Saturday 28 January 2012

Retorica Violin Duo

Retorica:
Philippa Mo, violin
Harriet Mackenzie, violin

TELEMANN Sonata for two violins
J S BACH Two-part Inventions
McCabe: Spielend
PROKOFIEV Sonata for two violins
WIENIAWSKI Etude Caprice
HANDEL/HALVORSEN Passacaglia

Whitstable Music Society

Wednesday 11 January 2012

(a) Harry Cameron-Penny (clarinet), Jonathan Musgrave (piano)
(b) Olga Stezhko (piano)

(a) Music by PAUL PATTERSON, DAVID FENNESSY, COLIN MATTHEWS
b) PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No 4 (1917)
b) EMILY HOWARD Sky and Water
b) McCABE Evening Harmonies (Study No 7 - Hommage a Dukas)
a) McCABE 3 Pieces for clarinet and piano

PLG Young Artists Series 2012

Southbank Centre: Box Office Tel: 0844 847 9911
www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Masterclass

(a) Yasmin Rowe
(b) Sally Wigan

McCABE Gaudi (Study No 3) (1970) (a)
McCABE Variations (1963) (b)

PLG Young Artists Series 2012

Southbank Centre: Box Office Tel: 0844 847 9911
www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Sunday 4 December 2011

Piano 4 Hands (Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa)

SCHUBERT Sonata in C, D812 (Grand Duo)
McCABE Upon Entering a Painting
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
RAVEL La Valse

Monday 21 November 2011

McCabe Clarinet Quintet

Linda Merrick, clarinet
Kreutzer Quartet

FAURE String Quartet in E minor
McCABE Clarinet Quintet 'La Donna'
RAVEL String Quartet in F

Luton Music Club

Sunday 20 November 2011

Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie)

Programme includes:
McCABE Spielend for 2 violins

Saturday 19 November 2011

Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie)

Programme includes:
McCABE Spielend for 2 violins

Friday 18 November 2011

Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie)

Programme includes;
McCABE Spielend for 2 violins

Sunday 13 November 2011

Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie)

Programme includes:
McCABE Spielend for 2 violins

Saturday 12 November 2011

Retorica (Philippa Mo and Harriet Mackenzie)

Programme includes
McCABE Spielend for 2 violins

Wednesday 12 October 2011

McCabe Horn Quintet - world première

David Pyatt, horn
Sacconi String Quartet

Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
McCabe: Horn Quintet (world première)
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor (Death and the Maiden)

Piano4Hands (Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa)

MOZART Sonata in F, K497
McCABE Upon entering a Painting
RAVEL La Valse

Bristol International Piano Duo Festival 2011

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Manger Musikklag

Programme includes
McCABE Desert II: Horizon

Friday 30 September 2011

Park Lane Group Young Artists' Trailers

The Muse Piano Quintet

McCABE The Woman by the Sea
DVORAK Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

Tuesday 20 September 2011

The Best of British

Bach Choir
New Philharmonia Orchestra
David Hill, conductor

Programme includes:
McCabe: New Orchestral Fanfare (world première)
Film Music by Bliss, Arnold, Addinsell
Cello Concerto Movements by Elgar and Leighton
Choral Music by Handel, Howells, O'Regan, Mendelssohn
Richard Rodney Bennett: Partita for Orchestra

Celebrating 200 Years of Music Publishing by Novello

Thursday 28 July 2011

Passion and Resurrection

Stile Antico

To include:
McCabe: Woefully arrayed

Incontri in Terra di Siena Chamber Music Festival

Start time TBA

Friday 15 July 2011

Stile Antico

Cornysh: Woefully arrayed
Gibbons: Hosanna to the son of David
Tallis: O Sacrum convivium
De Lassus: In monte Oliveti
Victoria: O vos omnes
Morales: O crux, ave
McCabe: Woefully arrayed (London première)
Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum
Gombert: Tulerunt Dominum meum
Lobo: Maria Magdalene
Gibbons: I am the resurrection
Crecquillon: Congratulamini mihi
Lhéritier: Surrexit pastor bonus
Byrd: In resurrectione tua

One of the brightest of the new crop of vocal groups specialising in early music, Stile Antico won a Gramophone Award in 2009 for its collection ‘Song of Songs’.

This typically resourceful programme for Wigmore Hall’s Early Music and Baroque Series contrasts English sacred masterpieces from the Elizabethan and Stuart eras with contemporary works from the European continent, and will also demonstrate rare versatility in introducing the London première of a piece by leading British composer John McCabe.

