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CONCERT DIARY

UPCOMING EVENTS

RECITAL, LEIPZIG Germany

Saturday 3rd February 2024, 16.30 | Göhliser Schlösschen, Leipzig

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

Claude Debussy Cello Sonata

Manual de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Sarah Gait Improvisations on popular Brazilian themes

Darius Milhaud Elegie

Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata

More details here

RECITAL, BERLIN Germany

Saturday 10th February 2024, 19.00 | Apostel-Paulus-Kirche, Schöneberg, Berlin

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

Claude Debussy Cello Sonata

Manual de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Sarah Gait Improvisations on popular Brazilian themes

Darius Milhaud Elegie

Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata

More details here

RECITAL, POTSDAM Germany

Sunday 11th February 2024, 17.00 | Palais Lichtenau, Potsdam

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

Claude Debussy Cello Sonata

Manual de Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Sarah Gait Improvisations on popular Brazilian themes

Darius Milhaud Elegie

Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata

RECITAL, LONDON UK

Thursday 25th April 2024, 12.30-1.45pm | St John's Greenhill Harrow
with Simone Tavoni, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata no. 2 in G Minor
Reinhold Gliere Album Leaves (selection)
Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata no. 2 in D Major

RECITAL, MARLBOROUGH UK

Sunday 28th April 2024, 7-9pm | St Peter's Marlborough

with Simone Tavoni, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata no. 2 in G Minor

Reinhold Gliere Album Leaves (selection)

Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata no. 2 in D Major

Tickets £10-15

More details here

EMBASSY OF BRAZIL IN LONDON UK

Thursday 13th June 2024, 6.30pm | Embassy of Brazil in London
with Simone Tavoni, piano

Programme of Brazilian music by Santoro, Guarnieri, Bragato and more, including
Sarah Gait Ilex (New commission -World Premiere)

SALONKONZERTE BREMEN Germany

Sunday 23rd June 2024 | Villa Ichon, Bremen

with Parvis Hejazi, piano

Georg Philipp Telemann Cello Sonata in D Major

Alfred Schnittke Cello Sonata no. 2

Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata no. 2 in F Major

CARLISLE MUSIC SOCIETY RECITAL

Thursday 20th March 2025 | Carlisle Cathedral

with Simone Tavoni, piano

Programme tbc

PAST EVENTS

RECITAL, BREMEN

Sunday 10th October 2023, 4.30pm | Villa Ichon, Bremen

with Parvis Hejazi, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1
Manuel De Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Reinhold Glière Selections from 12 Album Leaves for Cello and Piano Op. 51 

BRAZILIAN EMBASSY CONCERT

In association with Poliphonia

Tuesday 22nd August 2023, 6.30pm | Brazilian Embassy, London

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

Alberto Ginastera Pampeana No. 2

Sarah Gait Improvisations on traditional Brazilian themes

Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata

RECITAL,  MAIDENHEAD

Saturday 19th August 2023, 7pm | Maidenhead URC Church

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

Alberto Ginastera Pampeana No. 2

Sarah Gait Improvisations on traditional Brazilian themes

Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata

FESTIVAL VERÃO CLÁSSICO

Tuesday 25th July 2023, 6pm | Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon

with Julia Haager, piano

Programme tbc, including

Reinhold Glière Selection from 12 Album Leaves for cello and piano Op. 51


DERBY CATHEDRAL REQUIEM
Saturday 11th February 2023, 7pm | Derby Cathedral

J. S. Bach Suite for Solo Cello no. 4 in E Flat Major

Matthew Coleridge And I Saw A New Heaven

Matthew Coleridge Requiem - solo cello

ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL REQUIEM
Saturday 17th February, 6pm | Arundel Cathedral

