BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 3.5.3//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_190929@louthconcertsociety.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251123T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251123T170000 SUMMARY:Ewan Millar and Cerys MacAllister DESCRIPTION:\nSTOP PRESS:\nEWAN MILLAR WINS ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 2025 MUSI C COMPETITION GOLD MEDAL\n\n\n“Rarely appearing to take a breath\, he sw ept though all moods with rather hushed aplomb” - The Times\, 2021\n\nEw an is a prominent young oboist building a career in the UK. In 2020 Ewan w on the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician\, advancing to the Grand Final \, and giving an “exemplary\, richly shaded account” (The Guardian)\, of Navarro’s “Legacy” concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Since the competition he has been performing as a soloist in recitals around the UK\ , including at the Windsor\, Cheltenham\, and Lake District Summer Music F estivals. He has recently been chosen as an artist with both the Tillett D ebut Scheme and Countess of Munster Recital Scheme.\n\n\n\nAs a freelancer \, he has performed as principal oboe with the RPO\, Aurora Orchestra\, Br itten Sinfonia\, and London Concertante\, and has also performed with the Philharmonia\, RLPO\, and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been selec ted as a Foyle Future Firsts musician with the LPO for the 2024/25 season.  \n \n\n\n\nEwan did his undergraduate at St. Hilda’s College\, Oxford \, and his postgraduate at RAM\, where he was awarded the Bicentennial Pri ze and Janet Craxton Memorial Prize\, as well as winning the departmental Oboe Prize. He studied primarily with Melanie Ragge\, while also receiving lessons from Christopher Cowie\, and Patrick Flanaghan for cor anglais.  \n \n\n\n\nBeyond oboe he is also a jazz pianist\, gigging regularly in b ars and restaurants around Oxford and London. Ewan is a Howarth Artist\, a nd plays on a Howarth XM oboe\, which he was kindly aided in buying by the Gerald Finzi Trust.\n\nCerys MacAllister is a soprano from Ireland. In 20 21 she graduated from The Royal Academy of Music with first class honours in a Bachelors in Music performance. There she studied under the tutelage of Mary Brennan and Dearbhla Collins. Cerys is currently in her second yea r pursuing a Masters degree at The Royal Academy of Music in London under Yvonne Howard and Jonathan Papp.\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\nPlease note that th ere have been some minor amendments to the programme for this concert sinc e it was first advertised.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Thea Musgrave\n Dawn\n \n \n JS Bach\n Cello Partita no.2 in D minor\, arr. oboe\, 1st movem ent - Prelude\n \n \n CPE Bach\n Flute Sonata in A minor\, 1st movem ent - Poco Adagio\n \n \n Traditional\n An Raibh Tu ar an gCarraig? (soprano solo)\n \n \n Thea Musgrave\n Niobe (for oboe and electroni c tape)\n \n \n Benjamin Britten \n Six Metamorphoses After Ovid\n \n \n \n ~ interval ~\n  \n \n \n \n JS Bach\n Flute Parti ta in A minor\, arr. oboe\n \n \n Herbert Hughes    \n Oh men fr om the fields (soprano solo)\n \n \n Gilles Silvestrini\n Etudes Poe tiques\, no.11 - Le monologue\n                                 no.10 - Après le coucher du soleil\n Etudes Russes\, no.3 - Ho mmage a Scriabin\n \n \n Vaughan Williams\n Ten Blake Songs (for sop rano and oboe)\n \n \n Anne Cawrse\n Callisto from Carmen Perpetuum\ n \n \n Jeffrey Agrell\n Blues for DD for solo oboe\n \n \n\n\n\nPr ogramme Notes\n\n\n\n \n\nFor full event details\, visit: https://www.lou thconcertsociety.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=190929 LOCATION:Riverhead Studio\, Victoria Road\, Louth\, LN11 0BX URL:https://www.louthconcertsociety.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=1 90929 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR