Thursday 13 March 2025
10am
Milton Court Concert Hall

Bassoon Masterclass with Theo Plath

Iain Clarke accompanist

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Milton Court

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation

Chair of the Board of Governors

The Hon. Emily Benn

Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan

Vice-Principal & Director of Music

Armin Zanner

Programme

Maria O'Dea

Tansman Sonatine for Bassoon and Piano

I. Allegro con moto
II. Aria: Largo cantabile

Miriam Alperovich

Hummel Bassoon Concerto

I. Allegro moderato

Billy Harrold

Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op 73 (arr. Larocque)

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
II. Lebhaft, leicht

Aidan Campbell

Bitsch Bassoon Concertino

Cailin Haq

Devienne Sonata in G minor, Op 24 No 5

I. Allegro con espressione

II. Adagio

Sarah Byrne

Tansman Sonatine for Bassoon and Piano

I. Allegro con moto
II. Aria: Largo cantabile

Theo Plath
bassoon

Bassoonist Theo Plath is in high demand as a soloist, chamber-music partner and orchestral musician. His artistry has been recognized with prizes at many competitions, among them the Aelous International Competition for Wind Instruments, the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and the ARD International Music Competition Munich.

Theo Plath has been principal bassoonist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony since 2019.

He has gained important musical insight from Sergio Azzolini, Klaus Thunemann, Nikolaus Maler and Dag Jensen, with whom he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich.

Since 2024, Theo Plath is Professor for bassoon at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt.

Theo Plath has performed as a soloist with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, the Münchner Kammerorchester and has appeared at music centers such as the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

He is a welcome guest at international chamber music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Lucerne Festival and the Festival “Spannungen” in Heimbach. Theo Plath is a member of the Monet Quintett and the Trio Neo.

In 2020 his Debut-CD was released, featuring bassoon concertos by Weber, Crusell, Bitsch and Jolivet, recorded together with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Leo McFall, followed by the albums lost times together with pianist Aris Alexander Blettenberg and balkan discoveries with pianist Oliver Triendl.

Furthermore, his discography includes numerous chamber music recordings as well as the Mozart bassoon concerto and the Sinfonia concertante KV 297b, recorded as part of the project Next Generation Mozart Soloists with Orpheum Foundation in Zurich.

Theo Plath regularly takes part in the Rhapsody in School outreach program through which he passes his enthusiasm for classical music on to young people.

Forthcoming Events

Chamber Music Festival 2025

14 –16 March 2025

Milton Court Concert Hall and Silk Street Music Hall

Be inspired at our Chamber Music Festival, returning for a weekend of captivating and diverse performances showcasing accomplished chamber groups and unique student-professor collaborations.

Wind, Brass & Percussion Spotlight

19 March 2025

Silk Street Music Hall

Outstanding instrumentalists from Guildhall’s Wind, Brass & Percussion department feature in this early evening concert.

Needlemakers' Prize for Woodwind

20 March 2025

Silk Street Music Hall

Outstanding Guildhall School wind instrumentalists perform a short programme with piano accompaniment.

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