Romantic Cello by Candlelight (6pm and 8.30pm) at St Mary Le Strand Church, London on Saturday 29th October 2022

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Romantic Cello by Candlelight (6pm and 8.30pm)

Add to my Calendar 29-10-2022 18:00 29-10-2022 20:00 36 Romantic Cello by Candlelight (6pm and 8.30pm) Enjoy an exceptional evening of some of the greatest romantic repertoire for cello, featuring one of the UK's leading Cellists, Victoria Simonsen along the renowned concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith. Note - there are two performances available: 6pm and 8.30pm London-based cellist Victoria Simonsen has been described by The Strad as 'a musician of rare quality' and 'beautifully sensitive and composed' by The Times.Victoria enjoys a varied musical life that incorporates solo, chamber music and orchestral work as well as recording film and television soundtracks. She also enjoys teaching and is a member of the cello faculty at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). In 2015 she was appointed cellist of the Rautio Piano Trio and their first CD together was released in 2018 on Resonus Classics.  A passionate chamber musician, Victoria has performed at festivals such as the IMS Prussia Cove, Manchester International, Kronberg Germany, Banff Canada, Chamber Music New Zealand and for six years she enjoyed notable success in the early Barbirolli String Quartet. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on radio in UK, Germany and New Zealand and concerts have included Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room London. A highlight of 2016 was performing at the BBC Proms Chamber Music series in London as part of a twelve-cellist ensemble.  Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John's Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an "epic achievement", Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2022.. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. One of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and gave over 100 solo performances in 2021. St Mary Le Strand Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary Le Strand Church
Strand
The Strand
London
WC2R 1ES
England

Saturday 29th October 2022
6:00 PM

Programme

Camille Saint-Saens – Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Felix Mendelssohn – Song without Words for piano and cello, Op.109
Gabriel Fauré – Après un Reve
Gabriel Fauré – Romance, Op.69
Camille Saint-Saens – Romance, Op.51
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suite no.1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude
Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise, Op.34 no.14
Robert Schumann – Phantasiestücke, Op.88

Performers

Warren Mailley-Smith – piano
Katherine Jenkinson – Cello

Programme Note

Enjoy an exceptional evening of some of the greatest romantic repertoire for cello, featuring one of the UK's leading Cellists, Victoria Simonsen along the renowned concert pianist, Warren Mailley-Smith.

Note - there are two performances available: 6pm and 8.30pm

London-based cellist Victoria Simonsen has been described by The Strad as 'a musician of rare quality' and 'beautifully sensitive and composed' by The Times.Victoria enjoys a varied musical life that incorporates solo, chamber music and orchestral work as well as recording film and television soundtracks. She also enjoys teaching and is a member of the cello faculty at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). In 2015 she was appointed cellist of the Rautio Piano Trio and their first CD together was released in 2018 on Resonus Classics. A passionate chamber musician, Victoria has performed at festivals such as the IMS Prussia Cove, Manchester International, Kronberg Germany, Banff Canada, Chamber Music New Zealand and for six years she enjoyed notable success in the early Barbirolli String Quartet. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on radio in UK, Germany and New Zealand and concerts have included Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room London. A highlight of 2016 was performing at the BBC Proms Chamber Music series in London as part of a twelve-cellist ensemble.

Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to perform Chopin's complete works for solo piano from memory in a series of 11 recitals at St John's Smith Square. Hailed by the critics as an "epic achievement", Mailley-Smith will repeat the series at several venues in 2022.. He has given acclaimed solo recitals at The Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and has performed for the British Royal Family on numerous occasions. One of the busiest concert pianists of his generation and gave over 100 solo performances in 2021.

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