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3 March 2012

 

10.30am, University Recital Hall, Durham University
Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RL

 

THE STANFORD SOCIETY

 

C.V. STANFORD: Sonata no.1 in D major for Violin and Piano, op.11
STANFORD: Sonata no.2 in A major for Violin and Piano, op.70
C. HUBERT H. PARRY: Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano

 

Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)

Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

2 March 2012

 

7.30pm, Durham Cathedral

 

THE STANFORD SOCIETY
in association with the University of Durham

 

Programme including:
C.V. STANFORD: Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor (orch. Jeremy Dibble)
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE

 

Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Durham University Chamber Orchestra
Calum Zuckert (conductor)

 

 

9 & 10 JANUARY 2012

 

St George’s Bristol
Great Brandon Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR

 

RECORDING SESSIONS FOR TOCCATA CLASSICS
John Pickard: Chamber Works

 
Sonata for Violin and Piano
World PremiÈre recording
Insomnia’, for Violin and Piano
World PremiÈre recording
‘Chaconne’, for solo viola
World PremiÈre recording
Piano Trio
‘Snowbound’, for piano, cello and bass clarinet
 

Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn & va)
Sophie Harris (vc)
Ian Mitchell (bass cl.)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

6 December 2011

 

6.45pm, Oxford and Cambridge Club
Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HD

 

2011/2012 CONCERT SERIES

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
GRANVILLE BANTOCK: Sonata no.3 in C major for Violin and Piano
EDWARD ELGAR: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.82
 
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

26 November 2011

 

6pm, Maison dans la Vallée
Rue de Vieux Rû, Avon, France

 

THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
UK and European Concerts Series

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
EDWARD ELGAR: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.82
ELGAR: Allegretto on GEDGE
FREDERICK DELIUS: Sonata no.3 for Violin and Piano
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Suite for Violin and Piano, op.6
 
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

15 nOVEMBER 2011

 

4.30pm, Department of Music, Victoria Rooms
Queens Road, Bristol

 

AUTUMN TERM RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

 

PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO PERFORMANCE PREPARATION

This seminar, first delivered at Cambridge University in November 2010, sets out a structured method which takes the practical musician from first viewing of a new, unknown work to its performance in the critical and public arena. It is a personal approach: a method I have evolved for my own use and which has grown out of my own experience as a performer, my own reading on the subject, and – very importantly – from advice and instruction offered to me during my own musical training.

 

 

6 November 2011

 

3pm, Concertzaal In den Wouwfluit
Omgang 10, Wouw, 4724 EP, The Netherlands

 

2011/2012 CONCERT SERIES

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
HENRY WALFORD DAVIES: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano
LIONEL SAINSBURY: ‘Mirage’, op.29
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Suite for Violin and Piano, op.6
HERBERT HOWELLS: Sonata no.2 in E-flat major for Violin and Piano
YORK BOWEN: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.11
 
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

2 November 2011

 

1pm, The Auditorium, Victoria Rooms
Queens Road, Bristol

 

BRISTOL UNIVESRITY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS SERIES

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Violin and Piano
JOHN PICKARD: ‘Insomnia’ for Violin and Piano
JOHN PICKARD: Sonata for Violin and Piano
 
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

15 October 2011

 

3.15pm, St John’s College
Cambridge

 

THE STANFORD SOCIETY AND THE HOWELLS SOCIETY

 
HERBERT HOWELLS: Sonata no.3 in E minor for Violin and Piano
HOWELLS: Sonata no.2 in E-flat major for Violin and Piano

 

The recital was preceded by a talk given by Paul Spicer, whose new performing edition of the Second Violin Sonata was featured in the programme and the World Première of which was given by Rupert Marshall-Luck and Matthew Rickard at the 2011 English Music Festival.

 
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

4 October 2011

 

7pm, St Paul’s Church, Bedford Street
Covent Garden, London

 

EM RECORDS CD LAUNCH: CELEBRATION CONCERT

 
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE: Violin Sonata no.2 in F major (“The Grasshopper”)*
authorised original version
ROGER QUILTER: Suite from ‘Where the Rainbow Ends’†
QUILTER: Three Pieces for Piano†
GRANVILLE BANTOCK: Sonata in F major for Viola and Piano “Colleen”*‡

 

Performed on Roger Quilter’s piano and on ‡Gustav Holst’s viola

 
*Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn & va)
*Matthew Rickard (pf)
†David Owen Norris (pf)

 

 

25 & 26 August 2011

 

Wyastone Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire

 

