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Pictures at an exhibition

23rd November 2017

Performers:
Eugenie Vronskaya (artist),
Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), 
Peter Cowdrey (piano),
Paul Molyneaux (bass)

Performance Art by Eugenie Vronskaya,
inspired by Mussorgsky's
"Pictures at an Exhibition", 
played live

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weddings

26th October 2017

Performers: Jennifer Raven (flute), Ben Reeve (trumpet and ukulele, Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), 
Peter Cowdrey (piano), Paul Molyneaux (poetry)

Celebrating anybody who marries a man called Ben
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desert island discs

Thursday 27th July 2017

Performers: Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), Paul Molyneaux (bass), Peter Cowdrey (piano)
All you want to know about Annabel and Paul's musical history
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Wandering folk of eastern europe

Thursday 6th June 2017

Performers: Jane Fenton (cello), Liz Cowdrey (violin), Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), Peter Cowdrey (piano), Paul Molyneaux (poetry)
Music, the soul of Jews and Gypsies
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the dragon's instrument

Thursday 27th April 2017

Performers: Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), Alun Darbyshire (oboe), Liz Cowdrey (violin), Peter Cowdrey (piano)  
The Oboe in stories from Wales and Carpathia
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fandango!

 Thursday 24th November 2016

Alex Hart (guitar), Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo),
Peter Cowdrey (piano and trombone), Paul Molyneaux (poetry and bass)
The Spanish Guitar - Soul of Iberia

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The Presidential election

Thursday 13th October 2016

Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), Liz Cowdrey (violin and viola),
Peter Cowdrey (piano and trombone), Paul Molyneaux (poetry and bass)
A musical hustings ~ vote for America's greatest composer

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a voyage beyond the pillars of hercules

Thursday 23rd June 2016

Imogen Ridge (harp), Jennifer Raven (flute), Annabel Molyneaux (mezzo), Peter Cowdrey (piano), Paul Molyneaux (poetry)

Wafted by flute and harp through (mostly) tranquil Mediterranean seas ...

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eu referendum - a musical hustings

Thursday May 26th 2016 
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Jubovski:
Liz Cowdrey - violin and bassoon
Jub - voice and double bass
Peter Cowdrey - piano
les Molyneaux:
Annabel Molyneaux - mezzo
Paul Molyneaux - bass

Holding the mirror up to the peoples of Europe - what they think of us, and what we think of them. 
L’Amour Gastronomique, or Grub at First Sight  
Vitali and Banks
L’Amour de Moy
15th Centry French Melody arr.Vaughan Williams
The Lovely Lass of Inverness 
Beethoven 
Scottish Dance from “The Generous Slave”  
Mazzinghi
La Diva de L’Empire  
Satie
Molly O’Morgan, The Irish-Italian Girl 
Letters and Godfrey
The Salley Gardens 
Britten

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Csardas 
Monti, (arr. Jubovski)
Cruise Ship
Sirba  (trad. Romanian, arr. Jubovski) 
Bosnian Wedding  (arr. Cowdrey) 
Apo ti Porta  
Kale Mana
Greek Laments, (arr. Cowdrey)
VOICES OF THE ANGELS
Thursday October 29th 2015
12:30 - 1:30

Emily White-voice, violin, trombone
Tessa White-french horn
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano, trombone
Paul Molyneaux-poetry
A celebration of the trombone, with music from the renaissance to the present day, and poems by Brian Nisbet ("Fat Girl on the Trombone How I Love You"  "...glissando of nimble cartwheels...", "...galaxies of sound..."). Guildhall School professor Emily White will be joined in a journey from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again, with a suffragette themed interlude from Ethel Smythe, PG Wodehouse and Liza Lehmann, and contributions from resident ex-trombonists, Paul Molyneaux and Peter Cowdrey.
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GYPSIES AND CELTS 
Thursday September 24th 2015
12:30 - 1:30  
Jubovski (Liz Cowdrey-violin, 
Jub-double bass, Peter Cowdrey-piano)
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Paul Molyneaux-poetry

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​​Jubovski returned with a programme inspired by two of their favourite passions-Gypsies and Celts. The concert included settings of songs by Robert Burns by Beethoven and others, thoughts on cats and promiscuity from Irish monks and a performance of Peter Cowdrey's Trio for Violin, Double Bass and piano, inspired by Jubovski's improvisations based on Transylvanian themes. Click here to listen to the Trio. 
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A CELEBRATION OF JUNE


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Thursday June 25th 2015
12:30 - 1:30

Sarah Haigh-soprano
Robert Forbes-tenor
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano
Paul Molyneaux-poetry
June's Lunchtime Recital was a celebration of June, my mother, who died in January.  She was the first person every audience member met when they arrived at the recitals, greeting people and selling programmes.  Her other main role was to put a tick by her favourite items on the programme.  This was a recital of mum's favourites, ranging from The Letter Duet from the Marriage of Figaro - via early 20th century English Song, passionate romantic opera arias, and Schumann's tempestuous row between lovers - to Gilbert and Sullivan, accompanied by poems by Betjeman, my mother's father, and by her!  Mum was completely larger than life and unforgettable.  

SONGS OF THE MIDDLE EAST


Thursday May 14th 2015
12:30 - 1:30pm

Jennifer Raven-flute
Liz Cowdrey-violin, viola
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano
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Music from and inspired by the Middle East, from traditional music from Turkey and The Yemen transcribed by Liz Cowdrey, to romantic impressions in songs by Fauré, Bizet, Borodin and Mussorgsky, and recent work from the The London-Jerusalem Music Project, founded by our guest, flautist Jennifer Raven. Also includes Land of the Prophets by Peter Cowdrey.

AN EASTER JOURNEY

Thursday April 9th 2015
12:30 - 1:30pm

Becki Reed-soprano
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano
Paul Molyneaux-poetry
A musical journey through both the story of Christ  - birth, crucifixion, resurrection, and a flower’s year in a garden – buds, summer and fading, along with some resident birdlife.  Becki (soprano) and Annabel (mezzo) perform music written by composers ranging in time from Pergolesi through to Britten, in English, German, French and Latin.  Ecstasy through to despair and back again, via inconsequentiality and humour.
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Natural Histories


Thursday November 27th 2014
12:30 - 1:30pm
Henry Herford-baritone
Annabel Molyneaux-Mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-Piano

Highlands and Islands


Thursday September 25th 2014
12:30 - 1:30
Liz Cowdrey-violin
Jub-double bass
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Paul Molyneaux-poetry
Peter Cowdrey

Love and betrayal


Thursday July 31st 2014
12:30 - 1:30
Sarah Haigh-soprano
Robert Forbes-tenor
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano

Garden Birds


Thursday May 22nd 2014
12:30 - 1:30
Liz Cowdrey-violin
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano

A Local Chronicle


Thursday April 10th 2014
12:30 - 1:30
Annabel Molyneaux-mezzo
Peter Cowdrey-piano
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