English Summer Fantasies

St. Stephen's Chamber Players

Join St. Stephen’s Chamber Players for a weekend of English music inspired by fantasy and storytelling.

St. Stephen's Church Dulwich

<h1>11 June, 7:30pm</h1><h3>Works for Solo instruments</h3><p>John Ireland - Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Piano</p><p>Benjamin Britten - Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 65</p><p>Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for Viola and Piano</p><ul><li>Concert Run Time: 60 minutes without interval</li></ul><p></p><h1>12 June, 4pm</h1><h3>Children&#x27;s Workshop</h3><p>Presentation of storytelling techniques in the music on our evening programmes, with interactive activities, instrument presentations and short performance excerpts, appropriate for children ages 3-10 years old. </p><ul><li>Concert Run Time: 50 minutes without interval</li></ul><p></p><h1>12 June, 7:30pm</h1><h3>Works for Small Ensemble</h3><p>Kenneth Leighton - Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune, Op. 70</p><p>Isabella Gellis - And Other Things</p><p>Frank Bridge - Phantasy Quartet, H.94</p><p>Sir Edward Elgar (arr L Hillerudh):</p><p> - Enigma Variations, Op. 36: ‘Nimrod’</p><p>- Salut d’Amour, Op. 12</p><ul><li>Concert Run Time: 60 minutes without interval</li></ul>

<p>Jernej Albreht is a Slovenian clarinettist based in London, where he graduated from Royal Academy of Music, receiving BMus (First Class Honours), MA (Distinction) and DipRAM. He also completed an Erasmus Exchange at Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique Paris.
</p><p>Jernej regularly appears with orchestras in the UK and abroad as an extra player and a trialist. Most recent performances include concerts with London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
</p><p>As a chamber musician, Jernej is a member of the Tritium Trio, which he co-founded with Lydia Hillerudh (cello) and Joseph Havlat (piano). He also collaborates with Levanto Ensemble with which he was finalist in 2021 Royal Overseas League compeititon.
</p><p>Jernej co-founded Lammas Green Music Studio, an educational initiative, where he provides individually tailored lessons on clarinet and other woodwind instruments. He is also a peripatetic teacher at Eaton House The Manor schools in Clapham.
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<p>American Violist Jill Valentine is a busy freelancer in London's top orchestras and recording studios. She works regularly with the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, and London Philharmonic orchestras and as well as with English National Opera and Royal Ballet Sinfonia.</p><p>As a soloist Jill has twice been featured in BBC Radio 3's contemporary music series Late Junction. As a studio musician with Chamber Orchestra of London, Jill regularly records for popular films and series such as The Crown, Downton Abbey, Yesterday and the Planet Earth franchise, among others.</p><p>She is an avid chamber musician and a founding member of St. Stephen’s Chamber Players, a new ensemble of young freelance professionals based in South London. She is also a busy teacher and co- founder of the music academy Lammas Green Music Studio.</p>

<p>Cellist Lydia Hillerud was born in Stockholm, Sweden and studied at the Royal Academy of Music between 2012 - 2017, under the guidance of Mats Lidström and Robert Cohen. </p><p>Lydia is currently active as a chamber musician and soloist, performing often with Tritium Trio (clarinet, cello and piano trio) and Mila Piano Trio (violin, cello and piano trio). She has also performed with other groups, such as Ensemble Mirage, Fitzroy Quartet, ensemble x.y and An Assembly, and appeared on BBC Radio 3 with the former. In recent years, she has performed at Romsey Chamber Music Festival, Buxton International Festival and Dartington Summer School and Festival. </p><p>Lydia is also an avid arranger, having had her arrangements for string- and cello ensembles performed across the UK and all over Scandinavia. Her most recent arrangement is a clarinet trio version of Gershwin’s ’Rhapsody in Blue’, premiered by Tritium Trio in 2021.</p>

<p>Joseph Havlat was born in Hobart, Australia, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London under Prof. Joanna MacGregor from 2012 -18. He is currently a Young Artist at St. John’s Smith Square, and in 2019 was made Young Artist of the Oxford Lieder Festival alongside fellow Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, and was the winner of the keyboard section of the ROSL music competition.</p><p>Aside from work as a soloist he is also a keen chamber musician, performing frequently with his clarinet trio, the Tritium trio, and also the LSO percussion ensemble. Passionate about contemporary music, he is a founding member and artistic director of contemporary music collective Ensemble x.y and is also an avid composer.</p>

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