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Music
Alban Gerhardt with Aurora Orchestra: Reflections
Saturday, 7 January 2017 - 7:30pm / Hall One
Pre-eminent cellist Alban Gerhardt joins Aurora Orchestra for a glittering conversation across the centuries, with works by Vivaldi, Britten, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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Late Night Cello with Alban Gerhardt
Saturday, 7 January 2017 - 9:45pm / Hall One
Join Alban Gerhardt for a late-night ascent of the ‘Everest’ of the cello repertoire: Kodály’s monumental sonata for solo cello.
Music, Spoken Word
Word/Play – The Fox Family & Richard Sisson: The Tales of Beatrix Potter
Sunday, 8 January 2017 - 11:30am / Hall One
In a unique family appearance, award winning actor Edward Fox is joined by his wife, Joanna David, daughter Emilia Fox and nephew Jack Fox. They will perform a selection from The Tales of Beatrix Potter, specially adapted by pianist Richard Sisson.
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Sunday, 8 January 2017 - 6:30pm / Hall One
The internationally renowned Chiaroscuro Quartet perform one of Haydn’s best-loved quartets from the Op. 76 set, music by Sweden’s Franz Berwald and one of the pinnacles of the quartet repertoire, Beethoven’s late quartet in C-sharp minor.
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Christophe Coin: Bach Through Time – Concert I
Wednesday, 11 January 2017 - 8:00pm / Hall One
For the first in our series of Bach Through Time, distinguished period cellist Christophe Coin begins at the beginning with the earliest music for solo cello, by 17th century cellist-composers Domenico Gabrielli and Dall’Abaco. He then turns to Bach’s Cello Suites in D minor and major.
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SOLD OUT – Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Playground
Friday, 13 January 2017 - 8:00pm / Hall One
Following a sold-out show at Kings Place Festival, captivating singer-songwriter/cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, who has toured with Anoushka Shankar, Laura Mvula and written for the London Symphony Orchestra, returns with her unique and striking blend of soul/pop.
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Friday, 13 January 2017 - 8:00pm / Hall Two
Cloudmakers Trio (Jim Hart, Michael Janisch & Dave Smith) are joined by special guests, Austrian-born guitarist Hannes Riepler and French-based alto saxophonist Antonin Tri Hoang, in what will surely result in their strongest program of original, genre-twisting music to date.
Film: Arthur Russell – Wild Combination
Saturday, 14 January 2017 - 5:30pm Sunday, 15 January 2017 - 5:30pm / St Pancas Room
Wild Combination is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell.
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Saturday, 14 January 2017 - 8:00pm Sunday, 15 January 2017 - 3:00pm / Hall Two
Well known for his work in the dance and pop arenas, the composer and cellist Arthur Russell was also an artist who engaged deeply with the avant-garde. Oliver Coates and London Contemporary Orchestra present his orchestral work Tower of Meaning.
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LCMS – Ensemble Epomeo with Daniel de Borah (piano): Beethoven String Trios & Brahms Piano Quartets
Sunday, 15 January 2017 - 6:30pm / Hall One
The second of a mini-series of concerts celebrating the string trio, pairing one of Beethoven’s remarkable Op. 9 trios with a 20th-century work. They finish with one of the three piano quartets by Brahms.