7 July 2011 - 9 July 2011

St Albans International Organ Festival

McCabe: Esperanza (first performances of Competition Test-piece)

Quarter-finals
Times: 9am, 2pm and 7pm on 7 July, 9am, 2pm and 8pm on 8 July, 9.30am on 9 July
9am events at St Saviour's Church, St Albans
All other events at St Albans Cathedral

Saturday 9 July 2011

Addison Singers Summer Concert

Addison Singers
David Wordsworth, conductor

To include:
McCabe: The Lily-white Rose

Tuesday 21 June 2011

McCabe Clarinet Quintet

Linda Merrick, clarinet
Kreutzer Quartet

To include:
McCabe: Clarinet Quintet

Start time TBA

Sunday 19 June 2011

McCabe Clarinet Quintet

Linda Merrick, clarinet
Kreutzer Quartet

Bartók: String Quartet No 3
McCabe: Clarinet Quintet (London première)
Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor (Voces intimae)

Pre-concert talk at 2.30pm

Saturday 18 June 2011

Jennifer Bate, organ

Stanford: Fantasia and Toccata
Alcock: Fantasie-Impromptu
Charles Wood: Prelude on St Mary's
Whitlock: Divertimento
Howells: Master Tallis's Testament
McCabe: Dies Resurrectionis
Dickinson: 3 Statements
Jennifer Bate: Introduction and Variations on an Old French Carol

British Music Society

Admission free to members of the British Music Society and friends - the concert follows the Annual General Meeting of the Society, which starts at 2.30pm

Wednesday 15 June 2011

McCabe Clarinet Quintet

Linda Merrick, clarinet
Kreutzer String Quartet

To include:
McCabe: Clarinet Quintet (world première)

Friday 13 May 2011

The Muse Piano Quintet

McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A, Op 81

Sunday 8 May 2011

Choral Eucharist

To include:
McCabe: The last and greatest Herald (London première)
MacMillan: Missa Dunelmi (London première)

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

Friday 8 April 2011

Passion and Resurrection - A musical journey through Holy Week

Stile Antico

To include:
McCabe: Woefully arrayed

San Diego Early Music Society

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Passion and Resurrection - A musical journey through Holy Week

Stile Antico

Cornysh: Woefully arrayed
Gibbons: Hosanna to the son of David
Tallis: O sacrum convivium
Lassus: In monte Oliveti
Sheppard: I give you a new commandment
Tallis: Salvator Mundi, Victoria O vos omnes
Morales: O crux, ave, Lassus Vide homo
McCabe: Woefully arrayed
Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum
Gombert: Tulerunt Dominum meum
Guerrero: Maria Magdalene
Gibbons: I am the Resurrection
Crecquillon: Congratulamini mihi
Lhéritier: Surrexit pastor bonus
Byrd: In resurrectione tua

Saturday 26 March 2011

Portraits from Arthur

John Lill, piano
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra
Brian Wright, conductor

Walton: Overture: Portsmouth Point
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
McCabe: Portraits from Arthur (world première)
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Glendower Duo

Hannah Morgan, clarinet
Thomas Besnard, piano

To include:
McCabe: Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano

Leeds International Concert Series

Thursday 13 January 2011

Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series

Jessica Zhu, piano

McCabe: Fantasy on a theme of Liszt
McCabe: Lamentation Rag
Copland: Piano Variations
Works by Butler, Allbright and Bolcom

Wednesday 15 December 2010

The Spirit of Christmas Present

Elysian Singers of London

To include:
McCabe: I Sing of a Maiden
Whitbourn: Missa Carolae
O'Regan: Bring rest, sweet dreaming child

Saturday 11 December 2010

Commotio

To include:
McCabe: I sing of a Maiden

Sunday 5 December 2010

Music for Advent

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Christian Wilson, organ
George Vass, conductor

J S Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn, BWV230
McCabe: Dormi Jesu
McCabe: I sing of a maiden
Bruckner: Ave Maria
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum mysterium
Richard Harvey: This Endris Night
Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
Tavener: The Lamb
Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
plus traditional carols

Saturday 4 December 2010

Commotio

To include:
McCabe: I sing of a Maiden

Sunday 21 November 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Duet
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor D940
Motoki Hirai: Homage to Chopin
John Hearne: Solemn and Strange Music
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 23
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: La Valse

Thursday 18 November 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Poulenc: Sonata for Piano Duet
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor D940
Motoki Hirai: Homage to Chopin
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Assai Vivace Op 92
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 23
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: La Valse

Thursday 14 October 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Schubert: Allegro in A minor D947 'Lebenssturme'
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: La Valse

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Mozart: Sonata in C major K521
Schubert: Allegro in A minor D947 'Lebenssturme'
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Assai Vivace Op. 92
McCabe: Upon entering a Painting
Debussy: La Mer

Sunday 10 October 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Mozart: Sonata in C major K521
Schubert: Allegro in A minor D947 'Lebenssturme'
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Assai Vivace Op. 92
McCabe: Upon entering a Painting
Debussy: La Mer

Saturday 9 October 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Mozart: Sonata in C major K521
Schubert: Allegro in A minor D947 'Lebenssturme'
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Assai Vivace Op. 92
McCabe: Upon entering a Painting
Debussy: La Mer

Friday 8 October 2010

Piano 4 Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duo

Mozart: Sonata in C major K521
Schubert: Allegro in A minor D947 'Lebenssturme'
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Assai Vivace Op. 92
McCabe: Upon entering a Painting
Debussy: La Mer

