shostakovich’s symphonies, and one of the most surprising in that it lacks—except in the Largo—the power and dark drama of the others. It is said that Stalin, expecting more grandeur, flew into a rage at such frivolity!
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Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
14/05/2025 8:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
May 14th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Orchestre de Paris
Roberto González-Monjas – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
François Leleux – oboe
Thierry Escaich – organ
For two exceptional evenings, guest composer Thierry Escaich in person performs on the organ. A tribute to Bach, the God of Music, this program also takes us to Shakespeare and the Eternal City.
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Daniel Handsworth in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto
14/05/2025 6:00 pm
SR Berwaldhallen, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, 115 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Handsworth in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto
May 14th 2025 at 18:00 – 19:00
First Concert Master Malin Broman conducts and performs with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra while Principal Bassoonist Daniel Handsworth takes center stage in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s youthful bassoon concerto. Also, Nancy Dalberg’s Capriccio for Orchestra and Johannes Brahm’s lively Hungarian Dances.
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Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
15/05/2025 8:00 pm
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie, 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Orchestre de Paris – Bach and Escaich Concertos for Violin and Oboe
May 15th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
Orchestre de Paris
Roberto González-Monjas – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
François Leleux – oboe
Thierry Escaich – organ
For two exceptional evenings, guest composer Thierry Escaich in person performs on the organ. A tribute to Bach, the God of Music, this program also takes us to Shakespeare and the Eternal City.
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Daniel Handsworth in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto
15/05/2025 6:00 pm
SR Berwaldhallen, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, 115 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Handsworth in Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto
May 15th 2025 at 18:00 – 19:00
First Concert Master Malin Broman conducts and performs with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra while Principal Bassoonist Daniel Handsworth takes center stage in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s youthful bassoon concerto. Also, Nancy Dalberg’s Capriccio for Orchestra and Johannes Brahm’s lively Hungarian Dances.
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Elizabeth Maconchy – Bassoon Concertino – Amy Harman
17/05/2025 7:30 pm
St Edmund’s Church, Pinner Road, Northwood, HA6 1QS
Elizabeth Maconchy – Bassoon Concertino – Amy Harman
May 17th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
We’re very pleased to welcome Rebecca Miller as conductor for this diverse and enthralling evening of music.
The concert begins with Coleridge-Taylor’s delightful Petite Suite de Concert, followed by the intriguing and seldom heard Bassoon Concertino by Elizabeth Maconchy, featuring the extraordinarily talented Amy Harman as soloist, who is currently principal bassoon with the Aurora Orchestra.
The evening reaches its climax with a performance of Shostakovich’s monumental Tenth Symphony – an astounding achievement in symphonic form at a time when most western composers had abandoned the symphony.
Celebrated for her energetic and compelling presence on the podium, Rebecca Miller is a champion of unjustly-neglected female composers.
Join her for a free pre-concert talk at 7pm.
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Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – Jonathan Leibovitz
21/05/2025 7:00 pm
Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby, DE1 3GP
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto – Jonathan Leibovitz
May 21st 2025 at 19:00 – 20:40
Programme
Mendelssohn | Hebrides Overture
Mozart | Clarinet Concerto
Mozart | Overture to Lo Sposo Deluso
Louise Farrenc | Symphony No. 3
Sinfonia Viva
Olivia Clarke | conductor
Jonathan Leibovitz | clarinet
If the Classic FM Hall of Fame is anything to go by, then Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is the most popular work by arguably history’s greatest composer. This is a rare chance to hear this warm and instantly engaging music in Derby, performed by international prize-winning clarinettist Jonathan Leibovitz.
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Jonathan Leibovitz – Sonatas for Clarinet
22/05/2025 7:30 pm
The Girling Room, The Minories, Colchester, CO1 1UE
Jonathan Leibovitz – Sonatas for Clarinet
May 22nd 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Claude Debussy – Première Rhapsodie, L. 116 (1909-10)
Edison Denisov – Sonata for solo clarinet (1972)
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894)
Francis Poulenc – Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP. 184 (1962)
Jonathan Leibovitz – clarinet
Jo Havlat – piano
Jonathan Leibovitz is an award-winning clarinettist and, over the past two seasons, has been announced as a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild International Auditions, a 2022 Classic FM ‘Rising Star’, a winner of the prestigious Arthur Waser Foundation and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Award, and was announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Artist 2024.
As well as recitals across Europe – including at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and Wigmore Hall – Jonathan’s debut album Eastern Reflections was released in August on Delphian Records.
