Flute, Viola and Harp trio The Pelléas Ensemble return to The Assembly House for a lunchtime recital. Assembly House Classical presents The Pelléas Ensemble. Once a month, in the Georgian Music Room at The Assembly House on Theatre Street – in the same room pianist Franz Liszt played in 1840 – lunchtime chamber concerts are hosted. The season is curated by Iain Lowery and supported by The Assembly House Trust. All hour-long concerts take place once a month on Thursdays and start at 1pm, tickets cost £20.
Programme
B. Bartok (arr. L Tunnicliffe) - Romanian Folk Dances
J.P. Rameau (arr. L Tunnicliffe) - Selections from Les Boréades
C. Debussy - Sonata for Flute, Harp & Viola
Trad. (arr. H Roberts) - Three Irish Tunes
The Pelléas Ensemble
Henry Roberts - Flute
Luba Tunnicliffe - Viola
Oliver Wass - Harp
The Pelléas Ensemble have made a name for themselves through their intimate, honest music-making and ambitious programming. They are regularly praised for their compelling performance and immediate connection with audiences. Playing with “verve and polish” (The Times), they have won awards from the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Royal Overseas League and the Tillett Trust, and performed extensively across the UK.
Their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Nature and the Imagination’, (Linn Records 2021), presents a rich and expressive collection of repertoire spanning three centuries, and demonstrates the versatility of the ensemble.
They are persuasive advocates for their unusual combination of instruments and are constantly exploring ways to expand the group's repertoire. As well as arranging their own pieces, The Pelléas Ensemble have enjoyed many close collaborations with contemporary composers. These relationships have lead to various new commissions: Misha Mullov-Abbado’s ‘Three Meditation Songs’ was premiered at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2016, and the ensemble joined with the Park Lane Group to commission Benjamin Graves’ ‘Scherzo’, which features on their album. With each of these relationships, the ensemble have been closely involved in the compositional process throughout; they feel that creating an open dialogue between performers and composer leads to a very special and personal outcome.
Three dedicated teachers, the members of the Pelléas Ensemble are very interested in musical work outside the performance space. They have extensive experience giving workshops in schools, family concerts alongside animateurs, and have taken masterclasses at universities and music colleges around the UK. Connecting with young people and finding ways to inspire creative music making is of the utmost importance to this ensemble.
The Assembly House Trust is offering students in full-time education under the age of 25 FREE tickets to Thursday lunchtime Assembly House Classical concerts in 2024.
The free tickets, available to students in full-time education over the age of 11, can be applied for by contacting Assembly House Trust Events and Heritage Manager, Stacia Briggs on stacia@assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Initially, five tickets will be available per concert, per month, but the Trust is also open to suggestions from teachers or lecturers about offering more seats to students who wish to visit in a group of 10 or under, please contact us for further details.
To find out more about Assembly House classical and details of future performances, please visit www.assemblyhouseclassical.co.uk.