Percy Grainger – Ramble on Richard Strauss’s ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
Faure – Nocturne No.13 in B minor Op.114
Interval
Bach/Kempff – Siciliano
Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op.40
Chopin – Mazurka in A minor Op.17 No.4
Thomas Ades – Three Mazurkas Op.27
Ravel – La Valse
Victor Lim Biography
Described as a pianist with ‘with great possibilities of nuance and perfect flexibility’ (Revista Arta), South Korean-British pianist Victor Lim is establishing himself as one of the most versatile and creative musicians of his generation. Following his first public appearance in the televised BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2012, Victor has performed around the world in the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Romania, China, Singapore and South Korea. Victor is a City Music Foundation Artist, Making Music UK’s Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist and the winner of the 2021 RNCM Gold Medal.
As a musician with tireless curiosity for all genres of music, Victor’s repertoire ranges from Rameau to Kapustin and his interest in new music has led to recent work with Thomas Adès, Graham Fitkin and Stephen Hough. Victor’s affinity with the music of Beethoven has been recognised by two awards from the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe, whilst he is known to have a great personal passion for the works of Robert Schumann.
Victor combines his active solo career with his great passion for chamber music. This season he has performed as a member of Manchester Collective and Manchester Camerata. He has previously collaborated with Karen Gomyo, Eszter Haffner, Susie Mészáros, Lara Andre’s Tomter and Sandrai Lied-Haga, and currently enjoys close duo partnerships with soprano Xiang Ting Teng and cellist Waynne Kwon with whom the duo won the 2020 Tunnell Trust Music Club Award. Victor was the founding member of the Louko Piano Trio who went on to win all of the chamber music prizes during their time at the Royal Northern College of Music.
An ardent advocate of community music, Victor works closely with Olympias Music Foundation in Manchester and is the Senior Creative Coordinator for Fingertips ASBL and has played a key role in the running of several projects including ‘Tune-in Nepal’, ‘Fingertips International Piano Competition’ and ‘Goldberg by 32 pianists’. Already much in demand as a teacher, Victor is currently the Head of Keyboard Studies at Rossall School, Associate Artist of International Young Musicians Academy, Leverhulme Fellow of Pro Corda, and a former coordinator of the Classical Music Academy at Millfield Summer School.
Victor trained at Wells Cathedral School with John Byrne and Richard Ormrod, then at the Royal Northern College of Music with Graham Scott, Jeremy Young and Murray McLachlan as an ABRSM scholar. Awards from Help Musicians UK and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust enabled Victor to continue his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Michael Dussek, where he graduated with a Dip.RAM and received the Christian Carpenter Prize for the best final recital. After pursuing the Artist Diploma programme at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Victor now continues his studies with Kathryn Stott at the RNCM.
Born in Ilkley, Yorkshire, Holly Melia graduated with a first class honours degree from the Royal Northern College of Music having studied with Katherine Baker, Richard Davis and Wissam Boustany. She began playing the flute at the age of eight, winning a scholarship to study at Chetham’s School of Music in 2003. As a solo artist, Holly was a finalist in the 2013 Royal Overseas League competition. She has won the RNCM concerto competition (2010 and 2013), the RNCM Gold Medal – the highest award for performance at the RNCM (2010), the British Flute Society Performance Plus competition, the Craxton Memorial Award and the Martin Musical Scholarship. In 2007 she was a woodwind semi-finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year competion. She was a member of Southbank Sinfonia in 2014, where she performed as a concerto soloist with the orchestra. Orchestral credits include performing with the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, English National Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera North, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Welsh National Opera Orchestra. She holds the flute chair on ‘Beauty and the Beast’, on the Westend and UK Tour. Holly is currently performing at the Royal Opera House on their productions of Puccini’s ‘La Bohème and Lizst’s Ballet ‘Mayerling’.
Florence Hill – Classical Guitar
Florence Hill studied classical guitar at the Royal College of Music, graduating in 2007.
She has performed with Ensemble Suavis, including going on a concert tour to India with the group, to promote western classical music. She also performed with Pesti Guitar Duo at many venues around London including at the O2, Boodles Club, Sir John Soane’s Museum and The Guildhall. As a solo guitarist she has also performed at the York Guitar Festival. Florence and flautist Holly Melia recently formed Calderon Duo and gave their first public performance in October 2022. Florence is also a dedicated classical guitar teacher and has been teaching classical guitar at King’s College School, London since 2012 and at Thorpe House School since 2016. She is also an Alexander Technique Teacher; having qualified at Queen’s Park School, London and teaches this privately. More recently Florence has been enjoying composing for the classical guitar and you can listen to some informal recordings of her pieces on her YouTube channel ‘FlorenceHillGuitar’.
