Jenna Sherry Violin Prach Boondisckulchok Piano
Sunday 21st April
6:30pm
This is a Dinner and recital evening starting with dinner at 6.30 pm followed by recital first set - intermission and dessert - 2nd set follows.£45.00 per guest to include dinner and recital
Programme
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Sauvages and L’Egyptienne from Suite in G major RCT 6
Claude Debussy - Violin Sonata
George Gershwin - Three Preludes
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W. C. Handy - St. Louis Blues arr. Jenna Sherry
Florence Price - Fantasy for Violin and Piano no. 2
Maurice Ravel - Piéce en forme de Habanera
Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata no. 2
Jenna Serry
A musician deeply shaped by her roots in the bohemian city of New Orleans,
violinist Jenna Sherry is currently based in London and the Netherlands. A
versatile chamber musician who also specializes in historical performance,
Jenna has collaborated with cellist Steven Isserlis, composers Unsuk Chin and
Julian Anderson, and performed at venues including the Kennedy Center,
Barbican Hall, and in the Aldeburgh Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, and
the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival. Jenna founded and is Artistic Director of
the Birdfoot Festival, praised for its “youthful, rule-bending style
Prach Boondiskulchok
Thai-born London-based musician Prach Boondiskulchok enjoys a uniquely
diverse career as a pianist, fortepianist, and composer. Equally at home
improvising 18th C. ornaments and composing with microtonal harmonies,
Prach’s performances have taken him to international stages and festivals. He
is a founding member of the Linos Piano Trio. His collaborations have
included recitals with Steven Isserlis, Roger Chase, and Leonid Gorokhov.
Prach is an artistic researcher at the Orpheus Institute, and teaches piano and
chamber music at the Royal College of Music in London.
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Antoine Preat Piano recital
Sunday 12th May
6:30pm
We welcome back Antoine Preat a very fine French pianist for a dinner and piano recital
table bookings to include dinner and Recital are £40.00 per guest
He is recording a new CD with The French Label Naive and would like to perform the work here at Yewfield before he goes into the studio
Programme to include Haydn sonata in E minor and B minor, as well as Prokofiev Sarcasms and Romeo and Juliet
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The Pixels Ensemble
Sunday 7th July
6:30pm
This is a dinner and recital evening starting at 6.30 pm with dinner followed by the first set intermission and dessert followed by final set £45.00 per guest.
Sophie Rosa Violin, Ian Buckle piano and Jonathan Aasgaard, cello
Pixels Ensemble is a versatile chamber music group with a shared passion for performing the finest repertoire, from the classical period to the present day. Its players are all established soloists, chamber musicians, recording artists, orchestral principals and explorers of contemporary music. Formed in 2016 by pianist and director Ian Buckle, the group appears in a wide range of line-ups and combinations, lending itself to innovative programming and enabling huge variety within individual concerts. Recent engagements include appearances at Liverpool Philharmonic, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford and Conway Hall in London; and the group enjoys close associations with the University of Liverpool and Stapleford Granary, Cambridge. Pixels Ensemble is committed to new music, with premieres of works by Lera Auerbach, Dani Howard, Martin Iddon, Timothy Jackson, Marco Momi and Karen Tanaka. www.pixelsensemble.org
Benjamin Britten - Sonata for cello and piano, op 65
Edward Elgar - Sonata for violin and piano, op 82
Interval
Frank Bridge - Piano Trio no 2
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Graham Caskie Piano and Poppy Beddoe Clarinet
Sunday 20th October
6:30pm
The Dinner and Recital is by reservation only.
Tickets £45.00 include both the dinner and concert
programme to include Brahms and Poulenc
Poppy Beddoe - Clarinet
Working as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, Poppy performs extensively throughout the UK and internationally. Poppy studied Music at King’s College London, graduating in 2014, followed by a Masters at the Royal Academy of Music in 2016.
In 2021 Poppy released her debut album, Soliloquy, with Ulysses Arts which features her own transcriptions of Bach and Hildegard of Bingen.
In late 2022 she recorded a concerto written for her by Matthew Taylor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. This was broadcast on BBC Radio Three in 2024 and released on disc by Toccata Classics.
Graham Caskie - Piano
Internationally acclaimed pianist Graham Caskie is renowned particularly for his interpretations of the piano music of Brahms and Debussy. Recitals have included most works of Debussy - notably including both Books of Preludes and from Brahms the Sonatas, the complete Klavierstucke and chamber music works.He has previously taught at The Yehudi Menuhin School and Chetham’s School of Music and now currently teaches at The Royal Academy of Music, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and London College of Music.