"Thank you so much on behalf of the committee and members of the society for Maskarade's wonderful concert. Everyone including guests expressed great delight for such a varied and exciting programme - the jazz especially popular - and for the excellence of your performance with such a wide variety of instruments. We would love you to return in the future."

"Another wonderful concert from Maskarade - the society feels very fortunate that you keep returning to give us exciting, innovative and varied music of such high quality and your rapport with the audience is great. You are one of the most accessible groups to book and I hope to be in touch with you again for the 09/10 season."

Recitals

As recital artists Maskarade have performed for festivals and music societies throughout the UK, and in addition to appearances at the International Convention Centre, the National Portrait Gallery (as guest artists for an invited audience in honour of Sir Simon Rattle) and many National Trust venues, they have toured Mallorca. Both individually and collectively they have broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 2 (Young Musician of the Year - winning performance) and BBC Radio 3.

We have over 100 pieces in our repertoire (please click on the menu above for further examples on our education/community projects and wedding/corporate functions pages) and can provide music for all tastes in classical, contemporary, popular and jazz idioms.

Here below are some sample programmes (click highlighted titles to listen)

Programme 1: Trio (including B flat clarinets, basset horn, bass clarinet and piano)

Mendelssohn	Concertpiece no 1 in F minor op 113
Poulenc	Sonata for Two Clarinets
Bach	Suite
Poulenc	Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Puccini	Musetta’s Waltz from ‘La Boheme’
Mendelssohn	Concertpiece no 2 in D minor op 114
Arnold Cooke	Suite for Three Bb Clarinets
Gordon Lewin	Views of the Blues
Debussy	Golliwogs Cakewalk
Peter Schickele	Dances for Three
Ponchielli	Divertimento –Finale

Programme 2: Quartet (including B flat clarinets, E flat clarinet, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone)

Khatchaturian	Sabre Dance
Albinoni	Sonata in G minor
Mozart	Divertimento no 2
Mussorgsky	Night on a Bare Mountain
Renard	March Grotesque
Peter Owen	Inconsequenze (composed in 2007 and dedicated to Maskarade)
Rod Moulds	Three Russian Songs
Nigel Wood	Under the Veil
Farkas	Antique Hungarian Dances
Gershwin	Suite: Liza, Summertime, Oh Lady Be Good!

Programme 3: Quartet (including B flat clarinets, E flat clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone)

Handel	Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Berlioz	Symphonie Fantastique (excerpts)
Roger North	Salle D'Attente: Ballet Suite
Alfred Uhl	Divertimento
Rachmaninov	Prelude in G minor
Gordon Jacob	Scherzetto, Pavane and Gopak
Jean Francaix	Petit Quatour
Morricone	Gabriel's Oboe
Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue
Sid Phillips	Cadenza

We will happily provide a Demo CD on request. Please contact us here (stating your address)

Fees

The fees quoted below are guideline figures. However we are able to negotiate lower prices for small music societies so please do ask. Please note that travel expenses are not included in the fees quoted. Tour fees by negotiation. Please contact us for more information.

Lunchtime recital : £500 Evening recital : £750

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