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Soloists
Samantha Clunies-Ross, Piano
Piano Concerto K466 in D Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
7th Feb 2023
Victor Wang, Piano
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18
4th May 2023
Michael Penny, clarinet & Chris Goodman, basset horn
Mendelssohn Konzertstück 1 & 2 for Clarinet and Basset Horn Op 113/114
6th February 2023
Joanne Chen, violin
Brahms Violin Concerto in D major Op 77
7th May 2022
Opera Gala
29th October 2022
Liana Storey, Piano
Greig Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16
6th February 2022
Ionel Manciu, Violin
Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor Op 26
30th October 2021
Hugh Mckay, cello
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
1st February 2020
Juhee Yang, violin
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op 35
19th October 2019
Alison Manifold, soprano
Mozart Overture The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart Arias from The Marriage of Figaro: Porgi amor, Dove sono
Mahler Symphony No 4
4th May 2019
Simon Standage, violin
Beethoven Romance No for Violin and Orchestra in F major Op 50
2nd February 2019
Katie Lowe, soprano
Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
4th November 2018
Ljubica Strojanovic, piano
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Op54
5th May 2018
Simon Standage 5th May 2018
Dvorak Violin Romance in F minor Op 11
3rd February
Christopher Beagles, horn
Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb major K495
5th November 2017
Michael Penny, clarinet
Finzi Clarinet Bagatelles arr
6th May 2017
Simon Standage, violin
Vaughan Williams 'The Lark Ascending'
4th February 2017
Ljubica Strojanovic, piano
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A major K488
6th February 2016
Victor Wang, piano
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Op58
29th Oct 2016
William Robertson, cello
Schumann Cello Concerto Op29 in A minor
7th November 2015
Simon Standage, violin
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op64 in E minor
8th November 2014
Nina Kiva cello
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No 1 in A Minor
3rd May 2014
Thomas Leate, violin & Helen Sanders-Hewett, viola
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K364 in Eb major
9th Nov 2013
Kevin England, oboe, Michael Penny clarinet, Alec Foreshaw,bassoon, Mark Bennett, horn
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K297B in Eb major
29th June 2013
Samantha Clunies Ross, piano - was awarded a scholarship to attend Chetham's School of Music at the age of 8. She studied there for four years before continuing her musical education at the Purcell School of Music under the tuition of Rustem Hayroudinoff and later Andrew Ball.
Samantha has performed at concert venues across the UK and abroad, including the Southbank Centre, St James's Church Piccadilly, Wigmore Hall, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy.
Samantha has recently taken up a scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Philip Jenkins, after receiving offers from the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Aurore Lacabe, Mezzo-Soprano
After graduating in English and Linguistics in her native France, Aurore moved to England and trained at Trinity College of Music, where she gained an advanced postgraduate diploma in vocal studies with Distinction.
Since graduating, Aurore has performed with companies and festivals including Grange Park Opera, Unexpected Opera, Stanley Hall Opera, Opera Up Close and Opéra de Baugé (France). Her roles include Mère Marie (Les Dialogues des Carmélites), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Mercedes (Carmen), Siebel (Faust), Dido/Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Flora (La Traviata), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) and Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette).
Aurore is also a regular oratorio soloist, and has performed a wide range of sacred repertoire, from Bach to Duruflé, throughout England and France, in stunning venues such as Winchester Cathedral, St James’s, Piccadilly or St Martin in the Fields.
Les Nuits d'ete Hector Berlioz
She is delighted to be singing the Nuits d’été tonight, as she has sung Berlioz’s beautiful cycle many times in recitals, but this will be her first performance of the piece with an orchestra.
This Autumn, Aurore will sing Elvira (Don Giovanni) for Opera Vera.
Martin Bartlett, Piano
Piano Concerto K491 in C Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Martin James Bartlett began learning the piano aged 6, two years later starting studies at the Royal College of Music's Junior Dept with Emily Jeffrey. Since 2010 Martin has been a student at the Purcell School of Music, continuing his keyboard studies with Emily. Martin has performed in many competitions and festivals, enjoying considerable success. Notably, in March last year he was one of only 5 pianists chosen nationally to perform in the keyboard final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2012, the live performance of which was broadcas on BBC4 in Apriil. Martin has recently formed a duo with BBC Young Musician of the Year winner, cellist Laura van der Heijden. They have given numerous recitals including a recent live broadcast on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' arts programme.
Martin won first prize in the Royal College of Music's Teresa Carreno Competition, as a result of which he performed a solo recital in Bolivar Hall, London in February 2013. He also won a Purcell School's Middle School Concerto and the Freddy Morgan Competition at Purcell School, following which he gave a solo recital in the Purcell Room on 4th March 2013.