All this week students have been performing concertos in order to gain a place in our Concerto Competition Final. This annual competition sees students performing for the opportunity to be a soloist with Chetham’s Symphony and Chamber Orchestras in front of a distinguished panel of judges, including Nic Pendlebury, Lesley Howard, Paul Edmund-Davies and John Miller, chaired by Chetham’s Director of Music, Stephen Threlfall.
The finalists are as follows:
10.00 | Matthew Chin | Violin | Ravel – Tzigane for violin |
10.15 | Hayley Parkes | Piano | Ryabinin - Fantasia on Two Russian Folksongs |
10.25 | Ji Hyun Chang | Flute | Neilsen – Flute Concerto |
10.45 | Fiona Robertson | Violin | Weill – Violin Concerto op 12 |
11.10 | BREAK | ||
11.30 | Luke Jones | Piano | Beethoven - Piano Concerto 3 |
12.05 | Bernadette Childs | Bassoon | Jacobi – Introduction & Polonaise for Bassoon |
12.15 | Luke O’Toole | Flute | Ibert – Flute Concerto |
12.45 | LUNCH | ||
1.45 | Oliver Pooley | Percussion | Concerto for Marimba |
2.05 | Lilya Tymchysyhn | Viola | Bartok - Concerto for Viola |
2.30 | Carys Evans | French Horn | Tomlinson – Rhapsody and Rondo for Horn |
2.45 | BREAK | ||
3.00 | Adam Stockbridge | Trumpet | Haydn - Trumpet Concerto |
3.15 | Cason Kang | Piano | Beethoven - Piano Concerto 2 |
3.45 | Joseph Davies | Cello | Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No 1 op 107 |
The following students were especially commended following the First Round of the competition:
Oliver Farrant - Cello
Elliot Gresty - Clarinet
Philip Sharp - Piano
The finals will be held in Whiteley Hall between 10.00am and 5.30pm in the Whiteley Hall here at Chetham's and are free to enter.
There will be a break from 1pm – 1.45pm. The results will be announced at the end of the session.
Retiring collection in aid of The Christie.
