The Monday Platform at Wigmore Hall
Season 2011
Part 1 (2011)
At a Glance:
24 October: Presented by Musicians' Company Concerts and
Maisie Lewis Young Artists Fund
Sarah Sew violin • Tadashi Imai piano • Yasmin Rowe solo piano
7 November: Presented by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano • Rosalind Ventris viola • Clare Jones harp • James Baillieu piano
28 November: Presented by the Friends of Young Artists Platform - Supported by Tillett Trust & Milton Grundy Foundation
Yuka Ishizuka violin • Timothy Lowe cello • Tadashi Imai piano • James Baillieu piano
5 December: Presented by the Park Lane Group
Cellophony cello octet • Jessica Zhu solo piano
16 January: Presented by the Royal Over-Seas League
Jonathan McGovern baritone • Timothy End piano • Castalian Quartet
24 October | 7.30pm
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Presented by Musicians' Company Concerts and Maisie Lewis Young Artists Fund
Yasmin Rowe solo piano
Sarah Sew violin
Tadashi Imai piano
Scarlatti Sonata in b K27
Chopin Andante spianato grande polonaise brilliante Op. 22
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in f Op. 80
Scarlatti Toccata in d K141
Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy
Debussy Estampes
Szymanowski La Fontaine d'Arethuse Op. 30 No. 1
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances Sz. 56 BB. 68
Winner of the Sevenoaks Young Musician of the Year competition in 2009, and other numerous other prizes Yasmin Rowe has recently graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music.
Sarah Sew's playing combines gravitas and passion with a pleasing grace and lightness of touch. Her musical partnership with Tadashi Imai was sensitive and seamless. Sarah Singleton, Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
7 November | 7.30pm
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Presented by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust
Katie Bray mezzo-soprano
Rosalind Ventris viola
Clare Jones harp
James Baillieu piano
Tchaikovsky
arr. Walter-Kune Fantaisie sur un thème de Eugene Onegin
Mathias Santa Fe Suite - Sun Dance
Schumann Warum willst du and're fragen Op. 12 No.11
Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12 No. 4
Mozart An Chloe K524
Dans un bois solitaire K308
Brahms Sonata in f Op. 120 No. 1
Gestillte Sehnsucht Op. 91 No. 1
Geistliches Wiegenlied Op. 91 No. 2
Bowen Phantasy in F Op. 54
Ravel Introduction & Allegro
Bridge Far, Far from Each Other H76
Where is it That Our Soul Doth Go?
Music When Soft Voices Die
All prizewinners in their own right, these four talented young musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music have joined forces to present an inspiring programme for an unusual combination of instruments and voice.
28 November | 7.30pm
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Presented by the Friends of Young Artists Platform - Supported by Tillett Trust & Milton Grundy Foundation
Yuka Ishizuka violin
Tadashi Imai piano
Tim Lowe cello
James Baillieu piano
Marin-Marais La Folia
Moeran Prelude
R. Strauss Violin Sonata in Eb Op. 18
Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op. 28
Rodion Shchedrin In the style of Albeniz
Sibelius Malinconia
Barber Cello Sonata Op. 6
A violinist from the Royal Academy in London and a cellist from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, together with their pianists, share the honours in this year's Young Artists Platform Monday Platform. They are presenting a lively programme of contrasting music mainly drawn from the 19th and 20th centuries.
5 December | 7.30pm
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Presented by the Park Lane Group
Cellophony cello octet
Jessica Zhu solo piano
Schubert Three Songs from Schwanengesang D957
Berio Korot
Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat Hob XVI/49
Liszt Vallée d' Obermann from Années de pèlerinage:
Première année Suisse S160 No. 6
Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42
Falla Fantasia Baetica
Wagner Prelude to Tristan & Isolde
Bach Preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier
Berlin I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantella Op. 16
PLG Young Artists from the 2011 New Year Series
Cellophony a bold and brilliant bunch...They even made Boulez sound like fun...sensuously and scintillatingly delivered...the pulsating momentum of Berio's Korot...thrilling moment The Times
...thrilling to hear when played with this kind of precision and sensitivity The Guardian
Berio's Korot was a breathtaking essay Financial Times
Jessica Zhu is a Chinese-American pianist from Houston, Texas who aged 20 had already won a host of important prizes in America before moving to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Earlier this year, she won first prize at the Hasting International Piano Competition.
16 January | 7.30pm
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Presented by the Royal Over-Seas League
Jonathan McGovern baritone
Timothy End piano
Castalian Quartet
Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in f Op. 122
Britten Tit for Tat
Vaughan Williams 5 Mystical Songs
Schumann Liederkreis Op. 39
Dvorak Quartet no 11 in C Op. 61
Jonathan McGovern was awarded the Gold Medal and First Prize in the 58th ROSL Annual Music Competition in 2010. He is joined by Timothy End who won the ROSL Accompanist Prize in the same year.
The Castalian Quartet (formally the Fields Quartet) won the Elias Fawcett Award in the 2011 ROSL Annual Music Competition.
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