The Platform: Student Showcase - 15 February 2024 - Event Programme

International Concert Series 2023-24

OUR 2023-24 SEASON We are pleased to welcome you to our 2023-24 International Concert Series at Royal Holloway.

We, at the Department of Music, cannot wait to showcase the varied talent of our students and staff, but also bringing internationally renowned musicians to the College. For 2023-24, we are back and better than ever with more student and staff opportunities through the creation of 'The Platform', an open opportunity for the community at the Department of Music to share with you what makes us so special. Alongside our popular Midweek Music and Pocket Concert Series, we are excited to continue our special partnerships with the Young Classical Artists Trust and BBC New Generation Artists and continue our alumni recital series by bringing back the epoch ensemble. We are pleased to also bring a wealth of international artists to our series, including pianists Pina Napolitano, Mary Dullea, Sholto Kynoch, Alexander Soares, and Joseph Havlat, violinist Darragh Morgan, guitarist Laura Snowden, clarinettist Jonathan Leibovitz, 1|P a g e

sitarist James Pusey, mezzosoprano Helen Charlston, jazz group Solstice, and the London Mozart Players. 2023 also marks the final season for our quartet-in-residence, the Tippett Quartet, as we say farewell to this stellar group with their final concert at Royal Holloway.

All in all, this season is representative of the world-class talent our community at the Department of Music has fostered as we showcase our students and the range of music performance we programme and encourage; from jazz to world music, orchestral performance to solo piano, as well as presenting performers from the international stage. We look forward to welcoming you to our series this year.

Dr Nathan James Dearden Music Performance Manager & Curator of the International Concert Series

International Concert Series 2023-24

The Platform: Student Showcase International Concert Series 2023-24

Thursday, 15 February 2024 Picture Gallery, Founder’s Building

EVENT PROGRAMME Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) Concerto Comique No. 25, “Les Sauvages et la Furstemberg” J. B. Sanaillié (unknown) Sonata in D minor, M. 8 Michel Farinel (1649 – 1726) Division on a Ground, “La Folia” Performed by Christopher Li (violin), Toby Wright (harpsichord)

George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)

Suite in F, HWV 427 György Ligeti (1649 – 1726) Etude No. 4, ‘Fanfares’ Performed by Sawa Ward (piano) Estimated finish time: 9.30pm There will be a short rest interval during this evening’s performance.

Please no flash photography or visual/audio recording throughout the event.

Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from Années de pèlerinage II, S.161/5 Performed by Sinead Hoi Kei Mo (piano)

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International Concert Series 2023-24

Eric Ewazen (b. 1954) Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano; Movement 3 Performed by Sebastian Rowe (horn), Cylysce See (violin), Yiqian Zeng (piano)

Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896) Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann, Op.20 (Thema, Variations 1, 2, 3 and 6) Performed by Friyan Bajan (piano)

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) ‘Montagues and Capulets’ from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75, No. 6 Performed by Jackel Fung (piano)

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