08/08/2021
Pollok House Arts Society was founded by Sir John Maxwell Macdonald in 1959. His vision was to provide chamber music and a convivial supper for a group of music lovers in the elegant and intimate space of Pollok House. The programmes presented included singers, string quartets, piano trios, piano soloists, wind ensembles and the occasional theatrical performance.
Six or seven concerts were held a year operating initially on a membership basis, although the society’s concerts were also open to non-members. An option to stay on for a wonderful dinner in the Kitchen Restaurant with the performers was also offered.
Distinguished performers have included John Ogdon, Alfred Brendel, Pascal Rogé, Mitsuko Uchida, Jorge Bolet, Stephen Hough, Steven Osborne, Robert Irvine, Ian Watt, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Teresa Berganza, Margaret Price, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lucia Popp, Yvonne Kenny, Gérard Souzay, John Mark Ainsley, Benjamin Luxon, Christopher Maltman, Ann Murray, Jane Irwin, Marcus Farnsworth, Andrei Bondarenko, Beaux Arts Trio, Hermitage Trio, Amati String Quartet, Chilingirian String Quartet, Emperor String Quartet, Medici Quartet, Vienna Octet, Schubert Ensemble, Fournier Trio, and Arcadia Quartet, to name but a few.
At an EGM in October 2019, the society took the decision to dissolve after its final concert, originally due to be held on 31 May 2020, postponed to 06 June 2021, then cancelled, due to continuing coronavirus restrictions.
Retiring committee: Ian Callander, Chair
Daisy Henderson/Secretary/Treasurer
Gordon Clark
Henry Keogh
Bruce Wilson
Previous PHAS committee members:
Jerry O’Sullivan, Katrina Clow, Keir Smart, Gib Steele, Kaye Horsfall, Jack Notman
2009/10 season
Wednesday 07/10/2009: mezzo soprano Victoria Simmonds,www.victoriasimmonds.net/bio
pianist Christopher Glynn www.cglynn.com
Les Nuits d'été, Berlioz
Après un Rêve, Fleur jetée, Chanson d'Amour, Fauré
Chant d'amour, Tarantelle, Bizet
Liederkreis Op 39, Schumann
The Lark in the Clear Air, traditional (arr P Tate)
Loves Philosophy, Quilter
Tuesday 20/10/2009: Civic Reception - City Chambers, Glasgow
featuring Ebony duo, Fejes Quartet, Christina Lawrie, Michelle Foster and Inju Oh
Friday 04/12/2009: Stephen Hough, pianist, www.stephenhough.com Fotheringay Centre,
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Bach/Cortot/Hough
Nocturn No 6 Op 63, Impromptu No 5 Op 102, Barcarolle No 5 Op 66, Fauré
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Franck
Nocturne in B Op 62 No 1, Sonata in B minor op 58, Chopin
Tuesday 26/01/2010: Pascal Rogé, pianist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Rogé
Chopin, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc
Tuesday 23/02/2010: Carducci Quartet, string quartet www.carducciquartet.com
String quartet No 30 in E flat major Op 33 No 2 "Joke", Haydn
Quartet No 2 in E flat, Moeran
String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Op 96 "American", Dvořák
Wednesday 24 March 2010: tenor Andrew Dickinson, and pianist
Where’er You Walk, Semele, Handel
Songs Duparc
Tre sonettie di Petrarca, Liszt
Albert the Good, Albert Herring, Britten
A Young Man’s Exhortation Pp 14, Finzi
Folk Songs, Britten
Tuesday 27/04/2010: Fejes Quartet
String Quartet in D Mminor, K 4221, Mozart
String Quartet No 8, Shostakovich
String Quartet No 15 in A minor, Op 132, Beethoven
Tuesday 25/05/2010: soprano Elizabeth Watts, pianist Julius Drake
Songs by Schubert and Strauss
Hermit Songs Op 29, Barber
Songs from italienisches Liederbuch, Wolf
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2010/11 season
Tuesday 12/10/2010: Ivan Ilic, pianist
