The 20th NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL
will take place 8th - 15th August 2025
NORTH NORFOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL
FIVE CHAMBER CONCERTS at WELLS MALTINGS
November 2024 - March 2025
Box office 01328 730357
Sunday 3 November at 3pm
MARK VINER piano
BEETHOVEN Grande Sonate pathétique, Op.13
SCHUMANN Waldszenen, Op.82
ALKAN Troisième Recueil de Chants
CHAMINADE Six études de concert, Op.35
LISZT Hungarian rhapsody No.9 ‘Pesther Carneval’
Described by International Piano Magazine as “one of the most gifted pianists of his generation.” After winning 1st prize at the Alkan-Zimmerman International Piano Competition in Athens in 2012, his career has taken him across much of Europe as well as North and South America. He has a particular interest in 19th Century and early 20th Century piano muisc, is President of the Alkan Society, and has made numerous CDs of music by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Cécile Chaminade, Felix Blumenfeld and Franz Liszt.
Sunday 15 December at 3pm
FIBONACCI QUARTET
HAYDN String Quartet in B flat, Op.76 No.4 “Sunrise”
SMETANA String Quartet No.1 in E minor, “From my Life”
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
Recent prize-winners in 13th ‘Premio Paolo Borciani’ International String Quartet Competition and the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition. During the 2024/25 season the Quartet will perform extensively throughout the UK and mainland Europe, including concerts in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. They will also have residencies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and Britten Pears Arts in Aldeburgh.
Sunday 12 January at 3pm
DELPHINE TRIO Clarinet, Cello & Piano
BEETHOVEN Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op.11 “Gassenhauer”
Simon ROWLAND-JONES Clarinet Trio (2023)
BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
The Delphine Trio brings together three young musicians from oround the globe: Australian clarinettist Magdalenna Krstevska, Dutch cellist Jobine Siekman and pianist Roelof Temmingh, from South Africa. The trio was founded in 2020 at the Royal College of Music London. They performed at the Buxton Festival, and gave several concerts in Holland this summer at which they premiered Simon Rowland-Jones's Clarinet Trio.
Sunday 9 February at 3pm
ED BIRCHINALL bass-baritone
JONGSUN WOO piano
Ed Birchinall studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is currently at the Royal College of Music on the Opera Course. Ed took part in the masterclass series, French Song and Mélodie with Véronique Gens at Snape Maltings in the summer 2024. Ed comes from Hertfordshire and was Head Chorister at King's, Ely. He took part in this year's Kathleen Ferrier Awards and first sang at NNMF in August 2023. Collaborative pianist JongSun Woo studied in London and New York and is a Samling Artist.
Their programme includes songs by BRAHMS, CLARA and ROBERT SCHUMANN, WOLF, MAHLER and POULENC.
Sunday 9 March at 3pm
ALKYONA QUARTET
with SIMON ROWLAND-JONES viola
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G, Op.18 No.2
BRITTEN String Quartet No.1
MOZART String Quintet in C minor, K406
Formed in 2018 the Alkyona Quartet were Tunnell Trust Award Holders 20/21 and the Royal College of Music String Quartet Fellows 2022/23. This September they are performing at the Groningen Festival, and will take part in the Kirker Holidays Music Festival in Mallorca where they will perform alongside pianist Melvyn Tan. They recently released their debut album, “Intimate Letters.'