Huw Wiggin, Marcus Andrews and Thomas Carr - Night Flights and Fairy Tales
Gresham's School, Holt, NR25 6EA
Wednesday 12th August 2026
Huw Wiggin - saxophone
Marcus Andrews - piano
Thomas Carr - piano
Night Flights and Fairy Tales
Iain Farrington - Paganini Patterns
Joseph Phibbs - Night Paths
Witold Lutosławski - Paganini Variations
Takashi Yoshimatsu - ‘Sing, Bird’
Francis Poulenc - l’embarquement pour Cythère, valse - musette for two pianos
Graham Fitkin - Hard Fairy
This programme brings together works by Yoshimatsu, Joseph Phibbs, Witold Lutosławski, Francis Poulenc and Graham Fitkin, shaped by the influence of Niccolò Paganini. Spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it centres on variation form and re-imagined virtuosity within the medium of pianos and solo saxophone. Paganini’s legacy serves as a structural and aesthetic point of reference, linking works that approach transformation, texture, and ensemble from distinct compositional perspectives.
Marcus Andrews - piano
Thomas Carr - piano
Night Flights and Fairy Tales
Iain Farrington - Paganini Patterns
Joseph Phibbs - Night Paths
Witold Lutosławski - Paganini Variations
Takashi Yoshimatsu - ‘Sing, Bird’
Francis Poulenc - l’embarquement pour Cythère, valse - musette for two pianos
Graham Fitkin - Hard Fairy
This programme brings together works by Yoshimatsu, Joseph Phibbs, Witold Lutosławski, Francis Poulenc and Graham Fitkin, shaped by the influence of Niccolò Paganini. Spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it centres on variation form and re-imagined virtuosity within the medium of pianos and solo saxophone. Paganini’s legacy serves as a structural and aesthetic point of reference, linking works that approach transformation, texture, and ensemble from distinct compositional perspectives.
