Frinton Festival 2014-2024
10 years
11 festivals
49 concerts
129 pieces of music by 54 composers including 7 world premieres, played by 165 musicians with 4 local choirs and 3 children’s choirs
10 performances especially for local schoolchildren
6 Festival choral evensong services
2 concerts in local Care Homes
1 acoustic evening in a local pub
2 singing workshops in local primary schools
2 Instrumental workshops for local young musicians
3 pre-concert Mr. Wheeler wine tastings
Frinton Festival Concert Programmes
2014
Thursday 29th May 2014 at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Church, Frinton-on-Sea
The Barbican Piano Trio – Sophie Lockett (violin), Robert Max (cello) and James Kirby (piano) with Beatrice Philips (violin) and James Boyd (viola)
Franz Schubert Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, D.487
Sergei Taneyev Piano Quintet in G minor, op.30
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat, op.44
Friday 30th May 2014 at 7.30pm in Old Church, Frinton-on-Sea
Sophie Lockett (violin), James Boyd (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
Franz Schubert String Trio movement in B-flat, D.471
Sergei Taneyev String Trio in E flat major, op.31
Ludwig van Beethoven String Trio in G, op. 9 no.1
Saturday 31st May 2014 at 7.30pm in All Saints Church, Great Holland
The Celan Quartet – Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Timothy Crawford (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Timothy Posner (cello) and Robert Max (cello)
Franz Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
Sergei Taneyev String Quintet No. 1 in G, op. 14
Franz Schubert String Quintet in C, D.956
Sunday 1st June 2014 at 3pm at “The Homestead”, Frinton-on-Sea
The Barbican Piano Trio
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in E flat, Hob. XV:10
Sergei Taneyev Piano Trio in D, op.22
Franz Schubert Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat, D.929
2015
Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Church
Choral and Ensembles Spectacular
Catrin Price (flute), Ilze Robertson (harp and choir-mistress), Sophie Lockett (violin), Timothy Crawford (viola), Robert Max (cello & conductor), Duncan Archard (piano), The Coastal Singers and the Tendring Male Voice Choir
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Flute Quartet in C, K.285b
Jean Françaix Quintet for flute, harp and string trio
Gioachino Rossini Flute Quartet no.1 in G
Albert Roussel Serenade for flute, harp and string trio, op.30
Joseph Horovitz and Michael Flanders Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo
Sunday 24th May 2015 at 3pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio in E K.542
Gabriel Fauré Piano Trio in D minor op.120
Peter Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor op.50
Monday 25th May at 11am in Old Church
Sophie Lockett (violin), Rosalind Ventris (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no.3 in C for cello
Nicolai Amani String Trio in D minor op.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in E-flat for string trio K.563
Star of India special lunch after the concert
Monday 25th May at 7.30pm at Frinton Lawn Tennis Club
The Massive Violins
Jess Chandler, Ricky Chatto, Camilla Farrant, Lotte Johnson, Matthew Hammett Knott, Guido Martin-Brandis and Robert Max
Surfin’ USA , I need a dollar, Toxic, O Mio Babino Caro, Something Stupid, (I’ve had) the Time of my life, Sweet Dreams, When I Grow up, All about that bass, When I'm 64, Everything stops for tea, Bohemian Rhapsody.
Ocean, Surfer Girl, Harbour Lights, Under the Sea, Queen of the night, All you need is Love, Mr Jones, Everywhere, Rather Be, The Girl in the Little green hat, Sex on the Beach, Ring of fire, Somebody to Love…My Favourite Things
Tuesday 26th May at 7.30pm in All Saints Church, Great Holland
Mathilde Milwidsky, Timothy Crawford & Freya Goldmark (violins), Sophie Lockett (violin and viola), Rosalind Ventris & Jo Eun Shim (violas), Robert Max and Elizabeth Porter (cellos)
Nikolai Afanassiev Double String Quartet in D
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in G minor K.516
Sergei Taneyev String Quintet in C op.16
2016
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust schools concerts at
Frinton Primary School, Tuesday 3rd May at 9am
Rolph CofE Primary School, Tuesday 3rd May at 11am
Barbican Piano Trio
Thursday 2nd June at 7.30pm in All Saints Church, Great Holland
Mathilde Milwidsky & Timothy Crawford (violins), Timothy Ridout (viola), Robert Max (cello)
Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade in G for String Quartet
Camille Saint-Saëns String Quartet op.112 in E minor, op.112
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C, op.59 no.3
Friday 5th June at 11am at “The Homestead”
Robert Max (cello) & Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Robert Schumann Drei Fantasiestücke, op.73
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A for cello and piano, op.69
Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata no.2 in F, op.123
Friday 3rd June at 7.30pm in Old Church
Sophie Lockett (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola) & Robert Max (cello)
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no.2 in D minor for cello
Jean Françaix String Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven String Trio in E-flat, op.3
Saturday 4th June at 4pm in St. Mary’s Church
Family Concert
Catrin Price (flute), Shaun Thompson (clarinet), Ilze Robertson (harp), Sophie Lockett & Timothy Crawford (violins), Jenny Lewisohn (viola), Robert Max (cello), Katy Furmanski (double bass), Beth Higham-Edwards (percussion), James Kirby and Duncan Archard (pianos), Frinton Primary School Choir, Hamford Primary Academy Choir, the New London Children’s Choir, Ronald Corp OBE (conductor)
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat, op.11
Camille Saint-Saëns Carnaval des Animaux
Ronald Corp OBE Riddle me this set to words by Mark Nathan
First Performance of a new work commissioned by the Frinton Festival
Maurice Ravel Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Sunday 5th June at 11am at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in D, op.70 no.1 “Ghost”
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, op.92
Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in B-flat, op.97 "Archduke"
Sunday 5th June at 7.30pm in The McGrigor Hall
3VC – Rachael Lander, Joely Koos & Robert Max, Cello and Vocals
The arrangements of many of the pieces were made especially for 3VC by Robert, Joely and Rachael.