Thursday 30 September 2010

Malvern Concert Club

John McCabe, piano

Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor
Haydn: Variations in F minor
McCabe: Snowfall in Winter (Study No 9)
McCabe: Tunstall Chimes (Study No 10)
Ravel: Minuet on the name of Haydn
Ravel: Menuet antique
Schubert: Variations in F, D156
Haydn: Sonata in E flat, Landon 59 (Hob. 49)

Sunday 19 September 2010

Oxford Coffee Concert

Robert Plane, clarinet
Sophia Rahman, piano
David Angel, violin
Martin Outram, viola
Michal Kaznowsk, cello

McCabe: January Sonatina for solo clarinet
McCabe: 3 Pieces for clarinet and piano
Rawsthorne: Clarinet Quartet
Rawsthorne: Viola Sonata
Alwyn: Clarinet Sonata

In association with the Rawsthorne Trust

Sunday 12 September 2010

Worthing Symphony Orchestra

Philippa Davies, flute
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons, conductor

To include:
Alwyn, orchestrated McCabe: Flute Concerto (world première)

Sunday 29 August 2010

John McCabe in recital

John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Sonata in G minor, Hob XVI:44
Robert Saxton: Chacony for piano, left hand
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
McCabe: Tenebrae
John Casken: The Haunting Bough
Emily Howard: Sky and Water
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D784

Presteigne Festival event 14

Thursday 26 August 2010

Presteigne Festival Opening Concert

John McCabe, piano
Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

Hugh Wood: Divertimento, Op 51
Hindemith: The Four Temperaments
Paul Patterson: Viola Concerto
Elgar (arranged for string orchestra by David Matthews): String Quartet in E minor, Op 83

Presteigne Festival event 1

Saturday 7 August 2010

The King's Singers

McCabe: The Lily-white Rose
Choruses by Gorecki, Moody, Lassus, Josquin, Byrd, Pärt, Poole etc

Three Choirs Festival

Saturday 12 June 2010

Commotio Summer Concert

Commotio
Matthew Berry, director

Richard Allain: My Promise (UK concert première)
Samuel Barber: To be sung on the water
Samuel Barber: Reincarnations (Mary Hynes; Anthony O Daly; The Coolin)
McCabe: The Lily-White Rose
Kevin Olson: Sonnet
Max Reger: Drei Chore, Op 39
Christopher Robinson: Come, sleep
Eric Whitacre: Nox aurumque

First performances of new works by John Duggan and Chris Lyons

Wednesday 12 May 2010

Dulwich Festival

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano duet

Schubert: Fantasie in F minor D940
McCabe: Upon entering a painting (2008-9)
Ravel: La Valse
Motoki Hirai: Homage to Chopin (UK première)
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Thursday 8 April 2010

Malcolm Binns, piano

Beethoven: Sonata in G, Op 14, No 2
Chopin: Preludes Op 28
Ireland: April
McCabe: Epithalamium (Study No 11 - Homage to Mussorgsky)
Debussy: Images

Faversham Music Club

Wednesday 31 March 2010

John McCabe Celebration

Guildhall Brass Band and Wind Ensemble
Paul Cosh, conductor
Peter Gane, conductor

McCabe: Canyons for wind ensemble
McCabe: Desert I: Lizard
McCabe: Desert II: Horizon
McCabe: The Maunsell Forts

Saturday 20 March 2010

Sibelius, Kancheli, McCabe and Haydn

Eleanor Garside, soprano
Manchester University Chamber Orchestra
Calum Fraser, conductor

Sibelius: Andante festivo
Sibelius: Rakastava
Kancheli: Night Prayers
McCabe: Five Elegies
Haydn: Symphony No 60 (Il Distratto)

Thursday 4 March 2010

Red Leaves

David Stout, baritone
Orchestra of St John's
John Lubbock, conductor

McCabe: Red Leaves
Bach: Cantata 82: Ich habe genug
Haydn: Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor

Orchestra of St John's - Musical Contrasts, Old and New

Friday 26 February 2010

Stile Antico

To include:
McCabe: Woefully arrayed

Saturday 20 February 2010

Piano4Hands

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa

Mozart: Sonata in D, K381
Schubert: Variations on an original them in A flat, D813
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Debussy: Six Epigraphes Antiques
Ravel: La Valse

Ripley Recitals Association

Thursday 18 February 2010

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

To include:
McCabe: Upon entering a painting

Canterbury Music Club

Monday 18 January 2010

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D813
Debussy: 6 Epigraphes antiques
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: La Valse

Luton Music Club

Saturday 16 January 2010

Music at St Peter's, Canterbury

John McCabe, piano

Ravel: Menuet antique
Ravel: Minuet on the name of Haydn
McCabe: A work, or 2 short ones (Studies, most likely)
Hindemith: 4 Interludes and Fugues from Ludus tonalis
Schubert: Sonata in D, D850

