BeMS 2004-02-14 flyer


The Belfast British Music Society, BeMS 2004-02-14 flyer

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B Guy Johnston and Tom Poster bas Belfast Music Society DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor BARBER Cello Sonata FAURÉ Papillon for Cello and Piano FAURÉ Romanze SCHUBERT Arpeggionne Sonata MARTINU Variations on a theme by Rossini Saturday 14th February 2004 7.30pm, Harty Room, QUB Tickets £10.00 Senior Citizen £8.00 Student / Unwaged £2.50 Booking Office Elmwood Hall, QUB Tel 028 9066 8798 Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm Details correct at time of going to press.

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Guy Johnston and Tom Poster Guy Johnston was born in 1981 into a family of musicians, and followed his two elder brothers into the Choir of King's College Cambridge performing with the choir in major concert halls all over the world. He began cello lessons at the age of five, and was awarded a scholarship to Chetham's School of Music in 1994. He was principal cellist in the Tanglewood USA Young Artists' Orchestra and won a number of awards, including the Shell/LSO Gerald Macdonald Prize, the Musicians Benevolent Fund Award, the Suggia Gift (whose previous recipients have included Jacqueline Du Pré and Steven Isserlis), and was the BBC Young Musician for 2000. Guy is also the winner of the BRIT Award for Young British Classical Performer 2002. He broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. Tom Poster was born in 1981 and has just completed a degree in music at King's College, Cambridge. In 2000, he won the keyboard sections of both the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition and the BBC Young Musicians Competition. He has given numerous recitals and concerto performances throughout the UK and Ireland as well as at concert halls in continental Europe and the Middle East. bas Belfast Music Society visit our website at www.belfastmusicsociety.org QXO ARTS COUNCIL of Northern Ireland Making Music THE NATIONAL FOIRATION OF MUSIC SOCIETIES