Date/Time
Sunday 23 March 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Categories Classical
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Top Devon-based string ensemble playing works by Elgar, Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Walton
Elgar: Serenade for strings
Gerald Finzi: Romance
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis
Walton: Sonata for strings
This Devon-based ensemble is led by violinist Patricia Calnan, who played for years with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner. This is part of the orchestra’s first season of concerts under the baton of its new conductor, Keith Marshall.
Patricia Calnan, leader: see http://www.patriciacalnan.com/bio.html
Keith Marshall, conductor
Keith began his musical education as a chorister at Birmingham Cathedral. He read music at Caius College Cambridge, later studying oboe at the Royal Academy of Music.
Keith has pursued a highly successful freelance career as an oboist, performing on a regular basis with Britain’s most prestigious symphony and chamber orchestras including the English Chamber and Philharmonia Orchestras. He has worked as soloist with the Thames Chamber Orchestra, and given numerous solo recitals on BBC Radio Three. His recording credits include Finzi’s Interlude for Oboe and String Quartet and wind octets by Mozart and Myslivicek. In 1994 he was appointed Director of the Thames Chamber Orchestra, conducting concerts at St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John’s Smith Square and the Royal Albert Hall.
There’ll be coffee and cake available, as well as the normal bar.
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