Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
28th April 2022
12.30 lunchtime
Lavinia Vlad, violin
Mark Kinkaid, piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata no 4 in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op 23 (1801)
1 Presto
2 Andante scherzoso, più allegretto (A major)
3 Allegro molto
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata No 1 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op 78 Regensonata Rain Sonata (1878-79)
1 Vivace ma non troppe
2 Adagio - Più andante - Adagio
3 Allegro molto moderato
Concert duration approx: 50 minutes
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Performer
Lavinia Vlad
From Romania, to Canada and finally to London – Ana-Lavinia Vlad has migrated to many stages and teachers in order to feed her love of music.
Lavinia completed her Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professors Joshua Fisher and Remus Azoitei. She received the Clarence Myerscough Centenary Award for her performance in her undergraduate final recital and was welcomed back to continue her studies at the Academy in the Master of Arts programme.
She has had the pleasure playing alongside the Academy’s Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall and has had various performances in London’s Cadogan Hall, St. Paul’s Covent Garden and multiple popular concert venues. She has also had the opportunity to work with esteemed musicians and conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Robert Trevino, Thomas Gould, Jac van Steen and Marin Alsop.
In 2014, Lavinia had her solo debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, alongside American conductor John Morris Russell at the Centre in the Square, which is regarded as “one of the finest performance spaces in North America”. Following her debut, she was invited back to perform with the orchestra on multiple occasions, playing prominent repertoire such as Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole and the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Lavinia has won numerous Canadian awards from the Kiwanis Music Festival, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra and competitions she has attended. She has also, for multiple years, been a top prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition.
In London, she enjoys performing alongside the Ivor Trio and has participated in countless orchestral performances, many times leading orchestras such as the Horton Chamber Orchestra and the Firebird Orchestra.
Lavinia completed her Bachelor of Music with Honours at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Professors Joshua Fisher and Remus Azoitei. She received the Clarence Myerscough Centenary Award for her performance in her undergraduate final recital and was welcomed back to continue her studies at the Academy in the Master of Arts programme.
She has had the pleasure playing alongside the Academy’s Symphony Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall and has had various performances in London’s Cadogan Hall, St. Paul’s Covent Garden and multiple popular concert venues. She has also had the opportunity to work with esteemed musicians and conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Robert Trevino, Thomas Gould, Jac van Steen and Marin Alsop.
In 2014, Lavinia had her solo debut with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, alongside American conductor John Morris Russell at the Centre in the Square, which is regarded as “one of the finest performance spaces in North America”. Following her debut, she was invited back to perform with the orchestra on multiple occasions, playing prominent repertoire such as Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole and the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Lavinia has won numerous Canadian awards from the Kiwanis Music Festival, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Youth Orchestra and competitions she has attended. She has also, for multiple years, been a top prize winner of the Canadian Music Competition.
In London, she enjoys performing alongside the Ivor Trio and has participated in countless orchestral performances, many times leading orchestras such as the Horton Chamber Orchestra and the Firebird Orchestra.
Mark Kinkaid
Mark Kinkaid was born in 1965 and started playing piano at the age of six. He has performed various works with orchestra and spent most of his time as a freelance accompanist, at the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
He was also repetiteur for Opera South (Manon). He has broadcast a duo recital on Classic FM with flautist Lisa Friend, and given a duo recital with flautist James Dutton in the Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group Recitals.
Mark was also the official accompanist on the Torroella de Montgri Summer Course in 1992 and 1993. He has accompanied the Basingstoke Choral Society since 1976 and was appointed Assistant Musical Director in 1997.
He was accompanist in Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen in 2007 at Woodhouse in Surrey where he was also musical director in 4 performances of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel in 2008. Mark was an official accompanist for Cambridge International String Academy from 2012-2016.
Mark currently teaches piano at Abercorn School in Baker Street and Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke and is an official accompanist for Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) in London.
He was also repetiteur for Opera South (Manon). He has broadcast a duo recital on Classic FM with flautist Lisa Friend, and given a duo recital with flautist James Dutton in the Purcell Room as part of the Park Lane Group Recitals.
Mark was also the official accompanist on the Torroella de Montgri Summer Course in 1992 and 1993. He has accompanied the Basingstoke Choral Society since 1976 and was appointed Assistant Musical Director in 1997.
He was accompanist in Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen in 2007 at Woodhouse in Surrey where he was also musical director in 4 performances of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel in 2008. Mark was an official accompanist for Cambridge International String Academy from 2012-2016.
Mark currently teaches piano at Abercorn School in Baker Street and Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke and is an official accompanist for Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) in London.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (19m)
Sonata no 4 in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op 23 (1801)
1 Presto
2 Andante scherzoso, più allegretto (A major)
3 Allegro molto
performed here by Anne-Sophie Mutter, with accompanist Lambert Orkis, in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Sonata no 4 in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op 23 (1801)
1 Presto
2 Andante scherzoso, più allegretto (A major)
3 Allegro molto
performed here by Anne-Sophie Mutter, with accompanist Lambert Orkis, in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) (30m)
Sonata No 1 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op 78
Regensonata Rain Sonata (1878-79)
1 Vivace ma non troppe
2 Adagio - Più andante - Adagio
3 Allegro molto moderato
performed by Midori (born Goto Midori, Osaka, Japan) with accompanist Robert McDonald, probably recorded at a live performance in the Barbican Hall, in April 2004
Sonata No 1 in G major for Violin and Piano, Op 78
Regensonata Rain Sonata (1878-79)
1 Vivace ma non troppe
2 Adagio - Più andante - Adagio
3 Allegro molto moderato
performed by Midori (born Goto Midori, Osaka, Japan) with accompanist Robert McDonald, probably recorded at a live performance in the Barbican Hall, in April 2004
Previous concert
Inis Oírr Asano, viola, Naoki Toyomura, piano - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Matthew Chin, violin, Eunji Han, piano, - click here
