MONTAGNANA TRIO:
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November 2021
Oxford Natural History Museum
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Flexicare Classical Concert Saturday 1st March 2025
Flexicare is thrilled to welcome back the Ivel Trio for our captivating ‘Night in the Museum’ classical concert. This enchanting performance will take place amongst the dinosaurs in the breathtaking University of Oxford Museum of Natural History on Saturday, 1st March 2025. The trio, featuring flute, cello, and piano, promises an unforgettable musical experience. SOLD OUT
Alice Verne-Bredt Phantasy Trio, Shostakovich Pieces, Josef Suk Elegie and Bagatelle, Karl Jenkins (flute and piano) composed for Emma, Peggy Spencer Palmer Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (featured on Catherine and Jill's forthcoming album.
Doors open at 7:00pm for a prompt 7:30pm start. After the concert, enjoy a delightful drinks and canapé reception, included in the ticket price of £35. Tickets are available through our Ticketstripe page or by emailing [email protected]
Letchworth March 4th 11.30
Hospice hub Concert am Catherine Wilmers and Trevor Hughes
Abbeyfield, Girton, Cambridge March 4th 2025 at 5.30
Catherine Wilmers and Jill Morton
Hitchin Festival JULY 3rd 2025 1.05 St Mary's Church
Recital Cello and Piano with Jill Morton
Schloss Weinberg, near Linz, Austria
Chamber music concerts 14th, 15th and 16th august 2025
2026
April 7th St Mary's Potters Bar www.stmaryspb.org.uk at 12.30
Planned....
Beethoven Series of works for cello and piano or should I say 'piano and cello',
with Jill Morton
HITCHIN FESTIVAL
https://www.thecomet.net/things-to-do/hitchin-festival-2022-programme-of-events-9026850
https://www.thecomet.net/things-to-do/hitchin-festival-2022-programme-of-events-9026850
TALKS
March 4th 2024 Baldock Library
The Life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
March 17th 2020 POSTPONED
RUISLIP GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY TALK 8pm-10pm
Methodist Church HA4 7BZ
The life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
Previous talks given:
March 7th 2020 The Life of a cellist in the LPO Radwell, Near Baldock, North Herts, 8pm for North Hertfordshire Women for Education
MARCH 15th 2017 The life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
with live cello excerpts
WI URC Church Hall,Ashwell, Herts 2pm Talk
MARCH 13th 2017 The life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
Bournemouth Gramophone Society, BOURNEMOUTH Talk 7.30 pm
MARCH 13th 2016
FEDERATION OF RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETIES
The life of a cellist in the London Phiharmonic
YORKSHIRE AND NORTHWEST REGIONAL GROUP SPRING MUSIC WEEKEND
Catherine Wilmers at the Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley March 11 - 14 2016 11.00-12.30
'On behalf of everyone at the Ilkley Music Weekend, can I again thank you for giving such a wonderful programme' Geoffrey Bateman
Presenters include: Catherine Wilmers (formerly LPO), Prof Anthony Ogus, Prof Nigel Simeone and David Patmore.
'Stringed instruments in the orchestra with a bias towards the cello!'
Part of a series 'The Not So Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'
for Knebworth and Stevenage Arts Group (April 2013) with stories from life in the London Philharmonic and examples from the cello repertoire (Bach Prelude from first Suite, The Swan, Shostakovich Sonata 2nd movement); how to make a cello with a piece of wood, a string and a box; comparing an erhu bow with a Baroque and a modern bow; different cello techniques and examples from orchestral repertoire.
"A Cello Century of British Women Composers" a talk about the hunt for and discovery of music by British Women Composers for cello and piano including interesting and amusing anecdotes about the composers and stories about how the CD was made with some live cello playing.
Ruislip Gramophone Society, Baldock British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG), Potters Bar BFWG, Winchester BFWG, Bishops Stortford Recorded Music Society, Norwich Music Society, Cambridge U3A
Letchworth Recorded Music Society (27.9.2013): Judie Starkey telephoned the following morning to say thank you.
"It was very much enjoyed, delightful, really really super. It really came over that you enjoyed the whole project".
"The Not So Silent Minority: Chamber Music by Women Composers"
Ruislip Gramophone Society, Cirencester Recorded Music Society, Norwich Music Society, Letchworth Recorded Music Society,
Leicester Recorded Music Society (14.05.2012)
'Thank you for the excellent presentation last night last evening. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Leicester as much as your audience so obviously did.'
March 7th 2020 The Life of a cellist in the LPO Radwell, Near Baldock, North Herts, 8pm for North Hertfordshire Women for Education
MARCH 15th 2017 The life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
with live cello excerpts
WI URC Church Hall,Ashwell, Herts 2pm Talk
MARCH 13th 2017 The life of a cellist in the London Philharmonic
Bournemouth Gramophone Society, BOURNEMOUTH Talk 7.30 pm
MARCH 13th 2016
FEDERATION OF RECORDED MUSIC SOCIETIES
The life of a cellist in the London Phiharmonic
YORKSHIRE AND NORTHWEST REGIONAL GROUP SPRING MUSIC WEEKEND
Catherine Wilmers at the Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley March 11 - 14 2016 11.00-12.30
'On behalf of everyone at the Ilkley Music Weekend, can I again thank you for giving such a wonderful programme' Geoffrey Bateman
Presenters include: Catherine Wilmers (formerly LPO), Prof Anthony Ogus, Prof Nigel Simeone and David Patmore.
'Stringed instruments in the orchestra with a bias towards the cello!'
Part of a series 'The Not So Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'
for Knebworth and Stevenage Arts Group (April 2013) with stories from life in the London Philharmonic and examples from the cello repertoire (Bach Prelude from first Suite, The Swan, Shostakovich Sonata 2nd movement); how to make a cello with a piece of wood, a string and a box; comparing an erhu bow with a Baroque and a modern bow; different cello techniques and examples from orchestral repertoire.
"A Cello Century of British Women Composers" a talk about the hunt for and discovery of music by British Women Composers for cello and piano including interesting and amusing anecdotes about the composers and stories about how the CD was made with some live cello playing.
Ruislip Gramophone Society, Baldock British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG), Potters Bar BFWG, Winchester BFWG, Bishops Stortford Recorded Music Society, Norwich Music Society, Cambridge U3A
Letchworth Recorded Music Society (27.9.2013): Judie Starkey telephoned the following morning to say thank you.
"It was very much enjoyed, delightful, really really super. It really came over that you enjoyed the whole project".
"The Not So Silent Minority: Chamber Music by Women Composers"
Ruislip Gramophone Society, Cirencester Recorded Music Society, Norwich Music Society, Letchworth Recorded Music Society,
Leicester Recorded Music Society (14.05.2012)
'Thank you for the excellent presentation last night last evening. I hope you enjoyed your visit to Leicester as much as your audience so obviously did.'
Recent performances
December 13th 2024 CHARITY GALA CONCERT
Heath Mount Preparatory School
Raising money for Cancer Charities
Nadia Boulanger Piece in C# minor Mozart Clarinet Quintet
November 10th 2024
Concert of LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC AND TUNES FROM THE SHOWS
Radwell village hall 4.30 in aid of Radwell Church
Kate Elmitt, piano and Catherine Wilmers, cello
Advance Tickets £15 (£6 under 18s)
November 9th 2024 St Mary's Baldock
concert for children with local musiciansOctober 14th 2024 Concert for Royal Variety Charity
Concert for the Open University 18.9.2024
Amy Elise Horrocks Sonata in G, Mountain Airs by Sarah Rodgers, Winter Song by Susan Spain-Dunk SOLD OUT
Hitchin Festival THURSDAY JULY 11th 2024
St Mary's Church HITCHIN 1.05
Ivel Flute Trio Concert Martinu, a movement from the Afro-American Suite by Undine Smith Moore, 'All That I Could' by Irish composer Damian Gallagher, and a ragtime by Thomas Hampson (Cataract Rag)
June 9th School concert in Buckden
June 8th Nursery School concert in Hackney
June 7th
Concert in memory of Pianist Masa Tayama
Piazzolla Oblivion, Tango E (Ludwig), Vivaldi Trio with Emma Halnan and Kate Elmitt
Elmitt Piano academy, Arlesey
Hitchin Festival FRIDAY JULY 5th 2024
Lunchtime Concert Cello and Piano with Jill Morton,
Beethoven Sonata in G minor, Sarah Rodgers Mountain Airs (dedicated to Catherine) and Winter Song by Susan Spain-Dunk
St Mary's Church HITCHIN 1.05
JUNE 14th 2024
St John's ARC St John's Walk, Old harlow, CM17 0AJ
1.30-2.30pm Cello and Piano Works
Beethoven Sonata in G minor, Sarah Rodgers Mountain Airs (dedicated to Catherine) and Winter Song by Susan Spain-Dunk
Catherine Wilmers and Jill Morton
Concert in Baldock in aid of RevIvel on May 12th Sunday at 5.30pm
to include Faure Piano Quartet (I have wanted to perform this for many years!), Mozart G minor and Mahler Piano Quartets with Cecily Ward, violin, Judit Keleman, viola, Jill Morton, piano. First rehearsal was 21/04/2024 and what a pleasure to play with these talented musicians!
