Chamber Music for International Women's Day

Event information

Leaf Quartet - Adagio from String Quartet in E flat by Fanny Hensel (Sue Smallshire and Sebastian Pigott, violins; Gabrielle Mills, viola; Penny Rogers, cello)

Trio Volo - Portrait by Chaminade; Huiracocha by Clotilde Arias; Sometime Soon by Ruth Molins; La Flor de la Canela by Chabuca Granda (Claudia Alvarez Calderon, soprano; Ruth Molins, flute; Alex Wilson, piano)

XCMC piano and wind sextet - Allegro from Piano Sextet in C Minor op.40 by Louise Farrenc (Julie Arrow, piano; Sara Dixon, flute; Louise McNeill, oboe; Annie Morris, clarinet; Helen Simmonds, bassoon; Patrick McClaughry, horn)

now I shall sing - a suite of miniature fragments of Sappho's poetry for harp, flute, cello, percussion and soprano by Gabrielle Mills

Duo Tutti - The Francis Assisi Window by Ruth Gipps for alto flute and piano (Ruth Molins, flute; Alex Wilson, piano)
Alex Wilson, piano - Lullaby for Henry by Sadie Harrison

Student performances including Constellations I & II by Diana Burrell; The Watermill by Esther Kahn; Lowside Blues by Joanna MacGregor; A Nightingale Sang by Nikki Iles; Duo en Quatre Mouvements by Claude Arrieu; Douce Amies by Melanie Bonis.

Concertino for Bassoon by Elizabeth Maconchy (Helen Simmonds, bassoon; Alex Wilson, piano)


Organiser Gabi Mills writes: “The unique selling point is celebrating chamber music written by women, including premieres of my musical miniatures using Sappho's poetry and Ruth's piece Sometime Soon. We always include a section for younger student musicians as there is a lot of music on current music exams written by women and we like to offer teenagers a chance to perform on the same platform as us oldies. New for this year there will be a merchandise table selling non-fiction books about the musical history of female composers and a selection of piano music by female composers, alongside music -themed note cards designed by local Ashburton lino artist Courtney Arnold.


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