Programme of events for 2020

Thursday June 25th
7.30pm Live from the Coach House

Friday June 26th

6pm Young Musicians Showcase
7.30pm Live from the Coach House
9.30pm Late night concert


Saturday June 27th

11am Family Concert
1pm Young Musicians Showcase
5pm Discovering Music
7.30pm Live from the Coach House


Sunday June 28th

11am Flat Holm Island Discs with Rebecca Evans
3pm The Great American Songbook
7.30pm Festival Finale


Listen and watch on the Penarth Chamber Music Festival YouTube Channel.



Thursday 25th June 2020

Opening Concert - Live from The Coach House

  • 7.30pm
  • 25th June
  • The Coach House

  • Schubert String Trio in Bb d.471

    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola, Alice Neary - cello

  • Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello op.7

    Lesley Hatfield - violin, Alice Neary - cello

  • Vivaldi Sonata no 6 in B flat major for Double bass and Piano

    David Stark - double bass, Florence Plane - bassoon, Robin Green - piano

  • Beethoven String Trio in D major op.9 no.2

    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola , Alice Neary - cello

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    Schubert String Trio in Bb d.471
    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola, Alice Neary – cello
    • I. Allegro
    Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello op.7
    Lesley Hatfield - violin, Alice Neary - cello
    • I. Allegro serioso, non troppo
    • II. Adagio - Andante
    • III. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento - Presto
    Vivaldi Sonata no 6 in B flat major for Double bass and Piano
    David Stark - double bass, Florence Plane - bassoon, Robin Green - piano
    • I. Largo
    • II. Allegro
    • III. Largo
    • IV. Allegro
    Beethoven String Trio in D major op.9 no.2
    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola , Alice Neary - cello
    • I. Allegretto
    • II. Andante quasi allegretto
    • III. Menuetto – Allegro
    • IV. Rondo – Allegro

Friday 26th June 2020

Young Musicians Showcase no.1

  • 6.00pm
  • 26th June
  • From their homes

Featuring recordings made exclusively for the Penarth Chamber Music Festival by talented young musicians from the local area.

  • Owen Putter - Piano, Jacob Adams - French Horn, Ollie Bartlett - Trombone, Tabitha Selley - Cello


Concert - Live from The Coach House

  • 7.30pm
  • 26th June
  • The Coach House

  • Beethoven Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon No. 1 in C Woo27

    Robert Plane - Clarinet, Florence Plane - bassoon

  • Schumann Six Studies in Canonic Form arr. Kirchner

    David Adams - violin, Alice Neary - cello, Robin Green - piano

  • Ravel Violin Sonata no.2

    Mathilde Milwidsky - violin, Petr Limonov - piano.

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    Beethoven Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon No. 1 in C Woo27
    Robert Plane - Clarinet, Florence Plane - bassoon
    • I. Allegro commodo
    • II. Larghetto sostenuto
    • III. Rondo - Allegretto
    Schumann Six Studies in Canonic Form arr. Kirchner
    David Adams - violin, Alice Neary - cello, Robin Green - piano
    • I. Nicht zu schnell
    • II. Mit innigem Ausdruck
    • III. Andantino
    • IV. Innig
    • V. Nicht zu schnell
    • VI. Adagio
    Ravel Violin Sonata no.2
    Mathilde Milwidsky - violin, Petr Limonov – piano
    • I. Allegretto
    • II. Blues - Moderato
    • III. Perpetuum mobile - Allegro

Late Night Concert

  • 9.30pm
  • 26th June
  • From our homes

  • Bach  
    Bartok  
    Kurtág  
    Bartok  
    Bach  
    Adagio and Allegro ma non tanto from Sonata in G major for viola da gamba
    Duos for 2 violins
    Selection of pieces for solo piano
    Duos for 2 cellos
    Siciliano and Presto from Sonata in G minor for solo violin

    David Adams - violin, Lesley Hatfield - violin, Mathilde Milwidsky - violin, Scott Dickinson - viola, Kate Gould, Richard Lester -cello, Robin Green, Susan Frank - piano


Saturday 27th June 2020

Family Concert - A Young Person’s Guide to Chamber Music

  • 11.00am
  • 27th June
  • The Coach House

An interactive concert presented by Lenny Sayers featuring festival musicians and music composed by the children in the Creative Workshop. Play along to The Cool Camel - performed by festival musicians. Bring your instruments!!
Visit the Family Concert page to download music and soundtrack


Young Musicians Showcase no.2

  • 1.00pm
  • 27th June
  • From their homes

Featuring recordings made exclusively for the Penarth Chamber Music Festival by talented young musicians from the local area.