St Mary's Church, Baldock SG7 5AE
COME AND SUPPORT REVIVEL.ORG and help save our chalk-stream.
Friday MARCH 15th 2024 OXFORD FLEXICARE SOLD OUT!
Tickets £35 include buffet supper In aid of Flexicare Oxford www.flexicare.org
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford.
Ivel Flute Trio £3440 raised for Flexicare in 2023!!
Really interesting programme including the
Trio by Martinu, a movement from the Afro-American Suite by Undine Smith Moore, All That I Could by Irish composer Damian Gallagher, and a ragtime by Thomas Hampson (Cataract Rag) and a solo flute piece by David Matthews and The Swan by Saint-Saensfor cello and piano.
Saturday March 9th Abbeyfield, Welbrook Way, Cambridge CB3 0GQ
Ivel Flute Trio (Emma Halnan flute,Catherine cello and Jill Morton piano).
Really interesting programme including theTrio by Martinu, a movement from the Afro-American Suite by Undine Smith Moore, All That I Could by Irish composer Damian Gallagher, and a ragtime by Thomas Hampson (Cataract Rag) and a solo flute piece by David Matthews and The Swan by Saint-Saens for cello and piano.
January 11th 2024 St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, Cambridge and
January 18th 2024 St Mary’s Eaton Socon, St Neots
Encore! Concerts with Jill Morton,piano, works by women composers
Encore! launched in September 2013 in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. We bring live music to everyone from babies to grandparents in a relaxed and informal environment. We believe in letting very young children hear music from all different genres.
Tickets – adults £8 (includes concert, tea/coffee and cake!) preschool children FREE, school children £4.
Come for coffee at 10.30am, concert starts at 10.45am. Please bring your own hot cup, thank you.
January 7th 2024 Elmitt academy, 121 High Street, Arlesey, Beds
4pm SOLD OUT women composers concert
December 15th 2023 House concert, Radwell,
women composers
HITCHIN FESTIVAL 2023 July 11th Jill Morton and Catherine
Hitchin Festival, St Mary's Church, HITCHIN at 1.05 Programme included Shostakovich Sonata
MAY 14th 2023 St Mary's Chuch, Baldock at 4pm
EXCITING CONCERT raising awareness of the REVIVEL ASSOCIATION
and raising funds for them
https://baldockfestival.org.uk/event/bubbly-river-concert-in-aid-of-revivel/
Wonderful programme with soloists and players from major London orchestras
Antonio Rossetti Quintet (lovely music and so unusual to include flute and horn!), Michael Haydn Divertimento (same combination of instruments), the wonderful much loved Schumann Piano Quartet Op.47 and
Mozart's delightful Flute Quartet in A
with Emma Wragg violin, Jill Morton piano, Judit Kelemen viola, Jonathan Harris horn, Emma Halnan flute, Catherine Wilmers cello
Emma Halnan (Flute, came to prominence as the woodwind category winner of BBC Young Musician 2010, and Sir Karl Jenkins composed a piece, especially for her) Emma Wragg (Violin, superb violinist, was professor of violin at the University of Sheffield, regularly works with London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
Catherine Wilmers (Cello, was no.3 cello in LPO, took part in Film Lord of the Rings, acclaimed CD of works by British Women Composers)
Jill Morton (sought after solo pianist with very popular YouTube channel, appeared as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2)
Jonathan Harris (Horn, has performed in Halle and Royal Philharmonic as well as tours with Dione Warwick and Lewis Capaldi)
Judit Keleman (Viola, has played in Budapest Festival Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic and the BBC Concert Orchestra as well as regularly playing chamber music.) Tickets £15, £13.50 in advance from Community Centre, Baldock and www.ticketsource.co.uk/fosm in aid of the RevIvel Association www.RevIvel.org
The RevIvel Association is a local group determined to restore flow to our local river, The River Ivel. it flows north from Baldock, through Stotfold to Henlow and up to St Neots where it becomes the Great Ouse. The Ivel, as we are sure you are aware, starts as a chalk stream, and is one of only some 200 in the world. Chalk-streams represent a rare and precious environment that supports a particular ecosystem that is in danger from pollution and excessive water abstraction. RevIvel is convinced that because of Affinity Water’s excessive abstraction of groundwater from the local aquifer, the Ivel is under threat. As local people we have noticed over the years how the Ivel and its source springs have dried up and at time disappeared, sometimes for many months at a time. Feargal Sharkey has been in the news a lot recently. He was lead singer in the punk group Undertones, now better known for his efforts to restore Britain’s rivers. He is very supportive of RevIvel’s efforts.
MARCH 24th OXFORD FLEXICARE CONCERT USUALLY SELLS OUT and IT DID
Tickets £25 include buffet supper In aid of Flexicare Oxford www.flexicare.org SOLD OUT
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford.
Ivel Flute Trio £3440 raised for Flexicare!!
Weber, Armstong Gibbs, Anna Amalia and Tango E
March 25th Mozart Requiem and Clarinet Quintet
Ramsay near Peterborough 7.30pm
St Thomas a Becket Church, Ramsay
March 18th
String quartet accompanying choir workshop with Derek Harrison in Knebworth
March 11th 2023
Schumann songs arranged by Grutzmacher, in aid of Sat Mary's Baldock with
Kate Elmitt, piano
FEBRUARY 7th 2023 St Mary's Potters Bar www.stmaryspb.org.uk at 12.30
Lunches available before or after the concert.
Catherine Wilmers cello and Jill Morton piano
Works by Peggy Spencer-Palmer, Susan Spain-Dunk, Elizabeth Poston, Rebecca Clarke
'It was wonderful hearing you and Jill play all those incredible pieces at St Mary's in Potters Bar today. My daughter Nuri and I thoroughly enjoyed it, we also loved the stories you told about all the composers.'
FEBRUARY 3rd 2023 Ivel Piano Trio
Mendelssohn Piano Trio no.2 in C minor Op 66
St John's Arts Centre in Harlow 1.30-2.30 www.stjohnsarc.org.uk
Emma Crossley, violin, Jill Morton piano
(tea/coffee refreshments from 12.45pm)
TO CELEBRATE MENDELSSOHN'S BIRTHDAY
with Country Magic by Cecil Armstrong-Gibbs and Mozart Piano Trio in G
FEBRUARY 5th 2023 AND
JANUARY 29th SUNDAY at 4pm
BUBBLY MUSIC with the Montagnana Trio
The Eagles, 121 High Street, Arlesey, SG15 6SX
Allegro Moderato Op119 by Kuhlau (1786-1832),
Elegie by Josef Suk (1874-1935),
Café music by Martin Yates (b. 1958),
Tango by Peter Ludwig (b. 1951),
Lied by Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn (1805-47)
+featuring premiere of local young composer
Bill Reason’s Hitchin Suite
FIRST CONCERT SOLD OUT SO HAD TO BE REPEATED!
GERMANY TOUR November 2022
with Jill Morton piano
28th Karlsruhe, 29th Kassel, 30th Neustadt in the concert hall belonging to a relative of the Mendelssohn family! GDA Wohnstift Neustadt an der Weinstreasse, Haardter Strasse 6,67433
to include Amy Horrocks Sonata, Songs by Fanny Mendelssohn, and works by Maconchy (Divertimento), Rebecca Clarke (Epilogue) and Ivy Parkin (Three Pieces).
