Tuesday 8 November 1.00pm Trinity Laban College of Music and Drama Series

Suggested donation £3.50

St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ Tel: 020 7766 1100 www.smitf.org

Lunchtime Concert Series

Manuela Mocanu (Viola) Michael Hampton (Piano)

If you are unable to stay for the whole of the concert please leave during the applause. Smoking and the consumption of food and drink are not allowed in this church. Members of the audience are kindly requested to switch off mobile phones and alarms on digital watches. Photography, audio or video recording are not permitted.

Programme Capriccio for viola solo, op post. No 9 Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) (3 min) Cadenza for viola solo Krzystof Penderecki (b.1933) (7 min) Suite for viola and piano 1919 Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) (33 min) 1. Lento-Allegro-Moderato 2. Allegro ironico 3. Lento 4. Molto vivo Henri Vieuxtemps was a Belgian violinist and composer of the 19th century, came from a well known family of musicians. A successful virtuoso touring throughout Europe and the Americas, Vieuxtemps was famous for performing his own violin concertos, which combined technical mastery and refined compositional craft. Vieuxtemps was also a fine violist and wrote several works for the instrument, including a sonata for viola and piano. The Capriccio in C minor for solo viola concludes a set of six pieces originally written for unaccompanied violin written sometime between 1881 and 1887. The viola has always been one of Penderecki’s favourite instruments and this is shown in his treatment of the instrument, both in chamber and orchestral music. The Viola Concerto (1983) and the Cadenza for viola solo- an appendix to the viola concerto- mark the beginning of Penderecki’s new style of compositions where he combines the avant-garde of his early years with the romantic style he wrote in during the 70’s and early 80’s. One of the most widely known and awarded of Bloch's compositions is his Viola Suite. The manuscript included descriptive titles, which were omitted from the published score. The absent titles of the four movements are: In the Jungle, Grotesques, Nocturne and The Land of The Sun.

The Performers Born in Romania in 1985 Manuela Mocanu had her first viola lessons at the age of ten at the Octav Bancila College of Art, Iasi. Manuela is a prize-winner at national and international competitions in Romania. She undertook her undergraduate studies at George Enescu University of Arts with Constantin Stanciu from the Voces Quartet. She then continued her studies with Rivka Golani at Trinity College of Music where she graduated her Master Degree with merit in 2010. Manuela is a dedicated chamber musician having performed with the Trinity Viola Ensemble at the British-Israeli Music Day at Purcell Room and with the Faure Quartet at the French Music Festival at Trinity College of Music. She also took part in the Dartington Summer School (UK), the Aurora Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the Eilat Chamber Music Festival (Israel), Podium Festival (Germany), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland) and Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival. As an orchestra musician she performs with the London Symphony Orchestra as an extra player. Manuela is a member of the International Mahler Orchestra, resident at the Philharmonie in Berlin and she is the principal viola for their coming tour in Germany. She is also a tutor and principal viola in the Neue Philharmonie Munich. She was a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, the National Jugend Orchestre of Netherlands, Charities Philharmonia, Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra and the String Academy of Cheltenham Festival. In 2007 she was principal viola in Orchestra Internazionale Giovanile di Pescara in its China tour. Manuela participated in several master classes with artists such as Rivka Golani, Konstantin Bogino, Wolfgang Klos, Yuval Gotlibovich, Roger Chase, Natalie Clein, Wihan Quartet, Carducci Quartet and Smith Quartet. Michael Hampton studied at the Royal College of Music, London. There he gained first-class honours, won numerous major prizes for solo playing, chamber music and accompaniment and was subsequently awarded a Junior Fellowship in piano accompaniment. Since then he has performed on all of London’s major concert platforms and broadcast frequently on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. In the UK he has appeared at many important festivals, including those at Edinburgh and Aldeburgh, and given recitals all over the country with both singers and string players. Recently he gave his debut at Carnegie Hall.

St Martin-in-the-Fields has welcomed talented musicians to this central London platform for over 60 years - from highly acclaimed young soloists, to choirs from all over the world; from promising new ensembles, to established professionals. This tradition is supported by the generosity of our performers as well as our audiences. Whilst these concerts are free to all, for those able to give, a suggested donation of £3.50 would be greatly appreciated to help fund all aspects of the work at St Martin’s.

Tuesday 8 November, 7.30pm Bruckner and Strauss Bruckner – Ave Maria Bruckner – ‘Os Justi’ and ‘Christus Factus Est’ from Zwe Aequale Peter Cornelius – Requiem Richard Strauss – Serenade op 7, Der Abend Bruckner – Mass in E minor Vasari Singers , Jeremy Backhouse Conductor Tickets: £20 £15 £10 Thursday 10 November, 7.30pm Period Performance Baroque Extravaganza by Candlelight Handel - Water Music Suite in G Vivaldi - 'Spring' from Four Seasons Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute in D ‘Il Gardellino’ Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor Vivaldi - 'Summer' from Four Seasons Bach - Air 'on the G String' Mozart - Divertimento No 1 in D Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins and Cello in D minor Festive Orchestra of London, Catherine Manson Violin Martin Feinstein Flute Tickets: £22 £18 £14 £10 £8 Friday 11 November, 1.00pm Guildhall School of Music and Drama Series Mompou - Suite Compostelana Mompou - Songs and Dances (Nos 7 and 8) Gasull - Suite for Cello and Guitar de Falla - Homenaje Pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy Garcia-Lorca - Las Morillas de Jaen de Falla - Six Spanish Popular Songs Maria Camahort Guitar, Rene Camacara Cello Violeta Garcia Violin and Voice, Jon Debruslais Percussion Elena Sancho Soprano

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