Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
15th September 2022
12.30 lunchtime
Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter
flute
Raymond Wui-Man Yiu
piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in E major for Flute and Basso Continuo, BWV 1035 (1717-1723?)
i Adagio ma non tanto
ii Allegro
iii Siciliano
iv Allegro assai
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797-1848)
Sonata for Flute and Piano in C, A503 (5 May 1819)
Largo - Allegro
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Cantabile et Presto (1904)
Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili (1924-1989)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1963-1966)
i Allegro cantabile
ii Aria: Moderato con moto
iii Allegro scherzando
Concert duration approx: 40 minutes
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Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter
Catriona Bourne Swinton Hunter is currently studying postgraduate flute performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, with the support of a Bibby Award Scholarship and a Michael Hirst Award Scholarship. She is also a Choral Scholar with the Trinity Laban Chapel Choir at the Old Royal Naval College.
While at school Catriona was a UK Finalist in the 2010 Rotary Young Musician of the Year Competition, and she performed for Her Late Majesty Queen Ellizabeth and Princess Alexandra.
Catriona read Music at University College, Oxford, where she was a Choral Scholar and Ensemble Isis Scholar. She then attained a PGCE and Master’s in Music Education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she received an Instrumental Award from the Faculty of Music and a Lincoln Award and Garrett Award from Magdalene College.
Catriona performed as a concerto soloist with Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra in March 2019 and reached the Final of the 2022 Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition. She won the 2022 Harold Clarke Woodwind Competition at Trinity Laban.
While at school Catriona was a UK Finalist in the 2010 Rotary Young Musician of the Year Competition, and she performed for Her Late Majesty Queen Ellizabeth and Princess Alexandra.
Catriona read Music at University College, Oxford, where she was a Choral Scholar and Ensemble Isis Scholar. She then attained a PGCE and Master’s in Music Education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where she received an Instrumental Award from the Faculty of Music and a Lincoln Award and Garrett Award from Magdalene College.
Catriona performed as a concerto soloist with Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra in March 2019 and reached the Final of the 2022 Trinity Laban Soloists’ Competition. She won the 2022 Harold Clarke Woodwind Competition at Trinity Laban.
Raymond Wui-Man Yiu
Born in Hong Kong, Raymond Wui-Man Yiu moved to Aberdeen, Scotland in 2008 and attended the Aberdeen City Music School studying the piano with Peter Evans.
He made his concerto debut performing Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 with the Meadows Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh in 2010. Since winning the title of Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year, he has performed concertos by Schumann, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Grieg with orchestras in Scotland.
He went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, obtaining his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees with Distinction. Notable prizes include 3rd Prize at 2019 Norah Sande Awards, Highly Commended Prize at 2019 Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition and 3rd Prize at 2018 Windsor International Piano Competition, which led to an invitation to join the KNS Classical Label.
He is currently on the Artist Diploma programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire as a Trinity College of Music scholar. He is grateful for the support of the Leathersellers’ Company, Deena Shypitka Music Award, Dewar Arts Awards, Phyllis Simons Award, the Guildhall School Trust and Christine Brown Trust.
As a teacher, Raymond is a visiting piano specialist at St Albans High School for Girls and St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls at Carshalton, Surrey.
Catriona and Raymond perform together regularly, most recently in the Final of the Carne Chamber Music Competition at St John’s Smith Square with jazz-classical fusion group, The Bolling Quartet.
He made his concerto debut performing Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 with the Meadows Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh in 2010. Since winning the title of Aberdeen Young Musician of the Year, he has performed concertos by Schumann, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Grieg with orchestras in Scotland.
He went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, obtaining his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees with Distinction. Notable prizes include 3rd Prize at 2019 Norah Sande Awards, Highly Commended Prize at 2019 Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition and 3rd Prize at 2018 Windsor International Piano Competition, which led to an invitation to join the KNS Classical Label.
He is currently on the Artist Diploma programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire as a Trinity College of Music scholar. He is grateful for the support of the Leathersellers’ Company, Deena Shypitka Music Award, Dewar Arts Awards, Phyllis Simons Award, the Guildhall School Trust and Christine Brown Trust.
As a teacher, Raymond is a visiting piano specialist at St Albans High School for Girls and St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls at Carshalton, Surrey.
Catriona and Raymond perform together regularly, most recently in the Final of the Carne Chamber Music Competition at St John’s Smith Square with jazz-classical fusion group, The Bolling Quartet.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata in E major for Flute and Basso Continuo,
BWV 1035 (1717-1723?) [11:30]
i Adagio ma non tanto • ii Allegro
iii Siciliano • iv Allegro assai
Bach wrote this Sonata for the "transverse" flute, ie, not for the earlier flutes we know as recorders. In his day the continuo would have been played on harpsichord, with cello, and the flute would have been wood rather than the metal we are used to. This recording uses these same instruments, with Jed Wentz, transverse flute, Job ter Haar, cello and Michael Borgstede, harpsichord:
Sonata in E major for Flute and Basso Continuo,
BWV 1035 (1717-1723?) [11:30]
i Adagio ma non tanto • ii Allegro
iii Siciliano • iv Allegro assai
Bach wrote this Sonata for the "transverse" flute, ie, not for the earlier flutes we know as recorders. In his day the continuo would have been played on harpsichord, with cello, and the flute would have been wood rather than the metal we are used to. This recording uses these same instruments, with Jed Wentz, transverse flute, Job ter Haar, cello and Michael Borgstede, harpsichord:
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797-1848)
Sonata for Flute and Piano in C, A503 (5 May 1819) [6:30]
Largo - Allegro
Flutist András Adorján was born in Budapest, Hungary, grew up in Denmark and gained his dental qualifications in Copenhagen in 1968! However, he has over 100 flute recordings to his name and has edited the "Lexikon der Flöte". In this live recording from 1993 he is accompanied by pianist Francesca Carta:
Sonata for Flute and Piano in C, A503 (5 May 1819) [6:30]
Largo - Allegro
Flutist András Adorján was born in Budapest, Hungary, grew up in Denmark and gained his dental qualifications in Copenhagen in 1968! However, he has over 100 flute recordings to his name and has edited the "Lexikon der Flöte". In this live recording from 1993 he is accompanied by pianist Francesca Carta:
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Cantabile et Presto (1904) [6:00]
The flautist in this recording is Laurel Zucker, with pianist Paul Switzler:
Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili (1924-1989)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1963-1966) [16:15]
i Allegro cantabile
ii Aria: Moderato con moto
iii Allegro scherzando
The performers in this final beautiful work are Marina Piccinini, flute, and Ewa Kupiec, piano. Otar Taktakishvili (Tak-tak-ish-vili) was a prolific Soviet era Georgian composer whose work deserves a better place in the Western concert repertoire.
Selection of Music on the death of
our Dear Queen Elizabeth II
A selection of recordings assembled by our
Concert Manager, Peter Steadman - click here
Concert Manager, Peter Steadman - click here
Previous concert
Kenny Fu, piano - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Yeo Yat-Soon, harpsichord & Agnes Chin, guzheng - click here