Sat October 15th
Knebworth Community Chorus with Derek Harrison
including cello solo Domine Deus in Gloria by Vivaldi
St Martin's Church, Knebworth
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9th 2022
Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Montagnana Trio: Emma Halnan flute, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello
SOLD OUT in 2017, 2018, 2019 AND in 2021
Tickets £25 include buffet supper In aid of Flexicare Oxford www.flexicare.org
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford.
The Planets by Mark Tanner (inspired by Gustav Holst; with ‘absolutely fascinating sounds’ says Kate!), Ensuenos del agua for solo cello by Letizia Armijo (wonderful Mexican music), Suite Orientale by Mel Bonis "a severely underrated composer, beautiful music", Kathleen Hoover Winter Spirits for solo flute, Vivaldi Trio
AUGUST 2022
Cello solos
Providence Court Providence Way Baldock
Tuesday July 19th 2022 at 1.05pm
Hitchin Festival, St Mary's Church
Fabulous cello and piano music by Beethoven and neglected British women composers with Jill Morton,piano.
Beethoven's F major Sonata and pieces by Ivy Parkin (early 20th century) (cellist William Pleeth chose to play these for the BBC), Rebecca Clarke's beautiful wistful Epilogue, and pieces by Peggy Spencer Palmer (1900-87)
Free with retiring collection. www.hitchinfestival.co.uk
Tuesday JULY 12th 2022 at 1.05pm
Hitchin Festival, St Mary's Church, HITCHIN
Montagnana Trio Following their sell out concerts at the Oxford Natural History Museum the Montagnana trio present a super varied programme.
The Planets by Mark Tanner (inspired by Gustav Holst; with ‘absolutely fascinating sounds’ says Kate!), Ensuenos del agua for solo cello by Letizia Armijo, wonderful Mexican music, Suite Orientale by Mel Bonis "a severely underrated composer, beautiful music", Kathleen Hoover Winter Spirits for solo flute, Vivaldi Trio (wonderful busy virtuosic Vivaldi with a lovely 'sicilienne-type' slow movement).
Free with retiring collection. www.hitchinfestival.co.uk
MAY 21st 2022 at 7.30pm St Mary's Church, Baldock SG7 5AE
Baldock festival
SUBLIME SCHUBERT SOIRÉE including the ‘TROUT’ QUINTET
Astonishing beautiful music composed at the age of only 22”
Schubert's Piano Quintet nicknamed the ‘Trout’, with its unusual instrumentation of piano, violin, viola, cello and bass, holds a special place in the repertoire for its sublime intensity and astonishing beauty.
In aid of Revivel, trying to save the upper River Ivel,
a rare chalk stream near Baldock. www.Revivel.org
RevIvel would love to see brown trout in the river again! It is one of the most abstracted chalk streams in the country. There are only about 220 chalkstreams worldwide so they are very special. £1500 was raised for RevIvel
MONTAGNANA ENSEMBLE including:
EMMA CROSSLEY Violin NICK EVANS-PUGHE Viola CATHERINE WILMERS Cello
MELISANDE LOCHAK Bass JILL MORTON Piano www.jillmorton.com
Sunday March 27th 2022
Cello and Piano afternoon Radwell Village Hall at 4.00 pm for Mother's Day with some lovely cello music
Beethoven's F major Sonata and pieces by Ivy Parkin (early 20th century) (cellist William Pleeth chose to play these for the BBC), Rebecca Clarke's beautiful wistful Epilogue, and pieces by Peggy Spencer Palmer (1900-87)
Saturday March 12th 2022
Radwell Village Hall at 4.30 pm
Montagnana Trio: flute, cello and piano
The Planets by Mark Tanner, Sonate en Concert by Jean-Michel Damase, Suite Orientale by Mel Bonis, Vivaldi Trio, Elgar idylle and Debussy Syrinx
Tickets £15 (£6 under 18s) include bubbly (prosecco/elderflower) and nibbles
contact [email protected]
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26th 2022
Baldock Church Evening concert at 7.30pm
The beautiful Elgar Idylle for cello and organ with Paul Herring, organ and lots of other items in aid of the church.
CHARLOTTE BROSNAN * TIM WELCH * TIM LITCHFIELD * CATHERINE WILMERS * JAMES DOUGAL* ADRIAN COSKERDAVID BULLEN * PAUL HERRING
SATURDAY February 19th 2022 lunchtime concert at 1.0-2.0 noon
Old High St Stephen’s Church: the oldest congregation in Inverness, the capital city of the Highlands of Scotland. Entrance £7.50 NESS SINFONIA
Vivaldi Double Concerto and Popper Requiem and wonderful cello arangements of Pink Panther and Pirates of the Caribbean, Goltermann's Romance, Moon River and 'Helter Stomp by Ian Sharp with cellists Katy Bell and Ian Sharp
Hi Church, Inverness, Scotland
Tuesday January 24th 2022
Magdalene Court, Baldock
Cello solos
December 19th 2021
All Saints Church, Radwell
Reger Maria Wiegenlied and Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring with Nicholas Durcan, organ
DECEMBER 11th 2021
Radwell Village Hall, concert in aid of Radwell Church
Catherine Wilmers and Kate Elmitt perform beautiful cello and piano music by Vivaldi Sonata no. 5 in E minor Largo: Allegro; Largo; Allegro
Beethoven Seven Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute
Fauré Après un Rêve
Glazunov Sérénade Espagnole
Elgar Salut d’amour
Fischer Czardás
EMAIL AFTER THE CONCERT! Hello Catherine and Kate
Thank you for a lovely escape into a different world this afternoon. Such a good partnership.
You made the cello sing and dance as well as be so mournful!
Whilst Kate’s piano playing is so full of emotion too. Beautiful!
We look forward to your next concert.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Bye Jan, Nick and Jacqui
NOVEMBER 28th 2021
Abbeyfield, Welbrook Way, Cambridge at 5pm
Please email [email protected] for tickets
Catherine Wilmers and Kate Elmitt perform beautiful cello and piano music by
Vivaldi Sonata no. 5 in E minor Largo: Allegro; Largo; Allegro
Beethoven Seven Variations on a theme from Mozart’s Magic Flute
Fauré Après un Rêve
Glazunov Sérénade Espagnole
Elgar Salut d’amour
Fischer Czardás
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6th 2021
Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Montagnana Trio: Wonder Women
including works by Farrenc, Mel Bonis (Soir et Matin), Chaminade, Kats-Chernin (Eliza Aria, Green Leaf Prelude, Russian Dance),Teresa Carreno and Hilary Tann (Llef for flute and cello)
Emma Halnan flute, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello
SOLD OUT in 2017, 2018, 2019 AND in 2021!
Tickets £25 include buffet supper
In aid of Flexicare Oxford www.flexicare.org
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford.
OCTOBER 21st 2021
St John's Arts Centre in Harlow
Emma Halnan (flute), Catherine Wilmers (cello), and Kate Elmitt (piano) performed lovely but neglected music by women composers including Louise Farrenc, Chaminade, Mel Bonis,Kats-Chernin, Hilary Tann (Llef) and Teresa Carreno.
October 9th 2021
Wedding Music, solo cello
The Whitaker Museum in Rawtenstall, near Manchester
September 18th 2021
Wedding Music with Emma Halnan, flute and Kater Elmitt piano
Royston, Hertfordshire
TWO CONCERTS FOR THE HITCHIN FESTIVAL St Mary's CHURCH 1.05-55pm
July 14th 2021
Catherine Wilmers and Jill Morton
Beethoven Sonata in A major (the most famous of his sonatas for cello and piano)
Amy Horrocks Sonata in G (her music has 'the fragrant charm of a bygone day', composed in 1899 and dedicated to illustrious cellist Alfredo Piatti).
July 7th 2021
MONTAGNANA TRIO
Three outstanding musicians, Emma Halnan (flute), Catherine Wilmers (cello), and Kate Elmitt (piano) performed lovely but neglected music by women composers including Louise Farrenc, Chaminade, Mel Bonis and Teresa Carreno.
