Programme
Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
II. Andante from Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Romance
Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Three Romances, op. 22
I. Andante molto
II. Allegretto: Mit zartem Vortrage
III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
Nocturne
Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
Three dances from La Nouvelle Cythère
Pavane
Nocturne
Galop
Mary Chandler (1911–1996)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano
I. Poco allegro
II. Calmo, ma molto con espressione
III. Allegro alla burlesca
Musician Biographies
Antonio Oyarzabal
Antonio Oyarzabal is a concert pianist living in London. He obtained his Masters and Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School, studying with Caroline Palmer. His recent debuts include Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Conway Hall and Cadogan Hall (London); and as a soloist with Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and conductor Juanjo Mena.
Antonio performs solo and chamber recitals actively around the UK and abroad. Recent performances include a Madeleine Dring Centenary chamber concert curated with oboist Nicholas Daniel OBE (which they have just recorded for Chandos Records), and solo recitals in festivals and concert halls in the US, France, Ireland, UK, Spain, Austria etc.
He has published five albums. La Muse Oubliée, a collection of piano works by women composers, was awarded with a Golden Melomano, rated 5 star from BBC Music Magazine, appeared in The Observer, and received glowing reviews from many European magazines. It has been selected as 1 of the 5 best piano albums of 2021 by Fanfare Magazine (US). Antonio has recently released El Fin del Silencio (Latin American women composers) which was Critic’s Choice on BBC Music Magazine. He has just released his 5th album, La Muse Oubliée II, which has also been awarded with a Golden Melomano. Because of Antonio’s work in the field of women composers, he was named Ambassador for Donne UK, the leading institution for women in music.
Antonio will have his solo debut with the National Orchestra of Spain in November 2024.
Anthony Friend
Anthony Friend is a clarinettist acclaimed for the ‘vision and intensity’ of his playing (The Observer). His performances have been described by The Times as ‘delicious’ and by The Telegraph as ‘energised and raunchy, but not too much’, whilst Seen and Heard Internationalhas praised his ‘liquid tone’ and ‘spellbinding’ concerts. He has emerged as a leading figure in classical music, hailed as a ‘hero’ by The Arts Desk for his efforts to regenerate live concerts during the pandemic, and was a recipient of an award from the Royal Philharmonic Society for his Spotlight Chamber Concerts series.
Anthony’s chamber music collaborators have included string quartets such as the Allegri, Solem, Maxwell and Philharmonia Orchestra quartets, pianists Alexander Ullman, Antonio Oyarzabal, Joseph Havlat and Florian Mitrea, cellist Laura van der Heijden, double bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, the Pelléas Ensemble and the Magnard Ensemble. In 2019 he was invited to give the annual Concerto per Peggy at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, at which he performed the Mozart Clarinet Quintet with the Philharmonia Orchestra string quartet.
As an orchestral musician he has worked with conductors such as Simon Rattle, Semyon Bychkov, Edward Gardner, Sakari Oramo, Kirill Karabits and Mark Wigglesworth. He regularly freelances with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and English National Opera, and was a member of Southbank Sinfonia in 2017. He has been broadcast on BBC radio and television and played in major venues in the UK and abroad.
A keen exponent of contemporary and twentieth-century music, he is co-founder of Filthy Lucre, an immersive, mixed-genre new music series. He has played Terry Riley’s In C at King’s Place with Katia and Marielle Labèque, has given numerous world premieres and has worked with groups such as the Hermes Experiment, the Riot Ensemble and Ensemble x.y.
Aside from his performing and concert promoting, Anthony writes programme notes and liner notes for major international concert halls and record labels.
Anthony studied at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, the Royal Academy of Music and subsequently with Patrick Messina and Pascal Moraguès in Paris.
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Lunchtime Concerts take place every Tuesday at 1.10pm during term-time, our talented performers come from across the UK and occasionally overseas, to delight our audiences with music from Beethoven to Chopin, Elgar to Mozart and more.