10th May 2012 - 12.30 Lunchtime Concert
Charles Tait, violin
Jacqueline Phillips, cello
ProgrammeDuo in D major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Adagio non molto Allegro Menuetto Prelude no 2 from the Pianoworks of 48 Preludes and Fugues - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Monday - Ludovico Einaudi (b1955) Eight Duets Op 39 - Reinhold Glière (1875-1956) Prélude Gavotte Cradle song Canzonetta Intermezzo Impromptu Scherzo Étude Lara's Theme from Dr Zhivago - Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) Czárdás - Vittorio Monti (1868-1922) |
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Jacqueline Phillips, cello
Cellist Jacqueline Phillips is becoming quite a friend of Leatherhead. Many will have heard Jacqueline playing for the Music on Thursdays Swan Centre launch event and she has since given two superb concerts here with flautist Jane Dixon-Wayne and more recently with pianist Peter Bailey. Today Jacqueline presents a concert with violinist Charles Tait.
A brilliant ‘cellist from an early age, Jacqueline studied with legendary teachers including William Pleeth, Amaryllis Fleming, Aldo Perisot, Joan Dickson and has emerged as an extraordinarily versatile and well-rounded musician; undoubtedly one of the finest British ‘cellists of her generation, with a career that has taken her round the world, including a trip to Italy to win the Rovera D’ore International competition in Genoa.
She is in much demand as a free-lance chamber and orchestral musician, guest leading the Irish Chamber Orchestra, guest sub-principal of BBC Phil and guest co- leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Concert Orchestra.
She founded her own group known as the Brook Ensemble and this special ensemble is the first small group to have continually given a portion of its fees to cancer charities, most recently Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Recently, in her efforts to push the boundaries of cello technique, Jacqueline has specialised in adapting known violin virtuoso solos, performances including Saint-Saens “Rondo Capriccioso” and other violin virtuoso concert pieces.
A brilliant ‘cellist from an early age, Jacqueline studied with legendary teachers including William Pleeth, Amaryllis Fleming, Aldo Perisot, Joan Dickson and has emerged as an extraordinarily versatile and well-rounded musician; undoubtedly one of the finest British ‘cellists of her generation, with a career that has taken her round the world, including a trip to Italy to win the Rovera D’ore International competition in Genoa.
She is in much demand as a free-lance chamber and orchestral musician, guest leading the Irish Chamber Orchestra, guest sub-principal of BBC Phil and guest co- leading the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Concert Orchestra.
She founded her own group known as the Brook Ensemble and this special ensemble is the first small group to have continually given a portion of its fees to cancer charities, most recently Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Recently, in her efforts to push the boundaries of cello technique, Jacqueline has specialised in adapting known violin virtuoso solos, performances including Saint-Saens “Rondo Capriccioso” and other violin virtuoso concert pieces.
Charles Tait, violin
Charles Tait studied the violin with Emanuel Hurwitz whilst at school and whilst reading Classics as an Open Exhibitioner at Christ Church, Oxford University from 1987 to 1991.
After graduating he worked as a chamber musician, performing around Europe, and as a violin teacher. He studied on a postgraduate programme with Howard Davies at the Royal Academy of Music from 2003 to 2005, where he led the Emanuel String Quartet, representing the RAM in various tours. He also took part in a chamber music tour to Japan in April 2004 with Lynn Harrell, then Principal of the RAM.
After leaving the Academy, he continued to work as a freelance professional, both as a chamber musician and also in the Orchestral world as a Principal with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and also with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
He retrained from 1997 as an accountant. His career has taken him back into the world of the Arts, where he is now Finance Director for the Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as running his own tax and accounting advice business.
As well as playing the violin, he also occasionally works as a cocktail pianist on the rare occasions he is allowed near a piano. He lives in West London with his ‘cellist wife and three young sons.
This Music on Thursdays lunchtime concert is sponsored by Vecchia Trattoria.
