29th October 2022 at 7:30pm
Alice Neary – cello, Viv McLean - piano
Alice Neary and Viv Mclean join us for our second concert of the season with a cello and piano recital. Alice and Viv have stepped in for us at short notice as our original artists are no longer available for personal reasons.
Programme:
This recital is composed of some wonderful examples of the cello and piano repertoire, taking us from Bach through to the romantic beauty of Franck, stopping on the way at Beethoven and Schumann. This will be a rewarding and enjoyable concert.
Programme:
| C Major Cello Suite | Bach |
| Sonata in A Op. 69 | Beethoven |
| Fantasiestucke Op. 73 | Schumann |
| Cello Sonata in A Op. 38 | Franck |
This recital is composed of some wonderful examples of the cello and piano repertoire, taking us from Bach through to the romantic beauty of Franck, stopping on the way at Beethoven and Schumann. This will be a rewarding and enjoyable concert.
Alice Neary enjoys a varied performing career as a chamber musician and principal cellist of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Familiar to listeners of BBC Radio 3, she has performed at major festivals including BBC Proms chamber series, Malboro (USA), Bath International, Santa Fe (USA) and Lofoten and played concertos with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Liverpool Philharmonic and Israel Symphony. Her discography includes the Mendelssohn cello sonatas and concertos by Howells, Patterson and Tovey.
Alice was a member of the Gould Piano Trio from 2001 to 2018 - career highlights include the complete piano trios of Beethoven, Schubert and Dvorak at the Wigmore Hall, the commissioning of new works from Sir James MacMillan and Mark Simpson, regular tours and over 25 CD releases.
Alice collaborates with pianists Viv McLean, Benjamin Frith, Robin Green and Daniel Tong and has appeared as guest cellist with the Nash Ensemble, Ensemble 360 and the Endellion quartet. Regular visits to International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove provide ongoing inspiration. Alice studied with Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal Northern College of Music and, as a Fulbright scholar, with Timothy Eddy at Stonybrook, USA. As winner of the 1998 Pierre Fournier Award, Alice made her début at the Wigmore Hall in 1999. Alice plays a cello by Alessandro Gagliano of 1710.
Viv McLean needs little introduction to Amersham concert goers, he is a superb pianist and a popular and regular performer at the Amersham Concert Club. Viv won First Prize at the 2002 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and has performed in all the major venues in the UK, as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. ‘Viv McLean revealed extraordinary originality, superb simplicity, and muscles of steel hidden by fingers of velvet.’ Le Monde (Paris).
Alice was a member of the Gould Piano Trio from 2001 to 2018 - career highlights include the complete piano trios of Beethoven, Schubert and Dvorak at the Wigmore Hall, the commissioning of new works from Sir James MacMillan and Mark Simpson, regular tours and over 25 CD releases.
Alice collaborates with pianists Viv McLean, Benjamin Frith, Robin Green and Daniel Tong and has appeared as guest cellist with the Nash Ensemble, Ensemble 360 and the Endellion quartet. Regular visits to International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove provide ongoing inspiration. Alice studied with Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal Northern College of Music and, as a Fulbright scholar, with Timothy Eddy at Stonybrook, USA. As winner of the 1998 Pierre Fournier Award, Alice made her début at the Wigmore Hall in 1999. Alice plays a cello by Alessandro Gagliano of 1710.
Viv McLean needs little introduction to Amersham concert goers, he is a superb pianist and a popular and regular performer at the Amersham Concert Club. Viv won First Prize at the 2002 Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and has performed in all the major venues in the UK, as well as throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA. ‘Viv McLean revealed extraordinary originality, superb simplicity, and muscles of steel hidden by fingers of velvet.’ Le Monde (Paris).
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