J. S. Bach Suite for Solo Cello no. 4 in E Flat Major

Matthew Coleridge And I Saw a New Heaven

Matthew Coleridge Requiem - solo cello 

RECITAL, ST MARY'S STOKE D'ABERNON
Thursday 30th March 2023, 1-2pm | St Mary's Stoke d'Abernon

with Simone Tavoni, piano

Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70

George Gershwin arr. Gait But Not for Me 

César Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, version for Cello and Piano

https://stmarysstokedabernon.org.uk/social-activities/lunchtime-concert-103

PRIVATE RECITAL, BARNES
Friday 31st March 2023, 7pm | Barnes (private evening recital by invitation only)

with Simone Tavoni, piano

Robert Schumann Adagio and Allegro Op. 70

George Gershwin arr. Gait But Not for Me 

César Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, version for Cello and Piano

SOLO RECITAL, LONDON KING'S CROSS
Saturday 1st April, 2.30-3.30pm | Eleventh Church, King's Cross

J. S. Bach Suite for Solo Cello no. 4 in E Flat Major

Paul Patterson Suite for Solo Cello

Sarah Gait Improvisations

STAUFFER CENTER, CREMONA
Friday 21st April, 6pm CET/ 5pm UK time | Sala Stradivari, Stauffer Center for Strings, Cremona

Closing concert of the Stauffer Lab with Gabriel Prokofiev, new music for electronics and strings

Click here for Live Stream (opens in new tab)

SELBY ABBEY REQUIEM
Saturday 22nd April, 7pm | Selby Abbey

Matthew Coleridge Requiem - solo cello 

RECITAL, ST JOHN'S HARROW
Thursday 27th April 2023, 12.30-1.45pm | St John's Greenhill Harrow

with Steven Neugarten, piano

Robert Schumann Adagio & Allegro 
Reinhold Glière Selections from 12 Album Leaves for Cello and Piano Op. 51

Paul Patterson Raptak (Whirlwind Dance) from Suite for Solo Cello 
Manuel De Falla Selections from Suite Populaire Espagnole 
César Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, Cello version

RECITAL, ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE

Monday 22nd September 2022, 1.05pm | St John's Smith Square, Westminster

with Simone Tavoni, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor Op. 40

Julius Eastman Buddha 

Jeffrey Mumford let us breathe

Alfred Schnittke Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 (1994)

https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/sarah-gait-cello

 

RECITAL, FAVERSHAM

Saturday 18th June 2022, 10.45am | St Mary's of Charity Church, Faversham

Hans Werner Henze Serenade for Solo Cello

Bernd Alois Zimmermann Sonata for Solo Cello (1960) (excerpts)

J.S. Bach Suite No. 4 for Solo Cello in E flat Major 

Sarah Gait Improvisation

UKRAINE FUNDRAISING CONCERT

Monday 23rd May 2022, 1.05pm | St John's Smith Square, Westminster

with Anna Han, piano

Mykola Lysenko La Tristesse Op.39

Sarah Gait Improvisation on Ukrainian themes (solo cello)

Reinhold Glière Selection from 12 Album Leaves for cello and piano Op. 51

Vitaly Filippenko Toccata (solo piano)

Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor Op. 38

All proceeds to DEC Ukraine Appeal

https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/lunchtime-concert-aid-dec-ukraine

CONCERT FOR PEACE

Thursday 5th May 2022, 7pm | Pushkin House, London

with Frederic Bager, piano and other performers

Leoš Janáček Pohádka

In aid of DEC Ukraine Appeal

MEDITATIONS ON HOPE

Saturday 30th April 2022, 8pm | St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater (NEW DATE)

with Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola; Irantzu Agirre, harp

