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PROGRAMME

Johannes Brahms

Hungarian Dance No.5

 

Joaquín Rodrigo

Aranjuez, Mon Amour

 

Camille Saint-Saëns / Kramer Durcan

Carnival of the Animals

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sonata in E-Minor K304

Allegro

Tempo di Menuetto

 

Aram Khachaturian

Spartacus

 

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<< Interval >>

 

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George Gershwin / Kramer Durcan

An American in Paris

 

Kramer Durcan - Latin Set

 

Norman Gimbel

Sway

 

Astor Piazzolla

Oblivion

Libertango

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff / Kramer Durcan

Adagio Op.18

 

Kramer Durcan - Movies Set

 

Franz Schubert / Kramer Durcan

Fantasia D.940 ( Op.posth.103)

 

Vittorio Monti

Czardas

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PRESENTS

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KRAMER

DURCAN

DUO

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A GLOBAL MUSICAL FEAST

 

Brahms

Rodrigo

Saint-Saëns

Mozart

Khachaturian

Gershwin

Piazzolla

Rachmaninoff

Schubert

Monti

 

​​​THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2026, 7.00PM

 

Lancaster Hall Hotel

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Admission £5

(incl. Drink)

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Miriam Kramer

Miriam Kramer began studying the violin at age four, giving her first public performance at the age of seven, with Mozart’s Concerto in G Major. Since then, her solo recitals and concerto performances have taken her round the world to such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center (USA), Wigmore Hall, Barbican Hall, King’s Place, St. David’s Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall (UK), Vienna Konzerthaus and Theatre Champs Elysees (France).

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Praised by Strad Magazine as a violinist of superior natural talent and ‘an exceptionally sensitive interpreter and phrase maker of uncommon expressivity’ and by the NY Times as a ‘soulful and virtuosic performer’, Miriam has also received critical acclaim for her 6 CDs, including Editor’s Choice for her recording of the violin music of Ernest Bloch, from Gramophone Magazine who has said ‘Kramer’s playing could hardly be more heartfelt. Scanning the catalogue for rivals, her musicianship is irresistible’. This disc has been listed in the 2017 guide -1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear -compiled by Matthew Rye and Steven Isserlis. Miriam had also been included in David Milson’s book, A-Z of String Players,300 Great String Players.

 

Alongside her performing and recording schedule, Miriam maintains a busy private teaching practice and is regularly invited to give masterclasses at the Darlington Festival and for the Benslow Music Trust. She champions the music of new composers and her latest project, a recording of Elegy, by British composer Andrew Pearce, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, has led to invitations from other composers in France, Belgium and the USA, to record and perform their music. Miriam has broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 3 and international radio, as well as on BBC television in a tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.​

Nicholas Durcan

Nicholas Durcan studied the piano with Hamish Milne and Angus Morrison and organ with Alan Harverson at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won many prizes including the highest performing award-the Recital Diploma. Upon graduating, he was immediately invited to be organist at Westminster Cathedral and held this position for two years. In the following year, he made his concerto debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and has since performed concertos at the Royal Festival Hall, St. John’s Smith Square and given recitals at the Purcell Room, broadcast on Classic FM, BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 and appeared on several TV programmes.

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Nicholas performs regularly in the USA and has given solo and chamber music recitals in Sweden, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. In conjunction with a performing career, Nicholas is also a composer and arranger and has written the music for the BBC series A Painter’s World’ and the Channel 4 film The Daughters of De Beauvoir.

 

He has released several recordings including the piano works of Billy Mayerl and a CD for Naxos of the violin and piano works of Szymanowski with violinist Miriam Kramer, described by American Record Guide as ‘flawless and beautiful’ and that ‘Durcan plays with warmth and affection’. His playing had also been described as ‘sparkling and virtuosic’ by The Observer, following a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

 

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