Wednesday 11 February 2026
12pm
Silk Street Music Hall
Jubilee Piano Accompaniment Prize
adjudicated by Annabel Thwaite
Programme
Paul St-Georges | piano
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 100
I. Allegro amabile
Joana Vila Cha Ribeiro | violin
Lili Boulanger
Clairières dans le ciel
I. Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
II. Elle est gravement gaie
Samuel Barber
Hermit Songs Op 29
I. At St Patrick’s Purgatory
III. St Ita’s Vision
IV. The Heavenly Banquet
Anaïs Manz | soprano
Lucy Barratt | piano
Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No 1 in G major, Op 78
I. Vivace ma non troppo
Leon Human | violin
Alban Berg
Sieben frühe Lieder
II. Schilflied
Rebecca Clarke
‘The Seal Man’
Hannah Hughes | soprano
Zany Denyer | piano
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe Op 48
II. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’
VIII. Und wüßten’s die Blumen, die kleinen
IX. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen
Ambrose Chiu | baritone
Hamilton Harty
Waldesstille
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for cello and piano FP 143
I. Allegro – Tempo di Marcia
Seth Collin | cello
Please stay in your seats after the final performance while the adjudicator deliberates, the prize giving will follow.
Annabel Thwaite
Recognised as one of the most versatile and charismatic pianists, Annabel Thwaite is one of the most sought after accompanists, after her critically acclaimed recitals with Sir Bryn Terfel in Carnegie Hall, New York and The Kennedy Centre, Washington DC. She has won all the major accompanying prizes, including the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier, Gold Medal and Richard Tauber piano prizes, and as a soloist and chamber musician, she has toured throughout the world in venues such as the Royal Festival and Albert Halls and recitals in numerous Opera Houses. She has collaborated with renowned artists including Sir Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Rebecca Evans and BBC singers, performed chamber music with the Danish Ensemble Midtvest and also recorded music for the Michael Clarke Dance Company at the Barbican.
Annabel’s discography includes The Scottish Tenor for Universal Records, a disc of romantic violin and piano works with Matthew Jones, and the complete Violin and Viola works of Benjamin Britten and William Walton for Naxos, named Chamber CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine.

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