Thursday 17 December 2009

Addison Singers Joint Carol Concert

Matthew Hough, organ
David Wordsworth, conductor

Carols and choruses

To include:
McCabe: I sing of a Maiden

Saturday 5 December 2009

Addison Singers Classical Concert

Addison Singers: Oratorio Choir and Chamber Choir
David Wordsworth, conductor

Handel: choruses (including Hallelujah)
McDowall: Magnificat
McCabe: I sing of a Maiden
Motets by Whitacre and Roxburgh

Monday 23 November 2009

Kensington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Russell Keable

Janacek: Taras Bulba
McCabe: Symphony Labyrinth
Shostakovich: Symphony No 5

Saturday 21 November 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D813
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Helensburgh Music Society

Sunday 15 November 2009

Oxford Chamber Music Society

Sacconi String Quartet
John McCabe, piano

To include:
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea

Friday 13 November 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D813
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Witney Music Society

Thursday 12 November 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D813
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Seaton Music

Sunday 8 November 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat, D813
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
Chris Gander: Piano Duo Fortissimo
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Adur Arts Live Festival

Saturday 7 November 2009

Addison Singers Chamber Choir Concert

Addison Singers Chamber Choir
David Wordsworth, conductor

A mixed programme of choral and a cappella music with organ accompaniment, to include:
McCabe: I sing of a Maiden

Sunday 25 October 2009

Northampton Malcolm Arnold Festival

John McCabe, piano

McCabe: Afternoons and Afterwards
McCabe: Variations (1963)
Malcolm Arnold: Children's Suite
Malcolm Arnold: Variations on a Ukrainian Folksong
McCabe: Study No 9 (Snowfall in Winter)
McCabe: Study No 10 (Tunstall Chimes)
Malcolm Arnold: Suite from Homage to the Queen

Saturday 24 October 2009

Northampton Malcolm Arnold Festival

Elysian Singers of London
Orchestra
Sam Laughton, conductor

Malcolm Arnold: Song of Simeon
McCabe: The Morning Watch
McCabe: A Hymne to God the Father
McCabe: The Evening Watch
McCabe: Amen/Alleluia (UK première)

Tuesday 20 October 2009

McCabe and Prokofiev

The Salomon Orchestra
Philip Ellis, conductor

McCabe: Symphony Edward II (first public performance)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

Sunday 18 October 2009

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir - McCabe, McDowall, O'Regan and Duddell

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
George Vass, conductor

Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV118
O'Regan: 3 Motets from Sequence for St Wulfstan
Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op 30
Cecilia McDowall: I know that my redeemer liveth
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden
Bruckner: 3 Motets
Duddell: The Realside
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
McCabe: The Evening Watch
Bach: Lobet den Herrn, BWV230

Canterbury Festival 2009 event S18

Saturday 17 October 2009

Little Missenden Festival

James Kreiling, piano

David Matthews: 2 Dionysus Dithyrambs
McCabe: Tenebrae
Cecilia McDowall: Shades of Solace; Vespers in Venice
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit

Thursday 15 October 2009

Gloucester Music Society

Zephyr

Holst: Wind Quintet in A flat
McDowall: Winter Music
Patterson: Westerly Winds
Vinter: 2 Miniatures
McCabe: Postcards
Arnold: Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet
Norman Hallam: Dance Suite

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Bristol International Piano Duo Festival

John McCabe, piano

Schumann: Three pieces: Verrufene Stelle; Romance No 2; Aufschwung
Haydn: Variations in F minor
McCabe: Snowfall in Winter, Tunstall Chimes (Studies 9, 10)

Lunchbreaks Recital Series

Monday 12 October 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Allegro in A minor, D947 Lebensstürme
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Hartlepool Music Society

Saturday 10 October 2009

Piano Masterpieces at the Lighthouse

John McCabe, solo piano *
Philip Smith, solo piano **
Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, piano 4 hands

Haydn: Piano Sonata *
Mozart: Piano Duet Sonata in B flat, K381
Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13 **
Chopin: Piano solos **
Schumann: Three Pieces *
Rachmaninov: Suite No 2, Op 17 (part)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales *
Milhaud: Scaramouche
Corea: Contest
Gershwin, arr Wild: selection

Thursday 8 October 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in C, K521
Schubert: Rondo in A, D951
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro assai vivace, Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Morpeth Music Society

Tuesday 6 October 2009

City Music Society: Zalas Trio

Zalas Trio

Bartók: Contrasts
McCabe: Fauvel's Rondeaux

Pre-concert talk at 12.15pm

Saturday 3 October 2009

John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Variations in F minor
Malcolm Arnold: Variations on a Ukrainian folksong
Ravel: Menuet antique
McCabe: Study No 9 (Snowfall in Winter)
McCabe: Study No 10 (Tunstall Chimes)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D784

Padstow Arts Festival

Saturday 26 September 2009

John McCabe, Peter Aviss and the Oare String Orchestra

John McCabe, piano
Oare String Orchestra
Peter Aviss, conductor

Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in D
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 13 in C, K415
Finzi: Eclogue
Ireland: Concertino Pastorale

Friday 25 September 2009

The BBC Singers conducted by David Hill

Gabriel Jackson: To Music
Tomkins: Musicke Devine; When David heard
Hoddinott: Out of the Deep
Harvey: I love the Lord
McCabe: Motet
Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
Bingham: The Spirit of Truth
Whyte: Christe qui lux es et dies
Maconchy: Nocturnal
Rootham: Daybreak at Sea
Mathias: A Royal Garland

North Wales International Music Festival

Thursday 24 September 2009

John McCabe 70th Birthday Concert

Sacconi String Quartet
The King's Singers
John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Variations in F minor
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5
Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill
McCabe: Cartography
Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum I
McCabe: The Lily-white Rose (world première)
Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum II
Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

Sunday 20 September 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (piano duet)

To include:
McCabe: Upon entering a painting

Saturday 5 September 2009

BBC: Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

David Pyatt, horn
BBC NOW
Jac van Steen, conductor

Janácek arr Talick: Suite The Cunning Little Vixen
McCabe: Horn Concerto (Rainforest IV)
Dvorák: Symphony No 9 in E minor (New World)

John McCabe talks to Stephen Johnson

Music to be performed by Royal College of Music students includes:
McCabe: Cello Sonata

BBC: Proms Plus

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Snowfall in Winter - McCabe at the Presteigne Festival

Gretel Dowdeswell, piano

McCabe: Snowfall in Winter (Study No 9)
Works by Beethoven, Philip Cashian, Huw Watkins and Ravel

Presteigne Festival

Monday 31 August 2009

BBC: Henry Wood Promenade Concert: New Generation Artists

Ashley Wass, piano
Other Young Generation artists

To include:
McCabe: Sonata (Study No 12 - Homage to Tippett) (Proms commission - world première)

Sunday 30 August 2009

Haydn Fantasies for John McCabe

Alexandra Wood, violin
Richard Watkins, horn
Huw Watkins, piano

James Francis Brown, Peter Fribbins, John Hawkins, David Matthews, Alan Mills, Matthew Taylor and Hugh Wood: Haydn Fantasies for John McCabe
Works by Schumann, Huw Watkins, Colin Matthews and Brahms

Presteigne Festival

Presteigne Festival Eucharist

City of Canterbuty Chamber Choir
Edward Kemp-Luck, organ
George Vass, conductor

McCabe: The Evening Watch
Music by McDowall, Harris and Mathias

Presteigne Festival

Saturday 29 August 2009

Red Leaves - McCabe at the Presteigne Festival

Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

McCabe: Red Leaves
Works by Watkins, McDowall and Haydn

Presteigne Festival

McCabe in conversation at the Presteigne Festival

John McCabe, Cecilia McDowall and Huw Watkins in conversation with Geraint Lewis

Presteigne Festival

Friday 28 August 2009

Star-Preludes - McCabe at the Presteigne Festival

Alexandra Wood, violin
Gretel Dowdeswell, piano

McCabe: Star-Preludes
Works by Beethoven, Huw Watkins and Ravel

Presteigne Festival

Thursday 27 August 2009

Les Martinets noirs - McCabe at the Presteigne Festival

Alexandra Wood, violin
Tom Hankey, violin
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

McCabe: Les Martinets noirs
Music by Britten, Sculthorpe, Butler and Tchaikovsky

Presteigne Festival

Friday 14 August 2009

Orchestra of the Swan

David Le Page, violin
Cathy Leech, violin
Orchestra of the Swan
David Curtis, conductor

Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7
Finzi: Romance for Strings
McCabe: Les martinets noirs (UK première)
Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso

Three Choirs Festival, Hereford - 8-14 August 2009
John McCabe is composer-in-residence

Thursday 13 August 2009

Poulenc, McCabe and Strauss

Festival Choir
Soloists
Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Partington, conductor

Poulenc: Gloria
McCabe: Songs of the Garden (world première of orchestrated version)
Strauss: Four Last Songs

Three Choirs Festival, Hereford - 8-14 August 2009
John McCabe is composer-in-residence

Wulstan Atkins Memorial Lecture

John McCabe, piano

Lecture-recital on Haydn piano sonatas.

Haydn's piano sonatas range from his earliest works to his later years and his second visit to London in 1794/5. They give a good overview of his development as a composer, and the originality of his approach to this genre.