His accompanist (both in the recording and in this programme) is pianist Joseph Havlat. Joseph is a pianist, composer, and leading interpreter of new music, having collaborated with such composers as Hans Abrahamsen, John Adams, Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, Brett Dean, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Michael Finnissy, and Thomas Larcher. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he is now a tutor.
Recent highlights include playing Adès’ In Seven Days with the LSO under the baton of the composer, as well as the premiere of his Növények at Wigmore Hall. In late 2021 he appeared with the BBC Philharmonic giving the premiere of Robert Laidlow’s piano concerto Warp, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and in 2023 he made his solo recital debuts at King’s Place and Wigmore Hall in London, where he appeared five times in last year’s season.
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Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc – Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra – Sophie Dervaux
29/05/2025 8:00 pm
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Pl. del Fresno, s/n, 33007 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Sophie Dervaux
May 29th 2025 at 20:00- 22:00
“Étoiles sur fond blanc” is a composition that explores the virtuosic possibilities of the bassoon and the orchestra. Although divided into movements, the composition is conceived as a continuous whole.
The first movement is “pastoral” music that evokes country settings in its first theme and marine settings in its second theme.
The second movement is a free fantasy that generates wide spaces, thus enabling ample dialogues between the soloist and the orchestra.
The third movement is a “berceuse” that stirs up previous musical materials within a dreamy atmosphere, leading to a cadenza.
The fourth movement —the end of the piece— is a fast Gigue with dizzying rhythms that lead to a spirited ending.
The stars on a white background are barely visible. Music also makes us perceive what we believe to be invisible.
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ESO Chamber Orchestra – Summer Sunset Soirée: Salons, Serenades and Songs
29/05/2025 7:00 pm
Worcester Guildhall Assembly Room, High Street, Worcester WR1 2EY
ESO Chamber Orchestra – Summer Sunset Soirée:
Salons, Serenades and Songs
May 29th 2025 at 19:00 – 20:30
Join us for an enchanting evening celebrating music for wooing. From the ancient days of the romantic guitarist serenading the object of their affections from below the garden window, music has long been one of our favourite nocturnal pastimes. Join the musicians of the English Symphony Orchestra for an evening of more than just a little night music, with romances and serenades by Elgar, Mozart and Coleridge-Taylor
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Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc – Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra – Sophie Dervaux
30/05/2025 8:00 pm
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Pl. del Fresno, s/n, 33007 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Sophie Dervaux
May 30th 2025 at 20:00- 22:00
“Étoiles sur fond blanc” is a composition that explores the virtuosic possibilities of the bassoon and the orchestra. Although divided into movements, the composition is conceived as a continuous whole.
The first movement is “pastoral” music that evokes country settings in its first theme and marine settings in its second theme.
The second movement is a free fantasy that generates wide spaces, thus enabling ample dialogues between the soloist and the orchestra.
The third movement is a “berceuse” that stirs up previous musical materials within a dreamy atmosphere, leading to a cadenza.
The fourth movement —the end of the piece— is a fast Gigue with dizzying rhythms that lead to a spirited ending.
The stars on a white background are barely visible. Music also makes us perceive what we believe to be invisible.
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Light Unveiled – Copland Clarinet Concerto – Lewis Graham
31/05/2025 6:30 pm
Smith Square Hall, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Outcry Ensemble – Light Unveiled
Copland Clarinet Concerto – Lewis Graham
May 31st 2025 at 18:30 – 20:10
Programme
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Caroline Shaw – Entr’acte
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Michael Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Outcry Ensemble
Clarinet – Lewis Graham
Conductor – James Henshaw
Opening with Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, a work of profound beauty and timeless poignancy, the programme moves to the contemporary brilliance of Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a playful and inventive piece that reimagines classical traditions.
Aaron Copland’s delightful Clarinet Concerto follows, a work filled with jazzy rhythms and lyrical warmth, featuring the extraordinary Lewis Graham as soloist. To close, Michael Tippett’s Concerto for Double String Orchestra offers a dazzling display of energy and rhythm, showcasing the ensemble in its full vibrancy.
This concert is a celebration of the string orchestra’s expressive power, weaving together works that span emotions and styles. Join us for a night of unforgettable music!
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Beethoven, Fauré and Dutilleux
01/06/2025 9:45 am
Greniers Saint-Jean, Pl. du Tertre Saint-Laurent, 49000 Angers, France
Beethoven, Fauré and Dutilleux
June 1st 2025 at 09:45 – 10:45
An exceptional instrumental ensemble, the flute, bassoon, and piano trio offers a unique sonic richness with the ability to explore a wide range of musical styles. Taking pride of place in this concert: Beethoven’s Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano, one of the most important works for this ensemble! Composed at the age of just 15, it demonstrates the composer’s freedom in his search for himself and the immense field of experimentation he opened up. Thus, from Schubert’s Impromptu to Dutilleux’s wartime work, reliable repertoire values and rarer pieces intertwine and respond to Beethoven’s masterpiece. Gaëlle Habert and Gilles Bréda, both musicians of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, with the help of pianist Lise Khatib, offer us a captivating and unforgettable musical experience here, in trio, duo, or solo.
