The Monday Platform at Wigmore Hall
The Monday Platform at Wigmore Hall

Season 2011

Part 1 (2011)

At a Glance:

28 February: Piatti String Quartet • Charlotte Scott (violin) • Michael Trainor (violin) • David Wigram (Viola) • Jessie Ann Richardson (cello) • Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)

18 April: Slava Sidorenko (piano) • Laura Mitchell (soprano) • Charlotte Forrest (piano)

9 May: Idomeneo String Quartet • Mark Derudder (violin) • Eugene Lee (violin) • Adam Newman (viola) • Reinoud Ford (cello) • Clare Hammond (piano)

16 May: Finzi Quartet • Sara Wolstenholme (violin) • Natalie Klouda (violin) • Ruth Gibson (viola) • Lydia Shelley (cello) • Richard Uttley (piano)

6 June: The Rose Trio • Suzanne Thorn (oboe) • Rebecca Thorn (clarinet) • Tamsin Thorn (bassoon) • Ben Schoeman(piano)

27 June: Wu String Quartet • Qian Wu (violin) • Matthieu van Bellen (violin) • Matthew Kettle (viola) • Mgada Pietraszewska (cello) • Maria Marchant (piano)

11 July: Tim Lowe (cello) • Kathryn Rudge (mezzo soprano) • James Ballieu (piano)

Monday 28 February | 7.30pm
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Presented by Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts

Piatti String Quartet
Charlotte Scott (violin)
Michael Trainor (violin)
David Wigram (viola)
Jessie Ann Richardson (cello)
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)

Bartok:Sonata for solo violin Sz. 117

Beethoven: String Quartet in Eb Op. 74 'Harp'

Causton:Fantasia and Air

Bach: Chaconne from 'Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'

Tamsin Waley-Cohen '… held us rapt with her daring and undaunted performances ...' The Times;
"… blistering fine reading … played with a strength of feeling and expression … impeccable command and agility …' The Strad

The Piatti String Quartet 'The Piattis played vibrantly' Musical Pointers; '… poise, blended tone and general lustre …' The Times

Piatti String QuartetTamsin Waley-Cohen

Monday 18 April| 7.30pm
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Presented by Musicians' Company Concerts and Concordia Foundation Artists Fund

Slava Sidorenko (piano)
Laura Mitchell (soprano)
Charlotte Forrest (piano)

Haydn:Piano Sonata in Eb HXVI:52
Shakespeare in Love

Berlioz:La mort d’Ophélie; Ophelia Lieder by Brahms and Strauss

Saint-Saëns:La mort d’Ophélie

Dring:It was a lover and his lass

Quilter:Weep you no more sad fountains

Korngold:Under the Greenwood tree

Parry:O mistress mine

Purcell:If music be the food of love

Arr. Percy Grainger:Willow, willow

Bush:Sigh no more ladies

Rachmaninov:2 Preludes from Op. 32: No. 10 in B minor and No. 12 in G # minor

Skryabin:Sonata No. 4 in F # Op. 30

Soprano, Laura Mitchell won the Song prize at the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Later that year she joined the National Opera Studio where she met pianist Charlotte Forrest, winner of the NOS's Leonard Hancock Scholarship.

Ukranian-born pianist Slava Sidorenko came to study at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2003. Since then he has won first prize in a number of national and international competitions.

Slava SidorenkoLaura MitchellCharlotte Forrest

Monday 9 May | 7.30pm
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Idomeneo String Quartet
Mark Derudder (violin)
Eugene Lee (violin)
Adam Newman (viola)
Reinoud Ford (cello)
Clare Hammond (piano)

Haydn:String Quartet in C Op. 50 No. 2

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82

Szymanowski: Nos. 1–8 from 12 Studies

Panufnik: Nos. 7–12 from 12 Miniature Studies

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Op. 73

The Idomeneo String Quartet are a fellow Ensemble at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made an excellent impression when playing in the PLG Maxwell Davies 75th Naxos String Quartet Concerts.

