Sunday - 9th May 2010 - 3.30 pm

The Catholic Centre, 2 Duke's Avenue, Chiswick, W4 2AE (Opposite Chiswick Library) See location map.

Telemann Trio Sonata in D minor
Poulenc Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Gaubert Tarantella
Dring Trio
Quantz Trio sonata in C minor
Mouquet Pan et les bergers
Goossens Pastorale et harlequinade
Hancock Flight Paths


The KARRILON TRIO was formed in 2001 with the intention of exploring the wide variety of music written for Flute, Oboe and Piano. Since then they have given numerous concerts at music societies, festivals, recital series and university music departments across southern England. The repertoire for this combination of instruments is concentrated in the baroque and 20th Century periods and the Karrilon Trio have created some entertaining programmes. A wide variety of audiences have enjoyed their engaging presentational style and hearing some rarely-performed and new works. They are delighted to have given the premières of three commissions, Mosaic by David Sutton-Anderson, Le Carillon de Cythère by Avril Anderson and Flight Paths by Stuart Hancock.


The Brentwood Gazette says of one of their recent recitals: "If the raison d'être of this trio is summing up joy, they succeed. They make an exciting noise and regularly introduce a rich, interwoven texture. Theirs was an unusual programme stuffed with curiosities and delights, full of good humour and playfulness."

Concert Review

Susan FitzGerald, Alex Birchall and Marcus Andrews are three performers of the highest calibre who formed the Karrilon Trio in 2001 primarily to explore the repertoire written for Flute, Oboe and Piano.

Their concert on Sunday was exceptional. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it. It was a beautifully crafted programme which included many, much loved works.

The opening Trio Sonata in D minor by Telemann was played with great elegance and sensitivity in the Largo and Affetuoso movements and with much energy, direction and clear articulation in the Allegro and Presto, bringing the crisp rhythmic patterns into sharp focus. This was a joy to listen to and it set the tone for the rest of the concert.

Alex Birchall and Marcus Andrews then played Poulenc?s Sonata for oboe and piano, much of it extremely challenging for both instruments, but admirably played, allowing them both to demonstrate their prodigious techniques.

The first half ended with a Trio by Madeleine Dring, a charming piece of writing with overtones of Poulenc and touches of cabaret style. I had not previously known this work, but Cecilia McDowall (a member of the committee) told us all that it had been written for her father (Harold Clarke, principal flautist at the Royal Opera House) and for Madeleine Dring?s husband (Roger Lord, principal oboist of the LSO). We were also told by the Chairman of Blenheim Concerts, Rosalind Leney, that she had been a student with Madeleine Dring at the Royal College of Music, and that Madeleine was a remarkable singer, pianist, composer and writer and performer of sketches for the well known Players? Theatre (underneath the arches at Charing Cross).

After the interval the Karrilon Trio continued their programme with the glorious Trio Sonata in C minor by Quantz, followed by a piece for flute and piano Pan et les bergers (Pan and his shepherds) by Jules Mouquet. Susan Fitzgerald played with exquisite tone and dexterity.

The last two works of the afternoon were Pastorale et harlequinade, a captivating piece by Eugene Goosens, and a new work, Flight Paths, written especially for the Trio by Stuart Hancock.

An outstanding concert given by three consummate musicians. It was a privilege to hear them play.



Phoebe Woollam