LATEST NEWS

July 2019

Current work on sabbatical includes a new monograph on nineteenth-century violin performance for Boydell and Brewer, a book chapter for Oxford University Press, and a variety of concert activity.

Behind the scenes, work continues on the Bach Violin Project, editing material to date, and preparing the final two works for recording at the end of 2019.

Development work is also in progress on a new Huddersfield University-based recordings label, Pennine Records, of which David’s recording of Brahms sonatas op 120/1, 120/2 and 108 will be the first release, the CHASE project website, of which David is now directo, and developing the ‘Nineteenth Century Performance Research Group’ within the Research Centre for Performance Practices (ReCePP).

NEWS ARCHIVE

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2015 recording projects now under way. Details here

SELECTED EVENTS, 2019

20.11.19, Hettie’s Café, Skipton, Collingwood Trio (David Milsom, violin, Thomas Collingwood, cello, Jonathan Gooing, piano) – piano trios by Tureda and Ravel

14.11.19, St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Meiningen Ensemble (David Milsom, violin, Rebecca Smith, viola, George Kennaway, cello, Jonathan Gooing, piano) – piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Herbert Howells

8.11.19, Scunthorpe Music Society, Meiningen Ensemble (David Milsom, violin, Rebecca Smith, viola, George Kennaway, cello, Jonathan Gooing, piano) – piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Herbert Howells

24.10.19, St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Four’s Company (Amanda Babington and David Milsom, baroque violins, John Bryan, bass viol, Graham Cummings, harpsichord/chamber organ), a programme of seventeenth-century music including sonatas by Henry Purcell as part of Four’s Company’s ‘Orpheus Britannicus’ series

18.10.19, Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds, (Jonathan Tobutt, oboe, David Milsom, violin, Rebecca Smith, viola, George Kennaway, cello) – oboe quartets by Jacob, Cooke, and Richardson (the last of which is a premiere performance)

17.10.19, Victoria Hall, Sheffield, Brigantes Orchestra (Conductor: Quentin Clare, Leader: David Milsom) – Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Bruch Concerto in G Minor (soloist: Lisa Jacobs), Bach-Raff Chaconne

5.10.19 (to be confirmed), Department of Music, University of Huddersfield, hosted by David Milsom as Head of Performance and Head of Strings, with contributions from Meiningen Ensemble and Four’s Company – a ‘strings day’ for sixth-form string players, including concerts, opportunities for masterclasses, and a tour of the facilities of the Department of Music. Free of charge – website details to follow – contact Dr David Milsom to register interest

31.8.19 – 11.9.19 – participation in TCHIP project at University of Oxford, and performances/recordings made with Accordes! Chamber Orchestra, including concert performance 5.9.19, SJE Arts, Oxford, Tchaikovsky Serenade op. 48 and Robert Fuchs Serenade op. 9

26.8.19 – 27.8.19 – conference activity (invited talk) at STIMU The Historical Violin symposium, Utrecht

16.8.19 – 23.8.19 – bi-annual Sheffield Chamber Choir tour (David Milsom, tenor, and Chairman, Ruth Milsom Events Co-Ordinator and Alto) as visiting choir, Norwich Cathedral

31.7.19 – 9.8.19 – annual tour of Dordogne as part of Voces Sacrae Chamber Choir (David Milsom, tenor, Ruth Milsom, alto)

14.7.19, York Museum Gardens ‘Promenade’ concert, Skipton Camerata (Conductor: Ben Crick) – proms favourites and selected opera arias

14.6.19, Christ Church, Skipton, Skipton Camerata (Conductor: Ben Crick) – Schubert Symphony No. 5, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Mozart Symphony No. 38

6.6.19, St John’s Church, Ranmoor, (David Milsom, baroque violin, Derek Grover, harpsichord); a short concert of ‘baroque’ repertory including sonatas for violin and keyboard by Bach and Handel

5.4.19, Upper Chapel, Sheffield, Brigantes Orchestra (Conductor: Quentin Clare, Leader: David Milsom) – string orchestra music by Delius, Purcell, Warlock, Elgar, and Holst

15.3.19 and 16.3.19, Litton Church, Litton, Derbyshire, Collingwood String Quartet (David Milsom and Carlos De La Garla, violins, Ugne Petrauskaite, viola, Thomas Collingwood, cello) – string quartets by Dvorak, Beethoven, and Walton (plus a ‘schools’ concert at Birkdale Preparatory School, Sheffield, 15.3.19)

EVENTS ARCHIVE

25.10.18, St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield: Meiningen Ensemble (David Milsom violin, Jonathan Gooing, piano, George Kennaway, cello) Mendelssohn Piano trio op. 66 and Brahms Piano Trio op. 87 on period instruments.