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Concerto Copenhagen – Mozart Bassoon Concerto – Jane Gower
04/06/2025 8:00 pm
Residenz, Kaisersaal Residenzplatz 2 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Concerto Copenhagen – Mozart Bassoon Concerto – Jane Gower
June 4th 2025 at 20:00 – 21:30
“He is the father, we are the boys. Those of us who can do anything right have learned from him.” Words of deep admiration. Mozart is said to have bowed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach with these words. In fact, the fame of Bach’s son in Mozart’s time far outshone that of his father, who is far more famous today. Mozart also studied his father’s works with great interest, as they were so different from what had influenced him musically: experimental, uncompromising, direct and expressive. With Haydn, Mozart and Bach, Concerto Copenhagen confronts southern and northern German sound worlds of the mid-18th century. All the works on the program were composed at exactly the same time and yet present such different perspectives. Who will succeed with the most surprising sound experiment? Hard to decide when Concerto Copenhagen performs the works of these contemporaries in a timeless manner with verve and a great sense for colourful interpretations.
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Fei Xie Plays Jolivet
05/06/2025 11:00 am
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States
Fei Xie Plays Jolivet
June 5th 2025 at 11:00 – 13:00
An exceptional instrumental ensemble, the flute, bassoon, and piano trio offers a unique sonic richness with the ability to explore a wide range of musical styles. Taking pride of place in this concert: Beethoven’s Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano, one of the most important works for this ensemble! Composed at the age of just 15, it demonstrates the composer’s freedom in his search for himself and the immense field of experimentation he opened up. Thus, from Schubert’s Impromptu to Dutilleux’s wartime work, reliable repertoire values and rarer pieces intertwine and respond to Beethoven’s masterpiece. Gaëlle Habert and Gilles Bréda, both musicians of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, with the help of pianist Lise Khatib, offer us a captivating and unforgettable musical experience here, in trio, duo, or solo.
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Fei Xie Plays Jolivet
06/06/2025 8:00 pm
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States
Fei Xie Plays Jolivet
June 6th 2025 at 20:00 – 22:00
An exceptional instrumental ensemble, the flute, bassoon, and piano trio offers a unique sonic richness with the ability to explore a wide range of musical styles. Taking pride of place in this concert: Beethoven’s Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano, one of the most important works for this ensemble! Composed at the age of just 15, it demonstrates the composer’s freedom in his search for himself and the immense field of experimentation he opened up. Thus, from Schubert’s Impromptu to Dutilleux’s wartime work, reliable repertoire values and rarer pieces intertwine and respond to Beethoven’s masterpiece. Gaëlle Habert and Gilles Bréda, both musicians of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, with the help of pianist Lise Khatib, offer us a captivating and unforgettable musical experience here, in trio, duo, or solo.
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ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
07/06/2025 1:45 pm
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore St, City of London, London EC2Y 8DA
ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Carlos Ferreira – Clarinet
June 7th 2025 at 13:45 – 14:45
Programme
Pierre Boulez – Domaines
Joseph Horovitz – Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy – Première Rhapsodie
Lanqing Ding – New work
Carlos Ferreira – clarinet
Pedro Emmanuel Pereira – piano
Jazz-inspired music meets a brand new commission plus one of the cornerstones of the clarinet repertoire, with Portuguese clarinettist Carlos Ferreira.
Carlos Ferreira pursues a twin career as an orchestral player (formerly with the Philharmonia Orchestra and, most recently, as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestre National de France), chamber musician and recitalist. His magnetic playing, deep rooted understanding of musical style and attention to the finest detail, have won him widespread praise. He’ll bring all these qualities to the playful melodies of Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina, Debussy’s expressive and seductive First Rhapsody (a deserved cornerstone of the clarinet repertoire) and to his specially commissioned work for this ECHO Rising Stars tour by Lanqing Ding, a fresh and inventive voice in contemporary music.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
15/06/2025 4:00 pm
Burgh House New End Square London NW3 1LT
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 15th 2025 at 16:00 – 17:30
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits Burgh House in their second London tour.
Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinettist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The programme commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherland’s lyrical clarinet sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s ‘Five Bagatelles’ and Debussy’s romantic ‘Première Rhapsodie’ will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic ‘Suite Fantastique’ by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The programme will conclude with a joyful virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
18/06/2025 7:30 pm
1901 Arts Club 7 Exton Street Waterloo LONDON SE1 8UE
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 18th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits the 1901 Arts Club in their second UK tour. Praised for their “great sensitivity”, British-Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The program commences with the alternatingly vivid and melodic Suite Fantastique, which will draw parallels with both the energetic high points of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles and the romantic Premiere Rhapsodie by Debussy.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present their newly commissioned work by Nicole Rubinova. The program will conclude with a joyful and virtuosic staple by Mozart.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
19/06/2025 7:30 pm
The Horton Arts Centre, Haven Way, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8NP
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international chamber duo Dialogue of Minds visits The Horton in their second UK tour.
Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinettist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The programme commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherland’s lyrical clarinet sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s ‘Five Bagatelles’ and Debussy’s romantic ‘Première Rhapsodie’ will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic ‘Suite Fantastique’ by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The programme will conclude with a joyful virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’.
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Timeless Classics and New Beginnings – Dialogue of Minds
21/06/2025 7:30 pm
St Pancras Clock Tower, London, NW1 2AR
Timeless Classics and New Beginnings
Dialogue of Minds
June 21st 2025 at 19:30 – 21:00
Programme
Rolf Martinsson – Suite Fantastique
Gerald Finzi – Five Bagatelles
Nicole Rubinova – TBA (world premiere)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsodie
Margaret Sutherland – Clarinet Sonata
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Dialogue of Minds
Kristina Newton – clarinet
Joel Slott – piano
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, international duo Dialogue of Minds visits St Pancras Clock Tower in their second London tour. Praised for their “great sensitivity” and technical virtuosity, British-Australian clarinetist Kristina Newton and Swedish pianist Joel Slott come together in an evening where timeless masters of classical music meet with exciting new voices of today.
The program commences with the Australian Margaret Sutherlands lyrical Clarinet Sonata. The energetic high points of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles and the romantic Premiere Rhapsodie by Debussy will both draw parallels with the alternatingly vivid and melodic Suite Fantastique by Swedish composer and professor Rolf Martinsson.
Dialogue of Minds is also proud to present their newly commissioned work by celebrated Swedish composer Nicole Rubinova. The program will conclude with a joyful a virtuosic arrangement of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Only 45 tickets will be available for this unique musical setting, inside the Clock Tower above Kings Cross Station! Enjoy the London skyline and share this intimate experience with us and other music lovers.
Additional information on the building:
The Clock Tower is within St. Pancras Chambers, the modern name for the former Midland Grand Hotel. a railway terminus hotel which was constructed at St. Pancras by the Midland Railway from 1868 to 1876, with the hotel opening in 1873.
The architect was George Gilbert Scott, the great proponent of the style known as the Gothic Revival, a Victorian style with echoes back to the Gothic era of the middle ages. The town hall at Armentières in north-eastern France was the inspiration behind much of the building.
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Felix Mendelssohn, Lachner, Mozart and more – Sabine Meyer
23/06/2025 1:00 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Felix Mendelssohn, Lachner, Mozart and more – Sabine Meyer
June 23rd 2025 at 13:00 – 14:00
Pure melody, steeped in tonal beauty and infinite depths of expression, runs through Fatma Said’s recital. She and Malcolm Martineau are joined by another champion of melodic beauty and heartfelt music making, the great German clarinettist Sabine Meyer.
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Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major at Schleißheim Palace
28/06/2025 7:30 pm
Schleissheim Palace, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major
June 28th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
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Emma Johnson clarinet, conductor; Orchestra for the Environment
16/07/2025 1:00 pm
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP
Emma Johnson clarinet, conductor; Orchestra for the Environment
July 16th 2025 at 13:00 – 14:00
Emma Johnson and the virtuoso players of her Orchestra for the Environment close this vibrant celebration of the natural world with the clarinettist and composer’s Tree of Life. Inspired by her lifelong love of nature, the piece sends a message of hope ‘that by acting together, we can mitigate the effects of climate change’.
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Open Air Concert – Bellini Oboe Concerto at Schleißheim Palace
01/08/2025 7:30 pm
The Arcades, Schleissheim Palace, Max-Emanuel-Platz 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany
Bellini Oboe Concerto
August 1st 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
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Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley
06/08/2025 11:00 am
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
Mark Simpson & Richard Uttley
August 6th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:30
Programme
Sir James Macmillan – After The Tryst
Mark-Anthony Turnage – Cradle Song
Jay Capperauld – So My Tears Flow
Mark Simpson – Echoes and Embers
Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op.120 No.1
Zoë Martlew – Pyrrhos
Mark Simpson – Lov(escape)
Gavin Higgins – Three Broken Love Songs
Brahms – Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op.120 No. 2
Mark Simpson – clarinet
Richard Uttley – piano
Mark Simpson brings dual talents as composer and clarinettist to an intimate programme featuring Johannes Brahms and his own works.
