Linton Music Society

President: Sir David Willcocks

Linton Cambridgeshire UK

to our 2008/2009 season

	Saturday 11 October 7.30pm Linton Village College MADELEINE MITCHELL violin ANDREW BALL piano Madeleine Mitchell has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in over 40 countries. The programme includes beautiful works for violin and piano which the artists recently recorded, by Ravel and Frank Bridge, Faure's Sonata No 1 in A Op13, Prokofiev's Cinq Mélodies, and Schubert's Ave Maria. A Classic FM CD of the Week 'A particularly successful album... Madeleine Mitchell's playing is most appealing'. Gramophone Dec 07'
	Sunday 16 November 3.00pm Linton Village College Extra Concert! - SUZUKI TEA CONCERT Children aged four to 14, piano pupils of Jenny Macmillan and cello and double bass pupils of her daughter Pippa Macmillan, will give a concert of music ranging from folk songs through baroque minuets to classical sonatas. Many of these children have performed at major venues such as the Purcell Room in London and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. Tickets £4 adults, children £1 (includes tea),available on the door or in advance from Sweet Talk News (see How to book)
	Saturday 13 December 7.30pm St Mary's Church CAMBRIDGE TAVERNER CHOIR Britten's Ceremony of Carols, a joyous collection of expressive medieval carols set to evocative music and accompanied by harp, forms the centrepiece of this concert. In addition, the choir performs some of the best-loved British carols of the twentieth century, including Ord's Adam Lay Ybounden, Howells' A Spotless Rose, and Vaughan-Williams' This is the Truth from Above. The Cambridge Taverner Choir emerged from the Oxford and Cambridge choral tradition and has built a reputation for powerful and expressive performances.
	Saturday 21 February 7.30pm Linton Village College SASHA GRYNYUK piano In 2007 Sasha Grynyuk won the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition and his appearance here is one of the concert prizes he was awarded. Trained at the Academy of Ukraine he made an early concert debut, is now based in London and has played in many venues there including the Wigmore Hall. He plays a varied and virtuoso programme, which includes Chopin's Sonata in B minor and Schumann's Faschingschwank aus Wien.
	Saturday 28 March 7.30pm Linton Village College AQUARELLE GUITAR QUARTET One of the most original and active guitar ensembles in the UK, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet is dedicated to presenting works from around the globe with a particular focus in the music of Latin America. The programme will include works by Rossini, Albeniz, Gismonti and the Brazilian composer Assad. ...the ability to unite as one in presenting phrases makes this quartet a special phenomenon. International Guitar
	Saturday 25 April 7.30pm St Mary's Church DORIC STRING QUARTET Bach - from The Art of Fugue Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' String Quartet Op 59, No 1 Mendlessohn - String Quartet Op 44 No 3 in Eb Major A welcome return from a quartet who were First Prize winners of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan and whose reputation and career has gone from strength to strength since they were last here in 2006.
	Saturday 23 May 7.30pm Linton Village College HAYDN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Nicholas Collon conductor Narcissus Duo: Jane Mitchell flute Tanya Houghton harp Schubert - Overture in the Italian Style (C major) D 591 Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp K 299 Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A The acclaimed Haydn Chamber Orchestra from London return to Linton, for a programme of orchestral favourites. They are joined by the Narcissus Duo for Mozart's stunning concerto for flute and harp, whilst Schubert's lively Italian Overture, and Beethoven's great 7th symphony round off an unmissable concert.

Programmes subject to alteration.

How to find us

How to book

Tickets are available at the door or can be obtained in advance by telephone or in person from:

Sweet Talk News
77 High Street
Linton
Cambridge
CB21 4HS

Telephone 01223 893480

Ticket prices (individual concerts):-

Adults (no concessions) £9.00

Students (to age 21) £2.00

Family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) £20.00

Suzuki Tea Concert £4 adult, £1 child

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If you are not already a LMS Member, then why not consider joining this year? You'll not only benefit from substantial reductions in ticket prices, but we'll also send you invitations to other events during the year.

For queries about concerts or Linton Music Society please email info@cambridgesummermusic.com or phone 01223 893600

The Yamaha piano

The Yamaha piano is available for hire for piano recitals by other organisations at a reasonable rate from the Linton Music Society. If your organisation needs a first-class instrument for a special concert please contact the Chairman tel 01223 894161.

Music Links

Cambridge Summer Music Festival