The Musical Brain

Saturday 29th June 2013

The Mansion House, London EC4N 8BH

Adrian Thompson (tenor) Stephen Johnson (speaker) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

War poetry and songs of the 20th century – part of a two day conference – Worlds in Collision: Music and the Trauma of War

For more information; www.themusicalbrain.org

Or phone: 0208 404 1327

Northern Aldborough Festival

Wednesday 19th June 2013, 7.30pm

St Andrew’s Church, Aldborough

Victoria Simmonds (mezzo soprano) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

With Much Love….The Music and Letters Of Kathleen Ferrier

Box office: 01423 900979

St John’s Smith Square

Thursday 7th November 2013, 7.30pm

St John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

A SACRED LIFE

Purcell – Lord what is Man, Evening Hymn (arr Britten)

Britten – Canticle 1 My Beloved is mine

Barber – Hermit Songs

Schubert – Nacht und Traume, Im Abendrot, Die Sterne, Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe, Litanei

Britten – The Holy Sonnets of John Donne

For more information contact:

www.sjss.org.uk

Box office: 020 7222 1061

Friends of Kampala Music School

Thursday 13th June 2013 6.30 for 7pm

Newnton House, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire

James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Britten – On This Island

Faure – L’Horizon Chimerique

Schumann – Dichterliebe

Phone 07717 834606 for more information

Hendon Festival

Sunday 26th May 2013, 3pm

St Mary’s Church, Church End, Hendon NW4 4JT

Ellie Fagg (Violin) Nick Hougham (Horn) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in B flat K454

Brahms Trio for violin, horn and piano

Box office: 02089590207

Hendon Festival

Saturday 25th May 2013, 7.30pm

St Mary’s Church, Church End, Hendon NW4 4JT

Lan Wei  (soprano) Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) Anna Tilbrook (piano) Nick Reading (piano) Richard Morrison (conductor) Choir of Hendon St Mary

Brahms Songs

Brahms Requiem

Box office: 02089590207

St John’s School, leatherhead

Wednesday 15th May 2013, 7.30pm

St John’s School, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8SP

Ellie Fagg (violin) Joe Walters (horn) Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Vintner Hunter’s Moon

Mozart Sonata in B flat K454

Brahms Trio for violin, horn and piano

For more information and box office call 01372 385450.

Leamington Music Festival

Sunday 5th May 2013, 7.30pm

Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamingtom Spa CV32 4AA

Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Gurney Ludlow and Teme

Britten String Quartet No.3

Delius Late Swallows

Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge

For more information: www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk

Telephone 01926 776438

 

Leamington Music Festival

Saturday 4th May 2013, 12noon

Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa CV32 4AA

Anna Tilbrook (piano) Coull String Quartet

Simpson String Quartet No 10

Frank Bridge Piano Quintet

For more inofrmation:www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk 

Telephone 01926 776438

Concert with James Gilchrist – 7th March 2013

Thursday 7th March, 2013, 7.30pm
Bushell Hall, Birkenhead School, Bidston Rd, Oxton CH43 2JD

James Gilchrist  (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

A centenary tribute to Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Songs by Britten, Purcell, Berkeley, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Gurney, Bridge, concluding with Britten’s Winter Words

For more information, contact:
info@tworiversfestival.co.uk

Box office: 0151 651 3095

Tour with James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook and Puertas String Quartet, Feb 1,3,4 2013

Friday 1st February 2013, 7.45pm
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Beaumont St, Hexham, NE46 3LS
(01434 652477 www.queenshall.co.uk)

 

Sunday 3rd February 2013, 2.30pm
Kelso High School, Bowmont St, Kelso TD5 7EG
(info@kelsomusicsociety.com)

 

Monday 4th February 2013, 7.30pm
Ripon Cathedral
(01765 658071 www.riponconcerts.co.uk)

James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Puertas String Quartet

Elgar: Piano Quintet
Vaughan WIlliams: On Wenlock Edge
Songs by Vaughan Williams, Quilter, Warlock, Gurney, Bridge

Concert with James Gilchrist – 11th Nov

Sunday 11th November 2012, 3pm
The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park

James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Music by Purcell, Britten, Berkeley, Finzi, Butterworth, Ireland

Presented by Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music

For more information, contact:
Norfolk & Norwich Chamber Music, The John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park NR4 7UH
01603 628319    www.norwichchambermusic.co.uk

Two Moors Festival: concert with Caroline Macphie – 16th Oct

Tuesday 16th October 2012, 1.30pm
All Saints’ Church, Okehampton

Caroline Macphie (soprano), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

The convergence of the twain: a recital to mark the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the “Titanic”.

Haydn: The Mermaid’s Song,
Head: The ships of Arcady
Britten: Seascape from On this island
Fauré: Au bord de l’eau, Les berceaux
Berlioz: I’ile inconnue
Bizet: Douce mer
Schubert: 3 songs
Poulenc: Les chemins de l’amour
Strauss: Mein Herz ist stumm
Handel: Farewell, ye limpid springs

Part of the Two Moors Festival

For more information, contact:
01643 831006    www.thetwomoorsfestival.com

Two Moors Festival: concert ‘Come into the parlour’ – 14th Oct

Sunday 14th October 2012, 7.30pm
Widecombe-in-the-Moor church, Widecombe

Come into the parlour – a concert to celebrate Charles Dicken’s birth in 1812

Henry Russell: Mr Wardle’s Carol
Michael Balfe: Come into the Garden, Maude
Stanford: La belle dame sans merci
and many other delights

with Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) and Donald Maxwell (baritone)

Part of the Two Moors Festival

For more information, contact:
01643 831006    www.thetwomoorsfestival.com

Recital with Ekaterina Scherbachenko – 6th May

Sunday 6th May 2012, 4pm
Wigmore Hall

Ekaterina Scherbachenko (soprano), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World 2009,  Ekaterina Scherbachenko and Anna Tilbrook will be performing Romances by Tchaikovsky and Sviridov.

For more information, contact:
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP
Box Office 020 7935 2141

Concert with Clare Langan (flute) – 19th April

Thursday 19th April 2012, 7.30pm
The Oriental Club

Clare Langan (flute), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Bach: Sonata in E major
Mozart: Andante in C
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
Martinu: Sonata for flute and piano
Debussy: Syrinx
Chaminade: Concertino

For more information, contact:
The Oriental Club, Stratford House, Stratford Place, London, W1C 1ES   

Thursday 14th October 2010, 8pm

Wilton’s Music Hall (off Ensign St, London E1 8JB)
Box Office 0207 702 2789

James Gilchrist (tenor) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) with Netia Jones (direction)

Britten: Winter Words
Tippett: Boyhoods End
Finzi: A Young Man’s Exhortation, Solilquy, The darkened valley.

Sunday 3rd October 2010, 7.30pm

St. John’s Smith Square, London SW1P 2HA (Introductory talk 6.30pm)
Box office 0207 222 1061 or www.sjsq.org.uk
The Musical Brain – Arts, Science and the Mind 2010 Conference.

Robert Schumann – The Man, The Mind, The Music.

James Gilchrist (tenor),  Anna Tilbrook (piano) and the Sacconi Quartet.

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, Schlummert ein, Prelude in E flat min
Schubert: Goethe settings
Mahler: Das Knaben Wunderhorn settings
Beethoven: Quartet Op.18 No.6 (final mvt)
Schumann: Dichterliebe