JOY LISNEY violoncello
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Wednesday 18 January 2023Doors/Bar: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm (approx. 1 hour, no interval) Tickets:
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This concert is the second in a series of four curated by Joy Lisney, featuring the cello in various different chamber combinations.
The name Seraphin Concerts refers jointly to the provenance of Joy's Giorgio Seraphin cello and to the Seraphin Project, an organisation founded to give opportunities to young musicians to perform alongside professionals of the highest level. For more information, please see www.seraphinproject.com.
The name Seraphin Concerts refers jointly to the provenance of Joy's Giorgio Seraphin cello and to the Seraphin Project, an organisation founded to give opportunities to young musicians to perform alongside professionals of the highest level. For more information, please see www.seraphinproject.com.
Programme (approx. 1 hour, no interval)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Clarinet Trio in B flat major, Op.11
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
Clarinet Trio in B flat major, Op.11
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
Michael Whight
Michael Whight has a varied career as an orchestral player, soloist, chamber musician, engineer and producer, videographer, conductor and teacher.
A former Principal Clarinetist with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he has also played guest Principal with all the London orchestras as well as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Giulini, Maazel, Abbado, Levine, Ashkenazy, Sawallich, Sinopoli, Salonen, Sanderling, Svetlanov, and Harnoncourt.
In chamber music, Michael has worked with Gidon Kremer and friends, the Lindsay Quartet, the Medici String Quartet, the Schidlof String Quartet, the Razumovsky Ensemble, the Nash Ensemble, Robert Cohen and Barry Douglas. Alongside some 200 orchestral recordings are Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto with Robert Craft and the Philharmonia Orchestra, the concerto by Christopher Gunning (of Poirot fame) and the Mozart Concerto which he directed from the basset clarinet with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Michael has also appeared on the soundtracks for films such as The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, and is also the clarinetist on the theme tune for Coronation Street.
A former Principal Clarinetist with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he has also played guest Principal with all the London orchestras as well as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Giulini, Maazel, Abbado, Levine, Ashkenazy, Sawallich, Sinopoli, Salonen, Sanderling, Svetlanov, and Harnoncourt.
In chamber music, Michael has worked with Gidon Kremer and friends, the Lindsay Quartet, the Medici String Quartet, the Schidlof String Quartet, the Razumovsky Ensemble, the Nash Ensemble, Robert Cohen and Barry Douglas. Alongside some 200 orchestral recordings are Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto with Robert Craft and the Philharmonia Orchestra, the concerto by Christopher Gunning (of Poirot fame) and the Mozart Concerto which he directed from the basset clarinet with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Michael has also appeared on the soundtracks for films such as The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, and is also the clarinetist on the theme tune for Coronation Street.
Joy Lisney
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Joy Lisney is a multi-faceted musician, combining the cello with composition and conducting.
Joy has performed in the major European concert halls including the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus as well as multiple sold-out recitals at London’s Southbank Centre. During the pandemic she live-streamed solo concerts to an international audience, including from King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Her programmes range from her own arrangement of the Bach Chaconne to world premieres by composers including Mark-Anthony Turnage, Cecilia McDowall, Jan Vriend and Judith Weir, as well as her own compositions. As a composer, Joy has written for musicians including the Arditti Quartet, Ensemble Recherche and Orchestra for the Earth, and is currently working on a BBC commission to be broadcast live from the Wigmore Hall in January 2023. Joy plays on an eighteenth century Seraphin cello generously lent by Beare Violins. |
James Lisney
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James Lisney enjoys a rich musical life, moving seamlessly from concerto and recital soloist to chamber musician, song accompanist and pianist director. Initiatives, such as his Schubertreise series at London’s Southbank Centre, his extensive Beethoven Project or the recording company Woodhouse Editions, provide a platform for his wide-ranging musical sympathies.
In recent years he has given Schubert cycles at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and in Mumbai; held residencies at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw; and he has recently completed a survey of the late music of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin at St George’s, Bristol. The 2022/23 season include performances in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. |
Wednesday
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Doors/Bar: 6.30pm
Concert: 7.30pm (approx. 1 hour, no interval) Tickets:
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