PROGRAMME

Pre-Festival Event

Sunday 12 May 3.00–4.00 pm
THE DARENT VALLEY YOUTH MUSIC WIND BAND CONCERT

St Mary’s Church, Long Mill Lane, Platt

To launch this year’s Festival, the Great Comp Music Trust is sponsoring a special concert by the Darent Valley Youth Music Wind Band.

Saturday 29 June 8.00pm
THE SACCONI STRING QUARTET

We open this year’s season with the award-winning Sacconi Quartet, young players who have established a highly successful international career. They present an interesting programme of quartets by Haydn, Grieg and Erich Korngold, who is more usually known for his classic film scores.

Sunday 7 July 8.00pm
THE CASTALIAN STRING QUARTET

Since first performing at Great Comp, the Castalian Quartet’s career has really taken off. They have won important awards and are making a name for themselves in both Europe and North America. In this concert they perform works by Haydn, Beethoven and the under-rated Romantic composer and pianist, Fanny Mendelssohn.

Saturday 13 July 8.00pm
TRIO ISIMSIZ

Much praised new-comers, piano Trio Isimsiz, play key works from the Romantic period by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.

Saturday 20 July 8.00pm
TIMOTHY RIDOUT (viola)
FRANK DUPREE (piano)

Two outstanding young artists perform an all-English programme, including works by York Bowen, who has been called the ‘English Rachmaninov’, and is currently the subject of an enthusiastic revival.

Sunday 21 July 11.00 am – 3.30 pm
THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Music and the arts between c1789 and 1848:
Peter Medhurst explores six principal themes that shaped and hallmarked the Romantic period in the arts.

with Maciek O’Shea – bass-baritone, Linda Howarth – flute and Jeremy Limb – piano

Saturday 27 July 8.00pm
ROGER OWENS (piano)

For several years Roger Owens has delighted Great Comp audiences with his engaging recitals. For this season’s concert he performs a wide-ranging programme of classics from the early 18th to the late 19th century.

Saturday 31 August 7.30pm
THE DOMINIC ALLDIS TRIO

Following in the tradition of the hugely popular Jacques Loussier Trio, Dave Brubeck Quartet and Modern Jazz Quartet, the Trio brings a fresh and contemporary approach to works from classical music and opera.

Saturday 7 September 7.30pm
LONDON CONCERTANTE

For this year’s visit to the Festival, London Concertante will play works for strings and clarinet, including Mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Quintet and works by Dvorák and Jean Françaix.

Sunday 15 September 7.30pm
THE PIATTI STRING QUARTET

Following their two previous and much praised concerts at Great Comp, we welcome back the Piatti Quartet, prize winners at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.

Sunday 22 September 7.30pm
THE MELA GUITAR QUARTET

Outstanding guitarists, who play with an ‘exalted level of perfection’ (Naxos), present an attractively varied programme, ranging from Bach to the present day.

Sunday 29 September 7.30pm
THE ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET

The Roderick Cameron Memorial Concert

It is 10 years since the death of Roderick Cameron, who with his wife Joy held the first Music Festival at Great Comp in 1973. Tonight’s concert features the work of some of his favourite composers of chamber music.