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At the Bingham Quartet concert

Clara Charlesworth
Amount raised so far in 2010: £2,183
Amount raised in 2009: £3,860
Amount since we started counting in 2001: £45,695
Oxfam Book Sales 2010 £26
Total Oxfam Book Sales £697

Individual Charity Collections

25th Jul 2010: Dr Turnbull's Fund (Maidenhead Music Society) - £199
Behrman Piano Trio
Palm Court trio style music as background to tea and cakes for the Maidenhead Music Society

18th Jul 2010: Botton Village - £320
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti:
Jean Ashford (piano), Judy Hunter (viola), Richard Longman (clarinet)
Sophie Behrman (piano), Robert Behrman (violin), Fiona Brodie (viola), Deborah Behrman (cello)

Bruch - Three of the eight pieces for clarinet, viola and piano
Schumann- PIano Quartet in E flat op 47

16th May 2010: The Samaritans - £173
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
- Julian Brockless, Gill Morbey, Robert Behrman, Deborah Behrman and Graham Davies (guest)

Music for bassoon and piano by Corelli, Eccles, Handel and Faure. A selection of the Bach Goldberg Variations for string trio and three pieces for piano trio by Shostakovich. Also an introduction to the contrabassoon

2nd May 2010: The Angus Lawson Memorial Trust - £955
Alastair Ross - harpsichord
Oxford Maqam
- Tarik Bashir (vocals and 'oud), Martin Stokes (qanun), Giles Lewin (violin)

Bach - Goldberg Variations
Middle Eastern Classical Music

18th Apr 2010: Action Against Hunger - £217
Arethusa Ensemble
Debussy - Apres-midi d'un faune
Mozart - Divertimento
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Poulenc- Cantilena from Flute Sonata
Martinu - Septet for piano and wind

7th Feb 2010: Luthiers sans frontieres, Amnesty UK - £319
Blagrove Ensemble
Meg Veale - violin, Louise Graham - violin, Julian Smith - violin,
Heather Birt - viola, Tom Morter - cello

Debussy - String Quartet in G minor op 10
Dvorak - String Quintet in Eflat minor op 81

29th Nov 2009: The Willow Foundation - £213
Eliane Walter (mezzo soprano)
Peter Toye (piano)

Songs by Brahms, Berlioz, Chausson and Copland

15th Nov 2009: UK Association of Milk Banking - £175
Lea Barn Divertimenti organised by Jean Ashford and Graham Bowler
Poulenc Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
Telemann - solo flute music
Sugar - Frammenti Musicali for piano and wind quintet

1st Nov 2009: Sightsavers International - £224
Artemis Trio - Peter Stephenson (piano), Marion Garrett (violin) and Mary Harris (cello)
Beethoven Trio op 11
Hurlstone Piano trio

18th Oct 2009: SOS Children in Argentina - £236
Los Piantados - Elizabeth Challenger (piano), Penny Ainscow (violin), Flora Allison (cello), Tom Farmer (double bass), James Burke (clarinet)
Bach - Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major
Debussy - Two Preludes
Joe Morris - Five Tangos (first performance)

11th Oct 2009: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Trust Stroke Units - £200
Sponsored cycle ride by staff and friends and family


20th Sep 2009: Charities Advisory Trust - £167
Violas and Cellos of Lea Barn Divertimenti
Music for multiple violas - Beethoven, Scarlatti and Schubert
and multiple cellos - Boismortier, Cervetto, Werner and Tallis

23rd Aug 2009: Dr Turnbull's Fund (Maidenhead Music Society) - £200
Sophie, Robert and Deborah Behrman
Afternoon tea with light piano trios for members and friends of Maidenhead Music Society

19th Jul 2009: Botton Village - £256
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
Norman MacSween - piano, Clara Charlesworth - flute, Deborah Behrman - cello, Gudrun Edwards - violin, David Edwards - clarinet, Jo Rushton - bassoon, Adrian Rushton - horn

Haydn - Trio for flute, cello, piano in D Hob XV:16
Spohr - Septet op 147

24th Jun 2009: Nonesuch Orchestra - £58
Concert by pupils of Clara Charlesworth
Flute and Piano music

10th May 2009: MusicWorks - £229
Musicians from Royal Holloway College- the Quercus Trio and the Davo Quartet
Samuel Scheidt - Canzona Bergamasca
Eugene Bozza - Trois Pieces
Schumann - Piano Trio no 1 in D minor op 63
Martinu - Five Bergerettes
Ramsoe - Quartet no 4
Brooks/Waller (arr Meacham)- Ain't Misbehavin'

26th Apr 2009: Thames Hospicecare - £362
Stromenti - Judy Deats (soprano, recorder), Sue Cannan (oboe, recorder), Roger Deats (viola da gamba), Chris Dance (harpsichord)


Baroque music for recorder, oboe, voice, viola da gamba and harpsichord

15th Mar 2009: Whiteleys Village - £345
Lea Barn Divertimenti
Julian Brockless, Julia Riddell, Clara Charlesworth, Richard Longman, Robert Behrman and Emma Owen ..'with Miss Sophie Behrman at the piano'

Schumann - Liederkreis
Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine
Schumann - Fairytales
Schumann - Adagio and Allegro
Bridge - Spring Song
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Herbert Murrill - three pieces

1st Mar 2009: Alexander Devine Children's Cancer Trust - £473
Berkshire Baroque
Music by Handel, Purcell, Frescobaldi, Vitali and Loeillet.

