Lunchtime Concerts

Denise Tan & Daniel King Smith

Yik-Man Chan piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op.14, No.2

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro assai

Chopin Etude Op.10 No.9

Chopin Nocturne Op.15 No.1

Sin Iong Li piano

Trinity Laban Harp Department

Curated by Gabriella Dall’Olio

Join Trinity Laban Harp department this lunchtime for a concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Alfege Church.

Trinity Laban Guitar Department

Curated by Grahame Devine

Join Trinity Laban Guitar department this lunchtime for a concert in the stunningly beautiful Queen’s House.

Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians

Trinity Laban double bassists present a unique concert of music for double bass duo, and bass and harp duo, including music by Bottesini and Frank Zappa.

Yelyzaveta Bahlai double bass

Max Lamprecht double bass

Lucia Foti harp

Sacred + Modern: Chamber Side by Side with Stephen Upshaw

In this program, Trinity Laban viola faculty Stephen Upshaw is joined by string, wind and piano students for a concert of chamber music exploring the links between sacred music and contemporary composition.

Through the lens of two queer American composers closely linked to the thriving downtown scene in New York City across different generations, these works will resonate through St. Alfege Church and ask us about what the  process of communal music making means today.

Written in 1979 Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerilla acknowledges the centuries old function of music as amplifier of highly charged feelings of conviction. Eastman puts his own spin on this spiritual fervour in works such as Our Father and Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc. In Gay Guerrilla, Eastman quotes Martin Luther’s famous hymn A Mighty Fortress is our God and creates a contemporary minimalist Choralfantasie.

Further illuminating the Anglo-American connection, Nico Muhly’s “Gibbons Suite”, is an arrangement of the great 17^th century English composer Orlando Gibbon’s sacred choral works for chamber ensemble. Imbuing each instrument with specific vocal qualities, Muhly’s glowing music translates text into sound.”

Performers:

Victoria Churcher, clarinet (Muhly only)

Chun He Yu, Piano (Muhly only)

Christina Schuetz, violin

Mariapia Ferreri, violin

Grace Byrne, violin (Eastmann only)

Stephen Upshaw, viola

Dana Concear, viola (Eastmann only)

Gabriel Falcade, cello

Max Lamprecht, double bass (Eastmann only)