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The North Norfolk Music Festival reaches its 19th year in 2023. It was founded by Kirker’s very own Barry Cheeseman and Simon Rowland-Jones, viola player, composer, teacher and Kirker’s Director of Music. Concerts are held in the beautiful 13th century Church of Our Lady St. Mary in the peaceful village of South Creake, just five miles from the coast. We stay at Briarfields Hotel in Titchwell with wonderful views out across the marshes to the sea and include visits to three of Norfolk’s most important houses – Holkham, Houghton and Raynham.
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Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming, violins, Eoin Schmidt-Martin, viola Emma Denton, cello. The Carducci Quartet is one of the leading quartets of its generation, performing at venues thought the UK and America. They have their own recording label, Carducci Classics and present their own series of concerts each year in May at Highnam in Gloucestershire.
During 2015 they presented a number of complete cycles of the 15 quartets composed by Shostakovich – this won them the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music in May 2016. Engagements during the 2016 season include performances at the Presteigne Festival, the North Norfolk Music Festival, at the Frick Collection in New York and at Wigmore Hall. The Carducci often take part in the Kirker series of music festivals both on land and at sea.
Simon Lepper was educated at King’s College, Cambridge and at the Royal Academy of Music. He is Professor of Piano Accompaniment at the Royal College Of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He is an official accompanist at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
He is one of his generations leading pianists working with international singers and his career takes him around the world. Simon has worked with Sally Matthews, Angelika Kirschschlager, Mark Padmore, Nicole Cabell, Karen Cargill, Dame Felicity Palmer, Joan Rodgers and many more.
Violinist Benjamin Nabarro, cellist Gemma Rosefield and pianist Tim Horton are all members of the chamber group Ensemble 360 and a few years ago decided to form their own piano trio. They perform at all the major UK venues and will open their 2016/17 season with a performance at Wigmore Hall.
James Atkinson has just completed the two year opera course at the Royal College of Music, studying with Alison Wells. During this time, he sang several important roles there, including Ramiro in L’heure espagnole by Ravel. He has also sung in productions with English Touring Opera and British Youth Opera. He was a semi-finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards in 2019.
Last season he gave two recitals as part of the live streamed Oxford Lieder Festival and after his debut in South Creake he will sing at the Lammermuir Festival before returning to Oxford for the 2021 festival. For Hugh Canning of The Times, he is ‘clearly a singer to watch.’ We firmly agree!
This year’s programme for our clients in Norfolk is a perfect combination of thrilling new artists and a reunion with old musical friends.
Tuesday 15 August
Louis Schwizgebel, piano
The Swiss-Chinese pianist regularly performs with major orchestra around the world
Wednesday 16 August
Marmen String Quartet
Thursday 17 August
Alim Beisembayev, piano. Works by Schubert and Chopin,
Alim was First Prize Winner at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition
Friday 18 August at 4.30pm
Tim Horton, piano.
Works by Chopin, Haydn and Ravel's monumental Gaspar la Nuit
Friday 18 August at 7pm.
Ensemble 360
Six members of the leading chamber ensemble including Tim Horton, Gemma Rosefield, Benjamin Nabarro and colleagues will bring the 2023 NNMF to as rousing finale which includes performances of Cesar Franck's Piano Quintet Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
Quartet
Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming, violins, Eoin Schmidt-Martin, viola Emma Denton, cello. The Carducci Quartet is one of the leading quartets of its generation, performing at venues thought the UK and America. They have their own recording label, Carducci Classics and present their own series of concerts each year in May at Highnam in Gloucestershire.
During 2015 they presented a number of complete cycles of the 15 quartets composed by Shostakovich – this won them the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music in May 2016. Engagements during the 2016 season include performances at the Presteigne Festival, the North Norfolk Music Festival, at the Frick Collection in New York and at Wigmore Hall. The Carducci often take part in the Kirker series of music festivals both on land and at sea.
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