Four Songs, Duparc
Two songs, Chausson
Three Songs, Fauré
Two Songs, Poulenc
Two Nocturnes, Four Mazurkas, Chopin
Chopin Ten Etudes, transcribed for left hand,Godowsky
Wednesday 03/11/2010: soprano Ruby Hughes, pianist Julius Drake
Selection of English canzonettas, Haydn
Liederkreis Op 39, Schumann
Fiançailles pour rire, Poulenc
Folk Settings, Britten
Wednesday 19/01/2011: soprano Lorna Anderson, pianist Malcolm Martineau
Frauenliebe und leben, Schumann
Maria Stuart Lieder, Schumann
3 Chansons de Federico García Lorca, Poulenc
3 Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, Poulenc
2 Children’s Songs, Poulenc
Medley, Gershwin
Wednesday 16/02/2011: Danish String Quartet
String Quartet in G minor, Nielsen
Arcadiana Op 12, Adès
String Quartet No 12 in E flat, Beethoven
Wednesday 23/03/2011: Christina Lawrie, pianist
Sheep May Safely Graze, Bach
Five Bagatelles, Vine
Fantasy in C major, Op 15 D760, “Wanderer-Fantasie” Schubert
Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52, Chopin
Seven Fantasies Op 116, Brahms
Selection from Morceaux de Fantaisie, Morceaux de Salon and Moments Musicaux, Rachmaninov
Wednesday 20/04/2011: Gould Piano Trio
Piano trio in E major XV 28, Haydn
Piano Trio in A minor, Ravel
Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major, Schubert
Wednesday 18/05/2011: baritone Marcus Farnsworth, pianist Joseph Middleton
Lieder by Schubert and Mahler
Songs by Finzi and Britten
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2011/12 season
Tuesday 14/10/2011: soprano Michelle Foster, pianist Patrick Hemmerlé
I attempt from love’s sickness, Music for a while, Purcell
Il mio bel foco, Marcello
Caro mio ben, Giordani
Se tu m’ami sospiri, Pergolesi
L’invitation au Voyage, Chanson Triste, Duparc
À Chloris, Hahn
Ruhe meine Seele Op 27, Cäcilie, Heimliche Aufforderung, Morgen, R Strauss
Erwartung Op 2, Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm, Erhebung, Waldsonne, Schönberg Beau Soir, C’est l’extase (ariettes oubliées), Debussy
Le jardin mouillé, Roussel
Priez pour paix, Poulenc
Gavotte, Howells
Nod, Armstrong-Gibbs
The Fields are Full, Gurney
Polaroli (Childhood Fables for Grown-ups), Tigeroo, Lenny the Leopard, The Frog and the Snake, Fine
Tuesday 15/11/2011: The Edinburgh Quartet
Quartet in D Major K499 “Hoffmeister”, Mozart
Quartet No 7, Shostakovich
Quartet in F major Op 59 No 1, “Razumovsky”, Beethoven
Wednesday 18/01/2012: soprano Jane Irwin, pianist Julia Lynch
Seligkeit, Ellen’s Zweiter Gesang, Du bist die Ruh, Ganymed, An die Musik, Lied der Mignon, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, Schubert
Liederkreis, Schumann
Banalities, Poulenc
Cabaret Songs, Britten
Wednesday 22/02/2012: The Fournier Trio (sponsored by the Tunnell Trust)
Piano Trio in E, K542, Mozart
Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120, Fauré
Piano Trio No 1 in B flat D 898, Schubert
Tuesday 27/03/2012: Danny Driver, pianist
Sonata in F sharp minor, CPE Bach
Études Op 25, Chopin
Images Book 2, Debussy
Études (selection) Ligeti
French Suite No 5 in G major, JS Bach
Tuesday 15/05/2012: Ebony Duo with Fraser Gordon, bassoon
Trio in B flat major Op 11, Beethoven
Trio Pathétique in D minor, Glinka
Afro, d’Rivera
Konzertstück No 1 in F minor, Mendelssohn
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2012/13 season
Tuesday 02/10/2012: Sutherland Duo
Sonata No 3 in D major, Leclair
Sonata No 1 in G major Op 78, Brahms
Worry Doll, Gareth Williams
Kiss on Wood, James Macmillan
Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Tchaikovsky
Zigeunerweisen, Sarasate
Wednesday 14/11/2012: Warren Mailley-Smith, pianist
Mozart, Schubert, Delius, Grieg, Chopin and Liszt
