Ravel . Piano Trio
Modéré
Pantoum - assez vif
Passacaille - tres large
Finale - animé
Thomas Kemp (violin) . Nicholas Jones (cello) . Murray McLachlan
(piano)
Paul Lawler Invention for Trumpet and synthesiser
John Dickinson (trumpet)
Saint-Saëns . Septet Op. 65
Préambule
Minuet
Intermède
Gavotte final
Thomas Kemp (violin), Andrew Long (violin), Cathrine
Perkins (viola), Stephen Threlfall (cello)
Tom Goodman (double bass), David Chatterton (trumpet), Nicholas
Oliver (piano)
Stephen Threlfall studied
'cello at the Royal Northern College of Music with Bruno Shrecker
and Donald McCall. He later
studied with Raphael Wallfisch and the late Maurice Gendron.
He is a founder member of the Arensky Piano Trio, which was formed
in 1980 and made its South Bank debut in 1982.
He has established a considerable reputation for numerous
recital and chamber performances including recitals and broadcasts
for television and radio in Italy and South Africa as well as
for the BBC. He has also performed the great Schubert Quintet
with the Allegri Quartet and all the major cello concertos, most
recently those by Elgar, Dvorak and Brahms.
For a number of years he was Sub Principal cellist with the
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and also played with many of the country's
other leading orchestras.
Stephen is a keen arranger of music for cello ensemble and
since his participation in a European Conductors Seminar in 1985
he has become well known as a conductor of both orchestras and
choirs.
Nicholas Jones was appointed
Head of School of Strings at Chetham's in 1997.
He was cellist in the Bochmann String Quartet, with whom he
toured extensively, and principal cellist and soloist with the
English String Orchestra. He toured throughout the USA and Europe
with the orchestra's principal Guest Conductor, Lord Menuhin,
appearing as soloist and making a number of recordings for Nimbus.
In 1996 he was invited to direct the orchestra for a series of
concerts in which he also performed Haydn's C major Cello Concerto.
He is Artistic Director of Musicfest, the Aberystwyth International
Festival and Summer School and is regularly invited to teach
and give master classes internationally.
Murray McLachlan
is one of Britain's leading concert pianists. His perform-ances
have consistently received outstanding critical acclaim for intelligent
and sensitive interpretations and superb technical ability.
As Head of Keyboard at Chetham's he is also a committed teacher
and regularly gives master classes around the UK.
He has appeared as concerto soloist with many leading UK orchestras
and he has toured extensively in the USA, the Soviet Union, Europe
and the Far East. He was awarded a knighthood by the Order of
St John of Jerusalem in recognition of his services to music
in Malta.
During the 1998-99 season Murray appeared as concerto soloist
with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the RLPO, the London
Concert Orchestra and the Hallé.
Cathrine Perkins was born
in Leicestershire and studied at the Royal Northern College of
Music with Patrick Ireland.
Since then she has been Head of Music in a Toxteth Comprehensive,
taught in the Junior Department of the RNCM and is now Teacher
of Lower School Strings at Chetham's.
Cathrine is the Principal Viola of the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra.
Nicholas Oliver was born
in London in 1967 and began piano lessons with his father at the age of six. He spent
four years at the Purcell School for young musicians before gaining
a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. Postgraduate studies
at the Royal Northern College of Music followed with Marjorie
Clementi, Martin Roscoe and Ka Kit Tam.
He won several prizes at both colleges for solo and chamber
music performances.
He won the Young Pianist of the Year Award in 1984 and second
prize at the 1991 Dudley International Piano Competition. Nicholas
broadcasts frequently and performances abroad have taken him
to France, Germany, Ireland, Holland and the USA.
He is on the piano accompaniment staff and a chamber music
tutor at Chetham's
David Chatterton studied
on the Joint Course at the Royal Northern College of Music and
Manchester University under Alan Stringer and Howard Snell.
As a freelance trumpet player he worked with the RLPO, CBSO,
Manchester Camerata, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the
Northern Sinfonia amongst others. David spent several years teaching
trumpet at the University of Huddersfield and in the field of
Music Technology at University College Salford.
David joined the full-time staff of Chetham's in 1993.
John Dickinson was born
in New Zealand and from a brass band background came to England
to play with Morris Motors Band. After two years at the Guildhall
School of Music, he became second trumpet in the Royal Scottish
Orchestra and later Assistant Principal trumpet. A year as Principal
Trumpet with the BBC Scottish Orchestra led to his appointment
as Principal with the Hallé Orchestra, a position he held
for seventeen years.
He was appointed Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at Chetham's
in 1986 and for many years has taught at the Royal Northern College
of Music.
From 1991 to 1996, John was Music Director of the multi-cultural
Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
Thomas Kemp
was educated at Chetham's and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
He works extensively in this country and abroad as recitalist
and chamber musician and regularly broadcasts on Radio 3.
He has worked with ensembles such as the English Chamber Orchestra,
Cambridge New Music Players and has been a guest principal with
the Hallé, Ulster, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Philharmonic
Orchestras.
His ensemble, Chamber Domaine is in much demand.
Thomas has toured the USA and the Middle East and is a Visiting
Teacher of violin and chamber music at Chetham's.
Andrew Long went to study
on a full scholarship to St Mary's Music School at the age of
fifteen, having been chosen by Scottish Television to portray
a new student entering the school for a documentary programme.
During this time he was invited on a tour of Germany and Belgium
where, in Antwerp, he performed Bruch's Concerto in D minor to
celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the liberation of Belgium.
His successful tour led to him being invited on two visits
to Norway, firstly to play The Lark Ascending then to play recitals
in the beautiful stave churches.
Andrew is a busy concerto player, guest leader and recitalist
and recent engagements have included a tour of Poland and a Brahms
recital series.
An enthusiastic teacher, he currently teaches at Chetham's
and has his own teaching studio in Sheffield.
He later
studied with Raphael Wallfisch and the late Maurice Gendron.
He is a founder member of the Arensky Piano Trio, which was formed
in 1980 and made its South Bank debut in 1982.
achlan
is one of Britain's leading concert pianists. His perform-ances
have consistently received outstanding critical acclaim for intelligent
and sensitive interpretations and superb technical ability.
er at the age of six. He spent
four years at the Purcell School for young musicians before gaining
a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. Postgraduate studies
at the Royal Northern College of Music followed with Marjorie
Clementi, Martin Roscoe and Ka Kit Tam.
was educated at Chetham's and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
He works extensively in this country and abroad as recitalist
and chamber musician and regularly broadcasts on Radio 3.