Calderon Duo Programme
Holly Melia: Flute
Florence Hill: Classical Guitar
Entr’acte- Jaques Ibert
Improvisations on Calderon (1981)- Edward McGuire
Siciliano- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Arr. Barna Kováts
The new Season will begin on 18th October 2022. All concerts will take place at Boston Grammar School PE21 6JE and will begin at 7.30 pm
18th October 2022 “EOS DUO” Clarinet & Harp. (appearing by permission of the Royal Northern College of Music) Programme to include music by: Paul Reade, Roma Calfolla, Skaila Kanga and Aaron Breeze.
15th November 2022 “THE CALDERON DUO” Flute and Guitar. Programme to include music by Ibert, Villa Lobos, Eddie McGuire and Piazzola.
20th December 2022 “ROSAMUND BRASS QUARTET “(appearing by permission of the Royal Northern College of Music) Programme to include some Festive items.
17th January 2023 VICTOR LIM piano recital. Programme to include music by: Hayd, Chopin, Faure, Friderich Guoda.
21st February 2023 “PASSACAGLIA” an early music trio playing Baroque music. Programme to include music by: Telemann, Couperin, J S Bach, C P E Bach and “Greensleeves”
21st March 2023 LAURENCE PERKINS & JOHN FLINDERS Bassoon and Piano Programme to include music by Elgar, Pierne, Ravel, Ridout and Weber.
Full details of each concert to follow as and when more details are available.
Parking is available off Rowley Road. Tickets are £12.00 in advance or at the door. Children and Students may attend free of charge. To book tickets in advance please telephone 01205 366018 or send your details to bostonconcertclub@gmail.com.
THE “ALKYONA” STRING QUARTET
PROGRAMME
Ludvig van Beethoven:
String Quartet Opus 18 No. 3 in D major
Dmitri Shostakovich:
String Quartet No. 7 Opus 108
Interval
Franz Peter Schubert:
String Quartet D810 “Death and the Maiden”
BIOGRAPHIES
The Alkyona Quartet presents fresh imaginative interpretations of both well-known and hidden gems of the string quartet repertoire. They are well known for their warm connection to audiences and vivacious performances, and are “as vibrant and memorable as their “kingfisher” namesake.”
They were Tunnell Trust Award holders 2020/21 and Making Music Selected Artists 2020/21, and have performed in many leading UK venues including St. Martin in the Fields, St John’s Smith Square and the Royal Albert Hall. They were New Generation Artists at the Stift International Music Festival 2019 and Residents at Brel the same year, as well as being featured at the Huygens Festival 2020 which was broadcast live on Dutch TV channel Midliet. They look forward to launching the Huygens Festival this year with a new collaboration with the award winning dance company The Dutch Don’t Dance Division.
The Quartet love collaborations across the arts and this year hold a residency at Leighton House Museum, London where they have been running events, concerts, and salons both online and in person. They released their debut album, Intimate Letters, in June 2020 in collaboration with Cegin Productions. As a Quartet they especially enjoy cross-collaborative projects, working with film makers, tabla player Kuljit Bhamra MBE, actress Saskia Reeves, percussionist Adriano Adewale, composer Caroline Heslop and actor William Marquez.
The Quartet have studied with Richard Lester, Marc Danel, Ben Hancox, Rafael Todes, Catherine Manson, James Boyd and Mark Messenger. The Quartet is mentored by Marc Danel of the Danel Quartet in Holland as part of The National String Quartet Academy, and took part in the European Chamber Music Academy 2020.
The Quartet is grateful for sponsorship for their studies and projects to the RCM Director’s Fund; the Tunnell Trust; and the Dutch National Music Instrumentation Foundation for the loan of Jobine’s C18th Lefebvre cello.
Parking is available at the Rowley Road entrance PE21 6JE. Tickets are £12 in advance or at the door. Children and Students have free entrance to all concerts. To order a ticket in advance please telephone 01205 366018 or send your details to bostonconcertclub@gmail.com
Antoine is a Winner of the Philip and Dorothy Green Award 2020 and a City Music Foundation Artist, Franco-Belgian pianist Antoine Préat is a young artist to watch.
London-based for several years, Antoine has been invited to perform in prestigious venues including the Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Salle Gaveau, Salle Cortot, Paris Beaux Arts Museum, Frederyk Chopin Insitute, as well as festivals such as the Nohant Chopin Festival, Lisztomanias, Chopin à Bagatelle, Les Nuits du Piano in Paris, IMS Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove and Encuentro de Santander. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, Scala Radio and TRT Radio 3.
Antoine has performed alongside leading artists and orchestras including Maté Szücs, Manuel Blanco, Sinfonietta Lausanne, Lesley Hatfield, Robin Ireland, the Centre de Musique de Chambre de Paris, Sainsbury Soloists, Academy Festival Orchestra, University Orchestra of Alicante and London Student Orchestra. He is also a founding member of Trio Cordiera with whom he performs regularly.
Throughout his career, Antoine has also been fortunate to receive guidance from Philippe Cassard, Cedric Pescia, Thomas Adès, Robert Levin, Jerome Lowenthal, Richard Goode, Imogen Cooper and Stephen Hough.