Vivaldi 1st mvt double concerto arr. RM, Stradella Aria di Chiesa trans. Paul Bazelaire, Beethoven Presto from op.87, Saint Saens Si vous n’avez rien à me dire arr. RM, Klengel Scherzino from Little Suite, op.59, Only You (Vince Clarke of Yazoo), The Girl from Ipanema (Antonio Jobim/Norman Gimbel), Lamentation Solima, Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
All along the Purple Crosstown. Get Lucky (Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers), Haydn Divertimento – Finale, Train Song (Vashti Bunyon), Look of Love (Burt Bacharach & Hal David), Sunshine (Stevie Wonder), Old Macdonald had a farm, Viva la Vida (Coldplay: Chris Martin, Jonny Bucklan,Guy Berryman, Will Champion) , The Lonely Goatherd (Rogers & Hammerstein, arr. RM)
2017
Friday 26th May at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
Opening Concert
The Barbican Piano Trio
Wine Tasting by MR.WHEELER for Ticketholders from 6.30pm in the Church Hall
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat, K.493
Noah Max Sojourn (First performance)
Antonin Dvorak Piano Quartet in E-flat, op.87
Saturday 27th May at 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Great Holland
String Quintets across the fields
Maria Włoszczowska and Timothy Crawford (violins), Adam Newman and Sophie Lockett (violas) Robert Max (cello)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in C, K.515
Joseph Phibbs String Quartet no.1
Antonin Dvorak String Quintet in E-flat, op.97
Sunday 28th May at 2.15pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio in G, K.496
Timothy Baxter Trio-Fantasi (First UK performance)
Antonin Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, op.65
Monday 29th May at 11am in Old Church
Spring Serenade
Sophie Lockett (violin), Lizzie Daniels (violin & viola), Robert Max (cello) and Rachel Wick (harp)
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no.4 in E-flat major for cello, BWV 1010
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Duo for violin and viola in G, K.423
Hugo Max Venture in Green (First performance)
Antonin Dvorak Silent Woods, op.68
Reinhold Glière Duets for violin and cello, op.39
Antonin Dvorak Bagatelles, op.47
Monday 29th May at 6.45pm at Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
Gut Feeling – Sophie Lockett and Sofia Kolupov (violins), Kirsty Mangan (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
The arrangements of many of the pieces were made by Kirsty, Robert and Julian Kershaw.
Dvorak American finale, Haydn, Back to Black, Jeeves and Wooster, Mozart, Madness, Foxy Lady, Brubeck/Miller
Molly on the shore, Purcell, Cantina Band, Tchaikovsky Scherzo, Shostakovich Polka, Purple Haze, Scottish 1 &2
SPECIAL FREE PERFORMANCES
at The Red Lion in Kirby-le-Soken, Read House & Mid-Meadows Care Home.
2018
Friday 25th May at 4.15pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
The world premiere of The Remarkable Tale of Prince Unexpected
Story written by Kevin Graal, music composed by Joseph Phibbs, performed by the Barbican Piano Trio and narrated by Kevin Graal.
Commissioned by Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, Walton-on-Thames, with funds generously provided by R C Sherriff Trust, PRS Foundation and RVW Trust.
Saturday 26th May at 11am at “The Homestead”
Piano recital generously given by James Kirby with a retiring collection to support the Frinton Festival.
