What's On

Join us for a night of classical music with the Kreutzer Quartet, featuring music from Beethoven, Boccherini, and the world premiere of Dale Roberts's Quintet.

The members of the pioneering Kreutzer Quartet are the dedicatee of countless new works by composers including Michael Finnissy, David Matthews, Judith Weir, Judith Bingham, Poul Ruders, Robert Saxton, Jorg Widmann, Hans Werner Henze, George Rochberg, and many others. The quartet have recorded cycles of works by Matthews, Elliott Schwartz, Michael Tippett, Roberto Gerhard and Jeremy Dale Roberts, to name just a few. Although the quartet is in demand at major festivals from the Venice Biennale to the Bergen Festpillerne, Wilton's Music Hall is the heart of their activity. Over the past few years they have relished the opportunity to work in its wonderful acoustic and to develop and uniquely lively relationship with the audience there, and have developed an eclectic programming style in response to this unique venue.

String Quartet No 1 in F

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet in F

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet No 60 in C, 'La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid'

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Quintet

Jeremy Dale Roberts ()

Day two of our three day Spring Festivale, be sure to see the other days. All performances are on period instruments.

Concerto for Keyboard and Strings in F minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in E

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concert No 3 in A from Pièces de clavecin en concerts

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)

Sonata for Flute and Obbligato Harpsichord in A

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto No 2 for Harpsichord and Strings in E

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Haydn’s ever-popular oratorio, 'The Creation', was written between 1796 and 1798. It depicts the creation of the world using texts from the biblical books of Genesis and Psalms, and John Milton's epic poem 'Paradise Lost'. You can look forward to hearing the famous orchestral movement 'The Representation of Chaos' and the beloved chorus 'The Heavens Are Telling' amongs the many other enjoyable pieces. This three-part oratorio is considered by many to be Haydn’s masterpiece.

Profits from the concert will go towards the St Columba's Hospice Rebuilding Appeal.

The Creation

(Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sam Austin hails from Liverpool and studied the organ from an early age. At 10, he secured an appointment at Huyton Parish Church, beginning organ lessons at Liverpool Cathedral with Ian Wells a few years later.

Sam's undergraduate degree was taken in Organ Performance at the renowned Birmingham Conservatoire, where his teachers included Henry Fairs, Daniel Moult and David Saint. He then embarked on postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester where he won the prestigious Organ Recital Prize in 2009.

Whilst in Birmingham, he held positions of Assistant Organist at the Birmingham Oratory, (the vast RC Oratory of St Philip Neri founded by Cardinal Newman), Organ Scholar of Birmingham Symphony Hall and Sub Organist at St Peter the Apostle, Royal Leamington Spa.

In 2007, Sam was awarded the year long post of Organ Scholar at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. At its conclusion he took the short journey along Hope Street to become Organ Scholar at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, the first person to hold both positions successively. He also holds the distinction of performing an organ recital in each cathedral during the same afternoon, cycling between venues.

In 2011, Sam moved south to take up the position of Assistant Director of Music at Aldenham School and became Organist at St Paul’s Mill Hill in 2012.

Besides music, Sam's interests include: change ringing, cycling, chess, and real ale.

Alleluya

William Faulkes (1863–1933)

An Wasserflüssen Babylon from 'Leipzig Chorales'

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for lute in D

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Cantabile in B from 3 Pieces

César Franck (1822-1890)

The Easy Winners

Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

Divertimento from 4 Extemporisations

Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)

Suite Gothique

Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)