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The Society is a Registered Charity 280531

and is affiliated to Making Music –

the National Federation of Music Societies

The Octagon Music Society is part of the CAVATINA Ticket

scheme and offers young people FREE tickets, subsidised by the

CAVATINA CHAMBER MUSIC TRUST. Any child or young

person under 26 can gain FREE entry just by signing the form at the

front ticket table.

ARTISTS APPEARING 2017-2018

1 October 2017 at 4.00pm

DANTE QUARTET

19 November 2017 at 4.00pm

RICHARD WATKINS (horn)

IAN BROWN (piano)

4 February 2018 at 4.00pm

DA CAMERA

4 March 2018 at 4.00pm

BARTOSZ GLOWACKI (accordion) (Supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust)

22 April 2018 at 4.00pm

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR (piano)

(This concert is supported by the Lawton Trust)

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The Clarendon Muse Watford Grammar School for Boys

70 Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD18 7JA

(Entrance in Shepherds Road WD18 7HX)

Website: octagon-music.weebly.com

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OCTAGON MUSIC 2017 - 2018

The Clarendon Muse 70 Rickmansworth Road Watford WD18 7JA

Octagon Music, in its 38th season, presents one of the widest ranges of chamber music concerts offered by any Music Society. Our aim is to present a broad spectrum of music played by top class artists and we have built a reputation for choosing young performers of great promise who have gone on to distinguished careers. We encourage our audiences to be adventurous in their musical tastes so we hope the programme offers something for everybody and the opportunity to try something new. The Clarendon Muse is ideal for chamber music, with excellent acoustics - “the best north of the Wigmore Hall”. There are ample parking facilities and level access.

Photo - Decca-Sophie Wright

Sunday 1 October 2017 at 4.00pm

DANTE QUARTET

Krysia Osostowicz (violin) Oscar Perks (violin) Yuko Inoue (viola) Richard Jenkinson (cello)

Shostakovich: Quartet No 1 in C major Op 49 Schumann: Quartet in F Op 41 No 2 Beethoven: Quartet in C major Op 59 No 3

(Razumovsky)

The Dante Quartet was formed in 1995 and has become one of the country's most popular and versatile chamber music groups. Winning the Royal Philharmonic Society's Award for

Chamber Music in 2005, they now have a reputation which makes them in demand worldwide.

Sunday 19 November 2017 at 4.00pm

RICHARD WATKINS (horn) IAN BROWN (piano)

Leopold Mozart: Rondo Beethoven: Sonata Op 17 Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Op 70 Messiaen: Interstellar Call Franz Strauss: Nocturne Poulenc: Elégie Dukas: Villanelle Gilbert Vinter: Hunter's Moon

Richard and Ian have for many years been members of the internationally renowned Nash Ensemble. Richard was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia for several years. He will talk about the horn and demonstrate its evolution to the present-day French Horn.

Sunday 4 February 2018 at 4.00pm

DA CAMERA Emma Murphy (recorders) Susanna Pell (viols)

Steven Devine (harpsichord)

Da Camera will present a Baroque Feast, featuring works by Telemann, Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, and Lotti, together with works by their British contemporaries. The members of Da Camera, both individually and as an ensemble, have long been at the forefront of the Early Music scene.

Sunday 4 March 2018 at 4.00pm

BARTOSZ GLOWACKI (accordion) (Supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust)

Bartosz is a former winner of the Polish Young Musician of the Year and now, based in London, has established himself as one of the leaders of the new generation of accordionists. Together they are awakening awareness of the place of the accordion in classical music. His programme will include transcriptions of classical works together with many original pieces, some from his native Poland, for this exotic and kaleidoscopic instrument. The full programme for this concert, and all others, is now on the Octagon Music Society website.

Sunday 22 April 2018 at 4.00pm

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR (piano) (This concert is supported by the Lawton Trust)

J.S. Bach: French Suite No 5 Brahms: Four Pieces Op 119 Brett Dean: Hommage à Brahms Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arranged Borwick/George Copeland) Berg: Piano Sonata Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit Winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of 11, Benjamin has gone on to establish himself as an internationally regarded pianist with an unrivalled reputation. His career has been an unbroken run of success, taking in his appearance at the Last Night of The Proms in 2015.

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- Promoting the Art of Music

The right is reserved to change artists

and programmes without notice if necessary.