LUNCHTIME RECITAL

The Cohen-Wingfield Duo – violin and piano

Tuesday 12th November, 2024, at 1:15 pm

FREE ADMITTANCE
Retiring Collection

The Programme

Leora Cohen – violin
Paul Wingfield – piano

Charles Villiers Stanford

Sonata No 2 in A major for Violin and Piano, Op 70
i. Allegro commodo
ii. Adagio molto
iii. Prestissimo
iv. Allegretto – Animato

Five Bagatelles in Valse Form, Op 183
No 5 in G major

The Artists

British-American violinist Leora Cohen has been described as “a brilliant player” (Suzi Klein), with a “natural feel for melody” (Nicola Benedetti) and “the sound of heavenly beauty” (Maxim Vengerov). Following her double-first degree from the University of Cambridge and postgraduate Diplomas from the Royal College of Music, she now enjoys a diverse career performing as a recitalist, soloist and ensemble musician around the world.

Leora is regarded as a prominent concertmaster of her generation; she is a former leader of the National Youth Orchestra, the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and Cambridge University Orchestra. Having led concerts in major concert halls globally, and concert series such as the BBC Proms, she now plays alongside professional orchestras on top of her many solo engagements. Leora toured internationally with the LGT Young Soloists during her studies and currently appears as a regular soloist with the Piccadilly Sinfonietta and the Albion Chamber Orchestra.

She takes particular delight in creating and performing a range of recitals around innovative themes and topics. Leora is represented by the Kenneth Carol Agency in the USA. www.leoraviolin.com

Paul Wingfield attended Chetham’s School of Music, where he studied the oboe with Sonia Wrangham and Evelyn Barbirolli, the piano with Gordon Fergus-Thompson and Charles Hopkins, and composition with Gordon Crosse and Peter Maxwell Davies.

After an active performing career at school and as an undergraduate, he had until recently given only occasional concerts whilst he pursued a career as an academic specialising in Czech music, particularly that of Janacek and Martinu, as well as in musical analytical theory. In the last three years, he has performed with Leora Cohen as a part of a duo giving recitals around the UK and making recordings for Leora’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@leoracohen.violin

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