Tuesday 15/01/2012: Steven Osborne, pianist
Impromptu D935 No 1, Schubert
Sonata in G, D894, Schubert
Bagatelles Op 119, Beethoven
Sonata in C minor Op 111, Beethoven
Wednesday 13/02/2013: Maxwell String Quartet
Serenade in G major for string quartet “Italian Serenade”, Wolf
String Quartet in G major, K 387 “Spring”, Mozart
String Quartet in E minor, Verdi
Wednesday 20/03/2013: Schubert Ensemble
Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, K 478, Mozart
Piano Quartet (2013), Rushton
Piano Quartet No 2 in A major, Op 26, Brahams
Tuesday 14/05/2013: cellist Robert Irvine, pianist Aaron Shorr
Sonata for cello and piano No 4 in C major, Op 102/1, Beethoven
Sonata for cello and piano No 2 in G minor, Op 117, Fauré
Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op 36, Grieg
Wednesday 12/06/2013: Scottish Tango Ensemble
Escualo, Piazzolla
Mal de amores, Laurenz
Don agustin Bardi, Salgan
A Media Luz, Donato
Milonga del Angel, Piazolla
La Muerte del Angel, Piazzolla
Tango Ballade, Weill
Primavera Portena, Piazzolla
Verano Portena, Piazzolla
Otono Porteno, Piazzolla
Invierno Porteno, Piazzolla
Romanza Andaluza, Sarasate
El Choclo, Villoldo
Adios Nonino, Piazzolla
Libertango, Piazzolla
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2013/14 season
Wednesday 16/10/2013: Martin Roscoe, pianist
Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms, Dohnanyi
Wednesday 13/11/2013: Arcadia Quartet
Beethoven, Janácek, Haydn, Adrian Pop
Wednesday 22/01/2014: baritone Andrei Bondarenko and pianist Gary Matthewman
Schumann, Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov, Sviridov
Wednesday 12/02/2014: Marylebone Wind Quintet (sponsored by the Tunnell Trust) https://tunnelltrust.org.uk
Arnold, Carter, Damase, Danzi, Patterson
Tuesday 11/03/2014: Kammerphilharmonie Europa, Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church
Vivaldi, Albinoni, J.S. Bach, Holst, Fauré, Grieg
Wednesday 07/05/2014: Allan Neave, guitar and Angus Ramsay, violin
Paganini, de Falla, Piazzolla, Giuliani
Tuesday 10/06/2014: Fejes Quartet
Mozart, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich
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2014/15 season
Sunday, 5/10/2014: Kosmos Ensemble
tango arrangements, Jewish folk songs, Bernstein riffs and improvised takes on Vaughan Williams
Sunday 09/11/2014: Baritone Marcus Farnsworth and pianist James Cheung
Winterreise, Schubert
Sunday 01/02/2015: Jonathan Plowright, pianist
Bach-Busoni, Brahms, Liszt, Schumann
Sunday 01/03/2015: Steinberg Duo
Mozart, Beethoven, R Strauss
Sunday 03/05/2015: Scottish Reed Trio
Ibert, Beethoven, McDowall, Rossini, Walthew, Jacob
Sunday 07/06/2015: soprano Emily Mitchell, baritone Douglas Nairne, pianist Edward Cohen, MC Dr John Purser
Selected works for voice and piano, Erik Chisholm
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2015/16 season
Sunday 11/10/2015: Retorica
Telemann, Wieniawski, Mozart, Bartok, Bach arr Retorica, Moeran, Handel/Halvorsen
Sunday 8/11/2015: cellist Joy Lisney and pianist James Lisney
Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov
Sunday 07/02/2016: Atéa Wind Quintet (sponsored by the Tunnell Trust) https://tunnelltrust.org.uk
Mozart, Carpenter, Canbini, Françaix, Bridge, Nielsen
Wednesday 09/03/2016: Kammerphilharmonie Europa, Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church
Wolf, Hummel, Borodin, Nielsen, Albinoni, Mozart
Sunday 08/05/2016: The Artisans
A musical journey through medieval Europe, from foot tapping Italian dances and enchanting French troubadour songs to uplifting Iberian choruses and English carols, demonstrating the rich variety of surviving music from Medieval times.
