Programme Notes

STRINGS ATTACHED
PROGRAMME NOTES FOR JANUARY 29TH

by Helen Simpson

This is an all English programme which celebrates composers and the performer Julian Bream who in the mid twentieth century did so  much to promote the Lute, the Renaissance and Baroque guitar in solo performances.  The four twentieth century pieces in today’s concert were written for More

Programme notes by Guy Richardson

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano FP 43 (1926)

Lento – Presto
Andante con moto
Rondo: Très vif

Poulenc was born in Paris into a wealthy family of pharmaceutical manufacturers. He had piano lessons from the age of five from More

Programme Notes by Chris Darwin for the Launch Concert on 12th September 2014