2021 HOORAH some concerts can be planned again!!
May 21st 2021 Eagle 3 at the Letchworth Settlement
Torna a Surriento (Neapolitan song), Chausson (Le Colibri), Seiber (The Owl and the Pussycat), Piatti (La Sera), Dvorak (Humoresque), Betty Roe (Songs from Madam's Three Callers), Seymour Barab Penny Scale, Delibes Flower Song, Cole Porter (Song of the Oyster), Luigi Arditi (the 'Johann Strauss-like 'Il Bacio').
Two SUMMER Al Fresco concerts 2020 at the Elmitt Academy on
Saturday August 29th at 5pm, Montagnana Trio and
Friday September 4th at 6pm and 5th at 11am, Eagle Three.
30 people were allowed to come and there was a charity bucket. Pre-booking essential, and bring your own drinks. Some chairs available; bring a garden chair. We would rather no food is consumed during the concerts.
The Montagnana Trio concert included works by French composer Mel Bonis, (Soir et Matin), Chaminade, Teresa Carreno, and Hilary Tann (Llef for Flute and cello) and Louise Farrenc.
The Eagle Three concert included Torna a Surriento (Neapolitan song), Chausson (Le Colibri), Seiber (The Owl and the Pussycat), Piatti (La Sera), Dvorak (Humoresque), Betty Roe (Songs from Madam's Three Callers), Seymour Barab Penny Scale, Delibes Flower Song, Cole Porter (Song of the Oyster), Luigi Arditi (the Johann Strauss-like 'Il Bacio').
2020-21 LOCKDOWN
Catherine performed a weekly solo cello tune outside home for the NHS and key workers for the first few months of lockdown. This included playing Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen), We'll meet again (Ross Parker and Hughie Charles), The Rose (Amanda McBroom), Perfect (Ed Sheeran), Morning (Grieg), From a Distance (Julie Gold), Moon River (Henry Mancini), and Back for Good (Gary Barlow)!
She has set herself lockdown projects like re-examining the Beethoven Sonatas and Bach Suites; learning the Flight of the Bumblebee, cello solo music eg First Suite by Chad 'Sir' Wick Hughes and Carter Brey's Tango for solo cello, and of course exploring more music by women composers.
June 20th 2020 Duets with Emma Halnan, flute in the garden ...Bach, Fiala and Hilary Tann (Llef): what a super piece. What fun to play chamber music after three months even if socially distanced in the garden!
March 7th 2019 The Life of a cellist in the LPO The Brew House, Radwell, near Baldock, North Herts, 8pm for North Hertfordshire Women for Education
Feb 29th 90th 2020 Cello and Piano Birthday concert for friend
WITH Kate Elmitt, piano
Delius La Calinda, Borodin Nocturne,Dvorak Humoresque,Elgar Salut d’Amour
Dimitrescu Dans Taranesc, Scott Joplin Strenuous Life, Saint-Saens The Swan and
The Elephant, Bizet Habanera, Nott 'Wallace and Gromit', Happy birthday Variations!
JANUARY 26th 2020; 4pm Elmitt Piano Academy,
121 High Street, Arlesey, Beds SG15 6SX
Eagle 3, with Kate Elmitt piano, Christine Bunning soprano, CW cello
Programme of works with composers beginning with 'D'!
including Dvorak (Russalka), Luigi Denza (Funiculi, Funicula), Debussy, Alphons Diepenbrock (Berceuse), Madeleine Dring (The Pigtail), Delibes and Desire Dihau.
12th JANUARY 9th 2020 10.30 am
Encore Concert with Jill Morton, piano
St Andrews Street Baptist Church, Cambridge
Doors open at 10.30am for coffee and cake, concert starts at 10.45am
Adults £8 (refreshments free), Preschool children FREE
Please reserve your tickets by texting 07956 459 707
Programme of Music by British Women Composers for cello and piano
Delightful works for cello and piano by Marie Dare, Elizabeth Poston, Amy Horrocks and
Ethel Barns
January 16th St Mary’s Eaton Socon,St Neots
Encore Concert with Jill Morton, piano
Doors open at 10.30am for coffee and cake, concert starts at 10.45am
Adults £8 (refreshments free), Preschool children FREE
Please reserve your tickets by texting 07956 459 707
Tickets also available on the door We are able to accept card payments at our venues.
Programme of Music by British Women Composers for cello and piano
Delightful works for cello and piano by Marie Dare, Elizabeth Poston, Amy Horrocks and
Ethel Barns
DECEMBER 3rd 2019 St Mary's Potters Bar www.stmaryspb.org.uk
Concert in interesting huge 1918 church at 12.30 with light lunches for sale after the concert; women composers with Jill Morton, piano.
NOVEMBER 23rd 2019 at 7pm Abbeyfield, Wellbrook Way, Girton
Programme of Music by British Women Composers for cello and piano
Delightful works for cello and piano by Marie Dare, Elizabeth Poston, Amy Horrocks and
Ethel Barns; Jill Morton piano (www.jillmorton.com) Catherine Wilmers cello
NOVEMBER 24th at 7pm 2019 Radwell Village Hall, Near Baldock, North Herts
Montagnana Trio: THE SOUND OF DANCE; includes works by Bridge, Beethoven, Peter Martin, Peter Ludwig, the flamboyant Polonaise by Theobald Boehm for flute and piano and the Amazing Popper Polonaise for cello and piano. Dances include tango, minuet, hornpipe, paso doble, minuet, cakewalk, waltz, rumba, saltarello, gavotte and allemanda.
Raising money for Radwell Church; tickets £15 (under 18s £5)
Music followed by wine and cheese. SOLD OUT
OCTOBER 4th 2019
Montagnana Trio: THE SOUND OF DANCE
Emma Halnan flute, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello
Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
SOLD OUT in 2017,2018,2019! Tickets £25 include buffet supper
www.flexicare.org
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford. In aid of Flexicare Oxford
September 28th 2019
Montagnana Trio, Whittlesford Church, CAMBS
THE SOUND OF DANCE; includes works by Bridge, Beethoven, Peter Martin, Peter Ludwig, the flamboyant Polonaise by Theobald Boehm for flute and piano and the amazing Popper Polonaise for cello and piano. Dances include tango, minuet, hornpipe, paso doble, minuet, cakewalk, waltz, rumba, saltarello, gavotte and allemanda.
SEPTEMBER 25th 2019 at 1pm
The Open University
Catherine Wilmers Cello and Jill Morton Piano present an exciting concert of works by
British Women Composers:- sonatas by Ethyl Smyth and Rebecca Clarke SOLD OUT!
SEPTEMBER 22nd 2019
The Settlement, Letchworth 2.30pm MUSIC FROM THE OPERAS:- SOLD OUT!!
Concert of popular music with the Montagnana Trio and then afternoon tea and cakes!
SEPTEMBER 15th 2019 5.00pm CLARE HALL, Herschel Road, CAMBRIDGE
Concert of cello ensembles published by Judith Rattenbury (SJ MUSIC 1987-2015)
including Christopher Bunting 3 pieces for cello ensemble, Emanual Moor Suite for 4 cellos, Kuznetsov Suite for 4 cellos, Gordon Jacob Cello Octet and Lindley Cello duet opus 4 (Veronica and Alison) with Veronica Henderon, Alison McNaught, Judith Rattenbury, Robert Max, Hugh Molloy, Rosemary Cumming, Helen Godfrey.
Tickets £10 at door
JULY 2nd 2019 ENCORE CONCERT 1.30
Concert with Julia Frape violin and Jill Morton piano for Queen Edith School
Cambridge
JULY 16th 2019 HITCHIN CHURCH 1.05pm
Lunchtime recital with the Montagnana Trio
Beethoven Trio Op1/3; Stradella Sinfonia; Schocker My Summer Vacation
June 22nd 2019 Letchworth Festival at Howgills,42 South View, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3JJ at 7.30pm CELLOBRATION OF WOMEN COMPOSERS
This is one of Letchworth's most beautiful buildings built in 1907, Grade 2 listed and with an inscription by Eric Gill; wooden panelling and ballustraded gallery.
Catherine Wilmers Cello and Jill Morton Piano present an exciting concert of works by
British Women Composers including sonatas by Ethyl Smyth and Rebecca Clarke, Elizabeth Maconchy's Divertimento and Sarah Rodger's Mountain Airs (dedicated to Catherine).
