A Concert with Flute, Voice and Piano at St Nicholas Church

Samantha Rowe to be accompanied by Jonathan Musgrave

Samantha Rowe and Jonathan Musgrave

May 10, 2024

The next in a series of afternoon concerts is taking place at St. Nicholas Church on Sunday 19 May.

From 3pm flautist and soprano Samantha Rowe accompanied on piano by Jonathan Musgrave.

Samantha Rowe grew up on a Cornish dairy farm and moved to London in 2019, where she graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and with a First-Class Honours in 2023. She is now undertaking her Masters degree at the Royal College of Music.

As a soprano Samantha has performed extensively in London and the South West, and overseas in Italy, France and Holland. Notable performances include the UK premiere of Dan Forrest’s Creation; featuring at the ‘Music and A.I’ Annual Conference alongside Rowland Sutherland; and performing as flute and soprano soloist in Birmingham Symphony Hall. Roles to-date include Suzanna (Marriage of Figaro, Mozart), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck), and extracts of Handel’s Messiah. Orchestrally, Samantha has appeared with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Scarborough Spa Orchestra and Endellion Festival Orchestra, as well as regularly delivering solo and chamber recitals around the UK, including a recent concerto with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra.

Competition successes include Liverpool Flute Academy‘s Orchestral Artistry Award (first place). Samantha is passionate about delivering outreach in schools and care homes, and she is also an enthusiastic music teacher and charity concert organiser. This year Samantha is generously supported in her studies by The Radford Charitable Trust, the Lord Lieutenants ‘Young and Talented Cornwall’, The Charlotte Fraser Foundation, The Kathleen Trust and she is also an RCM Award Holder.

Jonathan Musgrave studied at the Royal College of Music, gaining top-class undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and supplemented these with a Junior Fellowship. In a solo role he has performed concertos by Howells and Brahms. As a chamber musician he has worked with instruments and voices of every kind, and his duo partnerships have resulted in engagements from the Kirckman Concert Society and Park Lane Group, leading to critical acclaim from the Times and the Independent. As well as innumerable appearances in London (venues including the Purcell Room,Cadogan Hall and Wigmore Hall), he has travelled around the UK, and has also performed on BBC Radio 3.

Programme:-

J S Bach - E Minor Sonata for Flute, movement 3

Eldin Burton - Sonatina, movement 1

Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Flute and Piano,
movement 1

Francis Poulenc - Lune D’avril and Le Carafon
(from La Courte Paille)

Philippe Barnes - The All Knowing Salmon/Noogleshifty

Maude Valerie White - So We’ll Go No More A Roving

Tickets cost £10 on the door or £5 for students and can also be purchased in advance online.

All profits from the event go to support emerging local young musicians at St Nicholas Church who also receive additional sponsorship from Charlotte Fraser.


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