i Allegro
ii Minuet. Poco allegretto
Ignace Joseph Pleyel was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period.
i Preludio
ii Loure
iii Gavotte en Rondeau
iv Menuets (I and II)
v Bourrée
vi Gigue
The Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006.1 (formerly 1006), is the last work in Johann Sebastian Bach’s set of Sonatas and Partitas.
i Adagio-Allegro
ii Andante cantabile
iii Andante grazioso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424, the second of the two Mozart wrote to complete Michael Haydn’s set of six for the Archbishop Colloredo, was written in the summer of 1783.
Johan Halvorsen (1864 – 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Passacaglia in G minor is based on a Theme by George Frideric Handel (from Harpsichord Suite in G minor, HWV 432) for violin and viola or cello (1897).
Arwen Newband - Violin
Arwen Newband is a violinist with wide ranging experience as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player and teacher. Originally from New Zealand, she studied at Auckland University before travelling to the UK where she studied with Emanuel Hurwitz. She spent a few years freelancing as an orchestral musician and more recently has devoted her energies to playing chamber music. She has performed most of the standard repertoire for violin and piano, in particular with her regular duo partner Anna Le Hair. She is a founder member of the Hertfordshire based Icknield Ensemble and also has a busy teaching practice.
Nicholas Turner - Viola
Nicholas Turner (Viola) started playing the violin at the age of 8 before transferring to the Viola at the age of 16. Whilst reading Law at University College London he was Principal Viola in the Nottinghamshire County Youth Orchestra and University of London Orchestra.
He has been Principal Viola of the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra, St Albans’ Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, and has recently appeared as a guest viola player with the Devenport and St Matthews Chamber Orchestras in Auckland New Zealand. He is viola player with the Icknield Ensemble, which has given recitals at this lunch time series, at the Trunch Music Festival in Norfolk, Benslow Music, St Albans and Wheathampstead. He has played at many of the major London halls and has given chamber music recitals throughout London, the home counties and farther afield. He also plays with the St Albans Chamber Opera Group.
On separate occasions he has given chamber music recitals at private functions before H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury. He plays on a viola made to the Guarneri model in 1999 by the contemporary maker Paul Harrild, of Newark.
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