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STOP PRESS! We’ve reached 18!

Incredibly, this is the 18th year of the Darlington Chamber Music series – something we are very proud of and something we hope also gives the wonderful people of Darlington a sense of pride. Amidst the uncertainty of 2020 we did manage two successful concerts in the Darlington Hall and a spontaneous pop-up concert on the oval and now we are thrilled to announce the programme for 2021.

Semra, Jon and Graeme will conti nue to form the core of the performance team this year, launching the season in May and literally diving in the deep-end with masterpieces by Strauss and Dvorak. Compelling and achingly beauti ful, these works will leave you rapt. The string quartet is the focus of the programme in July, ranging from sublime Mozart and Puccini to James Ledger and the world premiere of his new string trio.

The August concert will feature Jon and guest cellists as I Cellisti . It’s great that they will be back this year, having been a casualty of 2020.

The fourth concert will be a week later, on September 5, so mark this in the diary because you will not want to miss this concert! Three of Perth’s fi nest and most talented young performers will collaborate in a glorious programme of chamber music gems which showcase their talents to the full.

In what has become something of a DCM traditi on, we will all come back to play as a larger group in the fi nal concert which celebrates three extraordinary women composers, who may be less well known but guarantee a mesmerising concert experience in three capti vati ng masterpieces.

We are very proud of our 18th programme so please join us in celebrati ng this signifi cant milestone. And if you need further convincing, the sensati onal post-concert aft ernoon tea is legendary!

Semra and Graeme

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Darlington Chamber Music Series for 2021.

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PROGRAMME

May 2 - Trio - Romantic EpicsStrauss Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18

Dvorak Piano Trio in G minor Op. 26

Artists: Graeme Gilling piano Semra Lee-Smith violin Jon Tooby cello

July 4 - String Quartet Puccini Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

Ledger Classic Album Covers – Eight miniatures for string trio

Mozart String Quartet in G major K. 387

Artists: Semra Lee-Smith violin Zak Rowntree violin Sally Boud viola Jon Tooby cello

Concert TimesAll concerts begin at 3.00pm.

August 29 - I CellistiCasals Song of the Birds

Rechtman New York Jazzical

Brahms Hungarian Dances

Japanese folk tunes

Artists: I Cellisti Shigeru Komatsu, Nick Metcalfe, Fotis Skordas and Jon Tooby

September 5 - Darlington: The Next Generation

Cover painting by David Gregson, courtesy of Gail Gregson.

IN HISTORIC DARLINGTON VILLAGEA WINTER OF CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS WITH WONDERFUL AFTERNOON TEAS

Chopin Introduction and Polonaise Brillante Op 3

Grieg Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45

Mendelssohn Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66

Young Artists: Jude Holland Piano Lisa Smith Violin Max Wung Cello

5 October 3 - Piano Quintet - Female Powerhouses of MusicEmma Greenhill Paper Boats

Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor Op. 17

Amy Beach Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 67

Artists: Graeme Gilling piano Semra Lee-Smith violin Zak Rowntree violin Sally Boud viola Jon Tooby cello

After the concerts at Darlington Hall, we invite you to join us for a slightly decadent afternoon tea prepared by the parishioners

of St. Cuthbert’s Church. You will have the opportunity to talk to the artists, meet old friends and make new ones.