With the profession in unprecedented turmoil, aspiring young musicians are in desperate need of encouragement. This third series of benefit concerts takes place against an uncertain background and is supported by generous private sponsorship and also some seasoned professionals giving their services for which Trustees are extremely grateful
Rodney Slatford OBE, Founding Chairman
Final concert in the 2023-2024 series Sunday 28th July, 3.00pm Lorna Zhan - violin and Madeleine Xiao - piano These New Zealand Pettman scholars are supported by the Royal Overseas League. The programme will be as follows Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor BWV1004 Ysaye Sonata for Solo Violin in G Major, Op. 27, No. 5 Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 Interval Bach Sonata No.2 for solo violin in A minor, BWV1003 (mvts 3 and 4) Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 6 Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
These two concerts begin at 15:00 and are in The Old Chapel, Burnham Road, South Creake, NR21 9JF. Tickets £12.00 from 01328 738482, Text 07899 771366 or email to [email protected]. Payment by BACs Sort Code: 52 41 29 A/C 44630417
Light refreshments are included.
July 2024 Two Fundraising Anniversary Concerts
To celebrate its first 40 years and the founding chairman's 80th birthday, the Yorke Trust is promoting two fundraising concerts to raise money towards refurbishment of its premises, the Old Norwich Arms and the Old Chapel in South Creake, Norfolk.
Saturday 13 July, at 3pm Chairman's 80th Birthday Concert St Mary's Parish Church, South Creake, NR21 9JF.
A programme performed by professional friends and young musicians. Works include Rossini’s Duetto for double bass and cello, Mozart’s Duo in G major K.423for violin and viola played by former Nash Ensemble colleagues Marcia Crayford and Simon Rowland Jones, and Betty Roe’s Jazz Songs and Cat and Mouse sung by Jennifer Hamilton.
Tickets £30 from 01328 738482, Text 07899 771366 or email to [email protected]. Payment by BACs Sort Code: 52 41 29 A/C 44630417
Saturday 20 July, at 7pm Yorke Trust 40th anniversary concert at Houghton Hall.
The gala anniversary concert on Sunday 20 July in the Picture Gallery at Houghton Hall by kind permission of our patron The Marquess of Cholmondeley. The evening, a fund-raising event to provide finance for refurbishing the Old Norwich Arms, begins with one of Caroline’s very small double bass players and also features the young virtuoso bassist Nathan Perry, a scholar from her Menuhin School class. Max O’Neill, a talented tenor from Dublin currently studying at university, first appeared in South Creake as a treble in Yorke Trust operas. He will sing two Handel arias. Another young singer will also be taking part, Alice Platten, Norfolk Young Musician of the Year from Norwich School. She entranced the audience at a benefit concert last February and joins Max for Handel’s beautiful duet As steals the morn from L’Allegro. After the interval, when guests can experience Sir Antony Gormley’s exhibition Time Horizon in the grounds, the percussionist Simon Limbrick demonstrated the work he does in local schools as part of the Purcell School’s Impulse Outreach initiative. The Purcell School team have visited the Trust regularly over the last ten years or so and use the Old Norwich Arms as their base for school workshops. The distinguished visually impaired lutenist Matthew Wadsworth from Norwich will also join the evening, hot from a recital at Binham. He played his first opera with the Trust when he had just left music college and now enjoys an international recital career.
Fourth Series of Benefit Concerts 2023-2024
Sunday 1 September - 3pm David Parry and Stanley Butcher Music for Two Pianos
David Parry has enjoyed a distinguished international career as a conductor, notably championing opera in English and recording rare operas for Opera Rara and Chandos. Here he teams up with the young virtuoso pianist Stanley Butcher from Norfolk who has been coaching in preparation for entry to the Royal Northern College of Music where he will study with Kathryn Stott.
Mozart Sonata in D K.448 Sait-Saens Variations on a Theme of Beethoven Brahms Sonata in F minor Op.34b
This concert is in The Old Chapel, Burnham Road, South Creake, NR21 9JF. Tickets £12.00 from 01328 738482, Text 07899 771366 or email to [email protected]. Payment by BACs Sort Code: 52 41 29 A/C 44630417
Light refreshments are included.
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