AN AUTUMN festival of music is coming to Caversham later this month.
The team behind Concerts at Caversham are to hold five evenings of music from Saturday, October 22.
This first event will be a jazz trio, comprising Sarah Gillespie singing, Tom Cawley on piano, and Chris Montague on guitar.
Ms Gillespie is also an artist and will be exhibiting her work for concertgoers to enjoy.
On Sunday, October 23, Ariel Lanyi will give a solo piano recital.
Ms Lanyi is a winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, and her programme will including JS Bach’s C# Minor Prelude and Fugue, and Schubert’s Moment Musicaux No. 1 in C major.
The Caversham Ensemble will perform on Saturday, October 29.
The group of professional musicians will perform an octet by Mendelssohn, a sextet from Strauss’ Capriccio, and Mozart’s Quintet in C minor.
They will also perform on Sunday, October 30.
For this concert, they will be joined by trumpeteer Robert Vanryne, pianist Adrienne Black, and the multi-talented Andrew Kershaw, who plays the ophicleide, serpent, tuba, saxhorn, and basson russe.
The programe will feature arrangements of well-known classics, Victorian salon pieces, and humorous trombone solos.
All these concerts take place at St Andrew’s Church in Albert Road.
The grand finale will see The Caversham Ensemble Chamber perform at Queen Anne’s School.
They will be joined by Ewan Millar, the BBC Young Musician of the Year concerto finalist. He plays the oboe.
The programme includes Handel’s Water Music, Mozart’s Concerto for Oboe in C, and JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.
Tickets for the individual concerts cost £22, while a season ticket will save £15. Conessions are £20, or £16 for people aged 16 to 24. Under 16s can enjoy the music for free.
For more details, log on to: https://www.concertsincaversham.co.uk/