Sunday 05/06/2016: tenor Joshua Ellicott and pianist Simon Lepper (sponsored by Kirker Holidays) https://www.kirkerholidays.com/
“From your ever-loving son, Jack”
Bridge, Ireland, Finzi, Wood, Mahler, Poulenc, Debussy, Hahn, MacMillan
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2016/17 season
Sunday 09/10/2016: Trio Martinu
Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák
Sunday 06/11/2016: Daniel Ciobanu, pianist
Rameau, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Chopin
Sunday 05/02/2017: Geoffrey Allan, violin and Benjamin Frith piano
Adagio in E K26, Rondo in C K373, Mozart
Scherzo (from the FAE Sonata), Brahms
Partita in B minor for solo violin, Bach
Sonata in A major Op, 13, Fauré
Carmen Fantasy, Franz Waxman
Summertime and A Woman is a Sometime Thing, My Man's Gone Now, It Ain't Necessarily So,
Tempo di Blues, Gershwin/Heifetz from "Porgy and Bess"
Sunday 12/03/2017: Ridout Ma duo (sponsored by the Tunnell Trust) https://tunnelltrust.org.uk
Sonata op 120, no 2, Brahms
Urizen, John Hawkins
Fantasiestücke op 73, Schumann
Sonata no 2, York Bowen
Sunday 18/06/2017: soprano Anna Huntley, pianist Emma Abbate
Cinq mélodies de Venise, Op 58, Fauré
Frauenliebe und Leben, Op 42, Schumann
Piano improvisations Nos 1 and 4, Elgar
Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques, Ravel
Cabaret Songs, Britten
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2017/18 season
Sunday 08/10/2017: guitarist Ian Watt and violinist Paul Livingston
Sonata in A minor, Telemann
Fast Peace, Edward McGuire
Suite Compostelana (guitar solo), Federico Mompou
Sonata in A minor, Arpeggione - Franz Schubert
Sunday 12/11/2017: Lisney/Briggs piano duo
Three Marionettes, Op 74, Hans Gál
Sonata in C, K521, Mozart
A major Rondo, D951, Schubert
Dolly Suite, Op 56, Fauré
Slavonic Dance Op 72/2 in E minor, Dvořák
Petite Suite, Debussy
Andante and Variations in G major, K501, Mozart
Sunday 11/02/2018: Florilegium, recorder and harpsichord duo
The Italian Connection
Sunday 11/03/2018: Schubert Ensemble
Piano Quartet No 1 in D major, Op 23, Dvořák
Zustände for Piano Quartet (2017), Charlotte Bray
Piano Quartet No 1 in C Minor, Op 15, Fauré
Sunday 06/05/2018: violinist Michael Foyle and pianist Maksim Štšura
Complete Violin and Piano Works, Brahms
Sonata No 1 in G major
Sonata No 2 in A major
Sonata No 3 in D minor
F-A-E Scherzo in C minor
Sunday 10/06/2018: bass-baritone Michael Mofidian and pianist Keval Shah
Schubert/Rückert
Tchaikovsky/Heine, Tchaikovskye/Goethe, Tchaikovsky/Tolstoy
Barber/Agee, Barber/Joyce, Brahms/Daumer, Brahms/Storm, Brahms/Brentano, Brahms/Goethe Sibelius/Runeberg, Sibelius/Fröding, Sibelius/Wecksell
Mahler/Rückert
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2018/19 season
Sunday 07/10/2018: Daniel Ciobanu, pianist
Bacanale, Silvestri
Sonata op 27 no 2 "Moonlight", Beethoven
Carillon Nocturne, Enescu
3 Dances from "Suite Espagnole", Lecuona
Sonata no 2, Prokofiev
3 Preludes Op 11, Nos 9, 10, 11, Scriabin
The Firebird, Stravinsky/Agosti
Sunday 18/11/2018: Metamorphoses
Märchenerzählungen op 132, Robert Schumann
Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for clarinet and viola, Rebecca Clarke
Trio, Leo Smit
Kegelstatt Trio, Mozart
Trio, Jean Françaix
Sunday 20/01/2019: Mirror Visions Ensemble, House for an Art Lover
Of Beasts and Brutes ....