After graduating with honours from the Ecole Normale de Paris where he studied with Liudmila Berlinskaia and Guigla Katsarava, Antoine furthered his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Tatiana Sarkissova and Christopher Elton, while studying harpsichord and fortepiano under the guidance of Carole Cerasi.
Antoine was awarded the first prize of the Concours international d’Ile de France and the Los
Angeles Colburn Piano Festival Competition, the honour prize at the New York Début Piano Competition and most recently was a semifinalist at the Clara Haskil Competition 2021.
Antoine is generously supported by Talent Unlimited, the Munster Derek Butler Award, Hattori Foundation and the Winifred Christie Trust Award.
PROGRAMME
Bach Partita No. 4 Liszt Après une Lecture du Dante
Interval
Schubert Sonata in A Major D664 Albeniz Iberia (Primo Cuaderno) I. Evocación, El puerto, Corpus Christi en Sevilla
Tony Scheuregger – Tony studied for a music degree in Cambridge where he specialised in composition. Having worked for some time as a classroom music teacher, Tony went on to write music for video and television, including a number of title tracks for Virgin video books and the main TV channels. His interest in early music goes back to the mid 1970s but was re-engaged in the mid 1990s when he formed the costume band, Minstrels Gallery, with whom he has recorded six CDs. Tony now concentrates on plucked string instruments and has studied lute with the internationally-acclaimed lutenist Jacob Heringman.
Sarah Doig – Sarah’s musical education started at an early age after she pestered her father, an accomplished pianist and organist, for piano lessons. She later learned the cello and studied the organ with Harrison Oxley at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Sarah undertook a music degree at Lancaster University, specialising in medieval music under Professor Roger Bray. It was whilst a student that she swapped the cello for the double bass. Sarah’s double bass playing continued during her fifteen years in London. She has since transferred her talents to the viol family and to the lute. Sarah also owns and plays virginals modelled on Queen Elizabeth the First’s own keyboard instrument.
Jane Scheuregger – Jane is a talented multi-instrumentalist and singer. She was Head Chorister of St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir, achieving a St Cecilia senior choristers’ award. As a student Jane performed at many music festivals and orchestral courses, and played principal bassoon with the Suffolk Symphony Orchestra. Jane has played recorder for most of her life as well as specialising in shawm, crumhorn, bagpipe and curtal for many years with costume band, Minstrels Gallery, which she formed with husband Tony. Jane’s experience as a choral singer is used to bring a “natural” singing style to her performances with Hexachordia.
Tickets are £12 in advance or at the door . They can be ordered in advance from 01205 366018 or from bostonconcertclub@gmail.com Students and children can enter free of charge.
PROGRAMME
IN THE FIELDS IN FROST AND SNOW Music, mirth and merriment for the festive season in words and music performed by Hexachordia
Veni Veni Emmanuel – Anon
When I See Winter Return – Colin Muset
Angelus ad Virginem – Anon
From “A New Year’s Gift to Sir Simeon Steward” by Robert Herrick, 1628
On the Cold Ground – John Playford
Jolly Shepherd – Thomas Ravenscroft
In the Fields in Frost and Snow – John Playford
From “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare
Hollis Berrie – Anon
Ah Robin, Gentle Robin – William Cornish
“Then Comes the Day” by Thomas Kirchmaier, 1553
Basse Dance Magdalena – Pierre Attaingnant
Coventry Carol – Anon
From “Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry” by Thomas Tusser, 1573
Gaudete – Anon
From “A New Year’s Gift to Sir Simeon Steward” by Robert Herrick, 1628
Personent Hodie – Anon
Saltarello – Anon
“All This Night” by William Austin (1587-1633)
The Lute Book Lullaby – William Ballet
Es ist ein Ros’ Entsprungen – Michael Praetorius
“King Herod and the Cock” (English Traditional)
Ballet des Coqs – Michael Praetorius
In Ducli Jubilo – Michael Praetorius
The Waits – John Playford
From “The Anatomie of Abuses” by Philip Stubbes, 1583
Sussex Carol – Anon
From “A New Year’s Gift to Sir Simeon Steward” by Robert Herrick, 1628
The Lord Souche’s Maske – Thomas Morley
Drive the Cold Winter Away – Broadside Ballad
INTERVAL
Stella Splendens – Anon
“Make We Merry” (English Traditional, before 1536)
Bring us in Good Ale – Anon
From “The Form of Cury” (fourteenth century MS)
From an anonymous, fifteenth-century poem
Pease Branle – Thoinot Arbeau
Montard Branle – Micha von Wolgemut
“Ceremonies for Christmas” by Robert Herrick, 1648
Sans Day Carol – Anon
Galliard, The New Year’s Gift – Anthony Holborne
“A Christmas Garland” (Anonymous)
Recercada Segunda – Diego Ortiz
From “A New Year’s Gift to Sir Simeon Steward” by Robert Herrick, 1628
