16th August 2012 - 12.30 Lunchtime Concert

David Smith, violin
Ruth Walters, piano

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   Programme

Salut d'amour - Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Czardas - Vittorio Monti (1868-1922)

Méditation - Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Romance in G - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata no 3 "Ballade" - Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

Schindler`s List - John Williams (b1932)

Sicilienne - Maria-Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824)

Prelude in E - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Praeludium und Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)
                     - Fritz Kreisler (1865-1972)

 

    

David Smith, violin

David studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Stoke d'Abernon and London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He then became a tutor at both these schools before moving to Glasgow as co-principal of the Scottish Ensemble. He plays regularly with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and is currently performing with English Touring Opera.

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Ruth Walters, piano

Ruth Walters gained a scholarship place at the Guildhall School of Music where she went on to win some major prizes on her first study instrument, the violin. She has studied in London and Switzerland with Yfrah Neaman and Max Rostal. Ruth has recorded for the BBC, and is a member of the teaching faculty of the Guildhall School of Music.

Besides numerous solo engagements, she has played with the Miklos and Razumovsky Ensembles,and has been invited to play at music festivals in Switzerland, Norway and Australia later this year.

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