Thursday 5 November 2026
12pm
Silk Street Music Hall
Postgraduate Strings Concert
Programme
Franz Anton Rosetti
Sonata No 6 in C major
I. Allegro spiritoso
II. Romance – Andantino
III. Rondeau – Allegretto
Gabriel Fauré
Une châtelaine en sa tour Op 110
Bethany Caswell | harp
Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No 2, Op 61
Anna Perl | violin
Jen Carter | piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009
I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Bourrée I
VI. Bourrée II
VII. Gigue
Isobel Neary-Adams | viola
César Franck
Sonata in A major for violin and piano
III. Ben moderato: Recitativo – Fantasia
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Ayaka Hisa | violin
Riho Akagi | piano
Forthcoming Events
Strings at Six
6 November 2026
Milton Court Concert Hall
Guildhall string students perform a programme of varied repertoire as part of our ‘at Six’ series.
Undergraduate Strings Concert
16 November 2026
Silk Street Music Hall
Students from the Strings department present a selection of repertoire in these informal concerts.
Sir George Martin Centenary Concert
6 December 2026
Milton Court Concert Hall
Seventy-five years since his first output as a producer, this special performance reflects six decades of Martin’s pioneering production and musical inventions, performed by the Guildhall Session Orchestra.
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