Three Choirs Festival, Hereford - 8-14 August 2009
John McCabe is composer-in-residence

Tuesday 11 August 2009

Woefully array’d

Stile Antico

Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
Gibbons: O Lord, in thy wrath
Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium
John IV of Portugal: Crux Fidelis
Morales: O Crux, ave
Cornysh: Woefully arrayed
McCabe: Woefully array’d (Festival commission - world première)
Victoria: O vos omnes
Taverner: Dum transisset sabbatum
Byrd: Haec dies
Gibbons: I am the Resurrection and the Life
Byrd: In resurrectione tua

Three Choirs Festival, Hereford - 8-14 August 2009
John McCabe is composer-in-residence

Wednesday 29 July 2009

Richard Leigh Harris, piano

McCabe: Aubade (Study No 4)
Works by Mendelssohn, Haydn and Schubert

Saturday 18 July 2009

McCabe and Beethoven

Sacconi String Quartet
John McCabe, piano

McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat, Op 127

Petworth Festival

Sunday 12 July 2009

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir / George Vass, conductor

Mathias: Let the people praise thee
Harris: Faire is the heaven
McCabe: The Evening Watch
Mathias: Missa Aedis Christi
Fauré: Requiem
Elgar: Great is the Lord

Sacconi String Quartet with John McCabe, piano

Bach: Movements from The Art of the Fugue
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132

Blyth Valley Chamber Music - Concerts at Cratfield

Saturday 11 July 2009

John McCabe, piano

McCabe: Variations (1963)
Haydn: Variations in F minor
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D784
McCabe: Studies: No 4 Aubade, No 10 Tunstall Chimes
Haydn: Sonata in A flat, Landon 31 (Hob. 46)

Blyth Valley Chamber Music - Concerts at Cratfield

Wednesday 24 June 2009

Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

Monday 22 June 2009

Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

Sunday 21 June 2009

Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

Saturday 20 June 2009

Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

Friday 5 June 2009

Month of Moderns III

The Crossing Choir
Donald Nally, conductor

Holten: Rain and Rush and Rosebush
Jackson Hill: Voices of Autumn
Pärt: I am the true vine
Philip Moore: I saw him standing
Paul Fowler: Potter's Clay
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta
Kile Smith: new work

Craig Ogden, guitar

McCabe: Canto for guitar
Britten: Nocturnal
Music by Bach, Dowland and Spanish composers

Sittingbourne Music Society

Tuesday 12 May 2009

John McCabe, piano

McCabe: Tunstall Chimes (Study No 10 - Hommage à Ravel)
McCabe: Aubade (Study No 4)
McCabe: Evening Harmonies (Study No 8 - Hommage à Dukas)
McCabe: Tenebrae


London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (piano duet)

To include:
McCabe: Upon entering a painting

Bury St Edmunds Festival

Saturday 9 May 2009

John McCabe, piano

Schumann: 3 Pieces (Verrufene Stelle; Romance in F sharp; Aufschwung)
McCabe: 2 Studies
Beethoven: Sonata in D Op 28 (Pastorale)
Ravel: Miroirs
Haydn: Sonata in E flat, L62 (Hob 52)

Rochdale Music Society

Sunday 26 April 2009

Ravel, Stravinsky, McCabe and Lambert

Sarah Leonard, soprano
Pavao String Quartet
Marius Stravinsky, conductor
John McCabe, piano

Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
McCabe: Rainforest I
Lambert: 8 Poems of Li-Po
Stravinsky: 3 Shakespeare Songs
Stravinsky: The Owl and the Pussycat
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea

Saturday 18 April 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in D major KV381
Schubert: Andantino Variations in B minor D823 No 2
Schubert: Rondo in A major D951
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Brillante Op 92
McCabe: Upon entering a painting
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

Oxted and Limpsfield Music Society

Wednesday 15 April 2009

John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Sonata in E flat L62 (Hob 52)
Emily Howard: Sky and Water
McCabe: 2 Studies
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Manchester Mid-day Concerts

Sunday 29 March 2009

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in D, K381
Schubert: Andantino Variations in B minor, D 823, No 2
Schubert: Rondo in A, D951
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Brillante, Op 92
McCabe: New work (world première)
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

19 March 2009 - 21 March 2009

Manchester University: Brief Music Department Residency

19 March: Composers' Forum / Brass Ensemble performance
20 March: Lunchtime concert: Vaganza New Music Ensemble
6pm Drinks reception
7.30pm Evening concert: Vaganza New Music Ensemble
21 March, 7.30pm: Manchester University Wind Orchestra / Phil Robinson, conductor
To include - McCabe: Canyons

Tuesday 17 March 2009

John McCabe - his life and music

The composer in conversation with Guy Rickards

British Music Society Lecture Recital series No 16

Please phone Andrew Knowles beforehand on +44 (0)1480 456931 if you plan to attend.

Thursday 12 March 2009

Dante String Quartet

Krysia Osostowicz, violin
Giles Francis, violin
Judith Busbridge, viola
Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello

Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Haydn: Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2
McCabe: Quartet No 4 (1982)
Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op 81 No 3
Haydn: Quartet in G minor (The Rider) Op 74 No 3

One of the finest quartets of today will mark the 70th birthday of our Vice-President John McCabe by including in their programme his 4th quartet - commissioned to mark the 250th anniversary of Haydn's birth. We also mark the 350th and 200th birthdays of Purcell and of Mendelssohn respectively.

