Day One of Cordelia Williams Residency
Cello Masterclass with Guy Johnston
Start Time – 14:00
£11.50 Full Price
£4.50 Students
Guy Johnston is one of the most exciting British cellists of his generation. His early successes include winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year, the Shell London Symphony Orchestra Gerald MacDonald Award, and a Young British Classical Performer Brit Award. He has performed with many leading international orchestras including the London Philharmonic , NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Further performances include a BBC Prom with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and concertos with The Hallé, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Most recently, he has been the featured soloist of Taverner’s ‘The Protecting Veil’ for Britten’s Sinfonia 2024 UK and Ireland tour.
A prolific recording artist championing contemporary British composers, Guy’s recent releases include Dobrinka Tabakova’s Cello Concerto with The Hallé and Rebecca Dale’s ‘Night Seasons’ with the Philharmonia Orchestra. 2025 will bring forth Guy’s latest recording of Xiaogang Ye’s My Faraway Nanjing with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Violin Masterclass with Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Start Time – 16:00
£11.50 Full Price
£4.50 Students
Born in London, Tamsin Waley-Cohen enjoys an adventurous and varied career. In addition to concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC orchestras, she has twice been associate artist with the Orchestra of the Swan working with conductors including Andrew Litton, Vasily Petrenko, Ben Gernon, Ryan Bancroft and
Tamás Vásáry. In 2016-2017 she was the UK recipient of the ECHO Rising Stars Awards, playing at all the major European concert halls and premiering Oliver Knussen’s Reflection, written especially for her. She is Artistic Director of the Two Moors Festival, and has previously been Artistic Director of the Music Series at the Tricyle Theatre, London, and the Bargello festival in Florence. Recent performance highlights includes a UK tour with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and her upcoming return as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2025.
Evening Concert
Start Time – 19:00
£20 Full Price
£7 Students
SOLO RECITAL
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor op. 59 no. 1
Janacek: In the Mists
Beethoven: Six Bagatelles op. 126
INTERVAL
Schubert: Sonata in A D959
Cordelia Williams is recognised for the poetry and conviction of her playing and the depth of her interpretations. Performances include concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra (in Mexico City), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Her 2021 album Nightlight was awarded Critics’ Choice by International Piano and Recording of the Year by MusicWeb International. 2023’s Cascade is her fifth album: “A profound aesthetic understanding conveyed through an interpretative technique of the highest order, which are rarely encountered these days.” (Musical Opinion). The coming year will see further recordings of Schubert and Beethoven, as well as the complete Bach Duo Sonatas with Tamsin Waley-Cohen. In 2021 Cordelia spent time performing, teaching and filming in Kenya and the resulting documentary-film On Being a Pianist in Kenya explores the challenges facing young aspiring classical musicians in Nairobi. Her first book, The Happy Music Play Book, was written for parents of young children who wish to incorporate light-hearted music-making into everyday family life.
Cordelia’s solo recital delves into the timeless folk qualities of Schubert’s Sonata, pairing it with Chopin’s Mazurka and Janacek’s searing In the Mists. We also have the chance to hear her play Beethoven’s late Bagatelles op. 126, her recording of which was lauded by critics.
“This is playing that plumbs the essence of Beethoven’s expressive genius. An unerring sense of colour and proportion… richly imaginative, deeply communicative. Don’t miss it.” International Piano
Photo credit Benjamin Ealovega
