Tuesday 13 May 2025
7pm
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
Double Reed Prize
sponsored by:
Crowthers of Canterbury oboe prize
Howarth of London bassoon prize
Dominic Tyler bassoon prize adjudicator
Ian Hardwick oboe prize adjudicator
Jonathan Musgrave accompanist
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Silk Street
Eating is not permitted in the auditorium. Drinks are allowed inside the auditorium in polycarbonates.
Filming or recording of the performance is not permitted.
Latecomers will be able to enter the auditorium at a suitable break in the performance.
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
Oliver Brown oboe
Hendrik Andriessen Ballade for Oboe and Piano
Mozart Ah, se in ciel, benigne stelle, K538
Jeffrey Agrell Blues for DD
Miriam Alperovich bassoon
Otmar Nussio Variazioni su un' Arietta di Pergolesi for Bassoon and Piano
I. Arietta
II. Scherzetto
III. Tambourino
IV. Lamento
V. Ostinato
VI. Rapsodia
VII. Elegia
VIII. Barbaresca
IX. Stornello
X. Danza
Francisco Mignone ‘Valsa Improvisada’ from 16 Valsas para fagote solo
Elly Barlow oboe
Benjamin Godard ‘Légende pastorale’ from Scènes écossaises, Op 138
Malcolm Arnold Sonatina, Op 28
I. Leggiero
II. Andante con moto
III. Vivace
Interval
Sarah Byrne bassoon
Adrienne Albert Circadia for Bassoon and Piano
II. Nightfall
Hindemith Bassoon Sonata
I. Leicht bewegt
II. Langsam. Marsch. Pastorale
Tansman Bassoon Sonatine
III. Scherzo
Elizabeth Loboda oboe
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (arr. Elena Gonzalez Arias)
Gilles Silvestrini Le ballet Espagnol
Aidan Campbell bassoon
Louis Spohr Adagio for Bassoon and Piano
CPE Bach Concerto for Bassoon in A minor, Wq16
I. Allegro assai
Forthcoming Events
16 May 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall
This rush-hour concert features a brilliantly varied programme, offering the chance to enjoy works by Valerie Coleman, Alex Shapiro and Guy Woolfenden alongside Rossini’s famous William Tell Overture.
The Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Award
20 May 2025
Silk Street Music Hall
Join the finalists of the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Competition as they perform major chamber music works with piano.
27 May – 2 July 2025
Milton Court Concert Hall & Silk Street Music Hall
Enjoy over a month of free recitals by undergraduate and postgraduate musicians at Guildhall School.
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