Malmesbury Abbey Music Society (MAMS) is proud to announce its very exciting 2013 season …
First off on 16th March, MAMS are delighted to welcome back the Malmesbury Singers conducted by Iain Duffin together with the Bristol Ensemble lead by Roger Huckle. This lively and popular collection of musicians will entertain us with an Evening of Mozart … Mozart’s Requiem, Ave Verum and Mozart’s Violin Concerton No. 3 in G with Roger Huckle as soloist. The solo voices will be young, talented singers from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
On 11th May we are thrilled to welcome Julian Lloyd Webber to the Abbey for the first time. Julian will be accompanied by Rebeca Ormodia and will give a wonderfully varied cello recital with music from Bach, Bridge, Ireland, Britten, Faure, Saint-Saens, Delius, William Lloyd Webber and Rachmaninov.
Next on 29th June, Red Priest, a most extraordinary baroque quartet, will give us an evening to remember with The Carnival of the Seasons – Vivaldi with a Difference. Piers Adams, world renowned leader of the ensemble, is offering a one hour recorder workshop on the afternoon of this concert for recorder players grade 1 and above.
On 21st September we are lucky enough to have Peter King, the Director of Music at Bath Abbey, returning to play the Abbey’s famous Johnson organ and on 19th October, the Coull Quartet (Quartet in Residence at the University of Warwick since 1977) will give us an exciting programme of Haydn, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.
To round off the season in style, we welcome the London Brass Symposium on 16th November. Their splendid brass sounds – Music Leading us to Advent – will surely get us into the mood for Christmas!
All concerts take place in the Abbey, and tickets priced at £12 ( £20 for Julian Lloyd Webber)/ £5 for students, can be obtained from the Abbey Bookshop, or the MAMS Ticket Secretary, David Barton, on 01666 824924, email d.barton763@btinternet.com. Alternatively, they can be bought online through the Malmesbury website www.malmesbury.com/mams.
However it is not too late to become a member. For £55 you get a season ticket that covers all the season’s concerts, while £10 membership gets you discounted tickets. The society also organises trips to musical events, the annual highlight being our trip to the BBC Proms at the Albert Hall. Contact David Barton for further details.