MUSIC ZONE

Thursday April 27 Linos Piano Trio Norden Farm

After three years, the Linos Piano trio return to Norden Farm.

The three talented musicians, Prach Boondiskulchok, Konrad EliasTrostman and Vladimir Waltham – whose seven languages and five nationalities contribute to their colourful musical voice – play traditional trio repertoire but also have a project called ‘stolen music.’ where they reimagine orchestral masterpieces as if they were newly written as piano trio transcriptions, as they will with Ravel in this concert. Tickets £20 or £15 for members of the music society with under 18s free with a ticketed adult.

Saturday April 29 St John’s Chamber Orchestra Norden Farm

The St John’s Chamber Orchestra are joined by prize-winning young cellist Oliver Simpson to play Mozart’s Overture Cosi fan tutte, Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C and Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 (Eroica).

Oliver Simpson will play Haydn’s irrepressibly good humoured concerto, only rediscovered in the mid twentieth century. It is now his most widely performed concerto. The 17-year-old British-Cypriot cellist living in the UK. He was selected as an LPO Junior Artist in 2021/2022 and had a wonderful year with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed Shostakovich’s virtuosic 1st Cello Concerto with Windsor and Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra and performed at the Windsor Festival.

Oliver will be joining Maidenhead-based St John’s Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nigel Wilkinson, former producer for BBC Radio 3. The concert is a celebration of the life of Renee Wilson.