May 24th 2019
Three eminent musicians,Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello,
and singer Christine Bunning
present a colourful concert of music beginning with “C”
including works; Chopin Largo from the Sonata, Chausson Colibri, Copland Songs, Rebecca Clarke's Epilogue, Curti Am See, Cassado Requiebros,
Carmichael’s Stardust and Cooley’s Fever, Eric Coates Sleepy Lagoon, Noel Coward
THE ARC, HARLOW , St John's Walk, Market Street, Old Harlow, CM17 0AJ
APRIL 27th 2019 Melbourn United Reformed Church, Cambs!
Montagnana Trio (flute, cello and piano) A Night at the Opera
Programme includes excerpts from Mozart Don Giovanni, Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo), Prokofiev March from Love of Three Oranges, Beethoven Bei Mannern Variations for piano and cello, Bizet-Borne Carmen Fantasy (Flute and piano), Arditi Il Bacio, Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Tschaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Tickets £28 includes a glass of wine and hot buffet supper after the concert in aid of Cherryhomes Trust
MARCH 31st Mothers'Day Concert EAGLE 3
Three eminent musicians, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello,
and singer Christine Bunning
present a colourful concert of music beginning with “C” for Mother’s Day
including works: Chopin Largo from the Sonata, Chausson Colibri, Copland Songs, Rebecca Clarke's Epilogue, Curti Am See, Cassado Requiebros,
Carmichael’s Stardust and Cooley’s Fever, Eric Coates Sleepy Lagoon, Noel Coward
MARCH 9th SATURDAY WONDER WOMEN
4pm The Brew House,Radwell, Baldock, Herts SG7 5ES
A concert to celebrate International Women’s Day 2019
Catherine Wilmers,cello, Kate Elmitt,piano
Clara Schumann (romantic and reflective piano piece), Barbara Heller (‘Lalai’, uses a Persian song; composed for all persecuted women especially Iranian), Rebecca Clarke (‘Epilogue’, fab. composer), Madeleine Dring (jazzy, Blue Air), Betty Roe (The Well Established Firm, wacky!) Elizabeth Maconchy (‘The Clock’: humorous), Marie Dare (fun Spanish piece), Song of the Birds (trad. Catalan Song used as Song for Peace, arranged Sally Beamish), Lullaby by Hilary Tann, and local composers Elizabeth Poston and Alison Wrenn (Chemistry)
Thank you also for giving us an enjoyable and thought-provoking concert last Saturday. Your suggestion of listening with eyes closed works very well – it intensifies the experience. SOLD OUT!!
Comments: Thank you also for giving us an enjoyable and thought-provoking concert last Saturday. Your suggestion of listening with eyes closed works very well – it intensifies the experience.
Saturday January 26th 2019 Abbeyfield Girton CB3 0GQ at 7.30pm Montagnana Trio
A night at the opera! SOLD OUT!!!
Emma Halnan flute, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello
Programme includes Sinfonia by Stradella, Beethoven Trio Op 1 no.3, the Carmen Flute Variations, Mascagni Cav, Mozart Don Giovanni, Tschaikovsky Waltz from Eugen Onegin!
Leoncavallo Serenade for cello and piano In aid of St Andrew's Church, Cambridge
'The music from Catherine, Emma and Kate was much more than entertainment- it was a beautiful experience to hear a varied and at time inspiring performance and see these talented musicians enjoying each others' skills and company.' Pamela
Friday November 9th REMEMBRANCE CONCERT St Mary's Baldock 7.30pm
Faure Requiem performed by KTS School Choir, Community Choir and St. Mary’s Church Choir
Catherine and Kate Elmitt performed the Elgar Cello Concerto third movement and Nadia Boulanger Piece in C# minor
18th October, St Mary’s Eaton Socon PE19 8EQ
Catherine Wilmers – cello, Jill Morton - piano
9.45am – This concert is for school age and home educated children
10.30am – Adults and pre-school children welcome at this concert.
We are delighted that Catherine will join us for our October concerts. She was sub-principal cello in the London Philharmonic Orchestra for 10 years and worked with some of the finest conductors from all over the world.
Her programme will include pieces by Vivaldi, Saint-Saens The Swan, Shostakovich Second movement from Sonata, Dora Bright 2 Pieces, and Faure Elegie.
Wednesday October 11th St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church 10.30am
www.encoreconcerts.co.uk Catherine Wilmers – cello, Jill Morton - piano
Saturday 6th October 2018 St Mary's Eaton Socon, St Neots, Cambs 7:30pm
ACTIOS CONCERT 2018
Beethoven Ghost Trio first movement, The Swan, Dora Bright Polka a la Strauss, Frank Bridge Miniatures, Mendelssohn Andante from D minor Piano Trio
with Julia Frape violin and Jill Morton piano and Catherine Wilmers cello
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th 2018 A night at the opera!
Emma Halnan flute, Kate Elmitt piano, Catherine Wilmers cello
Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Montagnana Trio SOLD OUT in 2017 and 2018! Tickets £25
A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford. In aid of Flexicare Oxford
SUNDAY May 20th 2018 at 6.30pm
Concert at the Elmitt Piano Academy, 121 High STREET ARLESEY
An evening at the Opera with the Montagnana Trio
Special intimate atmosphere with refreshments!
Programme includes excerpts from Mozart Don Giovanni, Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo), Prokofiev March from Love of Three Oranges, Beethoven Bei Mannern Variations for piano and cello, Bizet-Borne Carmen Fantasy (Flute and piano), Arditi Il Bacio, Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Tschaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Saturday June 30th 2018 at 7.30 pm LETCHWORTH FESTIVAL
Howgills, 42 South View, Letchworth SG6 3JJ
'A Gorgeous Gallimaufry of Music beginning with 'G' with Eagle Three'
Built in 1907, Howgills is one of Letchworth Garden City's most distinguished and unique early buildings (Grade 2 listed). Commissioned by Juliet Reckitt, daughter of Hull industrialist Sir James Reckitt, as the Meeting House for The Society of Friends (Quakers). The centrepiece of the building is a large, wood panelled meeting room used for concerts.
Programme includes Glazunov Serenade Espagnol, Niels Gade Elegy, and Gliere fabulous Album Leaves for cello/piano and songs by Grieg, four unknown and very remarkable songs by Joseph Glaesur with cello obbligato plus Rose of Tralee (Glover) and Erroll Garner's Misty (and perhaps some Noel Gay!) and songs by Gershwin of course!
SUNDAY May 13th 2018 3.30pm, £1000 raised for St John Ambulance
Concert: Ilga Pitkevica, piano, Lucinda Mackworth-Young, piano, David Campbell clarinet, Catherine Wilmers cello Houghton Barns, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 8DP
Superb venue in beautiful privately owned 'barn' concert hall.
Programme includes Beethoven and Farrenc Clarinet Trios; plus Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn Fantasia for cello and piano, Allegro from Ethel Smyth Sonata for cello and piano (perfect for the year of the suffragettes!) and Popper Polonaise de Concert
APRIL 28th 2018 St Mary's and St Andrew's Church, Church lane, Whittlesford Cambridge 7.30pm Tickets £12 inc a glass of wine. Tel: 01223 833759 or 833063
Raised £1500 for replacement lead roof
'A Night at the Opera' with the Montagnana Trio
Programme includes excerpts from Mozart Don Giovanni, Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo), Prokofiev March from Love of Three Oranges, Beethoven Bei Mannern Variations for piano and cello, Bizet-Borne Carmen Fantasy (Flute and piano), Arditi Il Bacio, Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Tschaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Information from [email protected]
'G' CONCERT at Elmitt Piano Academy, 121 High Street, ARLESEY
JANUARY 28th 2018 at 12.00
with Kate Elmitt (piano) and Christine Bunning (soprano)
including Glazunov Serenade Espagnol, Niels Gade Elegy, and Gliere Album Leaves for cello/piano and songs by Grieg, Joseph Glaesur with cello obbligato plus Rose of Tralee (Glover) and Erroll Garner's Misty
DECEMBER 2nd 2017 CONCERT INVERNESS CATHEDRAL 7.30pm
Accordion and cello duos with Professor Maurice Owen, accordion (Royal Academy of Music)
inc Ephrem Podgaits Ave Maria for accordion and cello and Bloch Prayer,
Ness Sinfonia Concert (Also the service at 5pm includes Schubert Ave Maria on cello)
NOVEMBER 17th 2017
Lydian Palm Court trio Concert Radwell Village Hall 7.15pm
with Nicholas Durcan piano and Miriam Kramer violin
inc Clara Schumann Trio, Jalousie by Gade, Schubert Serenade,and excerpts from Rodgers Oklahoma, Mascagni Cavaleria Rusticana www.kramerdurcanduo.com £750 raised for Church Roof, Radwell
October 8th 2017 Concert in aid of Grenfell THE MESSIAH 'Messiah4Grenfell'
Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road, S. Kensington SW7
'Thanks you for your playing too – esp. such responsive recit. reactions. It was a privilege having a front desk with such experience.' David Meacock Six thousand pounds approximately was raised!
