Young musicians take to the stage alongside leading professionals
The SCO Mahler Education Project
Sunday 3 March 2019, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
“a unique opportunity for aspiring young musicians to learn from and perform alongside top professionals” – JOY LISNEY, conductor
On Sunday 3 March, the Seraphin Chamber Orchestra (SCO) will give a performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, the last symphonic work he completed and one of the most iconic pieces of the 20th century.
The SCO will be joined by the best Cambridge University players, select graduate students from leading conservatoires, exceptionally talented young musicians from the Cambridge area (NYO principals and BBC Young Musician finalists) and guest players from professional orchestras. The concert will raise money for the Voices Foundation.
Prior to the evening performance, the guest players will lead sectional rehearsals (mentoring one section each) and will also perform in the concert.
“there is no hierarchy in this orchestra” – Joy Lisney
Guest ‘mentor’ players include:
Paul Barritt (guest Leader of the Hallé)
Michael Whight (ex-principal clarinet of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Michael Buchanan (trombone, winner of the ARD Munich Competition and previously principal of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Scottish National Opera)
Colin Alexander (cellist, BBC Symphony Orchestra)
This promises to be a very special performance and an exciting musical and educational collaboration, with profits going to the Voices Foundation.
“learning through an amazing piece of music, the Mahler 9th Symphony” – Joy Lisney
Sunday 3 March, 8pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Tickets £15 (concessions £12 / students £5)
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Seraphin Chamber Orchestra
Founded and conducted by cellist and composer Joy Lisney, the Seraphin Chamber Orchestra (SCO) comprises talented young musicians studying in Cambridge and guest soloists. The orchestra performs music from the rich repertoire for strings including lesser-known and rarely-performed works as well as encouraging living composers to write for the ensemble.
Seraphin Chamber Orchestra website
Twitter: @SeraphinCO
Joy Lisney
Praised for her stylish playing, musical maturity, formidable technical finesse and keen advocacy for new music, Joy Lisney is one of the most exciting young musicians to emerge in recent years in a busy career combining the cello with composing and conducting.
She has been performing internationally since her teens, at leading venues including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, St. George’s Bristol and the Southbank Centre, in concerts featuring some of the best known works for cello as well as specially-commissioned new music and her own compositions. Her first string quartet was premiered by the Arditti Quartet in 2015 and she premiered her own composition ‘ScordaturA’ for solo cello in 2017 at St John’s Smith Square as part of the Park Lane Group concert series.
Forthcoming performances this season include the Elgar Cello Concerto and the Brahms Double Concerto (with violinist Emma Lisney), the premiere of her new work for chamber ensemble, and concerts at Temple Music Foundation, West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge, St George’s Bristol, the Purcell Room, and St John’s Smith Square.
Twitter: @JoyLisney
