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A recital of music by highly regarded and accomplished composer Julian Dawes, featuring amongst other pieces, works written for the recorder.
ProgrammeAll music by Julian Dawes. The programme will include:
Sonata for recorder and piano Siren Song for solo recorder Bagatelles for recorder and piano A Jewish Folia for solo recorder Hal’luyah Et Adonai B’chalil – Rondo Capriccio - for recorder and piano INTERVAL Quartet for recorder and strings Improvisation |
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Julian Dawes |
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Julian Dawes is an English composer born in 1942. He has written the music for numerous theatre productions and was for five years Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company London. His scores for Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle and Edward ll are both recognised scores for these plays held by the Brecht Estate in Berlin. His musical The Braddocks Time was a commission from the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, where it was followed by a tour of the north of England. The Sacrifice, a music drama based on a Japanese No play was initially premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, and in a revised version by The Acting Company at the New End Theatre. As Musical Director of The Cherub Theatre Company he composed scores for The Tempest at the European Festival Antwerp, The Merchant of Venice at The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Ten Days A-Maze at the Edinburgh Festival, Edward II at the Battersea Arts Centre, and Kafka’s The Trial at the Riverside Studios. He also composed a score for an adaptation of Twenty thousand leagues under the sea for the Watermill Theatre in Newbury.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years he has written considerably more music on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
In the concert hall he has written a concerto for Mandolin and String Orchestra, a large number of sonatas and suites for a variety of combinations of instruments, as well as fifteen song-cycles including ‘Songs of Ashes’ about the Holocaust which has been broadcast in Israel four times. His output also includes four oratorios, a wide range of other vocal, choral, chamber and piano music.
During the past 10 years he has written considerably more music on Jewish themes and setting Jewish texts.
Inbar Solomon |
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Inbar Solomon is an Israeli recorder player active worldwide. She specialises both in early and contemporary music performance, and dedicates a lot of time to working with composers on new compositions and expanding the recorder's repertoire. Inbar loves it when a composer reveals a new aspect of the recorder and enjoys the challenge of finding new ways of expression and colours to the instrument.
Inbar won the Oeden Partos Prize for performance of Israeli music, and was the first recorder player to win this award.
She played as soloist and as a guest member in ensembles and orchestras, among them the Kölner Akademie, Jerusalem Camerata, Barrocade, Jerusalem baroque Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber orchestra, Sinfonieta Beer-Sheva, Modalius, Poliphonia, the Israeli Stage Orchestra, the 21st Century Ensemble and In Camera XV, and performed in festivals and concert series in Israel and abroad. Inbar is the artistic director and producer of music groups and of Vox Feminae festival and the Israeli Women Composers Forum’s concert series.
Inbar has an M.A. in music performance from the Nuremberg Music Academy and in Musicology (Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University. Her activity in the field of music education includes writing and instructing seminar programs for recorder teachers in schools, as well as instructing ensembles in a variety of music genres, instruments and ages, alongside teaching recorder and music theory in many educational frameworks.
Inbar won the Oeden Partos Prize for performance of Israeli music, and was the first recorder player to win this award.
She played as soloist and as a guest member in ensembles and orchestras, among them the Kölner Akademie, Jerusalem Camerata, Barrocade, Jerusalem baroque Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber orchestra, Sinfonieta Beer-Sheva, Modalius, Poliphonia, the Israeli Stage Orchestra, the 21st Century Ensemble and In Camera XV, and performed in festivals and concert series in Israel and abroad. Inbar is the artistic director and producer of music groups and of Vox Feminae festival and the Israeli Women Composers Forum’s concert series.
Inbar has an M.A. in music performance from the Nuremberg Music Academy and in Musicology (Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University. Her activity in the field of music education includes writing and instructing seminar programs for recorder teachers in schools, as well as instructing ensembles in a variety of music genres, instruments and ages, alongside teaching recorder and music theory in many educational frameworks.
Mitra Alice Tham |
Mitra Alice Tham gave her first public performance at the age of three and made her international debut in Japan at just eight years old. Originally from Malaysia, she has garnered numerous awards including the Rosario-Marciano Preis for artistic excellence, the Russischer Musikpreis for her interpretation of Russian music, the Excellent Player Award at the Asia Oceania Festival in Thailand, and the title of Young Millennium Pianist of Singapore.
Mitra was fully supported by scholarships during her studies at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music under Patsy Toh, before earning her Master’s degree in performance from the Mannes School of Music in New York, where she trained with the renowned Cuban-American pianist Jacob Lateiner.
She has performed extensively across Asia, Europe, the United States, and Great Britain, appearing as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto performer.
She has played for distinguished figures, including the late President of Singapore at the Singapore President Charity Concert and HRH King Charles III at a Purcell School performance, which was later broadcast on national radio. King Charles praised her performance as "brilliant and excellent".
As a composer and arranger, Mitra has premiered her works for piano quintets, choirs, and various ensembles. Her London premiere of Leroy Anderson’s Piano Concerto earned critical acclaim, with The Classical Music applauding her "great bounce and gusto". She also performed the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in a three-concert series.
Mitra’s musical contributions extend to national celebrations and cultural events. She was specially invited by Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment to give a masterclass, interview forum, and concert in East Malaysia. Mitra has been specially commissioned to compose an anthem for her second mega national project in Malaysia: Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG). MEG is one of Malaysia’s King’s most significant and visionary initiatives. She was invited to perform in Malaysia for the grand launch of the Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG) in November 2025.
Mitra was fully supported by scholarships during her studies at the Purcell School and the Royal Academy of Music under Patsy Toh, before earning her Master’s degree in performance from the Mannes School of Music in New York, where she trained with the renowned Cuban-American pianist Jacob Lateiner.
She has performed extensively across Asia, Europe, the United States, and Great Britain, appearing as a soloist, chamber musician, and concerto performer.
She has played for distinguished figures, including the late President of Singapore at the Singapore President Charity Concert and HRH King Charles III at a Purcell School performance, which was later broadcast on national radio. King Charles praised her performance as "brilliant and excellent".
As a composer and arranger, Mitra has premiered her works for piano quintets, choirs, and various ensembles. Her London premiere of Leroy Anderson’s Piano Concerto earned critical acclaim, with The Classical Music applauding her "great bounce and gusto". She also performed the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas in a three-concert series.
Mitra’s musical contributions extend to national celebrations and cultural events. She was specially invited by Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Environment to give a masterclass, interview forum, and concert in East Malaysia. Mitra has been specially commissioned to compose an anthem for her second mega national project in Malaysia: Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG). MEG is one of Malaysia’s King’s most significant and visionary initiatives. She was invited to perform in Malaysia for the grand launch of the Maharani Energy Gateway (MEG) in November 2025.