Saturday 29th May 2010 7.00 pm -
Helen presents an evening of music with guest artists: John Lenehan (piano) Alexander Baillie ('cello) and John Anderson (oboe). Featuring Found in the Rain and works by Bach, Finzi, Beethoven, Chopin and more.
Tickets now available, please contact Wells Cathedral Box Office: 01749 672 773
John Anderson currently combines his work as principal oboe of the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras with a professorship at the Royal College of Music. He is also a busy freelancer player both as a solo artist and as a studio player recording music for film and television.
Alexander Baillie is internationally recognised as one of the finest 'cellists of his generation. He has appeared with many British orchestras and has worked with Sir Simon Rattle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and has appeared regularly as cello soloist in concertos, recitals and festivals throughout the world.
John Lenehan was praised by the New York Times for his "great flair and virtuosity" and the London Times ("a masterly recital"), John Lenehan's performances and over 60 recordings have been acclaimed throughout the world. In a performing career spanning more than 25 years John Lenehan has also collaborated with many of today's leading instrumentalists and is recognised as one of the leading accompanists and chamber musicians of today.
Helen Habershon (née Saunders) studied at the Royal College of Music with Sidney Fell and Gervase de Peyer and at the age of 22 was appointed Principle Clarinet of the Gulbenkian Orchestra. She has gone on to enjoy an international career giving recitals in leading concert venues at home and abroad and appearing on radio and TV.
More recently Helen, with her twin sister Catherine, has performed a double concerto with the New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz in the Lincoln Centre, receiving much acclaim in the New York Times. |
