Light at the end of the tunnel: A recital performed by Josh Hayward (viola) and Matthew Fletcher (piano). Featuring works by Britten, Brahms, Shostakovich and Thea Musgrave at All Saints Church, London on Sunday 24th March 2024

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Light at the end of the tunnel

A recital performed by Josh Hayward (viola) and Matthew Fletcher (piano). Featuring works by Britten, Brahms, Shostakovich and Thea Musgrave

Add to my Calendar 24-03-2024 19:30 24-03-2024 21:30 36 Light at the end of the tunnel Joshua Hayward (viola) Joshua's experience as a Soloist includes Concerto performances both at the London Barbican and as part of the Orpheus and Bacchus Music Festival in France, and accolades include winning the Louis Watt Solo Prize and an award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. His Chamber Music experience includes appearing as a many times as guest musician with the Sacconi, Dante Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet and Ensemble 360. As a member of the Marmen Quartet from 2013-2017 we won Music in the Round’s first ever ‘Bridge’ Scheme for String Quartet, alongside being awarded the Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, the Associate Ensemble at Birmingham Conservatoire, Ensemble in residence at the Malmo Palladium and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Prize. He currently holds the No.4 Chair at the BBC Symphony Orchestra.   Matthew Fletcher (piano) A member of Glyndebourne Opera Festival’s music staff since 2012, and winner of the Das Lied and Kathleen Ferrier accompanist prizes, Matthew is a sought-after pianist and répétiteur. His performances have taken him to major concert halls, festivals and opera houses across the UK and Europe. He has played with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Recent highlights include the world premiere of songs by James Macmillan and Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine with Danielle De Niese, a disc of songs by Elizabeth Maconchy with Joanna Songi and performances of Janáček’s Diary of One who Disappeared in Budapest and across France. His fortepiano continuo for Glyndebourne’s recent Don Giovanni was described by the press as ‘exciting’, ‘imaginative’ and ‘wonderfully witty’ and his harpsichord playing for The Rake’s Progress as ‘absolutely scintillating’. Matthew is also a keen jazz pianist and composer. Matthew read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He then studied piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek and Pascal Nemirovsky at the Royal Academy of Music. He was made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2016, and was on their teaching staff as a vocal coach from 2015 – 2022. All Saints Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

All Saints Church
All Saints Drive
Blackheath
London
SE3 0TY
England

Sunday 24th March 2024
7:30 PM

Programme

Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae, Op.48a
Dmitry Shostakovich – Viola Sonata, Op.147
~ Interval ~
Thea Musgrave – Light at the end of the tunnel
Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.120 no.1

Performers

Josh Hayward – viola
Matthew Fletcher – Accompanist

Programme Note

Joshua Hayward (viola)

Joshua's experience as a Soloist includes Concerto performances both at the London Barbican and as part of the Orpheus and Bacchus Music Festival in France, and accolades include winning the Louis Watt Solo Prize and an award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

His Chamber Music experience includes appearing as a many times as guest musician with the Sacconi, Dante Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet and Ensemble 360. As a member of the Marmen Quartet from 2013-2017 we won Music in the Round’s first ever ‘Bridge’ Scheme for String Quartet, alongside being awarded the Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music, the Associate Ensemble at Birmingham Conservatoire, Ensemble in residence at the Malmo Palladium and the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Albert and Eugenie Frost Music Prize.

He currently holds the No.4 Chair at the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Matthew Fletcher (piano)

A member of Glyndebourne Opera Festival’s music staff since 2012, and winner of the Das Lied and Kathleen Ferrier accompanist prizes, Matthew is a sought-after pianist and répétiteur. His performances have taken him to major concert halls, festivals and opera houses across the UK and Europe. He has played with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Recent highlights include the world premiere of songs by James Macmillan and Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine with Danielle De Niese, a disc of songs by Elizabeth Maconchy with Joanna Songi and performances of Janáček’s Diary of One who Disappeared in Budapest and across France. His fortepiano continuo for Glyndebourne’s recent Don Giovanni was described by the press as ‘exciting’, ‘imaginative’ and ‘wonderfully witty’ and his harpsichord playing for The Rake’s Progress as ‘absolutely scintillating’. Matthew is also a keen jazz pianist and composer.

Matthew read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He then studied piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek and Pascal Nemirovsky at the Royal Academy of Music. He was made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2016, and was on their teaching staff as a vocal coach from 2015 – 2022.

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