John McCabe, piano

Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 10 No 1
McCabe: 2 Studies (Evening Harmonies; Tunstall Chimes)
Haydn: Sonata in C minor L33 (Hob 20)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schubert: Sonata in A minor D784

Faversham Music Club

Saturday 21 February 2009

John McCabe at Mackenzie Hall

John McCabe, piano

Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op 28 (Pastorale)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D784
Haydn: Adagio and Variations in F minor
McCabe: Piano Variations (1963)
McCabe: Snowfall in Winter

Tuesday 17 February 2009

Kevin Bowyer Organ Recital

Kevin Bowyer, organ

Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto in A minor (BWV 593)
Thierry Pallesco: Caprice Poétique No 5 (1st concert performance)
Guy Weitz: Fanfare and Gothic March
Arvo Pärt: Annum per Annum
McCabe: Carol-Preludes (concert première)

Friday 6 February 2009

Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band

Ian Porthouse, conductor

To include:
McCabe: Cloudcatcher Fells

Monday 2 February 2009

Zephyr with Ian Buckle, piano

McCabe: Postcards for wind quintet
Thuille: Sextet
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat Op 16

Luton Music Club

Sunday 1 February 2009

Vinter, Horovitz, McCabe, Ball, Howarth and Wilby

Michael Howley, euphonium
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
Alan Morrison, conductor

Vinter: Triumphant Rhapsody
Horovitz: Euphonium Concerto
McCabe: Images
Eric Ball: Journey into Freedom
Howarth: In Memoriam R K
Wilby: The New Jerusalem

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

Pre-concert event with John McCabe and Philip Wilby (to be confirmed)

Arnold, Vinter, Walton, Lawrence, Higgins, Howarth and McCabe

Fairey Band
Philip Chalk, conductor

Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Band
Vinter: Salute to Youth
Walton: The First Shoot
Philip Lawrence: Time Machine
Gavin Higgins: Freaks for trombone and band
Howarth: American Dreams
McCabe: Cloudcatcher Fells

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

Saturday 31 January 2009

McCabe, Arnold, Vinter, Wilson and Gregson

RNCM Brass Ensemble
John Miller, conductor

McCabe: Desert II: Horizon
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony for Brass

RNCM Brass Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor

Music by Vinter, Wilson and Gregson

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

Oxford University Department for Continuing Education - Composers' Masterclass with John McCabe

This is a practical day school for composers and interested listeners, in which John McCabe, one of Britain's most distinguished composers, will discuss many aspects of the composer’s craft. Composers who would like to have their work discussed by John McCabe should submit their proposed score no later than 31 December 2008.

9.15am - 5pm

Sunday 25 January 2009

Marijn Simons conducts McCabe, Simon, Hindemith and Zappa

Karina Şabac, piano
Simons Ensemble
Marijn Simons, conductor

McCabe: Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet
Simon: 6 Miniatures
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik
Zappa: Times Beach II and III

Wednesday 7 January 2009

James Kreiling, piano

McCabe: Tenebrae
David Matthews: Dionysus Dithyramb
James MacMillan: Piano Sonata
Giles Easterbrook: Variations for piano

Park Lane Group Young Artists' Series

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Fauvel’s Rondeaux

Zalas Trio
Rafal Luc, classical accordion

Hans Abrahamsen: Air
Sofia Gubaidulina: De Profundis
McCabe: Fauvel's Rondeaux for clarinet, violin and piano
Jonathan Harvey: Clarinet Trio
Gyorgy Ligeti: Musica Ricercata No 2
Gyorgy Ligeti: Musica Ricercata No 3
Gyorgy Ligeti: Musica Ricercata No 6
Giles Swayne: Squeezy (world premiere)
Béla Bartók: Contrasts (violin, clarinet and piano)

Park Lane Group Young Artists' New Years Series

Saturday 20 December 2008

Carol Service

Liverpool Cathedral Choir
David Poulter, director

To include:
McCabe: new carol (world première)

Saturday 29 November 2008

McCabe, Grieg and Sibelius

Sinfonia Tamesa
Tom Hammond, conductor

McCabe: Red Leaves
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C

The last and greatest Herald

Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha, conductor

Programme includes:
McCabe: The last and greatest Herald (world première)

Saturday 22 November 2008

RAM Junior Sinfonietta

Matthew Taylor, conductor

To include:
McCabe: Red Leaves

Friday 21 November 2008

Landscape and Time

The King's Singers

McCabe: Scenes in America deserta
Music by Peter Maxwell Davies, Michael Nyman, Jackson Hill and Richard Rodney Bennett.

Saturday 15 November 2008

Rodewald Concerts Society - Elgar Piano Quintet

John McCabe, piano
String quartet from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor

Preceded at 2.40pm by a talk, 'Alfred Rodewald - Elgar's Best Friend' by John Kelly of the Elgar Society.

John McCabe will also unveil a plaque commemorating Alfred Rodewald.

