Stuart King

CHROMA's Programme Suggestions

"Telling Tales" : clarinet, violin & piano
Bela Bartok - Contrasts
Kenneth Hesketh - Cautionary Tales
Thomas Adès - Court Studies from "The Tempest"
Elizabeth Machoncy - Fantasia
John McCabe - Fauvel's Rondeaux
Igor Stravinsky - Suite from "A Soldier's Tale"

"Cirque Imaginaire": oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, double-bass & harp:
Sergei Prokofiev - Quintet from surreal ballet 'Trapèze'
Elizabeth Maconchy - Reflections
Gabriel Jackson - Luna 21 in the Sea of Serenity
Howard Skempton - Gleams and Fragments
Michael Zev Gordon - A Mermaid Sings

"Black Angels" - clarinet, flute, string quartet, piano & electronics:
Matthew Sansom - 'muraqabah' for electroacoustic tape (designed to be prelude to concert as people are coming in to take their seats)
Arlene Sierra - 'Surrounded Ground' for clarinet, string quartet & piano - CHROMA commission
Dai Fujikura - 'Poison Mushroom' for flute and tape
Julian Grant - 'Strike Opponent's Ears with Both Fists' clarinet, flute, string quartet & piano- CHROMA commission
George Crumb - 'Black Angels' for electric string quartet

"Reflections" - flute, oboe, clarinet, string quintet & harp:
Sergei Prokofiev - Quintet
Arnold Bax - Nonet
Howard Skempton - Eternity's Sunrise
Phillip Neil Martin - Shifting Mirrors
Elizabeth Maconchy - Reflections
Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro

Piazzolla and Golijov, with 8 players:
Astor Piazzolla ... Concerto for Accordion and Guitar with strings
Osvaldo Golijov ... The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Ian Watson) ... Muerte del Angel
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Ian Watson) ... Milonga del Angel
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Ian Watson) ... Libertango

String sextet:
Schoenberg . . . Verklärte Nacht (28')
Tchaikovsky . . . Souvenir de Florence (34')

Nonet (including harp):
Prokofiev . . . Quintet in G minor Op 39 (22’)
Bax . . . Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, string quintet and harp (18’)
Howard Skempton . . . Eternity’s Sunrise (10’)
Phillip Neil Martin . . . Shifting Mirrors (8’)
Elizabeth Maconchy . . . Reflections (12’)
Ravel . . . Introduction & Allegro (10’)

Octet:
Anthony Powers . . . Fast Colours (7')
Kenneth Leighton . . . Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune (18')
Aaron Copland . . . Sextet (15')
Albert Roussel . . . Serenade (15')
Gabriel Jackson . . . In Prairial and Thermidor (18')
Maurice Ravel . . . Introduction & allegro (10')

Sextet:
Mozart . . . Clarinet Quintet in Bb
Debussy . . . Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Gabriel Jackson . . . In the Mendips (written for CHROMA)
Ravel . . . Introduction & Allegro

Clarinet quintet:
Francaix . . . Clarinet Quintet
Gabriel Jackson . . . In Prairial and Thermidor for clarinet and string quartet
Brahms or Mozart . . . Clarinet Quintet

Quartet:
Darius Milhaud . . . Suite for clarinet, violin and piano
Edward McGuire . . . Prelude 21 - Ninian's Chant for solo violin
Ludwig Beethoven . . . Trio in B flat for clarinet, cello and piano
Sergei Rachmaninov . . . Trio Élégiaque no.1 for piano trio
Johannes Brahms . . . Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano

Quartet:
Milhaud . . . Suite for clarinet, violin and piano
Ravel . . . Piano Trio
Messiaen . . . Quatour pour le Fin de Temps

"Many thanks to you all for a super day and a beautifully balanced and wonderfully executed programme. The pleasure was all ours." Peter Sotheran, Kirkleatham Music Society

Helen Sharp