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata Fragment in F-sharp minor, D.571
Melanie Daiken Requiem
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat, D.960
Saturday 26th May at 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Great Holland
String Quartets across the fields
Maria Włoszczowska and Timothy Crawford (violins), Adam Newman (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite no.5 for solo cello in C minor
Robert Schumann String Quartet no.2 in F, op.41
Franz Schubert String Quartet in D minor D.810 “Death and the Maiden”
Sunday 27th May at 2.15pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Robert Schumann Piano Trio no.3 in G minor, op.110
Joseph Phibbs Suite from The Remarkable Tale of Prince Unexpected (world premiere)
Commissioned by Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, Walton-on-Thames, with funds generously provided by R C Sherriff Trust, PRS Foundation and RVW Trust
Franz Schubert Piano Trio in B-flat, D.898
Monday 28th May at 6.30pm at Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
The return of The Massive Violins
Saul Berkovitz, Jess Chandler, Ricky Chatto, Camilla Farrant, Matthew Hammett Knott, Guido Martin-Brandis and Robert Max
The programme was introduced by the band and included hits by Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, George Frederick Handel, The Beatles, ELO, Johann Strauss the younger, The Beach Boys and Pharrell Williams.
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Schools Concerts in association with Frinton Festival 2018 at
Frinton Primary School, Monday 26th February at 9am
Rolph Church of England Primary School, Monday 26th February 2018 at 10.50am
School Concert in association with Frinton Festival at
Hamford Primary Academy, Monday 26th February at 1.30pm
2019
Friday 24th May at 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Great Holland
Robert Max plays Bach’s Six Cello Suites
Saturday 25th May at 11am at “The Homestead”
Piano recital generously given by James Kirby with a retiring collection to support the Frinton Festival.
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, op.14 no.1
Franz Liszt 6 pieces from Années de Pèlerinage - Première Année: Suisse
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, op.109
Saturday 25th May at 7pm in St Mary’s Parish Church
The Barbican Piano Trio with Maria Włoszczowska (violin) and Adam Newman (viola)
Ludwig van Beethoven Variations in E-flat, op.44
Gabriel Fauré Piano Quintet no.1 in D minor, op.89
Antonín Dvorák Piano Quintet no.2 in A, op.81
MR.WHEELER Wine Tasting in the Church Hall from 6pm
Sunday 26th May at 2.15pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in E, Hob. XV:28
Noah Max Vignette (first performance)
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, op.1 no.3
Antonín Dvorák Piano Trio no.4 in E minor, op.90 “Dumky”
Monday 27th May at 6pm in Frinton Free Church
Family Concert
The London Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robert Max with John D. Collins (narrator) and young musicians from Tendring Music School
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A, op.92
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, op.67
Ollie Howell Between Emotions
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Schools Concerts in association with Frinton Festival 2019 at
Highfields Primary School, Manningtree on Friday 8th February 2018 at 10.15am
Tendring Primary School on Monday 26th February 2018 at 1.30pm
2020
Friday 23rd October at 7pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Sebastian Wybrew (piano)
Winterreise (Winter Journey)
Poetry by Wilhelm Müller, music by Franz Schubert
Saturday 24th October at 6pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
The Barbican Piano Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in G, op.1 no.2
Bedrich Smetana Piano Trio in G minor, op.15
Sunday 25th October at 4pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
Carmine Lauri & Eunsley Park (violins), Ann Beilby (viola), Robert Max (cello), Stacey Watton (double bass), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Rachel Gough (bassoon) & Gavin Edwards (French horn)
Franz Schubert Octet in F, D.803
2021
Friday 28th May at 7pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
The Barbican Piano Trio
Camille Saint-Saëns Piano Trio no.1 in F, op.18
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio no.2 in C minor, op.66
Saturday 29th May at 6pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
Joely Koos & Robert Max (cellos) with John D. Collins (narrator)
Mark Summer Julie-O
Julius Klengel Arioso and Gavotte from Suite, op.22
Paul McCartney Blackbird
Friedrich Kummer Variations on Handel’s Judas Macabeus from Six Duets, op.156
Elisabeth Lutyens The Farmstead. Poetry by Esmé Hooton
Reinhold Glière Duets nos. 1, 3 & 4 from Ten Duets, op.53
Noah Max The Brits Don’t Want To Eat It (1st performance)
Joseph Haydn Moderato and Allegro from Duet in D Hob X:11
David Popper Finale of the Suite for two cellos, op.15
Stevie Wonder Overjoyed, arranged by Joely Koos
William Walton Popular Song from Façade, arranged by Robert Max
Sunday 30th May at 4pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) & Joseph Havlat (piano)
Agnes Zimmermann Violin Sonata no.3 in G minor, op.23
Edward Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor, op.82
