Tom is delighted to be reunited with pianist Verona Maier in Bucharest for further performances of the Enescu Sonata No.3, this time paired with Brahms’ Sonata No.1 in G for Violin and Piano.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Verona Maier

Enescu Sonata No.3, Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’

Brahms Sonata No.1 in G, Op. 78

Tom is delighted to be reunited with pianist Verona Maier in Bucharest for further performances of the Enescu Sonata No.3, this time paired with Mozart’s Sonata No. 21 in E minor and Brahms’ Sonata No.1 in G for Violin and Piano.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Verona Maier

Mozart Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304

Brahms Sonata No.1 in G, Op. 78

Enescu Sonata No.3, Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’

Tom is delighted to be reunited with pianist Verona Maier in Bucharest for further performances of the Enescu Sonata No.3, this time paired with works by Bartók, Kurtág, Paganini and Ligeti.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Verona Maier

Bartók Six Romanian Folk Dances

Kurtág Aus der Ferne, Op. 14e ‘Three pieces for violin and piano’

Paganini Caprices No.s 7 & 6

Ligeti Musica Ricercata No. 1-3

Enescu Sonata No.3, Op. 25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’

Tom Bowes and Eleanor Alberga OBE will perform this concert in memory of their dear friend Stephen Treasure.

Eleanor is a highly regarded British composer with commissions and premières from the BBC Proms and The Royal Opera. She is also a fine concert pianist.

Stephen House is named in honour of Stephen Treasure, whose heartfelt wish it was that the building at 2 College Street, Ludlow, should be used not only as a Church Office but as a town centre safe space, open to all for those who need help from the St Laurence Mission to deal with an immediate crisis. The funds raised from this concert will help with the building works required to reconfigure the building to create a modern and welcoming space.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Eleanor Alberga OBE

Elgar Sonata Op. 82

Alberga No-Man’s-Land Lullaby

Paganini Caprices

De Falla (arr. Kochanski): Suite Populaire Espagnole

Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarentella Op.28

Tom will take to the stage with Verona Maier for a second performance featuring the extraordinary Enescu Sonata No.3. As well as being an incredibly gifted composer, Verona is an expert on the music of George Enescu. The interpretation of the Enescu Sonata for violin and piano will be as authentic and passionate as anything you will have heard from these instruments – this is a performance not to be missed.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Verona Maier

J.S. Bach Sonata in C minor BWV 1017

Enescu Sonata No.3 for Violin and Piano

Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano

Ravel Tzigane

Tom will take to the stage with Verona Maier for a thrilling lunchtime recital featuring the extraordinary Enescu Sonata No.3. As well as being an incredibly gifted composer, Verona is an expert on the music of George Enescu. The interpretation of the Enescu Sonata for violin and piano will be as authentic and passionate as anything you will have heard from these instruments – this is a performance not to be missed.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Piano Verona Maier

J.S. Bach Sonata in C minor BWV 1017

Enescu Sonata No.3 for Violin and Piano

Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano

Ravel Tzigane

Tom will perform Elgar’s Violin Concerto with Charnwood Orchestra at Emmanuel Church, Loughborough.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Conductor Nic Fallowfield

Vaughan Williams Overture: ‘The Wasps’

Bax Symphonic Poem: ‘Tintagel’

Holst Ballet music from ‘The Perfect Fool’

Elgar Violin Concerto

Violin Thomas Bowes; Actor Kim Begley

Paganini ‘Caprices’ no.s 1-12, Op.1

From the Times; on Paganini’s London concert, 3rd June 1831:

‘Nothing can be more difficult than to describe Paganini’s performance on the violin, so as to make the effect of it intelligible to those who have never heard him… all the anticipations formed of him, however highly coloured, have fallen short of reality…’

In the comfortable surroundings of Old Downton Lodge, Thomas Bowes, joint Artistic Director of the arts and music festival Arcadia, will reawaken the astonishment of those 19th century audiences with an evocation of this legend. He will play the first twelve of the ferociously difficult Caprices whilst Kim Begley, famed singer and actor, will read from contemporary accounts and impressions.

A world authority on the maestro, Andrew McGee, has written and collated impressions of the great man and we are delighted that he will be present along with, from his collection, some mementos of Paganini.

It is to be hoped that a special violin of the sort used by Paganini himself will be loaned for the occasion.

Places are available in advance by BACS only and you can guarantee your place(s) of £50 each by donating the appropriate sum to the Arcadia bank account (Name: Arcadia Music Festival; Sort code: 08-92-99; Account number: 65667048) using your surname as the reference. Please write to: arcadiamusicfest55@gmail.com

Tom will perform Barber’s Violin Concerto with The Meadows Chamber Orchestra for this concert celebrating the orchestra’s 50th Anniversary. The concert also marks the Scottish Premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s Symphony No.1, ‘Strata’.

Violin Thomas Bowes; Conductor Peter Evans

Beethoven Egmont Overture

Eleanor Alberga Symphony No.1 - ‘Strata’ (Scottish Premiere)

Barber Violin Concerto

Gershwin An American In Paris

Tom will lead the Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra in a programme featuring the World Premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s extraordinary first Symphony, ‘Strata’, in celebration of the orchestra’s 35th Anniversary.

Piano Alexandra Dariescu; Leader Thomas Bowes; Conductor Andres Kaljuste

Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3

Grieg Piano Concerto (programme change from Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2)

Eleanor Alberga Symphony No.1 - ‘Strata’ (World Premiere)