SEPTEMBER 20th and 22nd 2017
Concerts in Karlsruhe, Germany and Biberist near Biel, Switzerland with
Sanja Mitrovic-Uhde (cello) and Professor Michael Uhde (piano); Vivaldi and Handel (2 celli), Faure Elegie, a selection of British works including The Coolin' arranged by Joan Trimble, Elgar's Salut d'Amour, and Gordon Jacob Serenade
Tuesday August 15th 2017
Played Bach at Sandon Church for funeral of Rosie Fiducia
Wednesday July 26th 2017
Elmitt Academy, 121 High Street, Arlesey, Beds
Montagnana Trio: Hummel, Faure, Gaubert, Yates
FRIDAY JUNE 30th 2017 Montagnana Trio SOLD OUT
Music in the Museum, Oxford. A fabulous opportunity to enjoy a special concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford: the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Hummel: Trio Op 78, Faure: Sicillienne and Elegie, Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles,
Martin Yates: Cafe Music
Tickets include light buffet with wine 01865 321881 in aid of Flexicare Oxford and Abingdon http://www.flexicare.org/index.htm
SATURDAY May 13th 2017
Concert: Ilga Pitkevica, piano, Lucinda Mackworth-Young, piano, Ingrid Pearson clarinet, Catherine Wilmers cello
SUMMER CONCERT at Houghton Barns, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 8DP
for The YMCA in Norwich Seats: £17.50 inclusive of light refreshments
To book: Contact [email protected]
Gardens open Concert includes Beethoven Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Chopin Polonaise Brillante, works by Mendelssohn and Gershwin.
FRIDAY APRIL 28th 2017 at 7.00pm
Montagnana Trio (flute, cello and piano) at Melbourn United Reformed Church, Cambs!
Hummel Trio Op 78, Faure Sicillienne and Elegie, Gaubert Trois Aquarelles, Martin Yates Cafe Music
Tickets £28 includes a glass of wine and hot buffet supper after the concert in aid of Cherryhomes Trust
FOR TICKETS: Tel 01763 246458 [email protected]
December 4th 2016
Friends Music at the Meeting House, 109 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. AL8 6SP at 6pm
Eagle 4 (Diana levitas, violin, Christine Bunning, soprano, Kate Elmitt, piano, and Catherine, cello) present an 'A' programme. All composers have a 'A' to start their name! Includes Standchen by Prince Albert, and music by Arensky (Elegia from the Piano Trio), Arutunian Impromptu for cello and piano, Thomas Arne, Alwyn, Arditi's Il Bacio, Abt and P.G.Anton
November 19th 2016
7pm Radwell Village Hall near Baldock, Herts
Sublime Schubert Soiree followed by supper (cheese and wine plates)
SCHUBERT QUINTET in C major (2 cellos!)
Shelagh Burns, violin, (played at La Scala); Colette Quinn, violin, (played in the Halle); Penny Veryard (viola) (artistic director quartet club in Cambridge);
Mary Mundy (cello) (played in Royal Opera House, Covent Garden);
Catherine Wilmers (cello) Raising funds for the roof of 12th century Radwell Church
OCTOBER 16th 2016 at 12
MONTAGNANA TRIO
Arlesey Festival Elmitt Piano Academy 121 Arlesey High Street Arlesey
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Haydn, Francaix Trio, Piazzolla Oblivion
OCTOBER 21st 2016 Montagnana Trio
HARLOW ARC 1.30-2.30 lunchtime concert
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Haydn, Francaix Trio, Piazzolla Oblivion
OCTOBER 9th 2016 at 4pm
Eagle 4 present an 'A' programme. All composers have a 'A' to start their name! Violin, soprano, cello and piano includes Standchen by Prince Albert, and music by Arensky (Elegia from the Piano Trio), Arutunian Impromptu for cello and piano, Thomas Arne, Alwyn, Arditi's Il Bacio, Abt and P.G.Anton
Arlesey Festival
OCTOBER 8th Cambridge, Sinfonia of Cambridge, Leader Jan Kaznowski, Conductor Howard Williams. Principal cello in Vaughan Williams Symphony 6 (wow, that is difficult!) and Moeran Violin Concerto
OCTOBER 4th 2016
St Mary's Potters Bar www.stmaryspb.org.uk
Montagnana Trio (Flute, cello, piano)
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Haydn, the exciting Francaix Trio
SEPTEMBER 18th 2016 SUNDAY afternoon
The Last Rose of Summer: Save the Children Fundraising event
at Gurneys, Gurneys Lane, Holwell, Herts SG5 3SN by kind permission of Richard and Andrea Cox
to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Save the Children Hitchin Branch with Catherine Wilmers cello and Kate Elmitt piano 3-5pm
including some works by female composers Chaminade, Alice Verne-Bredt and Paradis; and Elgar 'Chanson de Matin', 'Salut d'Amour' and Thomas Moore's 'The Last Rose of Summer'.
August 24th 2016
Garden Hospice, Letchworth
Solo cello music including Prelude from Bach 4th Suite, Singing in the Rain....
FRIDAY July 8th
Montagnana Trio: Fanny Mendelssohn, Vivaldi (both wonderful trios),
Gary Schocker, Villa-Lobos Jet Whistle 3rd movement, Goossens
Music in the Museum, Oxford. A rare opportunity to enjoy a concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford: the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Tickets include light buffet with wine 01865 321881
Saturday JUNE 25th
St Michael and All Angels church, Birchwood Ave , Hatfield AL10 ,
Concert 7pm: Catherine is soloist in the Faure Elegie and Benedictus by Karl Jenkins (Armed Man) with the Baldock Community Orchestra
Tickets £10 inc light buffet and soft drink
May 22nd Eagle 4 concert in memory Robert Wilkins, Kate Elmitt's husband
R programme of composers, works for cello, soprano, violin and piano
including Air in Eb by Teresa del Riego, Rowley Trios, Betty Roe Madam's Callers and All in a Golden Afternoon, Rodgers People will say we're in love from Oklahoma, Mary Rogers The Boy from...., Reger Praeludium, Clara Rodgers Aubade, Randhartinger Schilflied, Raymond Kleinem Konditorei, Rachamninov and Rossini Songs
Elmitt Piano Academy 121 Arlesey High Street Arlesey at 4pm
Donations to Syrian Refugees, includes tea
June 13th Abbeyfield, Wellbrook Way, Girton, Cambs 7pm
Solo cello: Bach Third Suite in C and Imogen Holst The Fall of the Leaf
May 13th 2016
MONTAGNANA TRIO
Windmill Music Club, Swineshead, LINCS
Leclair, Haydn Hob Xv:16, Kuhlau, Fanny Mendelssohn, Villa-Lobos Jet Whistle.
