Bournemouth Chamber Music Society
Workshop for young String, Wind and Keyboard players
in the Music School at Bournemouth University on
Saturday 11th (2.30p.m – approx 5.00 p.m)
and Sunday, 12th February 2012 (10.30 a.m. - approx 7.30 p.m.)

This is a reminder that this year’s Young Musicians’ Workshop is on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of February. 

On Saturday we plan to invite past students to take part in a workshop in the afternoon to be tutored by Aleks and Caroline Szram, plus possibly additional tutors if we get enough students on that day.  On Sunday 12th the younger students will be tutored by Aleks and Caroline and also by some of the past students.  There will be two sessions, starting at 10.30 in the morning, with a break for lunch, followed by an informal concert starting at about 6.30.  We are already getting a good response, but if you know of anyone else who would like to take part, please give them the attached application form.  As usual everyone is welcome to come along and watch all the sessions and in particular in the evening. 

Directions to the music department at the university are included on the application form. 

The second half of our 68th Season opens on Saturday 4 February at 3 pm with a recital by the celebrated cellist Guy Johnston. Over the last decade, Guy Johnston has forged a place as one of the leading cellists of his generation. Early recognition includes BBC Young Musician 2000, playing at the 2001 Opening Night of the Proms and a Classical Brit Award. Guy has played with leading orchestras worldwide and is regularly broadcast on radio 3.  This season sees Johnston performing the Elgar Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Brighton International Music Festival and performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, and Budapest Strings. 

Guy enjoys collaborating in chamber music festivals at home and abroad. Future performances include the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Kings College Cambridge, and abroad in Bavaria, at the Moritzburg Festival  and in Switzerland and Sweden. He is a founder member of the award winning Aronowitz Ensemble and regularly attends Open Chamber Music, Prussia Cove including a tour in October 2011 which culminated with a performance at the Wigmore Hall, London. Guy has recently been in residence at Aldeburgh Music with Leon McCawley studying and performing the works of Benjamin Britten, and enjoyed collaborating in the Cheltenham Festival playing works by Schumann with celebrated cellist, Steven Isserlis.

His accompanist is also a celebrated performer, Ashley Wass, first prizewinner at the London international Competition in 1997, and a finalist at the Leeds Piano Competition in 2000. He made his proms debut in 2008. Ashley Wass has received critical acclaim for his recordings across a wide range of repertoire, with glowing reviews for his interpretations of Liszt, Bridge and Franck among numerous others. Ashley is also much in demand as a chamber musician and in 2007 toured the USA and Europe with violinist Sarah Chang, appearing at venues such as Philadelphia's Kimmel Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. He spent three summers as a participant at the Marlboro Music Festival, playing chamber music with musicians such as Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode and members of the Guarneri Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio.

Guy and Ashley's programme includes the first BCMS performance of the Samuel Barber Cello Sonata, one of the great cello sonatas of the 20th century, as well as established masterpieces by Beethoven and Brahms.

BCMS is delighted to announce that the 2012-13 season will open on Sunday afternoon, 14 October 2012, with a recital by the celebrated pianist Peter Donohoe.

His programme is provisionally:
    Schubert - Four Impromtus, op.142
    Beethoven - Sonata in A, op.101
    Chopin - Polonaise fantasie
    Chopin - Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58

Following this will be

The Salomon String Quartet - Saturday 3 November 2012

Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) and Huw Watkin (piano) - Saturday 1 December 2012

    Including Sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms and Respighi

The Benyounes String Quartet with Philip Higham (2nd Cello) - Saturday 2 February 2013

    to include the Schubert Quintet for strings in C

The Schubert Ensemble (Piano Quartet) - Saturday 2 March 2013

    Music by Mahler, Mozart and Enescu

May concert - details to follow.

The programme information above is subject to confirmation, but full details of music being played will be announced in due course.