    
      Lunchtime Recital Platform: Autumn Season 2011 Cosima Piano QuintetSupported by the Richard Carne Trust Evelina Puzaite Piano Schubert Nocturne for Piano Trio, Op. 148 Entrance: FREE (Retiring Collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) The Cosima Piano Quintet was formed in January 2010 and is an international ensemble featuring musicians from England, Guernsey, Lithuania and Tasmania. Cosima's members are a blend of current students and alumni of The Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and their recital today includes Schumann's Piano Quintet, considered one of the most difficult pieces of piano chamber music in the repertoire  Mary Bevan & Charles Rice in RecitalSupported by the Richard Carne Trust Mary Bevan Soprano Mozart Entrance: FREE (Retiring Collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) Mary Bevan and Charles Rice are two of the soloists performing with the Orpheus Sinfonia in our performance in October of Mozart's Requiem. In today's recital, they will sing a number of the most celebrated arias and duets from the composer's operatic works, formed on the theme of 'Masters and Servants'.  Accordi Piano TrioSupported by the Richard Carne Trust Bartosz Woroch Violin Simcock Simple Tales Entrance: FREE (Retiring Collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) Regular Orpheus recital-goers will remember James Sherlock's stunning solo performanceof pieces by Chopin, Messiaen and Beethoven earlier this year. This recital sees him joined by Tim Lowe and Bartosz Woroch, performing as the Accordi Piano Trio, in a vibrant combination of contemporary composer Gwilym Simcock's partly-improvisational suite 'Simple Tales' and the beautiful C Major Piano Trio by Brahms.  Berkeley EnsembleSupported by the Richard Carne Trust Sophie Mather Violin Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in C minor Entrance: FREE (Retiring Collection in aid of the Orpheus Foundation Trust) After their acclaimed performance of Schubert's Trout Quintet earlier this year at St George's, Orpheus welcomes the Berkeley Ensemble back to Hanover Square for a recital combining English and American music, and featuring George Gershwin's Medley for Piano Quintet, arranged by regular Orpheus collaborator Paul Cott. |