Clare Hammond 'Scintillating pianism … high octane account … formidable articulation - brought the house down.' Classical Source

Idomeneo String QuartetClare Hammond

Monday 16 May | 7.30pm
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Finzi Quartet
Sara Wolstenhilme (violin)
Natalie Klouda (violin)
Ruth Gibson (viola)
Lydia Shelley (cello)
Richard Uttley (cello)

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

Chopin: 3 Waltzes Op. 70

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Beethoven:Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Op. 101

Ravel: String Quartet in F

The Finzi Quartet '… smartly delivered …' The Times; 'considerable technical challenges confidently surmounted' Classical Source

Richard Uttley '… played with assiduous clarity … lyrical poise … a brilliant recital.' The Times

Finzi QuartetRichard Uttley

Monday 6 June | 7.30pm
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Presented by Royal Over-Seas League

The Rose Trio
Suzanne Thorn (oboe)
Rebecca Thorn (clarinet)
Tamsin Thorn (bassoon)
Ben Schoeman (piano)

Bach: French Suite in C minor BWV813
French Suite in B minor BWV814

Chopin: Nocturne in Ab Op. 32 No. 2
Waltz in Gb Op. 70 No. 1
Mazurka in D Op. 33 No. 2
Mazurka in C Op. 67 No. 3
Prelude in A Op. 28 No. 7
Waltz in C# minor Op. 64 No. 2
Grande valse brillante in Eb Op. 18

In a letter to his father in 1784 shortly after he completed his Quintet for Piano and Winds K.482, Mozart averred it was ‘the best work I have ever composed’. Poulenc, one of the few composers to have matched Mozart’s facility in writing chamber works for wind, makes an ideal programme companion for the Mozart Quintet. He is joined by fellow countryman Françaix, one of the most prolific and effective writers of solo and ensemble music for wind.

This concert showcases the 2010 ROSL Ensemble prizewinners The Rose Trio and the 2009 ROSL Gold Medalist pianist Ben Schoeman.

The Rose TrioBen Schoeman

Monday 27 June | 7.30pm
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Presented by Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts

Wu String Quartet
Qian Wu (violin)
Matthieu van Bellen (violin)
Matthew Kettle (viola)
Mgada Pietraszewska (cello)
Maria Marchant (piano)

Schubert: Allegretto in C minor D915
Piano Sonata in A D664
Fantasy in C D760 ‘Wanderer’

The Wu String Quartet ‘... high degree of passion and promise ... the night’s starts ... exuberant panache, shaded colours, and controlled ensemble ... mellifluous and abrupt, and wonderful in both gestures.’ The Times

Maria Marchant ‘emotionally charged and superbly virtuosic playing ...’ Classical Source ‘... consummate artistry ...’ Musical Pointers

Wu String QuartetMaria Marchant

Monday 11 July | 7.30pm
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Presented by Musicians' Company Concerts and Maisie Lewis Young Artists Fund

Tim Lowe (cello)
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo soprano)
James Ballieu(piano)

  Sonata in A G. 4
Adagio
Scherza Infida Ariodante
Torna di Tito a lato La Clemenza di Tito Tristezza
L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra
Variations Concertantes Op. 17
Fulgurant
Variations on a theme of Rossini
Siete Canciones populares españolas
Sechs Lieder Op. 86 No. 2 Feldeinsamkeit
Fünf Gesänge Op. 70 No. 5 Minnelied
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon: C, Fêtes galantes

Cellist Tim Lowe is a Fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studies with Louise Hopkins; he has won many awards and prizes and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the UK and abroad.

Prizewinning mezzo soprano Kathryn Rudge was selected for representation as a YCAT artist this year having completed her studies at the RNCM; she has appeared as soloist and sung a number of operatic roles to great acclaim.

Tim LoweKathryn RudgeJames Ballieu

Concert Dates in 2011:

28 February
18 April
9 May
16 May
6 June
27 June
11 July

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