Highlights August to December 2024 include…
Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 August
Chamber Music by the Sea – Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
With Karim Sulayman (tenor), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Elena Urioste (violin), Melissa White (violin), Kyle Armbrust (viola), Tony Rymer (cello)
Programmes to include Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge, Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2, Mel Bonis Violin Sonata, selections from #UriPosteJukeBox, and Tom’s Great American Songbook arrangements
MORITZBURG FESTIVAL, GERMANY
Tuesday 13 August, 8pm – Northern Terrace, Moritzburg Castle
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata - with Jan Vogler (cello)
Wednesday 14 August, 8pm – Northern Terrace, Moritzburg Castle
Schumann Piano Quintet - with Stella Chen, Chad Hoopes (violins), Ulrich Eichenauer (viola), Bruno Philippe (cello)
Friday 16 August, 10pm – Northern Terrace, Moritzburg Castle
Piazzolla Tangos - with Mira Wang (violin), Victor Hugo Villena (bandoneon), Alexander Edelmann (double bass)
Saturday 24 August, 7.30pm
Gŵyl Machynlleth Festival - Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth, Powys
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Cristina Mateo Sáez (clarinet), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Ruohua Li (double bass), Tom Poster (piano)
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Divertimento, Mark Simpson Nachtstück, Dohnányi Sextet, Schubert Trout Quintet
Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 September, 7.30pm
Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
The Lonesome Death of Eng Bunker – a new show with songs by Tom Poster, devised and performed by Tobi Poster-Su. Puppetry, music, striptease, conjoined twins…
Saturday 21 September, 2.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, London
With London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September
Trondheim Chamber Music Festival
Programmes to include works by Saint-Saëns, Bridge, Montgomery, Bonis, Brahms, Schumann, and a selection of Tom’s arrangements
Friday 4 October, 7pm – recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Tetbury Music Festival – St Marys’ Church, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Amy Harman (bassoon), Elena Urioste (violin), Edgar Francis (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Mozart Bassoon Quartet, Pejačević Piano Quartet, Gary Carpenter E (world premiere), Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1
Saturday 12 October, 7.30pm
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival – Marble Hall, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Armand Djikoloum (oboe), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Mozart Oboe Quartet, Pejačević Piano Quartet, Schumann Three Romances, Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2
Wednesday 16 October, 5.15pm
Oxford International Song Festival/Cultural Programme residency IV – Holywell Room, Oxford
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Carlos Ferreira (clarinet), Elena Urioste (violin), Melissa White (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Pejačević Piano Quartet, Brahms Clarinet Quintet
Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Carlos Ferreira (clarinet), Elena Urioste (violin), Melissa White (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Bartók Contrasts, Pejačević Piano Quartet, Brahms Clarinet Quintet
Sunday 20 October, 3pm
Tallis Chamber Orchestra 50th anniversary gala concert – Potton Hall, Suffolk
Tom Poster (piano/conductor), Elena Urioste (violin), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tallis Chamber Orchestra
Haydn Symphony No. 88, Ligeti Concert Românesc, Beethoven Triple Concerto
Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
Bollington Chamber Concerts – Bollington Arts Centre
With Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Debussy Cello Sonata, Nadia Boulanger Three Pieces, Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3, Errollyn Wallen Dervish, Poulenc Cello Sonata
Friday 15 to Sunday 17 November
Martin Randall Travel – The Castle Hotel, Taunton
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Rose (bass), Armand Djikoloum (oboe), Elena Urioste (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Laura van der Heijden (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
Brahms & Beyond
Friday 15 November, 5.30pm
Pejačević Piano Quartet, Schumann Three Romances, Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2
Saturday 16 November, 10.30am
Louise Héritte-Viardot Piano Quartet "Im Sommer”, Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3
Saturday 16 November, 5.30pm
Schubert Winterreise
Sunday 17 November, 10.30am
Mozart Oboe Quartet, Robert Schumann (arr. C. Matthews) Mondnacht, Clara Schumann (arr. Kaleidoscope) Songs, Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1
Sunday 17 November, 5.30pm
Coleridge-Taylor Piano Trio, Klughardt Schilflieder, Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1
Sunday 1 December, 3pm
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
With Bardi Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Lo (conductor)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Monday 2 December, 1pm
Wesley Centre, Harrogate
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Janáček Violin Sonata, Pejačević Canzonetta and Élégie, Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1
Sunday 8 December, 11.30am
Wigmore Hall, London
With Elena Urioste (violin)
Janáček Violin Sonata, Pejačević Canzonetta and Élégie, Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1
Saturday 28 December, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ‘Emperor’
And some filmed performances still available…
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival, recorded in September 2021 -
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 with Magnus Johnston, Brett Dean and Guy Johnston: WATCH HERE
Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, Caplet Quintet for Piano and Winds with Orsino Ensemble: WATCH HERE
Kaleidoscope plays George Walker Lyric for Strings, Beach Romance and Elgar Piano Quintet for Oxford Coffee Concerts at the Holywell Room, recorded in November 2020: WATCH HERE
Kaleidoscope plays Dvorak Piano Quartet No. 2 and Coleridge-Taylor Nonet at Wigmore Hall, recorded in August 2020 - WATCH HERE
Rachmaninov Sonata for cello and piano with Guy Johnston at 22 Mansfield Street, recorded in July 2020: WATCH HERE
Beethoven Archduke Trio with Magnus Johnston and Marie Bitlloch at Imperial College, recorded in December 2020: WATCH HERE
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play Tom’s arrangement of Over the Rainbow: WATCH HERE