Monday 31st May at 5pm in Frinton-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club’s Ballroom
The Barbican Piano Trio with Joel Hunter (viola) and Stacey Watton (double bass)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Quintet in E-flat minor, op.87
Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D.667 “The Trout”
CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust Schools Concerts in association with Frinton Festival 2021 at
Frinton-on-Sea Primary School Friday 2nd July at 10am
Harwich Community Primary School Friday 2nd July at 1pm
Robert Max and Joely Koos (cellos)
2022
Thursday 26th May at 5pm in Frinton Free Church, Connaught Avenue
Frinton Festival Orchestra conducted by Robert Max with Mathilde Milwidsky (violin) and young musicians from Tendring Community Music Centre
This concert was generously supported by a grant from Bartleet Family Fund, managed by Essex Community Foundation
Johann Strauss II Overture to Die Fledermaus
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Johannes Brahms Symphony no.2 in D, op.73
Friday 27th May at 5pm and 6pm in the Naze Tower, Walton-on-the-Naze
ECHO ENSEMBLE: Raymond Brien (clarinet and bass clarinet), Lynn Henderson (French horn), Sarah Jenkins (clarinet and piccolo clarinet), Jess Martin (double bass), Daniel Swani (flute and recorder), Rebecca Toal (trumpet) and Wallis Power (cello) perform
Noah Max’s BABEL
Frinton Festival thanks Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors for their support of the visit by Frinton Primary School pupils to hear Noah Max’s Babel in the Naze Tower.
Friday 27th May at 8pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Old Road
The Barbican Piano Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Variations on Wenzel Müller’s “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”, op.121a
Bohuslav Martinu Five Bergerettes, H.275
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio in C, op.87
Saturday 28th May at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
The Barbican Piano Trio with Alinka Rowe (viola)
Joseph Haydn Piano Trio in E-flat, Hob. XV:30
Joseph Suk Piano Quartet in C minor, op.1
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60
Sunday 29th May at 3pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
Lucasta Miller discusses Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph with Clive Brill
Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano) perform Die schöne Müllerin
Poetry by Wilhelm Müller, music by Franz Schubert
2023
Friday 26th May at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
Lucasta Miller discusses L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron” with Clive Brill
Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform Schwanengesang
Poetry by Ludwig Rellstab Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl
Music by Franz Schubert
Saturday 27th May at 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Great Holland
The Soutine Quartet – Tabitha Appel (violin), Hugo Max (violin), Isobel Neary-Adams (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
Robert Max A Trio of Duos for Viola and Cello (world premiere)
Dissonance – A Short Film by Hugo Max featuring W. A. Mozart’s String Quartet in C Major, K.465 “Dissonance”, i. Adagio
W. A. Mozart String Quartet in C Major, K.465 “Dissonance”
Bohuslav Martinu Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Sarah Frances Jenkins (b.1998) – Sirocco
Noah Max (b.1998) – Tetraptych
Sunday 28th May at 2.30pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Trio in E-flat, op.1 no.1
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio in C minor, op.101
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, op.49
Monday 29th May at 5pm in Frinton Free Church
The Echo Ensemble, Noah Max Creative Director with Anna Kondrashina (flute) and Robert Max (cello)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no.33 in B-flat, K.319
Noah Max Radical Severance
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33
2024
10th Anniversary
Friday 24th May at 7pm in All Saints’ Church, Great Holland
Opening Concert
Mathilde Milwidsky (violin), Hana Mizuta-Spencer (violin), Adam Newman (viola), Hugo Max (viola) and Robert Max (cello)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quartet in F, K.590
Gabriel Fauré String Quartet in E minor, op.121
Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet in A, op.18
Saturday 25th May at 3.30pm at “The Homestead”
The Barbican Piano Trio
Sergei Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque no.1 in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Trio in C, K. 548
Johannes Brahms Piano Trio in B, op.8
Sunday 26th May at 7.45pm in The McGrigor Hall
The Massive Violins
Jess Chandler, Grace Chatto, Ricky Chatto, Camilla Farrant, Matt Knott, Guido Martin-Brandis and Robert Max
The programme was introduced by the band and included hits by The Beatles, Madness, Henry Mancini, George Frederick Handel and David Bowie.
Monday 27th May at 5pm in St. Mary’s Parish Church
The Frinton Festival Orchestra, leader Clio Gould, Oksana Lepska (soprano), Eleanor Oldfield (mezzo-soprano), Alex Aldren (tenor) and Johannes Moore (baritone) and The Frinton Festival Chorus, conducted by Robert Max
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no.36 in C, K.425, “Linz”
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125, “Choral”