A virtuoso clarinettist with a ‘glittering composing career’ (The Arts Desk), Mark Simpson is joined on stage by Richard Uttley, Piano Professor at the Royal College of Music. Together, they perform a selection of Simpson’s own compositions alongside works by Brahms.
Since becoming the first-ever winner of both the BBC Young Musician of the Year and BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composer of the Year competitions in 2006, Simpson has forged a dual career, championing new music while delivering insightful, nuanced interpretations of the clarinet repertoire. Uttley is celebrated for the integrity and breadth of his musicianship as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist.
Simpson’s performances of Brahms have been praised for their ‘real sense of shape and flow’ and ‘cathartic’ emotion (The Guardian), qualities that will bring out the warmth and richness of Brahms’s contemplative music.
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SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
11/12/2025 7:30 pm
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
December 11th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Programme
Adams – Shaker Loops
Adams – Gnarly Buttons
Adams – Fearful Symmetries
Scottisch Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze – conductor
Maximiliano Martín – clarinet
Once a self-identifying minimalist, radical American composer John Adams quickly jumped from cool, hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes in his colourful, witty music. Experience that thrilling journey in three iconic pieces by this pioneering musician.
Minimalist classic Shaker Loops is a rippling soundscape of quivering energy – sometimes frenetic, sometimes meditative, but never less than mesmerisingly beautiful.
Mooing cows and ancient American hymns are among the inspirations behind Adams’ zany clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons – played by charismatic SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín – which blends humour and heart in music that spans jazz, pop, folk and the surging repetitions of minimalism. Fearful Symmetries is one of Adams’ boldest and brightest pieces, a high-energy workout of driving rhythms and larger-than-life orchestral sound.
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SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
12/12/2025 7:30 pm
City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ
SCO – John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons – Maximiliano Martín
December 12th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
Programme
Adams – Shaker Loops
Adams – Gnarly Buttons
Adams – Fearful Symmetries
Scottisch Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze – conductor
Maximiliano Martín – clarinet
Once a self-identifying minimalist, radical American composer John Adams quickly jumped from cool, hypnotic pulsations to red-hot emotion and vast cinematic soundscapes in his colourful, witty music. Experience that thrilling journey in three iconic pieces by this pioneering musician.
Minimalist classic Shaker Loops is a rippling soundscape of quivering energy – sometimes frenetic, sometimes meditative, but never less than mesmerisingly beautiful.
Mooing cows and ancient American hymns are among the inspirations behind Adams’ zany clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons – played by charismatic SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín – which blends humour and heart in music that spans jazz, pop, folk and the surging repetitions of minimalism. Fearful Symmetries is one of Adams’ boldest and brightest pieces, a high-energy workout of driving rhythms and larger-than-life orchestral sound.
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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
11/03/2026 7:30 pm
Holy Trinity Church, South St, St Andrews KY16 9NL
Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
March 11th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30
ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.
Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.
Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.
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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
12/03/2026 7:30 pm
The Queen's Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9JG
Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
March 12th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30
ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.
Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.
Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.
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Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
13/03/2026 7:30 pm
City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NQ
Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
March 13th 2026 at 19:30 – 21:30
ANNA CLYNE – Sound and Fury†
DANI HOWARD – Saxophone Concerto*
GEORGE WALKER – Lyric for Strings
CAROLINE SHAW – Entr’acte
DAVE HEATH – The Celtic*
JOHN HARLE – Rant!*
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Ben Glassberg – conductor
Jess Gillam – saxophones*
†Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
An inspiring fixture on radio and TV, Cumbrian-born Jess Gillam is first and foremost a world-class saxophonist. She brings her invigorating musical personality to a typically adventurous collection of music across diverse styles and sounds for the last of our New Dimensions concerts.
Young British composer Dani Howard wrote her effervescent new Saxophone Concerto specially for Gillam, while Dave Heath throws you into the whirling energy of a raucous ceilidh in his galvanising concerto The Celtic.
Haydn provides the calmer inspiration for Anna Clyne’s scintillating Sound and Fury, written for the SCO in 2019, and also for Caroline Shaw’s mercurial Entr’acte. The great African American composer George Walker, meanwhile, regularly moves listeners to tears with his striking Lyric for Strings.
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