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At the Bingham Quartet concert

Clara Charlesworth
Amount raised so far in 2012: £32
Amount raised in 2011: £4,407
Amount since we started counting in 2001: £52,025
Oxfam Book Sales 2012 £32
Total Oxfam Book Sales £817

Individual Charity Collections

22nd Jan 2012: Oxfam - £32
Lea Barn Divertimenti playing afternoon


18th Dec 2011: Crisis at Christmas - £388
Sophie, Robert and Deborah Behrman, Fiona Brodie, Tamara Ravenhill, Graham Bowler
Haydn - Piano trio in E flat Hob XV;29
Amy Beach - Songs for soprano with violin, cello and piano
- Mirage, Stella Viatoris, Ecstasy, June
Franz Lehar - Meiner Lippen
Messiah - one or two soprano arias
Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor


20th Nov 2011: Myeloma UK - £292
Lea Barn Divertimenti
organised by Richard Longman and Jean Ashford

Mozart - Serenade for 8 wind instruments
Elgar - Salut d'Amour and Wombles tune for 4/5 horns
Mozart - Magic Flute duos for two flutes
Strauss - Serenade for 13 wind isntruments

6th Nov 2011: Naomi House Hospice - £352
The Redlands Trio
Anthony Short (violin)
Jackie Ratcliff (cello)
Peter Toye (piano)

Beethoven - Allegretto in B flat
Schubert - Trio in B flat

16th Oct 2011: Hospice of St Francis - £365
Maud Hodson (cello)
Alan Blackwell (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Twelve Variations for cello and piano on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's Magic Flute, Op 66
Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano
Ethel Smyth: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 5
Antonin Dvorak: Polonaise in A major for cello and piano


18th Sep 2011: Musicians' Benevolent Fund - £174
Lea Barn Divertimenti
Clara Charlesworth (flute) and Anna Le Hair (piano)

Sonata - Hindemith
Fantasie - Faure
Cloudy Mountain - Boyd
Sonata Latino - Mower


28th Aug 2011: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Trust Stroke Units - £549
Annual sponsored cycle ride followed by tea in the barn


24th Jul 2011: Dr Turnbull's Fund (Maidenhead Music Society) - £115
Behrman Piano Trio
A programme of light classical music for piano trio with accompaniment of afternoon tea

17th Jul 2011: Sobell House Hospice charity - £468
Lea Barn Divertimenti
Alan Blackwell, Robert Behrman, Gill Morbey (violins), Fiona Brodie, Judy Hunter (violas), Julian Ogilvie, Emma Owen, Deborah Behrman (cellos), Sophie Behrman (piano)

Strauss - Sextet from Capriccio
Tschaikowsy - two pieces for solo cello and piano
Dvorak - Piano Quintet op 81

15th May 2011: Maidenhead Mencap - £218
Lea Barn Divertimenti - Clara Charlesworth (flute), Robert Behrman (violin), Fiona Brodie (viola), Deborah Behrman (cello) with guest Satu Salo (harp)
A selection of solos for harp and Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp arranged for flute, harp and string trio by Derek Smith

8th May 2011: Musicworks - £264
Students from Royal Holloway, London
Handel - Sonata no 2 for 3 trumpets
Leroy Anderson - three pieces for 3 trumpets
Mozart - String Quartet in D K499
Dvorak- String Quartet op 34

17th Apr 2011: The Stroke Association - £302
The Arethusa Ensemble
Music from Pachelbel to Hindemith

20th Mar 2011: Japanese Earthquake Relief via red Cross - £384
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
Anna LeHair - piano
Robert Behrman - violin
Edmund Booth - viola
Deborah Behrman - cello

Schumann - Papillons
Shostakovich - 3 mysterious dances
Weber - Quartet for piano and strings

20th Feb 2011: June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund - £538
Redlands Trio
Peter Toye - piano
Anthony Short - violin
Jackie Ratcliff - cello

Clara Schumann - Piano Trio
Beethoven - Kakadu Variations

17th Nov 2010: National Osteoporosis Society - £461
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
(organised by jean Ashford and Richard Longman)

'Little and Large' music for solos to nonets and from flute to contrabassoon

17th Oct 2010: Steps - £274
Alan Blackwell - piano
Maud Hodson - cello

Bohuslav Martinu - Variations on a Slovakian Theme
Jacques Offenbach - Introduction, Priere et Bolero Op. 22
Beethoven - Sonata No. 3 in A maj. Op. 69 for cello & piano
Schumann - 8 pieces from Kinderscenen Op.15 for piano
Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66 for piano


19th Sep 2010: Stroke Rehabilitation at Heatherwood Hospital - £387
Members of Lea Barn Divertimenti
Julian Brockless, Genevieve Usher, Eleanor Griffiths, Anne Park, Mike Friess, Tracey Wong, Robert Behrman, Emma Owen, Lizbet Fairley, Deborah Behrman, Jessica Campbell-Karn, Peter Mackie

Bach - Cantata 56 - Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater

22nd Aug 2010: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament - £185
Behrman Piano Trio
Light piano trios with afternoon tea

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