Lunchtime Concerts 2009/10

Konstantin Lapshin, prize-winner of more than 10 International competitions and Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music, releases his first CD with Classical Records later in 2009.

9  Gabriella Dall'Olio   harp  

An international soloist and chamber musician, Gabriella has given recitals and concerts throughout Europe, USA, Far East and Middle East and recorded for international radio and television corporations, including Radio France, RAI, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Radio Suisse.   Works   by Marson, Parish Alvars, Jackson and Bach

16  Gretel Dowdeswell piano

The Bach Compendium – a five year survey of JS Bach’s major keyboard works by this outstanding Brunel Associate Artist.

Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 (i)

23   Michael Sanderson    baritone       

Nigel Wilkinson   piano

‘The Call of the Wild'    

Formerly a soloist with the Baroque opera company Opera Restr'd, Michael is now freelance soloist with many baroque chamber groups. Recent CDs include Dowland Lute Songs , Songs by Thomas Moore and the music loved by Jane Austen.   The world of nature expressed by    Debussy, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Rachmaninov

30 Jonathan Stone  violin   Sholto Kynoch   piano

Violinist with the outstanding Doric Quartet, (1 ^st prize 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Japan; YCAT 2006 ),   Jonathan also pursues a flourishing solo career throughout the UK.

Beethoven: Spring Sonata          Saraste: Zigeunerweisen

 November 2009

 

 

  6   University Music Award Students

 

 

 

An opportunity to hear the new   2009 Brunel Music Award students.

13 Andrew Zolinsky    piano

Andrew has performed at major venues and festivals throughout the UK , Europe and New York. He will intersperse Debussy’s Images Book 2   with works by the Japanese composer Jo Kondo, and Messiaen's L'Alouette Lulu (Cataolgue d'oiseaux)  concluding with Debussy’s L'isle joyeuse.

20   Jazz:     Frank Griffith sax          Oli Hayhurst bass   

Three hugely talented and popular jazz musicians join forces to provide a Lunchtime of standards and new work, as heard at Pizza on the Park.            

Pete Billington piano                   

27 Duo Nuevo: Ruth Corney flute   Sam Cave   guitar

Awarded Southampton University’s E dward Wood memorial prize for his outstanding degree, Sam continued his studies at the Royal College of Music, supported by the Countess of Munster Trust.   Duo Nuevo performs   Astor Piazzolla, Castel-Nuovo Tedesco, Stephen Dodgson

December 2009

4 Alasdair Beatson piano

11   David Angel violin           Michal Kaznowski cello     

Maggini   Quartet members David Angel and Michal Kaznowski join Deborah Shah to give a rare opportunity   to hear these two outstanding English works for piano trio.

  Frank Bridge: Phantasy Trio

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: A Voyage to Fair Isle  

22   Haydn Reloaded - Matthew Schellhorn piano

  Selected as a “Talent to Watch” for 2007 by BBC Music Magazine ,

and described as “a rising star” (BBC Radio 3), Matthew Schellhorn performs miniatures   on Haydn’s name by Debussy, Widor,   d'Indy,   Dukas,   Ravel , Hahn,   Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Tim Watts, Michael Zev Gordon,   Jeremy   Thurlow,   Colin Riley,   Cecilia McDowall, plus Haydn

29 Eileen Pinkarchevski soprano

Eileen Pinkarchevski has sung extensively in oratorio and recital, with performances in St Paul’s, Madrid, Liverpool Metropolitan, Worcester   Durham Cathedrals, St. John's Smith Square and the Malvern Festival.

Sally Goodworth piano  

Schumann: Frauenliebe und –leben

Strauss: Four Last Songs

February 2010

5   Gretel Dowdeswell piano

The Bach Compendium – a five year   survey of JS Bach’s major keyboard works by this outstanding Brunel Associate Artist.

Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 (iii)

12 University Music Award Students

Solo and duo performances by Brunel Music Award students.

19   Martin Outram viola     Julian Rolton   piano

Martin Outram (Maggini Quartet) is in great demand as a viola recital soloist, concerto player and pedagogue. Together with Julian Rolton, he has recorded sonatas by Bliss and Rawsthorne and all the music for viola and piano by Bax for Naxos.      Sonatas by

Malcolm Arnold,   Delius (transcribed Outram),    Ireland (trans. Tertis)

26 Danny Driver   piano

Repeatedly cited for his musical intelligence, imaginative artistry and technical excellence, Danny Driver won both the Royal Over-Seas League Keyboard Award and the BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year in 2001, making his debut at Wigmore Hall the same year. His next CD, Balakirev’s major piano works, will be released later in 2010.

Balakirev: Sonata in B flat minor        Balakirev:    Islamey

5 Gretel Dowdeswell piano

The Bach Compendium – a five year survey of JS Bach’s major keyboard works by this outstanding Brunel Associate Artist.

12   Jazz:   Liz Swain Trio

Liz Swain’s recent performances as vocalist with the Heritage Orchestra include appearances at the Cargo, LSO St Lukes, the Barbican, and Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Show on BBC Radio 1, and the 2009 Eurockeenes and Montreux Jazz Festivals.

19 Caroline Palmer piano

Well-known as both a solo pianist and chamber musician in the USA and in much of Europe, Caroline has made numerous recordings for the BBC and Swiss, French, German and Italian radio stations, with televised appearances in Italy and Bulgaria. Her

latest CDs include the cello sonatas of Saint-Saens, Fauré and Busoni and the Brahms violin sonatas. She has been a piano professor at the Guildhall since 1990.