Programme
Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
Trois Aquarelles for flute, cello and piano Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) Trio for flute, violoncello and piano (1944) Rialto Lounge will be selling sandwiches and drinks in the church after the concert. ♫▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Emma Halnan (flute) studies at the Royal Academy of Music with William Bennett and Kate Hill. She previously studied with Anna Pope at the Purcell School, where she won the 2010 Fenton Leavers’ Award. Emma reached the Grand Final of BBC Young Musician 2010, in which she performed Reinecke’s Flute Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Vasily Petrenko. Her performances have been broadcast on BBC 2, BBC 4 and Radio 3. In 2012, Emma was as a YMFE (Yamaha Music Foundation Europe) Scholarship Winner. She recently won the Croydon Festival Concerto Competition 2013, resulting in concerto performances with the London Mozart Players and Dulwich Symphony Orchestra. In September 2013 she won first prize (senior category) in the International Award Carl Reinecke, held in Como, Italy. Emma has played at many major venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, St.John's, Smith Square and LSO St. Luke’s. In 2010 she broadcast on BBC Radio 2 "Friday Night is Music Night" with the BBC Concert Orchestra. She has also appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras including the European Union Chamber Orchestra and the Welsh Sinfonia. Emma performs regularly with pianist Daniel King Smith. Their forthcoming performances include recitals at Fairfield Hall (Croydon), St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre (Huntingdon). Auriol Evans (cello) was born in Eastbourne, and started to play the cello at the age of seven. When she was nine years old, she played the role of the young Jacqueline du Pré in the feature film Hilary and Jackie. Soon afterwards, she became a pupil at Chetham’s School of Music studying with David Smith. Auriol is now in her final year of a Master of Music Degree at The Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Josephine Knight. She has been awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Orchestral Scholarship allowing her to have lessons with Principal players from top London Orchestras. Since graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2011, Auriol has sat as principal cellist of the Britten-Pears Orchestra, and Co-Principal of the Aldeburgh World Orchestra under the direction of Sir Mark Elder, and most recently has been offered work with the Philharmonia and The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Auriol is the recipient of the Musicians Benevolent Fund Postgraduate Performance Award, and is kindly supported by the Countess of Munster Trust, the Kathleen Trust and the Albert Cooper Charitable Trust.
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Gaubert - Trois Aquarelles (Three Water-colours)
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Martinů - Trio for flute,
violoncello and piano |
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