Free Lunchtime Concert: Affinity Quartet & Lotte Betts-Dean (Mezzo-Soprano)
Representing the Australian Embassy Programme Caroline Shaw – Punctum Brahms – Five Ophelia Lieder Matthew Laing – Portraits of Blood Nico Muhly – So Many Things Schubert – Quartettsatz in C minor Caroline Shaw – Cant voi l’aube Affinity Quartet Lotte Betts-Dean Mezzo…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Youth Music Centre Chamber Orchestra
Programme Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Violins in A minor Mendelssohn – String Symphony No 8 in D Dvořák – Two Slavonic Dances Youth Music Centre Chamber Orchestra Performers The Youth Music Centre (founded in 1967) is a well-established treasure in the…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Nicola Hands (Oboe) & Jonathan Pease (Piano)
Representing Concordia Foundation Programme Clara Schumann – Romance Nos 1 and 2 Brahms – Intermezzo in E flat Jonathan Pease – Westbourne Nocturne Marina Dranishnikova – Poem Elgar – Salut d’amour Nicola Hands Oboe Jonathan Pease Piano Performers Nicola and Jonathan are…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Alkyona Quartet
Representing the Royal College of Music Programme Bach – Contrapunctus I, V, VIII, XI from ‘The Art of Fugue’ Bartók – String Quartet No 5 Alkyona Quartet Performers The Alkyona Quartet formed in September 2018, as a collaboration between Fellows, graduates and…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Eleanor Corr (Violin) & Aleksandra Myslek (Piano)
Programme Lutosławski – Partita Grieg – Sonata for Violin No 2 in G Eleanor Corr Violin Aleksandra Myslek Piano Performers Eleanor Corr is a British violinist, enjoying a varied freelance career in the UK and Norway. Eleanor has recorded Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Purcell School Chamber Choir
Programme Vivaldi – Gloria Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia Performers The Purcell School is one of the world’s finest schools for young musicians aged 10 to 18 and the oldest music school in the UK. Based in Hertfordshire, the School provides…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Kiu Tung Poon
Representing Hong Kong Programme Zhou Long – Pianobells Ravel – Jeux d’eux Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin Zhou Long – Pianogongs Kiu Tung Poon Piano Performer Young Steinway Artist Kiu Tung Poon has appeared as recitalist and collaborative pianist on concert…
Free Lunchtime Concert: Botond Szöcs
Representing the Romanian Cultural Institute Programme Chopin – Ballade No 1 in G minor Chopin – Ballade No 2 in F Chopin – Ballade No 3 in A flat Chopin – Ballade No 4 in F minor Botond Szöcs Piano Performer The…
Free Lunchtime Concert: David Soo
Programme Beethoven – Sonata in A flat Liszt – ‘Sonetto del Petrarca’, from Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année: Italie Liszt – Rhapsodie Espagnole David Soo Piano Performer Praised for his ‘consummate authority and passion’ and being a ‘virtuoso of the first rank’, Australian…