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Friday, 24 February, 7.30pm
PHILIP FOWKE (PIANO)
THE ART OF ENCORE

The music of Chopin, Dohnanyi, Grieg, Moszkowski, Paderewski and Sinding, will all be included as will some lesser known gems Philip Fowke, known for his many BBC Promenade Concert appearances, numerous recordings and broad range of repertoire, has appeared in many of the major concert halls worldwide with leading conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Simon Rattle and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.

Philip Fowke is currently Senior Fellow of Keyboard at Trinity College of Music and is recognized for his teaching, coaching and tutoring in which he enjoys exploring students' potential, encouraging them to develop their own individuality. He is a regular tutor at the International Shrewsbury Summer School as well as at Chethams International Summer School and will be returning to both next year. He has also been invited to be on the jury of the 1st International Shura Cherkassky Piano Competition to be held in Milan in 2012.

Philip Fowke has made recordings for EMI, Lyrita, Unicorn, CRD, Chandos and Naxos. These include the concertos of Addinsell, Bliss, Delius, Hoddinnott, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Tchaikowsky. He has also made solo records including the complete Chopin Waltzes, the Chopin Sonatas, and an album of Piano Transcriptions. He will shortly be recording piano works by Antony Hopkins CBE in celebration of the composer's 90th birthday.

Thursday, 8 March, 7.30pm
THE GALLIARD ENSEMBLE

As former BBC New Generation Artists, the Galliard Ensemble has become one of Britain's leading chamber groups with repertoire running from Mozart and Beethoven to Berio and Schoenberg. Soon to celebrate their 20th anniversary, they play regularly in many of Britain's prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre and Bridgewater Hall, at festivals throughout Europe, in appearances at the BBC Proms, as well as at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and the Bath, Brighton and Harrogate festivals, the MAFRA Festival for the British Council and the Castello Branco and Porto Festivals in Portugal. They regularly give masterclasses and lectures to the top British music academies.

The ensemble's CDs have been selected by the Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and BBC Radio 3 in their critics' choices of outstanding releases.

Among other engagements, 2010 and 2011 saw the ensemble return to the Presteigne Festival where they played five new commissions written for them by five leading British composers, and completed a highly successful tour of Scotland.

Friday, 27 April
CLARE JACKSON (FLUTE) with Benjamin Davey (piano)

Taktakishvili Sonata
Poulenc Sonata
Doppler 'Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy' and others

Clare Jackson studied the flute at both Trinity College London, where she won all the major woodwind competitions, and the Royal College of Music, where she won the Koenig prize for Chamber music. As a performer Clare has worked extensively with the Orchestra of English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and London City Ballet, as well as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and various West End Shows. She is currently the principal flute with Dorset Opera orchestra and La Folia. Clare is the Head of Woodwind at Sherborne School and she also teaches the flute at Leweston.

Benjamin Davey began playing the piano at the age of twelve and later gained a place at the Royal Academy of Music, London, studying with Philip Fowke and Hamish Milne. He subsequently won a French Government Scholarship to study with Germaine Mounier at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris where he was awarded the Diplôme Supérieur d'Execution. For nearly ten years he was Head of Keyboard at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire.

He has been on the full time music staff at Sherborne School for the past four and a half years and is currently Assistant Director of Music and Head of Keyboard.

Friday, 25 May
JAMES BARRALET (cello) with Simon Callaghan (piano)

Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor op. 5 No. 2
Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F op. 99
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor op. 19

James Barralet is fast becoming recognized as one of the top cellists of his generation. With a rare gift for communication through his instrument, cellist James Barralet is equally passionate about Bach and contemporary music as Hindustani ragas and Hungarian folk music. He has captivated audiences at most of the major UK venues, including the Wigmore and Cadogan halls, Purcell Room and Bridgewater Hall, also throughout Europe and beyond.

Winner of the 2007 Landor Records Competition, James's debut recording of virtuosic solo pieces of the twentieth century was released in 2009, the first in his ongoing partnership with the Landor label. Winner of many awards, he has been a Making Music Artist, a Park Lane Group artist, and a Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist.

Pianist Simon Callaghan's intelligent and compelling performances both on the concert platform and in the recording studio are quickly earning him a reputation as an exciting and versatile artist of the new generation. Performance highlights include Rachmaninov's Second Concerto at Birmingham's Symphony Hall, Liszt's First Concerto with the RLPO, a duo recital at Wigmore Hall, a chamber music tour of South Korea and a gala concert with ENO principals. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio and has appeared on ITV and BBC Television.

Following his studies at Chetham's School of Music with Bernard Roberts, Simon was awarded a full scholarship to study with Yonty Solomon at the Royal College of Music, from where he graduated with first class honours and won numerous prizes. He has also received guidance from Noretta Conci, Claude Frank, Stephen Hough and Frank Wibaut. Simon has taken awards at the Bromsgrove International Competition, Jean Françaix Concours (Paris) and the Liverpool Young Musician of the Year, and is grateful to the Craxton Memorial Trust and to his sponsors for their continued support.