Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 11 June 2026
12.30 lunchtime
Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church KT22 8AY
Parking: Swan Centre multi storey KT22 7RH
Atea Quintet
Alena Valentin, flute
Philip Haworth, oboe
Anna Hashimoto, clarinet
Chris Beagles, French horn
Ashley Myall, bassoon
Programme
Gustavus Theodore von Holst (1874-1934)
Quintet for Winds in A♭ major H67 Op 14 (1903)
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Minuet (in Canon) and Trio
4 Theme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
Jean René Désiré Franciax (1912-1997)
Quartet for Winds (1933)
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Allegro molto
4 Allegro vivo
Valerie Coleman (b1970)
Tzigane (2011)
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Gustavus Theodore von Holst (1874-1934)
Quintet for Winds in A♭ major H67 Op 14 (1903)
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Minuet (in Canon) and Trio
4 Theme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
Jean René Désiré Franciax (1912-1997)
Quartet for Winds (1933)
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Allegro molto
4 Allegro vivo
Valerie Coleman (b1970)
Tzigane (2011)
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
The Atéa Quintet is the foremost British Wind Quintet of their generation. Internationally acclaimed, they became double prize winners at the 2015 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in Denmark. Winning the 3rd Prize and Special Contemporary Music award lead to various tours around Denmark including performing live on Danish Radio and at the Møn Sommerkoncert Festival. As the Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and former Quintet in Residence at the Purcell School, they mentor some of the finest up and coming musicians in the country.
Since its formation in 2009, the Atéa Quintet has performed in some of the finest halls in the world. Highlights include a critically acclaimed Friday night recital at the Wigmore Hall, performances at the Cheltenham, Brighton and Lake District Summer Festivals and concerts in St Martin in the Fields, Bridgewater Hall and St Johns Smith Square. Recent seasons have included tours to Denmark, Japan, Scotland, the Czech Republic and residencies at the Two Moors Festival, the Dartington International Music Festival and The Music Summer School and Festival. Our tour to Japan lead to performing live on Japan Radio and being interviewed for a broadcast.
Brought together by their communal love of wind chamber music, members of the Atéa Quintet have individually received several prizes in international competitions and have individually played with all of the country’s leading orchestras. The Quintet is eternally grateful for the support they received from the Tunnell Trust, Kirckman Concert Society, New Dots and Live Music Now.
Since its formation in 2009, the Atéa Quintet has performed in some of the finest halls in the world. Highlights include a critically acclaimed Friday night recital at the Wigmore Hall, performances at the Cheltenham, Brighton and Lake District Summer Festivals and concerts in St Martin in the Fields, Bridgewater Hall and St Johns Smith Square. Recent seasons have included tours to Denmark, Japan, Scotland, the Czech Republic and residencies at the Two Moors Festival, the Dartington International Music Festival and The Music Summer School and Festival. Our tour to Japan lead to performing live on Japan Radio and being interviewed for a broadcast.
Brought together by their communal love of wind chamber music, members of the Atéa Quintet have individually received several prizes in international competitions and have individually played with all of the country’s leading orchestras. The Quintet is eternally grateful for the support they received from the Tunnell Trust, Kirckman Concert Society, New Dots and Live Music Now.
Recordings of works in today's concert
Gustavus Theodore von Holst (1874-1934)
Quintet for Winds in A♭ major H67 Op 14 (1903) [17:30]
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Minuet (in Canon) and Trio
4 Theme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
Our recording is of the Amethyst Quintet - Lauren Moldenhauer, flute, Katie Adams, oboe, Westley Art Hodges, clarinet, Ryan Williamson, horn, and Walter van Gieson, bassoon:
Quintet for Winds in A♭ major H67 Op 14 (1903) [17:30]
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Minuet (in Canon) and Trio
4 Theme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
Our recording is of the Amethyst Quintet - Lauren Moldenhauer, flute, Katie Adams, oboe, Westley Art Hodges, clarinet, Ryan Williamson, horn, and Walter van Gieson, bassoon:
Jean René Désiré Françaix (1912-1997)
Quartet for Winds (1933)
1 Allegro
2 Andante
3 Allegro molto
4 Allegro vivo
Here we have the Ventus Quintett Salzburg. They are Moritz Plasse, flute, Isabella Unterer, oboe, Gabor Lieli, clarinet, and Christoph Hipper, bassoon:
Valerie Coleman (b1970)
Tzigane (2011)
Unlike the other recordings, this ensemble has no name. So, playing in the 2023 EPIC Concert Series in Colorado Springs, are Noah Kay, oboe, Young Kim, horn, Jessica Petrasek, flute, Tristan Rennie, bassoon, and Sergei Vassiliev, clarinet:
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