an evening of art song, playfully and seriously exploring the animalizing (and humanizing) that can arise under the sway of beasts and brutes. Including works by Tchaikovsky, Handel, Rachmaninoff and Hanns Eisler, along with three world premieres from composers Christopher Berg, Francine Trester and Scott Wheeler.
Sunday 10/03/2019: Grier Uttley duo, (sponsored by the Tunnell Trust) House for an Art Lover
Violin sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23, Beethoven
Impressions of Childhood, Op 28, Enescu
Violin sonata No 10 in G, Op 96, Beethoven
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2019/20 season
Sunday 13/10/2019: mezzo soprano Beth Taylor and pianist Michał Gajzler, House for an Art Lover
Bernstein, Chabrier, Duparc, Handel, Harty, Howells, Kienzl, Korngold, A Mahler, Meyerbeer, Mussorgsky, Offenbach, Respighi, Rossini, ....
Sunday 03/11/2019: ADLibitum, House for an Art Lover
Fratres Arvo, Pärt
Hungarian Dances 1, 2 and 5, Brahms
Sonata in F major, Scarlatti
3 Spanish Dances (Romanza Andaluza, Zapateado, Habanera), Sarasate -
Asturias, Isaac Albéniz
Cinderella, Arkhipovsky
Romanian Dances, Bartók
Méditation de Thaïs, Massenet
Le Grand Tango, Piazzolla
Sunday 09/02/2020: Moishe’s Bagel, House for an Art Lover
klezmer and world folk music, intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances.
Sunday 01/03/2020: Brodsky Quartet, House for an Art Lover
Italian Serenade, Wolf
Crisantemi, Puccini
String Quartet No 4, Shostakovich
String Quartet Op 131, Beethoven
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Sunday 31 May 2020, postponed to 06 June 2021: Baritone Roderick Williams with pianist Iain Burnside CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Scottish Songs and Folksongs
Performers prior to 2009
Dame Kiri te Kanawa
Teresa Berganza
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Lucia Popp
Dame Margaret Price
Yvonne Kenny
Gérard Souzay
Peter Schreier
Michael Chance
John Mark Ainsley
Benjamin Luxon
Christopher Maltman
Olaf Bar
Dame Judi Dench and Michael Williams
John Ogdon
Jorge Bolet
Cecile Ousset
Gina Bachauer
Paul Badura-Skoda
Alfred Brendel
Mitsuko Uchida
Joanna MacGregor
John Lill
Alfredo Peri
Nikolai Demidenko
Angela Hewitt
Piers Lane
Pascal Rogé
the Vienna Octet,
the Beaux Arts Trio
the Hermitage Trio
the Salzburg Mozarteum Soloists
Amati String Quartet
Skampa String Quartet
Chilingirian
Emperor String Quartet
Mandelring Quartet
Medici Quartet
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