Royal Forest of Dean Orchestra
Chris Andrews (Pianist)
20th Anniversary Concert
Date: 6th July 2013 @ 7:30pm
Venue: Forest Theatre, Five Acres
Featuring:
- Benjamin Graves: Capriccio Inglese a patchwork for Orchestra (Commissioned for RFDo 20th Anniversary)
- Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
- Haydn: Symphony No 104 ‘London’
Conductor: Thomas Payne
Soloist: Chris Andrews
Leader: Rosalind Taunton
Ticket Price: £8 (concessions £5). Free if you are at School. Tickets on door.
Summer 2013 – Rehearsal Schedule
Graves – A Patchwork for orchestra
Shostakovich – Piano concerto No.2
Haydn – Symphony No.104 ‘London’
Date | 1st Half | 2nd Half |
11 April | Haydn 104 run through | Haydn 1st & 4th mvts |
18 April | Haydn 1st & 2nd mvts | Hydn 3rd & 4th mvts |
25 April | Graves run through | Corrections |
2 May | Shostakovich run through | Corrections |
9 May | Haydn 1st mvt | Haydn 4th mvt |
16 May | Haydn 2nd mvt | Haydn 3rd mvt |
23 may | Haydn run through | Greaves run through & corrections |
30 may | Half term – No rehearsal | |
6 June | Shostakovich with soloist | Shostakovich with soloist |
13 June | Graves | Graves |
20 June | Graves | Shostakovich with soloist |
27 June | Haydn – full | Shostakovich with soloist |
4 July | run Graves and Hydn | Corrections |
6 July | CONCERT |
Robert Kurnatowski (Cellist)
As a member of the Bantock Quartet, Robert is currently a Junior Fellow at Birmingham Conservatoire. Initially training as a physicist, Robert was a Music Scholar at the University of Birmingham and graduated in
2010 with a first class honours degree in Physics. He continued his cello studies with Lionel Handy at Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating in 2012 with distinction on the Master’s programme.
During his studies at Birmingham Conservatoire, Robert won places on both the Birmingham Royal Ballet and C.B.S.O. training schemes, and was winner of the Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Prize and Derek Young Memorial Award. He was also winner of the strings category of the Symphony Hall Prize, and finalist in the Conservatoire’s Strings Prize, the Delius Prize and the Ambache Prize. In 2012, Robert was invited to perform in the final of the prestigious Muriel Taylor Scholarship competition, and is looking to forward to performing in this year’s final at the end of March 2013. Robert is continuing to study with Lionel Handy and Richard Lester.