The Alauna Ensemble

St. John’s Church, Aberdare
28th March, 2007, 7.00pm

Brunswick Methodist Church, Swansea
29th March, 2007, 7.30pm

Malcolm Arnold
(1921–2006)

Three Shanties Op. 4 

Peter Rasmussen
(1838–1913)

Quintet in F

Lento. Allegro moderato
Andante cantabile
Menuet. Allegro con moto
Allegro con brio.

 

John Reeman
(b.1946)

Sketches for Wind Quintet

Moderato
Slowly
Fast and lively
Slowly and Dreamily
Fast

Franz Lachner
(1803–1890)

Quintet No.2 in E-flat Major

Allegro
Andante con moto
Menuetto. Allegro assai. Trio
Allegretto

 

 

Graham Mayger (flute) won a Foundation Scholarship to the Royal College of Music, then a French Government Scholarship to study in Paris with Jean Pierre Rampal. Returning to London, he then played with most of the major London orchestras, and for 27 years enjoyed a special relationship with the Northern Sinfonia. He now holds principal flute positions with many freelance orchestras and is a member of the London Harpsichord Ensemble.
He has broadcast as a soloist in many recitals and concertos, including a concerto performance at the Promenade concerts. His recordings for Unicorn of Vivaldi chamber concertos, including the ‘Goldfinch’ have been very highly praised.
He was appointed to the staff of the Royal College of Music at the age of 24; becoming the youngest professor ever to be appointed. Several of his past students now hold important orchestral positions in this country and abroad. He is also professor of the flute at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall.

Rebecca Wood (oboe) studied at the Royal Academy of Music, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Guildhall School of Music and was a woodwind finalist in the1992 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

She has performed with many of the country’s orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra and the English Sinfonia.Rebecca is a member of the ensemble Quintessence and has performed the Mozart Concerto with the London Mozart Players and the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra and the Krommer Concerto with members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

James Mainwaring (clarinet) was born in Morriston and is the member of a musical family with two brothers who play trumpet and viola. He started the clarinet at the age of nine and went on to study clarinet and saxophone at the Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music, with Angela Malsbury, Andrew Marriner and Richard Addison.
James has worked a great deal on the Continent and lived for three years in Hamburg, during which time he played with the Hamburg Mozart Orchestra.
Since his return to the United Kingdom he has pursued a busy and varied career, working with orchestras and chamber ensembles and touring West End shows.

Mark Kane (horn) studied at the Royal College of Music with Tim Brown and Julian Baker. He follows a busy career as a freelance musician with many orchestras and ensembles, including the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Mark takes a keen interest in chamber music and also composes.

Peter Morgan (bassoon) studied with Roger Birnstingl and Martin Gatt at the Guildhall School of Music and with Mordechai Rechtmann in Tel Aviv. Peter has worked with many of the country's leading orchestras and ensembles and for twelve years, until 1996, was principal bassoon with the Orchestra of English National Ballet.

 

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