Paxos Festival Trust

Paxos Festival Trust presents:
PAXOS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009

Concerts

The programme for the 2009 Paxos Festival will be performed by 14 musicians from Poland, France, Korea, Estonia, Romania, Canada, Spain, Holland, Australia, Moldova, Portugal and the UK. All senior students at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, this is an ideal opportunity for them to study and perform some major chamber music works alongside the less familiar. The chance to work intensively on a wide range of repertoire is invaluable. They will be working with Krzysztof Smietana (Violin), Julian Farrell (Clarinet) and Caroline Palmer (Piano).

TUESDAY 25 AUGUST – Old Schoolhouse, Loggos at 8.30pm

Mozart
Trio in E♭ “Kegelstatt”
Sarasate
Navarra
Poulenc
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Interval
30 mins
Elgar
Piano Quintet in a minor

THURSDAY 27 AUGUST – Old Schoolhouse, Loggos at 8.30pm

JS Bach
Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe in c minor BWV 1060
Copland
Sextet
Shostakovich
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok
Interval
30 mins
Fauré
Piano Quartet No. 1 in c minor

SATURDAY 29 AUGUST – Old Schoolhouse, Loggos at 8.30pm

Haydn
Piano Trio
Britten
Phantasy Quartet
Schubert
The Shepherd on the Rock
Interval
30 mins
Schubert
String Quartet in a minor “Rosamunde”

TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER – Old Schoolhouse, Loggos at 8.30pm

Françaix
Cor Anglais Quartet
Burgon
The road of Love
Schubert
Rondo in A
Interval
30 mins
Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in b minor

THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER – Old Schoolhouse, Loggos at 8.30pm

Milhaud
Suite
Poulenc
Oboe Sonata
Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs
Interval
30 mins
Mendelssohn
Octet for Strings

Please note that concerts start at 8.30pm. Intervals will be 30 minutes, allowing time to purchase refreshments nearby. Listen for the bell for the 5 minute warning.