Chris Andrews (Pianist)

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Published on: June 6, 2013
Chris Andrews is a Cardiff-based pianist and graduated with a masters degree in music from Cardiff University in 2011. He performs on piano and organ with choirs and orchestras around the capital (including Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra and WNO) and has performed on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Night Waves.’ Some of his favourite performances include Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Judith Weir’s little-know Piano Concerto with string orchestra. He is delighted to be playing Shostakovich’s 2nd Piano Concerto with RFDO.
When not performing, Chris works as the Director of Music at St. John’s-on-the-Hill, an independent preparatory school in Chepstow. In his spare time he also skates for the South Wales Silures roller derby team.

20th Anniversary Concert

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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

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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)

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Published on: February 21, 2013

 

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.

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Important Dates

Saturday 14th December 2024. Winter concert – St Peter’s Church, Newnham. “Northern Lights”. Music by Sibelius and Rautavaara and three world premiere compositions.

Saturday 12th April 2025. Spring Concert – St Peter’s Church, Newnham. Music by Skempton, Ravel, Dvorak

Saturday  5th July 2025. Summer Concert – St Mary’s Priory Church, Chepstow.

Saturday 13th December 2025. Christmas and Winter Concert – Coleford Baptist Church.

Saturday 4th July 2026. Carmen at St, Mary’s Church Chepstow. Soloists from RWCMD and new libretto by Euan Tait.

 

 

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