11.10.18, St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield: Four’s Company (Amanda Babington and David Milsom baroque violins, Graham Cummings organ/harpsichord, John Bryan, bass viol) – programme of 17th-century chamber works including sonatas by Henry Purcell.

28.8. 18 – 1.9.18 University of Huddersfield: tutoring and performing as part of Leverhulme-funded Nineteenth-Century Salon summer school (a specialist 5-day series of workshops and rehearsals of historically-informed nineteenth-century chamber music performance).

5.8.18, 8.8.18, 9.8.18, Grand Bressac, Nontron, and Saint-Jean de Côle (Dordogne): Performances of sacred and secular chamber choir material with vocal octet, Voces Sacrae.

3.7.18 University of Huddersfield - 20th Biennial Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music: Meiningen Ensemble and friends (David Milsom violin/viola, Emily Worthington, clarinet, George Kennaway, cello, Inja Stanovic, piano) Walter Rabl Quartet op. 1

6.6.18 Hettie’s Café, Skipton: Salon concert of Debussy Piano Trio in G Major and Fauré Piano Trio op. 120 (with Jonathan Gooing, piano, and Thomas Collingwood, cello).

26.4.18 St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield: performance (conductor) in music performed by University of Huddersfield students including Fauré Requiem.

22.3.18 St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield: performances by Four’s Company (Amanda Babington and David Milsom baroque violins, Graham Cummings organ/harpsichord, John Bryan bass viol) as part of concert shared with University of Huddersfield Early Music Ensemble and Chamber Choir.

18.1.18 St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield: Meiningen Ensemble and members of Boxwood and Brass - Schubert Octet D803 on period instruments.

15.11.17 Hettie’s Café, Skipton: Salon concert of Clara Schumann Piano Trio, Niels Gade Piano Trio op. 63 (with Jonathan Gooing piano and Thomas Collingwood, cello).

4.11.17 Frodlingham Parish Hall, Scunthorpe: Herbert Howells Piano Quartet and other chamber music (David Milsom, violin, Charlotte Kenyon, viola, George Kennaway, cello, Jonathan Gooing, piano).

2.11.17  St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield: Four’s Company (Amanda Babington and David Milsom baroque violins, Graham Cummings organ/harpsichord, John Bryan, bass viol) – programme of 17th-century chamber works including sonatas by Henry Purcell.

27.10.17 Lecture Recital, Birmingham City University (with Jonathan Gooing, piano); discussion and performance of ‘romances’ by Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim and discussion of nineteenth-century performing practices; performance with Birmingham’s ‘Clara Schumann’ piano of c.1860.

October 15th 2015 St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
Four's Company: Orpheus Britannicus V - featuring two sonatas from the 1697 set by Henry Purcell, played on period instruments

October 29th 2015 St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
Meiningen Ensemble: Elgar Piano Quintet - inaugural performance with Huddersfield University's newly-acquired 1897 Broadwood 7 ft 4 grand, newly and fully restored by Richard Dain

October 30th 2015, 7.30pm, Christ Church, Litton, Derbyshire - with Lara James, Jeremy Perkins and Tom Collingwood - a programme of Austro-German string chamber music of the 'classical' era, including Haydn's op. 77 no. 1 and Beethoven's op. 18 no. 4 string quartets

November 6th 2015 Sheffield Music Club, Shirley House, Psalter Lane, Sheffield
Meiningen Ensemble Trio: trios by Gade, Mendelssohn, and Schubert

December 14th 2015 St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield: Elgar Cello Concerto and Parry Symphony No. 5 (1912)
Huddersfield University Symphony Orchestra with George Kennaway, cello, conducted by David Milsom.

April 2016 Huddersfield University "HIP Happening" Festival
Details to follow