Jamie Walton, Cellist

Welcome to the North York Moors Chamber Music Festival — “Vienna to France”. Each concert included works from the the classic Viennese and French schools. The festival ran from 16th to 28th August to capacity audiences. Over the past five years or so we have given around forty concerts in the region and so this Festival is the culmination of a desire to expand this activity along with the extraordinary local demand for music.

The concept is simplicity and accessibility both in terms of repertoire and of price. Keeping ticket prices to a minimum invites locals to participate as a regular audience within venues that in themselves celebrate the rich history of the moors. This erases any hint of elitism and I feel the potential power of music to bind locals together regardless of religion or politics is a great motivation.

August is a particularly spectacular time of year for the North York Moors, covered in heather at the height of summer. From the extraordinary Lastingham church with its Anglo-Saxon crypt to Whitby Abbey, the panorama across the largest moorland in Europe to the ethereal remnants of Rievaulx—this National Park is one of the outstanding areas of historical and natural beauty in our land.

We welcome support as we aim to launch this event for a third successive year, which is why we’ve set up The North York Moors Chamber Music Festival Trust, now a charitable company. The aim is to generate such interest that it becomes an annual celebration so if you wish to make a donation please enclose the gift aid form (if you are a UK tax payer) to ensure your donation goes further. Cheques payable to The North York Moors Chamber Music Festival Trust would be most gratefully received; please send to The NYM Chamber Music Festival, The Granary, Appleton-le-Moors, York YO62 6TF. The accounts will be made readily available as part of our annual returns to the Charity Commission.

Week One

• Monday 16th August SOLD OUT

  7.00pm

  St Mary’s Church,
  Lastingham

  • Schubert Piano trio in E-flat
  • Fauré Romance
  • Interval
  • Ravel Piano trio in A minor

• Wednesday 18th August

  7.00pm

  St Oswald’s Church,
  Lythe

  • Mozart Quintet in E-flat for fortepiano and wind K. 452
  • Mozart Sonata in C major for four hands K. 521
  • Interval
  • Pleyel Quintet in C for fortepiano and wind
  • Rameau Suite

• Friday 20th August

  7.00pm

  St Hilda’s Church,
  Danby

  • Haydn String trio in Op. 53 No. 1 G major
  • Beethoven String trio Op. 9 No. 3 in C minor
  • Interval
  • Mozart Divertimento for string trio in E-flat major K. 563
  • Ravel Duo for violin and ’cello

• Saturday 21st August

  7.00pm

  St Nicholas’ Church,
  Guisborough

  • Mozart String quintet No. 4 in G minor K. 516
  • Debussy String quartet Op. 10 in G minor
  • Interval
  • Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 for string sextet

Week Two

• Monday 23rd August

  7.00pm

  St Hilda’s Priory Chapel
  Sneaton Castle, Whitby

  • Mozart Piano quartet No. 2 in E-flat major K. 493
  • Fauré Piano quintet No. 1 Op. 89 in D minor
  • Interval
  • Mahler Piano quartet movement in A minor
  • Chausson Concert for violin, piano and string quartet Op. 21

• Wednesday 25th August

  7.00pm

  All Saints’ Church,
  Hawsker

  • Beethoven Septet Op. 20 in E-flat major
  • Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
  • Interval
  • Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
  • Poulenc Sextet for piano and wind in C

• Friday 27th August

  7.00pm

  St Helen and All Saints
  Church, Wykeham

  • Haydn String quartet Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
  • Beethoven String quartet Op. 18 No. 2 in G major
  • Interval
  • Ravel String Quartet in F Major

• Finale
  Saturday 28th August

  7.00pm

  St Hilda’s Church
  West Cliff, Whitby

  • Widor Toccata
  • Schubert String quintet in C major
  • Interval
  • Poulenc Sonata for two pianos
  • Saint-Saëns Carnival of the animals

Musicians:

Violins

Jack Liebeck

Madeleine Easton

Victoria Sayles

Ben Hancox (Sacconi quartet)

Hannah Dawson (Sacconi quartet)

Violas

Sasha Zemtsov

Robin Ashwell (Sacconi quartet)

Simon Browne

’Cellos

Jamie Walton

Guy Johnston

Cara Berridge (Sacconi quartet)

Richard Harwood

Double bass

Graham Mitchell

Harp

Sharron Griffiths

Piano

Daniel Grimwood

Adam Johnson

Fortepiano

John Irving

Flute

Dan Watts

Horn

David Tollington

Natural horn

Anneke Scott

Oboe

Sarah Brown

James Eastaway

Clarinet

Jillian Allan

Basset clarinet

Jane Booth

Bassoon

Alex Thornloe

Jane Gower

Organ

Alan Spedding

Percussion

Adrian Spillett

Now available:
a DVD of last year’s
Bach and Beyond festival

£11 including p&p.

(with PayPal)

Order two copies of the DVD at the discounted price of £16 inc. p&p:

This film presents the first North York Moors Chamber Music Festival, launched in August 2009, founded and directed by ’cellist Jamie Walton. Each concert began with Bach and expanded to other great works of chamber music from Mozart to Messiaen, including masterpieces from both the Classical and Romantic periods. It captures highlights from the eight concerts given over a two week festival during which time the moors are covered in heather and we are witness to one of the most outstanding areas of beauty in the country.

Fortunate with the weather we were able to film numerous landscape scenes not only of the moors and the sea but also the unique churches and priories where the concerts took place. These are interwoven with the music to vividly portray the essence and spirit of the festival upon this magnificent national park.