MAY 8th Ashwell at Home, Hertfordshire
Solo cello: Bach Third Suite in C and Imogen Holst The Fall of the Leaf
Ashwell Primary School 2 pm
March 19th Oxford Harmonic Choir
Sheldonian Theatre, Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ
Dvorak The Spectre's Bride; Slavonic Dances; Song To The Moon
Smetana Vltava
Music for solo cello at the Whitaker Museum, Rossendale Valley, Lancs
March 12th 2016
FEBRUARY 27th 2016 7.30pm, St Nicholas, Hinxworth, Herts
Solo cello: Bach Prelude in C, and 'Song for H' by Peter Nickol; and Songs by Betty Roe with Irene Cooper in aid of Refugee Council (and Faure Elegie) in aid of Refugee Council
MARCH 6th 2016
Two cellos in Zurich with Carolyn Hopkins, cello
FEBRUARY 26th 2016 Anglia Ruskin University
1.10 pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge free entrance
Montagnana Trio:Emma Halnan FLUTE and Kate Elmitt PIANO
Vivaldi, Goossens, Fanny Mendelssohn
Sat 13th February 2016 - LONDON INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Children's Concert featuring Sir Thomas Allen narrating Peter and the Wolf
At The Free Church, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 7AG. In aid of Northway School for children with learning difficulties. Conductor – Paul Wynne-Griffiths. Leader - Adrian Levine
DECEMBER 13th 2015 at 4.30pm St Mary Magdalene's Church is a redundant Anglican church standing in the deserted medieval village of Caldecote, Hertfordshire, (near Newnham, North Herts).
Gabrieli (Ricercar Primo), Bach Allemande and Courante from Third Suite, Bizet Entr'Acte from Carmen, Holst In the Bleak Mid-winter, Kabalevsky (Song, March, Dance), Grainger Shepherd's Hey, Hilary Tann Lullaby, Henry Wood Tom Bowling, Joplin Strenuous Life, I'm dreaming of a White Christmas.
Music for solo cello before Mathew Jones reads A Christmas Carol
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DECEMBER 5th 2015
FIZZ and POP: CATHERINE WILMERS, cello and KATE ELMITT piano
PRESENT A FABULOUS SELECTION OF POPULAR LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC at Radwell Village Hall, near Baldock, Herts
in aid of Radwell Village Hall; including Cassado’s exciting Spanish piece Requiebros, Beethoven Für Elise, Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato,
Chopin largo, Elgar Salut d’Amour, Bach Prelude in C from Third Suite for cello,
Dora Bright Polka a la Strauss, Imogen Holst Two Scottish Folksongs, music by Billy Mayerl and Scott Joplin Strenuous Life
NOVEMBER 20th 2015
Impington Music Society, Brackenbury Room, Impington Village College, New Road, near Cambridge CB24 9LX,
Catherine Wilmers cello and Ilga Pitkevica piano
Beethoven Sonata in A, Mendelssohn Sonata in D, Cassado Requiebros, Mountain Airs written for and dedicated to Catherine, by Sarah Rodgers
www.impulse-music.co.uk/sarahrodgers
This is also a chance to visit the remarkable Grade 1 Listed Building of Impington Village College designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus movement, with Maxwell Fry. The British history of architecture professor Sir Nikolaus Pevsner describes Impington Village College as “One of the best buildings of its date in England, if not the best”.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25th 2015
Concert in aid of Cherry Homes (raising money locally for disabled),
Melbourn United Reformed Church, Cambs at 7pm;
tickets £25 include hot buffet supper and glass of wine [email protected] www.cherryhomes.org.uk
Including movements from Beethoven Sonata in A major. Op 69;
Mendelssohn Sonata in D, Cassado's exciting Spanish flavoured Requiebros, Vivaldi Sonata 5, Susan Spain-Dunk's beautiful Winter Song, Dvorak Waldesruhe
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15th 2015 3pm including tea after the concert.
Montagnana Trio at Benslow, Hitchin, Herts; www.benslowmusic.org Fanny Hensel's (Mendelssohn) beautiful trio, Vivaldi Trio, Villa-Lobos The Jet Whistle (exciting!), and Eugene Goossens Impressions of a Holiday.
After the concert: 'a super concert, delightful music, skilfully played' Peter Hewitt CEO'Thank you so much for such a splendid concert yesterday. It was all wonderful but the Fanny M really fantastic. Ticket sales brought in almost £500 for BMT – a great start to our season. Thank you.' Val
SATURDAY AUGUST 29th Montagnana Trio
Elmitt Piano Academy 5pm
Vivaldi Trio, Eugene Goossens Impressions of a Holiday, Villa-Lobos The Jet Whistle, Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn) Trio
'The concert was terrific. I do think you are wonderful at finding unusual pieces, and I loved the Goossens. It was so very graphic' Penel
FRIDAY JUNE 19th 2015 OXFORD
CAROLYN HOPKINS and CATHERINE WILMERS cello, ILGA PITKEVICA piano
Music in the Museum, Oxford. A rare opportunity to enjoy a concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford: the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW
Tickets include light buffet with wine 01865 321881
SATURDAY JUNE 13th 2015 at 7.30pm LETCHWORTH FESTIVAL CONCERT
Montagnana Trio at Howgills, 42 South View, Letchworth, Herts SG6 3JJ
Tickets £12, over 65s £10, under 18 £5 from Graham Kingsley 01462 730490 and Letchworth Tourist Office 01462 487868
including the fabulous Romantic trio by Carl Maria von Weber, Fanny Mendelssohn Trio with startlingly beautiful tunes, Hilary Tann’s magical duo for flute and cello and Piazzolla's exciting 'Spring'.
'Hilary Tann's Duo was beautiful' 'Your homemade biscuits are almost as good as your cello playing' (cello shaped gingerbread and brownies!)
SUNDAY JUNE 7th 2015 RADWELL VILLAGE CHURCH at 4pm
Mozart Flute Quartet in D with Emma Halnan and Beethoven: String Trio Serenade Op 8 with Sophia Tennant and Joe Bronstein (viola)
Dear Catherine
I knew this afternoon's concert would be superb - but probably not just how moving the Mozart Adagio would be; the pizzicato strings sounded like a harpsichord played using the lute stop - it was quite magical! Sue
MAY 25th 2015 Elmitt Piano Academy: Kate Elmitt Birthday Celebration
Gary Schocker My Summer Vacation, Samantha Jellett Happy Birthday Polka, Bach Flute Sonata
MAY 22nd 2015 at 4pm
Abbeyfield Girton Green near Cambridge
Catherine Wilmers cello and Ilga Pitkevica piano
Vivaldi Sonata 5 RV40, Beethoven Sonata in A (Allegro ma non tanto), Mendelssohn Adagio from Sonata in D, Albumblatt, Song without words, Sarah Rodgers Fiesta from Mountain Airs, Cassado Requiebros
SUNDAY MAY 10th 2015 Ashwell at Home, URC Church Ashwell
Works for solo cello by Hilary Tann (Lullaby), Casals arr Sally Beamish (Song of the Birds), Peter Nickol (Song for H), Aaron Minsky, Bach and Gabrielli
Dear Catherine
This is just to say thank you so much for performing at Ashwell at Home - it provided me with my one period in the day of peace and tranquillity and has now totally converted me to a cello fan! The things you were doing to make those different sounds in the modern pieces was fascinating. The sound of the cello and that church just seemed fantastic to me!
If ever you are doing another concert in the Ashwell vicinity, please do let me know! Again, thank you so much. Harriet
Sunday March 8th 2015 at 4pm
Elmitt Piano Academy, 121 High Street, Arlesey, Beds MONTAGNANA TRIO
Concert to celebrate International Women's Day for flute, cello and piano
with works by Princess Anna Amalia, Fanny Hensel Tio, Farrenc, Llef by Hilary Tann, Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Joanna McGregor, Madeleine Dring
Sunday October 19th 2014
Montagnana Ensemble: Brahms Sextet in Bb, St. Mary's Church, Ashwell
Nicholas Evans-Pughe, Gillian Secret, Robert Secret, Georgina Payne, Catherine Wilmers, Caroline Ridout. In aid of Ashwell Primary School
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 2014
Windmill Music Club, Swineshead, Lincs: Montagnana Trio
Enchanting music for flute, cello and piano. Includes music by Vivaldi, Bach, Louise Farrenc (the first female professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatoire in the 19th century), Weber (exciting flute trio), Piazzolla (famous tango composer) and Gary Schocker My Summer Vacation.
Saturday July 19th 2014 Hitchin Festival Concert at 18.30
Walsworth Road Baptist Church Walsworth Road, Hitchin,
Hertfordshire SG4 9SP Tel 07813 315914
'EAGLE 4' Diana Levitas violin, Christine Bunning soprano, Catherine Wilmers cello, Kate Elmitt piano
'P' concert with works by Paradis, Puccini, Popper, Piatti, Pergolesi, Prokofiev, Purcell, Pfister, Pachulski and Cole Porter.
