Rachmaninov - 2 Pieces
Prokofiev - Sonata in C major
Debussy - Sonata
Copin - Sonata in G minor

with Caroline Palmer, piano

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Bartholomew joins the Hereford Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor conducted by Joshua Ballance.

Rachmaninov - 2 Pieces
Beethoven - Sonata No.3 in A major, Op.69
Mendelssohn - Sonata No.2 in D major, Op.58

Bartholomew joins pianist Zeynep Özsuca and violinist Benjamin Marquise Gilmore in a chamber music recital at Oxford’s much-loved Holywell Music Room. Find more information here.

Bartholomew joins Zeynep Özsuca, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, Jonathan Stone and Jenny Lewisohn in a programme of Boulanger, Kabalevsky and Franck. Find out more here.

Bartholomew joins Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout and Benjamin Grosvenor in the second edition of the BBIMF. Find out more here.

Bartholomew joins Hyeyoon Park and Benjamin Grosvenor at the second edition of their Festival. See ticket information here.

Bartholomew joins violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Philip Dukes, clarinettist Michael Collins, horn-player Alberto Menéndez Escribano and pianist Michael McHale in this Wigmore Soloists concert.

Bartók: Contrasts for clarinet, violin and piano
Reinecke: Trio for clarinet, horn and piano
Dohnanyi: Sextet for violins, viola, cello, clarinet horn and piano

An extra ‘Encore Concert’ to celebrate the end of Lockdown, the Marryat Players’ 21st birthday and the finale of the Festival.

Raja Halder, Hyeyoon Park, Maria Włoszczowska violins
Jenny Lewisohn, Tetsuumi Nagata violas
Christian Elliott, Bartholomew LaFollette cellos
Benjamin Grosvenor piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516

Completed just before his father Leopold’s death in 1787, this string quintet is dark and melancholic in character, until the heartfelt anguish is dispelled at the end with a lilting and carefree finale. Written on a grand scale for string quartet with an additional viola, it allows Mozart to indulge his love of the instrument with the work’s emphasis on rich inner voices. This is one of Mozart’s finest pieces of chamber music.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Composed for piano and string quartet in 1864, this piano quintet is regarded as the pinnacle of Brahms’s chamber music. Richly woven in the dark key of F minor, the music is anguished and at times tragic, but at the time it was first published in 1865 it was also described as ‘beautiful beyond words, a thing of great beauty, a masterpiece of chamber music’.

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Henry Purcell
String Fantasias in Four Parts

Purcell remains one of England’s finest composers and these works for string quartet show his mastery of the Baroque style. Composed in the summer of 1680 when Purcell was 21, these intricately constructed pieces blend counterpoint with unexpected harmonies resulting in music of exquisite beauty and clarity.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Composed for piano and string quartet in 1864, this piano quintet is regarded as the pinnacle of Brahms’s chamber music. Richly woven in the dark key of F minor, the music is anguished and at times tragic, but at the time it was first published in 1865 it was also described as ‘beautiful beyond words, a thing of great beauty, a masterpiece of chamber music’.

To learn more, click here.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516

Completed just before his father Leopold’s death in 1787, this string quintet is dark and melancholic in character, until the heartfelt anguish is dispelled at the end with a lilting and carefree finale. Written on a grand scale for string quartet with an additional viola, it allows Mozart to indulge his love of the instrument with the work’s emphasis on rich inner voices. This is one of Mozart’s finest pieces of chamber music.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major, Op. 10

Korngold showed early prodigious talent and was even described at the time as ‘the greatest child prodigy since Mozart’. This late Romantic masterpiece was written on the eve of World War I when Korngold was just 17. With its bustling energy, sweeping melodies and dramatic shifts of mood and texture, it is one of the finest sextets in the canon.

To learn more, click here.

Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 100

Monumental in length and scope, this masterpiece in the piano trio repertoire was written at the end of Schubert’s brief but prodigious life. Composed in 1827, the year before Schubert’s untimely death at the age of 31, it is one of the greatest piano trios ever written. This performance will include the original, uncut version of the last movement, adding to the unprecedented scale of the work.

To learn more, click here.

Henry Purcell
String Fantasias in Four Parts

Purcell remains one of England’s finest composers and these works for string quartet show his mastery of the Baroque style. Composed in the summer of 1680 when Purcell was 21, these intricately constructed pieces blend counterpoint with unexpected harmonies resulting in music of exquisite beauty and clarity.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Composed for piano and string quartet in 1864, this piano quintet is regarded as the pinnacle of Brahms’s chamber music. Richly woven in the dark key of F minor, the music is anguished and at times tragic, but at the time it was first published in 1865 it was also described as ‘beautiful beyond words, a thing of great beauty, a masterpiece of chamber music’.

To learn more, click here.

Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106

Dvořák returned to his beloved Czechoslovakia in 1895 after three homesick years in America. He was ‘inexpressibly happy’ to be home and this joyful quartet was written a few months later. It is at times wildly exuberant and at others profoundly meditative, and includes one of the most beautiful slow movements in the repertoire.

Anton Arensky
Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 for violin, viola and two cellos

Russian composer Arensky dedicated this late Romantic quartet ‘to the memory of Tchaikovsky’, his friend and mentor who had died a year earlier in 1893. Arensky chose the unusual scoring of violin, viola and two cellos to emphasize the dark sonority of the work. The music alludes to the Russian Orthodox funeral chant as well as to celebratory Russian folksong.

To learn more, click here.

Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 100

Monumental in length and scope, this masterpiece in the piano trio repertoire was written at the end of Schubert’s brief but prodigious life. Composed in 1827, the year before Schubert’s untimely death at the age of 31, it is one of the greatest piano trios ever written. This performance will include the original, uncut version of the last movement, adding to the unprecedented scale of the work.

To learn more, click here.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516

Completed just before his father Leopold’s death in 1787, this string quintet is dark and melancholic in character, until the heartfelt anguish is dispelled at the end with a lilting and carefree finale. Written on a grand scale for string quartet with an additional viola, it allows Mozart to indulge his love of the instrument with the work’s emphasis on rich inner voices. This is one of Mozart’s finest pieces of chamber music.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major, Op. 10

Korngold showed early prodigious talent and was even described at the time as ‘the greatest child prodigy since Mozart’. This late Romantic masterpiece was written on the eve of World War I when Korngold was just 17. With its bustling energy, sweeping melodies and dramatic shifts of mood and texture, it is one of the finest sextets in the canon.

To learn more, click here.

Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106

Dvořák returned to his beloved Czechoslovakia in 1895 after three homesick years in America. He was ‘inexpressibly happy’ to be home and this joyful quartet was written a few months later. It is at times wildly exuberant and at others profoundly meditative, and includes one of the most beautiful slow movements in the repertoire.

Anton Arensky
Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 35 for violin, viola and two cellos

Russian composer Arensky dedicated this late Romantic quartet ‘to the memory of Tchaikovsky’, his friend and mentor who had died a year earlier in 1893. Arensky chose the unusual scoring of violin, viola and two cellos to emphasize the dark sonority of the work. The music alludes to the Russian Orthodox funeral chant as well as to celebratory Russian folksong.

To learn more, click here.

Bartholomew joins pianist Yulia Chaplina in a recital programme celebrating Russian and Soviet composers at Pushkin House.

Piotr Tchaikovsky, Sentimental Waltz, 'None but the lonely heart' arr. for cello and piano

Sergei Rachmaninov, 'Elegy' for piano solo

Arno Babadjainan, ‘Give me back the music’ for piano solo

Dmitri Schostakovich, Selected Pieces for film music for piano solo

Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for cello and piano op. 119

Sergei Rachmaninov, 'Vocalise' arr. for cello and piano

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Bohuslav Martinů Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout

Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet in A major No.2
Hyeyoon Park, Raja Halder, Timothy Ridout, Bartholomew LaFollette, Benjamin Grosvenor

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Franz Schubert Notturno in E-flat major, D. 897
Raja Halder, Bartholomew LaFollette, Benjamin Grosvenor

Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 (Forellenquintett, 'Trout' Quintet.)
Hyeyoon Park, Timothy Ridout, Bartholomew LaFollette, Leon Bosch, Benjamin Grosvenor

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Bellini/Liszt Réminiscences de Norma, S.394 
Benjamin Grosvenor

Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A minor
Tomo Keller, Timothy Ridout, Bartholomew LaFollette, Benjamin Grosvenor

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor Op. 60
Tomo Keller, Timothy Ridout, Bartholomew LaFollette, Benjamin Grosvenor

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Gioachino Rossini String Sonata No.1 in G major
Tomo Keller, Raja Halder, Bartholomew LaFollette, Leon Bosch

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, op.61 (arr. Carl Hinde)
Hyeyoon Park, Tomo Keller, Raja Halder, Timothy Ridout, Bartholomew LaFollette, Leon Bosch

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Bartholomew joins the esteemed RPO with conductor Sascha Goetzel for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme at Phoenix Concert Hall, Fairfield Halls, Croydon.

Further information can be found here.

Bartholomew returns to St. George’s Bristol with pianist Caroline Palmer for a lunchtime recital of Debussy’s Cello Sonata, Kabalevsky’s Cello Sonata Op.71 and Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No.5.

Further ticket information can be found here.

Bartholomew will appear at Music at St. Peter’s in Canterbury alongisde pianist Caroline Palmer.

The programme will include the Debussy Sonata, Kabalevsky Sonata and Beethoven’s Sonata No.5.

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Bartholomew will be joined by Emily Nebel, Mark Oshida, Jennifer Stumm and Tanya Gabrielian in a performance of Schumann’s and Dvorak’s spectacular piano quintets.

Further ticket information can be found here.