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St Mary's Church
St Mary's Close
Kings Worthy
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 7QN
England
Programme
Jean Sibelius – Malinconia, Op.20
Geirr Tveitt – 100 Folk Tunes from Hardanger: no.1 Velkomne Med Ære (Welcome with honour)
Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Maurice Ravel – Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera
Richard Strauss – Morgen!, Op.27 no.4
Nikolay Myaskovsky – Cello Sonata in D major, Op.12
Performers
Erlend Vestby – cello
Tom Jesty – piano
Programme Note
Norwegian cellist and Winchester resident Erlend Vestby is in high demand as a chamber musician. He performs with small ensembles and orchestras such as Sinfonia Smith Square, Gabrieli, Brandenburg Sinfonia and Baroque Soloists, Piccadilly Sinfonietta, Orchestra Nova, Florilegium, Charivari Agreable, Gothic Opera and the OAE experience scheme 2022. He is also one half of the cello duo The Duettists who will perform in Winchester Cathedral on 16th September. As a recitalist Erlend has frequently appeared at St John’s Smith Square (notably London Festival of Baroque Music for 3 years running), the Classic FM Christmas Concert 2022, and he did the full Bach Cello Suite cycle at the Dart Music Festival 2023 and 2024. Erlend is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he studied with Jakob Kullberg and baroque cello with Richard Tunnicliffe, kindly supported by the Anglo-Norse Society. Erlend’s versatile musicality makes him not only a performer, but also a composer, teacher, and a keen researcher and lecturer on early 18th and early 20th century performance practices where the music of Bach and Elgar stand central.
Tom Jesty began his musical education by singing as a Quirister in the Winchester College Chapel Choir from the age of 8. Tom went on to study piano with Nick Salwey at Winchester College, where he gained an FTCL performance diploma, and performed Rachmaninov's second piano concerto with the school orchestra. Tom recently completed a masters course in piano accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied with Pamela Lidiard and Iain Burnside. In March 2023, Tom won the Paul Harmburger Prize for Voice and Piano, accompanying baritone George Robarts. Tom accompanies for the City Chamber Choir, directed by Stephen Jones, and works freelance as a collaborative pianist. He works as music director of St Mary’s church in Islington, and has just completed a year as Graduate Fellow in collaborative piano at Royal Holloway University.
