Fiori return to the glamorous surroundings of Stowe House to perform Haydn and Beethoven in the elegant 18th-century State Music Room.
Enjoy brilliant arrangements of Haydn's late London symphonies, as well as intriguing, little known works by his pupil, Beethoven.

Beethoven – String trio op.8 in D
Haydn – Symphony no.94, ‘The Surprise’
Beethoven – Duet for 2 eyeglasses obbligato
Haydn – Symphony no.104 ‘The London’

Eva Caballero flute
Kerstin Linder-Dewan violin
Malu Lin Swayne violin
Nichola Blakey viola
Poppy Walshaw cello
Penelope Rapson harpsichord

Optional pre-concert reception in the Marble Saloon
Presented in association with Stowe Arts

Fiori are one of the main providers of classical and early music outside London. Fiori play to thousands of music lovers annually - beautiful music in wonderful settings, with some of today's finest specialist musicians.

Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Klavierstücke are highly diverse. They take the listener on an extraordinary journey from the post-Webernian (no. 5), through meditative incantation (no. 9), extreme violence (no. 10) to the melody-driven narrative of no. 12, an excerpt from his opera cycle Licht.

Tristan Murail’s Territoires de l’oubli is probably the first extended work that applies the ‘spectral’ method to the solo piano. The instrument is used as a resonating chamber, resulting in a huge wash of sometimes very gradually changing sound.

Programme:

Tristan Murail Territoires de l’oubli
Karlheinz Stockhausen Klavierstücke V, IX, X, XII

Livestreamed on our website from 6.45pm

Jonathan Powell is a pianist and composer. After studies with Denis Matthews and Sulamita Aronovsky, he established an international career as a soloist, his programmes ranging from standard Classical and Romantic repertoire to contemporary and little-known 20th century works. He has performed widely in Europe, as well as in Russia and the US; he has also appeared on national radio of many countries and recorded about 20 CDs.

A chance to hear virtuoso bassoonist Sally Holman – one of Fiori’s star players – accompanied by harpsichordist Penelope Rapson. Sally Holman, daughter of the early music guru Peter Holman, reveals some of the secrets of playing the baroque bassoon in an entertaining afternoon in the historic setting of Sulgrave Manor Ox 17 6SD.

Enjoy the company of these two entertaining musicians as they discuss and perform music by Telemann and his contemporaries. And you can meet and chat with them over cream tea afterwards.

Sally Holman bassoon
Penelope Rapson harpsichord

Includes music by Telemann, Boismortier and Fasch. Ticket price includes cream tea afterwards.

Presented in association with Sulgrave Manor
and supported by South Northamptonshire Council

BACH CANTATA ‘ICH HABE GENUG’
Emily Coatsworth (soprano), Imogen Albert (flute)
VOGEL BASSOON CONCERTO IN C
Eleanor Voak (bassoon)
MOZART PIANO CONCERTO IN F
Ashwin Tennant (piano)
HAYDN SYMPHONY NO 34
Conductor: Mariette Richter

Mike Wills Quartet playing trad jazz with a French twist.
Fundraising event organized by Oxford Grenoble Twinning Association.