22nd November 2012 - 12.30 Lunchtime Concert
The Beorg Duo
Anna Tam, cello
Jonathan Musgrave, piano
Anna Tam, cello
Jonathan Musgrave, piano
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Jonathan Musgrave and Anna Tam
In March 2011 pianist Jonathan Musgrave and cellist Anna Tam formed the Beorg Duo. Together they specialise in studying and performing British works. Their first programme includes the early 20th century romantic sonatas of John Ireland and Frank Bridge and the sonata in C by Benjamin Britten who was a student at different times with both of the above. The duo made their first recording in February 2012 of these three sonatas with the six studies in English folk-song by Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke's Epilogue.rly 20th-century. |
Anna Tam, cello
Anna was born in London in 1983. She began studying the cello aged 6 at the Bromley Youth Music Trust. Later, as principal cello in their Symphony and Chamber orchestras she toured to Austria winning the Internationalen Jugendmusik-Festival in Vienna.
Anna studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 2002 to 2006 with Leonard Stehn and has since then taken lessons with Raphael Wallfisch and Lionel Handy. With the Guildhall School Symphony Orchestra she played Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra and Elliot Carter's First Symphony and The Minotaur on Radio 3. She has also performed on Radio 3 with the Young Musician's Symphony Orchestra and has played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Future Firsts.
In 2010 Anna composed and performed the music to the Boii Theatre Company's production of Dolls and Dollies by Arnošt Goldflam. That year she also performed with Opéra de Baugé and at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival with Vocal Motions Elastic Theatre - a contemporary opera company that devise their productions through improvisation workshops. Anna began playing chamber music aged 9 and has been a member of various groups since then, performing with a piano quintet at the Wigmore Hall aged just 17.
With pianist Jonathan Musgrave she is currently part of the Beorg Duo who specialise in performing British music. Anna devoted 2009 to studying JS Bach's six suites and performing them throughout the UK from Southampton, Kingston, London, Oxford, Harrogate, York and Edinburgh to Findhorn Bay.
In February 2011 Anna gave performances of Bach alongside Stockholm based composer Schnelzer's 'Solitude' for solo cello in Gothenburg, Fjaras and Partille - Sweden.
She has composed two works for solo cello - Daniel on the Beach and The Love Song of Polly Garter - and in 2012 is focusing on late 20th and 21st century repertoire.
Anna studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 2002 to 2006 with Leonard Stehn and has since then taken lessons with Raphael Wallfisch and Lionel Handy. With the Guildhall School Symphony Orchestra she played Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra and Elliot Carter's First Symphony and The Minotaur on Radio 3. She has also performed on Radio 3 with the Young Musician's Symphony Orchestra and has played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Future Firsts.
In 2010 Anna composed and performed the music to the Boii Theatre Company's production of Dolls and Dollies by Arnošt Goldflam. That year she also performed with Opéra de Baugé and at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival with Vocal Motions Elastic Theatre - a contemporary opera company that devise their productions through improvisation workshops. Anna began playing chamber music aged 9 and has been a member of various groups since then, performing with a piano quintet at the Wigmore Hall aged just 17.
With pianist Jonathan Musgrave she is currently part of the Beorg Duo who specialise in performing British music. Anna devoted 2009 to studying JS Bach's six suites and performing them throughout the UK from Southampton, Kingston, London, Oxford, Harrogate, York and Edinburgh to Findhorn Bay.
In February 2011 Anna gave performances of Bach alongside Stockholm based composer Schnelzer's 'Solitude' for solo cello in Gothenburg, Fjaras and Partille - Sweden.
She has composed two works for solo cello - Daniel on the Beach and The Love Song of Polly Garter - and in 2012 is focusing on late 20th and 21st century repertoire.
Jonathan Musgrave, piano
Jonathan currently holds the Anthony Saltmarsh Junior Fellowship at the Royal College of Music London, after six years there as a student. In July 2011 he completed his MMus with distinction, building on his first-class degree two years earlier.
In a solo role he has performed concertos by Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven, and taken part in masterclasses by Bryce Morrison and Artur Pizarro. As an accompanist he has worked with instruments and voices of every kind, and his duo partnerships have resulted in engagements from the Concordia Foundation and Park Lane Group – appearances in the PLG 2012 New Year series were acclaimed by the critics of the Times and the Independent. He is a founder member of the Armartis Ensemble and Trio d’Hiver. Also he is in demand as a repetiteur, working with Surrey Opera and Euphonia Works.
As well as innumerable appearances in London (venues including the Purcell Room and Cadogan Hall) and around the south of England, he has also performed at music festivals in Cambridge, King’s Lynn and Stratford-upon-Avon. Outside the UK he has toured to Germany, Russia, Poland and Ukraine.
Jonathan’s wide musical interests include a particular attraction to British music, especially that of the early 20th-century. Supreme among many other names sits Ivor Gurney, whose manuscripts he continues to edit and perform. He has also been heavily involved with the Coleridge-Taylor centenary celebrations in his home-town of Croydon. While a student, an interest in contemporary music developed; this has been followed up with appearances as part of Contemporary Consort. He has given world premieres of works by Solfa Carlile, Stephen Mark Barchan and Ryan Latimer. He is also a keen listener to orchestral music, regularly visiting the concert halls and opera houses of London.
In a solo role he has performed concertos by Brahms, Mozart and Beethoven, and taken part in masterclasses by Bryce Morrison and Artur Pizarro. As an accompanist he has worked with instruments and voices of every kind, and his duo partnerships have resulted in engagements from the Concordia Foundation and Park Lane Group – appearances in the PLG 2012 New Year series were acclaimed by the critics of the Times and the Independent. He is a founder member of the Armartis Ensemble and Trio d’Hiver. Also he is in demand as a repetiteur, working with Surrey Opera and Euphonia Works.
As well as innumerable appearances in London (venues including the Purcell Room and Cadogan Hall) and around the south of England, he has also performed at music festivals in Cambridge, King’s Lynn and Stratford-upon-Avon. Outside the UK he has toured to Germany, Russia, Poland and Ukraine.
Jonathan’s wide musical interests include a particular attraction to British music, especially that of the early 20th-century. Supreme among many other names sits Ivor Gurney, whose manuscripts he continues to edit and perform. He has also been heavily involved with the Coleridge-Taylor centenary celebrations in his home-town of Croydon. While a student, an interest in contemporary music developed; this has been followed up with appearances as part of Contemporary Consort. He has given world premieres of works by Solfa Carlile, Stephen Mark Barchan and Ryan Latimer. He is also a keen listener to orchestral music, regularly visiting the concert halls and opera houses of London.
