Music Chamber

Guillaume Dufay - Messe 'L'Homme Armé': Kyrie-Christe-Kyrie

Dufay was one of the best known composers of the 15th century, and this is his best known piece – based on the popular melody ‘The Armed Man’.

Dmitri Shostakovitch - Piano Trio No 1. Op. 8 in C minor

Written as a student work in1923, this was originally entitled "Poème", and is in a single movement. All of the themes are derived from the opening motif. The music recalls a Romanticism that the composer would soon repudiate.

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango. Flute and Guitar

One of the best known pieces by this Argentinian composer. It was written while he was living in Italy after suffering a heart attack. Beethoven Spring Sonata, 1st Movement. Violin and Piano Written fairly early in Beethoven's career, and dedicated to one of his aristocrat- ic patrons, this sonata has four movements. We will be performing the opening Allegro which is featured in the stage show Fame.

Howard Skempton - Lullaby. Clarinet and Cello

Howard Skempton has been commissioned to write one of the pieces for the London Olympics. This simple duet is typical of his music.

Alan Taylor – To Catch the Floating Sighs. Violin and Guitar These four miniatures draw on a poem by the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca which describes the sound of a guitar as: “spinning a web of stars to catch the sighs which float in its depths.”

Bohuslav Martinu – Trio. Flute, Cello and Piano, 1st movement

Written during the 2nd World War, after Martinu's escape to America, this Trio is a testimony to his ability to continue composing while surrounded by chaos.

Astor Piazzolla - Night Club 1960. Violin and Guitar Jazz meets Tango – from Piazolla’s series, ‘The History of Tango’

Franciso de Peñalosa - Missa 'Ave Maria Peregrina': Kyrie-Christe-Kyrie

This is the type of music which Catherine of Aragon, the 1st wife Henry VIII, would have heard as a child.

 

An innovative new group formed by talented performers graduating from Trinity College of Music, the London Performance Collective is a chamber music ensemble which aims to perform art music from all historical periods, from the Middle Ages up to the present. They aim to perform in innovative ways which encourage an audience to listen anew. Performers combine and re-combine into different small ensembles during each performance.