Commemorative concert for the 85th Anniversary of the Gernika bombing

Matthew Olyver 'Meditations on Hope' (World Premiere)

with visual art by Catarina Rodrigues

Supported by UK Harp Association

RECITAL, FAVERSHAM

Saturday 12th March 2022, 10.45am | St Mary's of Charity Church, Faversham

with Anna Han, piano

Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.73

Robert Schumann (trans. S Gait) "Mein schöner Stern" Op. 101 no. 4 

Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor Op. 38

RECITAL, HARROW

Thursday 10th March 2022, 12.30pm | St John's Harrow

with Frederic Bager, piano​

Leoš Janáček Pohádka

Lili Boulanger (trans. S. Gait) Le Retour

Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op.73

*interval*

Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor Op. 38

Robert Schumann (trans. S. Gait) “Mein schöner Stern” Op. 101, No. 4

http://www.stjohnsharrow.org/

 

RECITAL, HIGH WYCOMBE

Monday 21st February 2022, 1.10pm | All Saints' Church, High Wycombe

with Mateusz Rettner, piano

​Rafael Marino Arcaro Cello Sonata, 2021 (excerpts)

Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor Op. 38

RECITAL, KENSINGTON

Saturday 23rd October 2021, 6.30pm | St Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, Kensington

with Parvis Hejazi, Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, op. 102 no.1

Alfred Schnittke Cello Sonata no. 2, 1994

Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke op. 73

Johannes Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, op. 99

 

EXETER CATHEDRAL REQUIEM

Saturday 25th September 2021, 7.30pm | Exeter Cathedral

Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for Solo Cello no. 2 in D Minor

Matthew Coleridge Requiem - solo cello 

 

DORCHESTER ABBEY REQIUEM

Thursday 19th August 2021, 6.30pm | Dorchester Abbey

Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for Solo Cello no. 2 in D Minor

Matthew Coleridge Requiem - solo cello 

 

SION AKADEMIE

Monday 16th August 2021, 11am CEST | Eglise des Jésuites, Sion, Switzerland

Masterclass Closing Concert

 

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN MUSIK FESTIVAL

Tuesday 3rd August 2021, 8pm CEST | Kultur Gut Hasselburg, Germany

Masterclass Closing Concert

 

PLATFORM MUSIC PIANO QUARTET

Monday 21st June 2021, 1.10pm | All Saints' Church, High Wycombe

with Eriko Nagayama, violin; Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola; Mihály Berecz, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat Major, K. 493

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47

 

PLATFORM MUSIC PIANO QUARTET

Sunday 20th June 2021, 4pm | St Mary's Perivale

with Eriko Nagayama, violin; Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola; Mihály Berecz, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat Major, K. 493

Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat Major, op. 47

PLATFORM MUSIC DUO RECITAL

Sunday 30th May 2021, 3pm | The Great Barn, Newby

with Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola

Programme including Bach, Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Piazzolla, live improvisation

 

MUSIC AT 22 MANSFIELD STREET, SOLO RECITAL

Friday 11th June 2021, 7.45pm | 22 Mansfield Street, London

​Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite no. 2 in D Minor
Henri Dutilleux Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Luciano Berio Sequenza XIV for solo cello
Zoltan Kodaly 1st movement from Sonata for solo cello

Sarah Gait Live improvisation

 

CHAMBER CONCERT, ST JOHN'S SMITH SQUARE

Thursday 6th May 2021, 6pm | St John's Smith Square, London

with Southbank Sinfonia

Dora Pejačević String Quartet

Antonín Dvořák String Quintet

 

SOLO LIVESTREAM FOR FAVERSHAM RECITAL SERIES

Saturday 17th April 2021 | Faversham Recital Series, livestream

Programme including Bach, Hindemith, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, live improvisation

 

DUO LIVESTREAM FOR SOUTHBANK SINFONIA

Thursday 11th March 2021, 6pm

with Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola

Solo and duo works including Bach, Kurtág, Gershwin, Hindemith, live improvisation

PLATFORM MUSIC LIVESTREAMED PIANO QUARTETS

Sunday 7th February 2021, 4pm | St Mary's Perivale

with Eriko Nagayama, violin; Varinia Oyola Rebaza, viola; Andrei Iliushkin, piano​

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano trio in C minor Op. 1 no. 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano quartet in G minor K478

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