SATURDAY May 31st 2014 Casa Cultura, XATIVA, near Valencia, SPAIN
Masterpieces for Two Cellos with Lucia Ferrero
Vivaldi Double Concerto with La Capella D'Art Music Orchestra, Director Josep Mael Garcia; and baroque works for 2 cellos with harpsichord including Handel's Sonata in G minor and WFBach Variations
SUNDAY MAY 18th 2014at 6pm
A Musical Evening at Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
'We were treated to a wonderful concert at Gonville and Caius College by kind permission of the Master, Professor Sir Alan Fersht, and his wife Lady Fersht.' The concert took place in the Bateman Auditorium of the College and included pieces by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin performed by Catherine Wilmers, cello and Ilga Pitkevica, piano. Also included Marie Dare's Le Lac, Popper Polonaise de Concert, and the Elizabeth Maconchy Divertimento.
Following the concert there was wine and canapes in the Master's Lodge and parties were taken for a short tour of the Master's Lodge led by Lady Fersht.
'We have had so many wonderful compliments regarding the delightful programme of music and the interesting introductions to each piece' Nearly £2000 was raised for Macmillan
FRIDAY MAY 16th 2014
BALDOCK, St Mary's Church Hall
Gala Concert in aid of Atkinson Morley Spinal Unit at St George's Hospital
Popper Polonaise de Concert with Ilga Pitkevica; with lots other musicians;
organised by Paul Herring
Saturday May 10th 2014 Montagnana Trio
Baldock Festival Concert at Radwell Village Hall at 4pm
Emma Halnan (flute), Catherine Wilmers (cello), Kate Elmitt (piano)
Music by Louise Farrenc, Bach (Sonata in G minor), Weber, Gaubert (Trois Aquarelles), Faure Romance for cello and piano, Bach (Partita), Gary Schocker (My Summer Vacation), Piazzolla.
Financially supported by the Arts Council of Horth Hertfordshire
http://www.emmahalnan.co.uk www.arleseyarts.co.uk
Friday and Saturday APRIL 4th and 5th 2014
Perigeux (Eglise de St George) and Riberac (Notre Dame de la Paix), France
Ensemble Vocal Variations: Coronation Mass by Mozart and Faure Requiem; conductor John JenkinsSaturday May 12th 2012 Christchurch, Hitchin
Vivace Choir (conductor John Andrews, piano Kate Elmitt)
Brahms Requiem and Schubert's Trout Quintet
Sunday May 20th 2012
Ashwell Music Festival www.ashwellmusicfestival.org.uk
Beethoven and Betjeman
Crispin Bonham-Carter performing the poems with the Montagnana Ensemble (Suzanne Loze violin; Stephen Shakeshaft viola;
CW cello; Clare Tyack bass;
Annie Morris clarinet; Lorna Tyack bassoon; Tony Catterick horn; Simon Marlow piano)
Programme: Beethoven Septet and poems by John Betjeman with musical accompaniment by Jim Parker and Samantha Jellett
Friday October 28th 2011 Music in the Museum, Oxford
A rare opportunity to enjoy a concert among the dinosaur skeletons in the glorious glass-and-iron roofed Great Court of the finest neo-gothic building in Oxford: the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW..
Trio de Bauge (Helene Julien, violin; Abraham Quivooij, viola; Catherine Wilmers, cello) with Ilga Pitkevica, piano; in aid of Flexicare (Oxford and Abingdon) ( www.flexicare.org )
Programme: Piano quartets by C.P.E.Bach, Frank Bridge; Poco Adagio from Brahms Piano Quartet (A major, Op. 26), Allegro from Mozart Piano Quartet (E flat, K493)
and solos including Bartok Romanian Dances, Glazunov Elegie, Mendelssohn Song Without Words.
Tickets £17.50 include light buffet with wine 01865 321881
Wednesday October 26th 2011
Howgills (Friends Meeting House), 42 South View, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3JJ
Trio de Bauge (Helene Julien, violin; Abraham Quivooij, viola; Catherine Wilmers, cello) with Ilga Pitkevica, piano
Programme: Piano quartets by C.P.E.Bach, Frank Bridge and Brahms (A major, Op. 26)
Tickets £12, £10 concessions, £5 students, from 01462 730490
Friday October 21st 2011
Rose Court, St Cyriacs, Chichester, W. Sussex PO19 1AW
Kate Elmitt, piano and Catherine Wilmers, cello
Programme: Vivaldi Sonata no. 3, Beethoven Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabeus, Saint-Saens Allegro Appassionato, Fischer Czardas,
Chopin Largo from cello/piano Sonata, Glazunov Serenade Espagnole, Joan Trimble Irish Air
Tickets (in advance only) £10 from 01243 786537 include pre-concert nibbles and wine
Friday October 14th 2011
Townsend House, Lucas Lane, Ashwell, Herts.
Concert in aid of Ashwell Primary School, followed by a splendid buffet served in the house and garden
The Goldscheider Quartet with Ben Goldscheider (horn)
Programme: Mozart Horn Quintet, Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18 no. 4, Gershwin 'Summertime', Dvorak Humoresque
Tickets from Ashwell School (01462 742297)
Tuesday October 11th 2011
Schubert's Geburtshaus (birthplace) – Nussdorferstrasse 54, 1090, Vienna www.wienmuseum.at/de/standorte/ansicht/schubert-geburtshaus.htm
Cello Concert in memory of Andre Navarra by his former students including Sandy Baillie and
including Rebecca Clarke's Epilogue performed by Catherine Wilmers and Carlos Rivera
Saturday October 8th 2011
The Judi Dench Theatre, Abbott's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
Beethoven and Betjeman - in aid if Hertfordshire Gardens Trust (www.HertsGardensTrust.org.uk)
Crispin Bonham-Carter performing the poems with the Montagnana Ensemble:
Nicola Goldscheider (violin), Michael Leaver (viola), Catherine Wilmers (cello), Leon Bosch (double bass - see www.leonbosch.co.uk), Kate Romano (clarinet),
Ian Cuthill (bassoon), Anthony Catterick (horn), Simon Marlow (piano)
Programme: Beethoven Septet and poems by John Betjeman with musical accompaniment by Jim Parker and Samantha Jellett
Saturday August 27th 2011 at 5.00pm
Notre-Dame de Rigny, Rue des Fougeres, 37420 Rigny-Usse, France (Loire Valley - www.Notre.Dame.de.Rigny.sitew.com )
Trio de Bauge (Helene Julien, violin; Abraham Quivooij, viola; Catherine Wilmers, cello) with Ilga Pitkevica, piano
Programme: Piano quartets by C.P.E.Bach, Frank Bridge and Brahms (A major, Op. 26)
Friday July 1st 2011 at 7.30pm
Christ Church, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Herts.
Hitchin Festival Concert: The 'S' Programme:
Eagle 4 (Christine Bunning, soprano; Diana Levitas, violin; Catherine Wilmers, cello; Kate Elmitt, piano)
Programme included Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock (with cello obbligato!); Shchedrin: Quadrille (cello & piano); Saint Saens: Allegro Appassionata; Matyas Seiber: The Owl and the Pussycat;
Saturday May 8th 2011 at 2.45pm
Woodland Hall, Walsworth Road, Hitchin, Herts.
The 'S' Programme:
Eagle 3 (Christine Bunning, soprano; Catherine Wilmers, cello; Kate Elmitt, piano)
Programme included Schubert: Shepherd on the Rock; Shchredin: Quadrille (cello & piano); Saint Saens: Allegro Appassionata; Matyas Seiber: The Owl and the Pussycat;
Saturday April 16th 2011 at 8.00pm
Ruislip Gramophone Society 50th Anniversary Concert:
Montagnana String Quartet (Nickie Goldscheider, Carla Robinson, Nicholas Evans-Pughe, Catherine Wilmers)
Programme includes Boyce: Symphony no. 4; Haydn Quartet Op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise"; Dvorak Humoresque
Sunday March 20th 2011 at 11.00am:
Spring Serenade: a two-cello and piano concert in Radwell. (Sanja Mitrovic-Uhde cello, CW cello, Ilga Pitkevica cello)