RECORDING SESSIONS FOR EM RECORDS
Bantock and Holbrooke: Viola and Violin Sonatas

 
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE: Violin Sonata no.2 in F major (“The Grasshopper”)
authorised original version
GRANVILLE BANTOCK: Sonata in F major for Viola and Piano “Colleen”
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
 
Rupert Luck (vn & va)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

30 May 2011

 

11am, Dorchester Abbey
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

 

THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

 
HERBERT HOWELLS: Sonata no.2 in E-flat major for Violin and Piano
World PremiÈre of the new performing edition by Paul Spicer
LIONEL SAINSBURY: ‘Mirage’, op.29
PAUL CARR: Sonatina for Violin and Piano
World PremiÈre Performance
IVOR GURNEY: Sonata in E-flat major for Violin and Piano
World PremiÈre Performance
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

14 May 2011

 

3.15pm, St Andrew’s Church
Churchdown, Gloucestershire

 

THE ARTHUR BLISS SOCIETY & THE IVOR GURNEY SOCIETY

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Violin and Piano
IVOR GURNEY: Prelude in D-flat major for Piano
GURNEY: Prelude in F-sharp major for Piano
GURNEY: Prelude in A minor for Piano
GURNEY: ‘The Apple Orchard’ and ‘Scherzo’
BLISS: ‘Theme and Cadenza’ for Violin and Piano
GURNEY: Nocturne in A-flat major for Piano
GURNEY: Sonata in E-flat major for Violin and Piano (4th movement)
HERBERT HOWELLS: ‘Chosen’ Tune
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

16 February 2011

 

5.15pm, Victoria Rooms
Queens Road, Bristol

 

CHOMBEC LECTURE-RECITAL SERIES

 

Discovering and exploring the Sonata for Piano and Violin of Arthur Bliss

The Sonata for Piano and Violin by Arthur Bliss has languished in Cambridge University Library for almost one hundred years. Rupert Luck and Matthew Rickard gave the World Première of the Sonata at the 2010 English Music Festival and their recording was released on EM Records in March 2011; and this lecture-recital formed an account of the process of editing the manuscript for performance and the issues surrounding its practical realisation. Their description of this remarkable work was lavishly illustrated with musical examples, including the first-ever live performance of its original version.

 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

21 January 2011

 

1.10pm, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Edgbaston, Birmingham

 

BARBER LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
LIONEL SAINSBURY: Sonata for Violin and Piano, op.5
SAINSBURY: ‘Mirage’, op.29
C. HUBERT H. PARRY: Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

3 December 2010

 

2pm, The Recital Room, Victoria Rooms
Queens Road, Bristol

 

AUTUMN TERM MASTERCLASSES PROGRAMME

 
A public masterclass for violinists at Bristol University, part of the Music Faculty’s termly programme of masterclasses. The session also included a chamber music workshop for one of the University’s String Quartets.

 

 

19 November 2010

 

6pm, Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre
St Anne’s College, Oxford

 

MICHAELMAS TERM CONCERTS SERIES

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
WILLIAM WALTON: Sonata for Violin and Piano
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

13 November 2010

 

3pm, The Auditorium
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

 

RESEARCH SEMINAR

 

PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO PERFORMANCE PREPARATION

This seminar sets out a structured method which takes the practical musician from first viewing of a new, unknown work to its performance in the critical and public arena. It is a personal approach: a method I have evolved for my own use and which has grown out of my own experience as a performer, my own reading on the subject, and – very importantly – from advice and instruction offered to me during my own musical training.

 

 

8 October 2010

 

1.15pm, The John Field Room
National Concert Hall, Dublin

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
LIONEL SAINSBURY: Sonata for Violin and Piano, op.5
SAINSBURY: ‘Mirage’, op.29
WORLD PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCE
MICHEL ESPOSITO: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.46
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

16 August 2010

 

Wyastone Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire

 

RECORDING SESSIONS FOR EM RECORDS
Bliss, Walford Davies and York Bowen: Violin Sonatas

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
HENRY WALFORD DAVIES: Sonata no.2 in A major for Violin and Piano
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
YORK BOWEN: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.112
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)

 

 

29 May 2010

 

11am, Dorchester Abbey
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

 

THE ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

 
ARTHUR BLISS: Sonata for Piano and Violin
WORLD PREMIÈRE performance
HENRY WALFORD DAVIES: Sonata no.2 in A major for Violin and Piano
WORLD PREMIÈRE performance
YORK BOWEN: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano, op.112
 
Rupert Luck (vn)
Matthew Rickard (pf)