The proceeds from this concert brought the total we have collected and donated to charities since we started to count in 2001 to over £40,000 (see above)

26th Jan 2009: Macmillan Cancer Support - £206
Hemel Haydn Trio
Anna Le-Hair - piano
David Gaster - violin
Julian Ogilvie - cello

Haydn Piano Trio in E
Arensky Piano Trio

7th Dec 2008: Footsteps - £311
Tamara Migrina - soprano
Katerina Assimis-Kohl - piano

Wolf, Fauré, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Viardot, Vlasov, Gershwin, Donizetti and Mozart

23rd Nov 2008: The Food Chain - £276
The Arethusa Ensemble
Vanessa Smart - flute
Alex Swift - oboe
Liz Cheng - clarinet
Ashley Sarangi - horn
Rebecca Adams - bassoon
Justin Coombs - bassoon
Daryl Shippey - piano

Hurlstone - quintet in G minor for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Caplet - quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano

9th Nov 2008: Parkinson's Disease Society - £349
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
-Julian Brockless (baritone), Genevieve Usher (soprano), Jean Ashford (oboe), Jeremy Rowe (piano), Robert Behrman and Karen Hodgson (violins), Fiona Brodie (viola), Deborah Behrman (cello)

Movements from Bach Cantatas for voice and oboe obligato.
Dover Beach by Samuel Barber for baritone and string quartet.

21st Sep 2008: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Trust Stroke Units - £300
Sponsored cycle ride by members of staff and their friends and families


14th Sep 2008: CASH (Charitable Association Supplying Hospitals) - £275
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti and friends - organised by Jean Ashford and Peter Mackie
Taffanel - Two Pieces for Flute and Piano
Cui - Five Pieces for Flute,Oboe and Piano
Rachmaninov - Waltz in A and Humoresque in G
Gounod - Petite Symphonie for Nine Wind Instruments
Amazing Grace for Alpenhorn and Wind - arranged and played by Frances Jones

24th Aug 2008: St Gregory's Foundation - £524
Sophie Behrman - piano
Robert Behrman - violin
Gill Morbey - violin
Fiona Brodie - viola
Deborah Behrman - cello

Haydn - Piano Trio in A
Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor

20th Jul 2008: Multiple Sclerosis Society - £192
Clara Charlesworth - flute
Anna Le Hair - piano

Bach - Sonata for flute and piano in E
Messiaen - Le Merle Noir
Fauré - Morçeau du Concours
Debussy - Prélude de l'aprés-midi d'un faune

13th Jul 2008: LIFE Pregnancy Care - £192
Members of Lea Barn Divertimeni
- concert organised by Geraldine and Jeremy Rowe

Music for Voice and piano
including songs by Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Medtner and Shepherd on the Rock by Schubert

22nd Jun 2008: Musicians' Benevolent Fund - £224
Behrman Piano Trio playing music for the Maidenhead Music Society Summer Tea Party
Music including Haydn, Beethoven, Glinka, Dvorak, Sullivan

18th May 2008: String-along, Walton-on-Thames - £324
Young Musicians from Royal Holloway College directed by Robert Max
Poulenc - Sonata for Piano Four Hands
Elgar - String Quartet in E minor
Kodaly - Serenade for two violins and viola op 12
Janacek - String Quartet no 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'

11th May 2008: Mencap - £256
Lea Barn Divertimenti, Music organised by Sarah Firnberg with special guest Laurence Jackson (see photo) - Leader of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Music inspired by the Folk Tradition
Haydn - Piano Trio in G with Gypsy Rondo Finale
Haydn - Minuet and Trio from String Quartet op 76 no 4
Bartok - Duos for two Violins
Piazzolla - Two Tango Etudes for solo flute
Bartok - Rumanian dances arranged for solo violin and string quartet

27th Apr 2008: Elizabeth House - £366
Stromenti
Music by Handel, Telemann, Loeillet

9th Mar 2008: Musicians in Focus - £167
Lea Barn Divertimenti, organised by Clara Charlesworth and Julia Ridell
Music for flutes, clarinets, strings and piano by Handel, Corelli, Mozart and Dancla

24th Feb 2008: Helen & Douglas House, Oxford - £384
The Counterpoint piano trio
Beethoven - op 1 no 2
Brahms - op 67

3rd Feb 2008: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - £200
David Ouvry and string quartet, Daphne Clark - piano
Haydn - String quartet op 64 no 4
Dvorak - Piano quintet

20th Jan 2008: National Deaf Childrens Society - £308
Emanuel Salvador - violin, Annie Yim - piano
Debussy - Sonata
Stravinsky - Duo Concertante
Franck - Sonata

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(Laurence Jackson, leader of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

At the Folk Tradition Concert