St Ann’s Concert Series Church
ST ANN’S CHURCH
WEDNESDAY 05 OCTOBER 2022
1PM
J S BACH
Prelude and Fugue No 19 in A major BWV 888
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Images Book 1
- Hommage à Rameau
MIKHAIL GLINKA arr MILI BALAKIREV
The Lark
Chiara Lordi piano
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JEAN RIVIER
Grave et Presto
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Saxophone Quartet
- Movement 1
TRAD arr PAUL HARVEY
Celtic Collage
TBC
Hoe Down
Olias Saxophone Quartet
Samuel Nutall soprano saxophone
Nicholas Rushworth alto saxophone
Frederic Donlon-Mansbridge tenor saxophone
Matthew Haworth baritone saxophone
Chiara Lordi piano
Chiara Lordi is twenty years old and originally from Italy but has lived in Scotland her whole life. She started playing the piano at the age of 6 and from the age of 12 to 18 she was a student at the City of Edinburgh Music School, one of the UK’s specialist music schools.
A first prize winner of the James Waterhouse Piano Competition, Chiara had the opportunity to play at Steinway Hall in London. She also received First Prize in various competitions at the Edinburgh International Festival and has performed as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival numerous times. She has also competed in the BBC Young Musician of the Year. In 2015, she performed as a soloist in the prestigious concert venue in Edinburgh, the Usher Hall, where esteemed pianists such as Steven Osbourne, Yuja Wang and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet have performed. She has also given solo recitals around the UK, including the Queens Hall in Edinburgh and the C Bechstein Centre in Manchester.
Chiara joined the Royal Northern College of Music in the year 2020 as a first-year undergraduate student in Manchester and is now studying with Helen Krizos. She is looking forward to enjoying all the many performing and learning experiences she will receive during her studies.
Olias Saxophone Quartet
Samuel Nutall soprano saxophone
Nicholas Rushworth alto saxophone
Frederic Donlon-Mansbridge tenor saxophone
Matthew Haworth baritone saxophone
The Olias Saxophone Quartet is based in Manchester, UK, and met at the RNCM in September 2021. They have had the opportunity to partake in many exciting concerts, including ‘Queering the Whitworth’ project with Dylan Edge in March 2022 and various RNCM events.
With members from across the country, the quartet have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating and fusing their different musical tastes, backgrounds, influences and enjoyments. Collectively they share a passion for all types of saxophone quartet repertoire and music, most of which many audiences rarely get the chance to experience.
Through studying at the RNCM the quartet have the guidance of Rob Buckland, Andy Scott and Carl Raven, who form 3/4 of one of the world’s most renowned saxophone quartets, the Apollo Saxophone Quartet. They are excited for what the future holds and for upcoming opportunities, including the performance of a world premiere with the RNCM’s Brand New Orchestra.
All performers appear by kind permission of the RNCM