Thursday 13 November 2008

Mark Bebbington, piano EVENT CANCELLED

Bridge: Dramatic Fantasia The Hour Glass
McCabe: Haydn Variations
Ireland: London Pieces
Ireland: Sarnia - An Island Sequence

EVENT CANCELLED
(There will be a pre-concert talk chaired by Roderick Swanston, with Lewis Foreman, Bruce Phillips, John McCabe and Mark Bebbington.)

Wednesday 12 November 2008

King's Singers

To include:
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

John McCabe, piano

Knussen: Prayer Bell Sketch
David Ellis: Old Willows
Casken: The Haunting Bough
Joubert: Piano Sonata No 2
Emily Howard: Sky and Water
Cecilia McDowall: Four Piano Solos
McCabe: Tenebrae

Sunday 9 November 2008

King's Singers

To include:
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

Saturday 8 November 2008

King's Singers

To include:
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

Tuesday 4 November 2008

King's Singers

To include:
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

Tuesday 28 October 2008

King's Singers

To include:
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta

Monday 20 October 2008

Fine Arts Brass

McCabe: Hawk in Winter Light
Music by Verdi, Bach, Berkeley, Falla and Dodgson

Luton Music Club

Sunday 24 August 2008

Shepherd on the Rock

Gillian Keith, soprano
Catriona Scott, clarinet
Helen Reid, piano

McCabe: Three folksong arrangements
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1
Tom Randle: Los Nacimientos - a cycle of five songs (world premiere)
Arnold Cooke: Three Songs of Innocence
Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour mi - book I
Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965

Presteigne Festival 2008 event 14

This event ends at approximately 9.45pm

10 August 2008 - 11 August 2008

Bornem Festival

Walter Boeykens Ensemble
John McCabe, piano

McCabe: Sonata for clarinet, cello & piano
McCabe: Rainforest I
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor

Tuesday 5 August 2008

The King's Singers

Poulenc: Chansons françaises Op 130 - selection
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta
French Renaissance Madrigals
Victorian Partsongs
English Folksongs

BBC Proms

Monday 28 July 2008

EPTA Conference: 'The World in One City'

John McCabe, piano

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 10 No 1
Saxton: Chacony for piano, left hand
Haydn: Piano Sonata
McCabe: Studies
Ravel: work to be announced

Friday 25 July 2008

John McCabe and the Linos Wind Quintet

Linos Wind Quintet
John McCabe, piano

McCabe: Concerto for piano and wind quintet
Richard Rodney Bennett: Sonata for piano and wind quintet

Sunday 13 July 2008

Modern British Music for two pianos

Piano Duo: Tetsu and Masaki

Malcolm Arnold: Ragtime for two pianos
McCabe: 'I have a bonnet trimmed with blue'
McCabe: Two scenes from Edward II for two pianos
Peter Maxwell Davies: Four lessons for two pianos
Howard Blake: Sonata for two pianos
Richard Rodney Bennett: Fanfare on a 16th century tune
Richard Rodney Bennett: Lilliburlero variations

Sunday 6 July 2008

Vaughan Williams Anniversary Concert

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Edward Kemp-Luck, organ
George Vass, conductor

Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum
McCabe: The Evening Watch
Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs
David Matthews: new work (world première)
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor

Friday 27 June 2008

John McCabe and the Leeds Symphony Orchestra

John McCabe, piano
Leeds Symphony Orchestra
Martin Binks, conductor

Berlioz: Overture Le carnaval romain
Monteverdi / Gabrieli: Canzonas for Brass
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat, K482
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Saturday 7 June 2008

Day-School on Haydn Piano Sonatas with John McCabe

During the lifetime of Josef Haydn the piano underwent huge changes in design and playing techniques and Haydn's own writing for the instrument reflects these changes. This day school is given by John McCabe, whose monumental recordings of the complete Haydn piano music remain amongst the most authoritative interpretations available.

Oxford University Centre for Continuing Education

Saturday 12 April 2008

Corelli, Sibelius, Telemann, Vivaldi, McCabe, Grieg and Handel

Angela Whelan, trumpet
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward, director

Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op 6/5
Sibelius: Rakastava
Telemann: Trumpet Concerto
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in A
McCabe: Rainforest II for trumpet and strings
Grieg: 2 Norwegian Airs
Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op 6/5

Saturday 15 March 2008

Janacek, Mozart and Haydn

John McCabe, piano
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward, director

Janacek: Suite for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459
Mozart: Wind Divertimento in B flat, K240
Haydn: Symphony No 80 in D minor

Wednesday 5 March 2008

McCabe, Mozart and Haydn

John McCabe, piano
Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward, conductor

McCabe: Two Dances from Mary Queen of Scots
Mozart: Piano Concerto in F K459
Haydn: Symphony No 80 in D minor

Friday 18 January 2008

Strauss, McCabe and Rachmaninov

Truls Mørk, cello
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
McCabe: Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Pre-concert event at 6.30pm

Thursday 17 January 2008

Strauss, McCabe and Rachmaninov

Truls Mørk, cello
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Richard Strauss: Don Juan
McCabe: Cello Concerto (world première)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

Pre-concert event at 6.30pm