This concert is part of the Summer Music Festival at the National Musicians' Church will be in-person at Holy Sepulchre, EC1A 2DQ and is free to attend.
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Emmanuel Bach
Programme
Edvard Grieg
Sonata No.2 in G for Violin and Piano, Op.13
1. Lento doloroso - Poco allegro - Allegro vivace - Presto
2. Allegretto tranquillo
3. Allegro animato - Presto
Einojuhani Rautavaara
‘Lost Landscapes’ (2005)
1. Tanglewood
2. Ascona
3. Rainergasse 11, Vienna
4. West 23rd, NY
Jean Sibelius
Danse Champêtre No.1, Op.106
Emmanuel Bach
Emmanuel Bach won the 2018 Royal Overseas League String Competition, has performed as a co-soloist with Anne-Sophie Mutter, been broadcast and played live on BBC Radio 3, and at major venues in the UK and elsewhere. Maxim Vengerov described his playing of the Brahms Concerto as ‘a superb rendition…a very deep and emotional performance’. Emmanuel was a Countess of Munster Trust Recital Scheme Artist and is supported by Talent Unlimited. A dedicated chamber musician, he has played at festivals in the UK, Europe, USA and South Africa. Emmanuel studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and then at the Royal College of Music, with Natasha Boyarsky and Radu Blidar. His CD ‘Lennox In Paris’ was released in 2022 and widely praised.
http://www.emmanuelbachviolinist.com
Jenny Stern
South African born pianist Jenny Stern has recorded for radio and television in Europe and
her home country. She made her debut playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K450, with the
conductor Alberto Bolet. Following studies at the Royal College of Music with Lamar
Crowson, she completed a Masters in South Africa, winning the prestigious Emma Smith
Overseas Scholarship for further study. She has performed extensively in the UK and abroad. In South Africa, performances include acclaimed live broadcasts of Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto and the Grieg Piano Concerto, and concertos with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, Natal Philharmonic and Bloemfontein Symphony Orchestra. Jenny has given over 500 concerts and workshops at universities and schools. She teaches at Eton College and the Royal College of Music, Junior Department.