  • Catrin Soons - Clarinet, Flora Tassinari - French Horn, Isobel Adams - viola, Huw Boucher - Harp


Discovering Music with James Lea

  • 5pm
  • 27th June
  • The Coach House

A live presentation providing insights and in depth discussion of Mozart’s Divertimento for String Trio. With excerpts also played live by David Adams, Alice Neary and Lesley Hatfield.


Concert - Live from The Coach House

  • 7.30pm
  • 27th June
  • The Coach House

  • Beethoven Movements from Notturno op. 42 (arr. Kleinheinz from Serenade op. 8)

    Scott Dickinson - viola, Susan Frank - piano

  • Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello (1925)

    David Adams - violin, Alice Neary - cello

  • Mozart Divertimento in Eb k.563

    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola, Alice Neary - cello

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    Beethoven Movements from Notturno op. 42 (arr. Kleinheinz from Serenade op. 8)
    Scott Dickinson - viola, Susan Frank - piano
    Schulhoff Duo for Violin and Cello (1925)
    David Adams - violin, Alice Neary - cello
    • I. Moderato
    • II. Zingaresca - Allegro giocoso
    • III. Andantino
    • IV. Moderato
    Mozart Divertimento in Eb k.563
    Lesley Hatfield - violin, David Adams - viola, Alice Neary - cello
    • I. Allegro
    • II. Adagio
    • III. Menuetto - Allegretto
    • IV. Andante
    • V. Menuetto - Allegretto
    • VI. Allegro

Sunday 28th June 2020

Flat Holm Island Discs with Rebecca Evans

  • 11.00am
  • 28th June
  • From our homes

Inspired by a certain radio 3 programme, David Adams talks to Rebecca Evans about the story of her life and music told through a selection of her favourite recordings.


The Great American Songbook

  • 3.00pm
  • 28th June
  • From their home

Tom Poster - piano, Elena Urioste - violin

- A lifelong devotee of the Great American Songbook, Tom’s arrangements of Gershwin, Cole Porter and others have been extensively performed, broadcast and recorded.

  • Manning Sherwin (arr. Tom Poster) A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

  • Erroll Garner (arr. TP) Misty

  • Amy Beach Three Pieces, Op. 40
    • La Captive
    • Berceuse
    • Mazurka

  • Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (arr. TP) The Star-Crossed Lovers

  • George Gershwin (arr. TP) Someone to Watch Over Me

  • George Gershwin (arr. Jascha Heifetz) Selections from "Porgy and Bess"
    • My Man’s Gone Now
    • It Ain\’t Necessarily So

  • Stephen Sondheim (arr. TP) Send in the Clowns

  • Harold Arlen (arr. TP) Over the Rainbow


Festival Finale - Live from The Coach House

  • 7.30pm
  • 28th June
  • The Coach House

  • Bach Suite no.4 in E flat major for solo Cello BWV 1010

    Kate Gould - cello

  • Mozart Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano k.498

    Robert Plane - clarinet, David Adams - viola, Robin Green - piano

  • Franck Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano

    Alice Neary - cello, Robin Green - piano

  • Ravel Tzigane

    David Adams - violin, Robin Green - piano

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    Bach Suite no.4 in E flat major for solo Cello BWV 1010
    Kate Gould – cello
    Mozart Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano k.498
    Robert Plane - clarinet, David Adams - viola, Robin Green - piano
    • I. Andante
    • II. Menuetto - Trio
    • III. Rondeaux - Allegretto
    Franck Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano
    Alice Neary - cello, Robin Green - piano
    • I. Allegretto ben moderato
    • II. Allegro
    • III. Recitativo-Fantasia - Ben moderato
    • IV. Allegretto poco mosso
    Ravel Tzigane
    David Adams - violin, Robin Green - piano

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  • David Adams and Alice Neary

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