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Programme 1
The soloist's later passagework is set against the most subtle and imaginative
orchestration. The energetic finale in the gypsy manner must have appealed to
Joachim's Hungarian soul. If the main theme in double-stopped thirds seems similar
to the Rondo theme of the Brahms concerto, it is worth recalling that Bruch's
concerto preceded that work by a dozen years.
The revised final version was first played by Joachim on 7 January 1868.
Irina Pakkanen was born in Moldova in 1981. After studying in Moscow from 1991,
Irina won the Young Talents of Russia competition for violin and piano duo. In 1999,
she was then awarded a scholarship from the Guildhall Trust and LYRA Foundation
(Zurich) to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Takeno and
Pauline Scott. At the Guildhall School she won the Birdie Warshaw Prize for
unaccompanied violin, the Sheriffs Prize for Violin and a Wolfson Foundation
Instrument Award.
Irina has given recitals and taken part in many international festivals in Moscow,
London and other European cities and has toured extensively in Russia and most
countries in Western Europe and South America. Recent engagements include
appearances as a soloist and chamber musician at the Royal Opera House, St Johns
Smith Square and the Wigmore Hall. During 20082010 Irina held the prestigious
Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the Guildhall School. She is also a founder
leader and soloist of the Handel Collection Orchestra based in St Stephens Walbrook
Church in the City of London.
Interval
Programme Notes for pieces by Bruch & Brahms were supplied through the Programme Note Bank of Making Music,
the National Federation of Music Societies.
Cello
Miranda Ricardo
Peter Button
Jennifer Hubble
Ruth Mankelow
Paul Morley
Janet Parsons
John Pimm
Sarah Turnock
Double Bass
Robert Gilchrist
Jo Hammond
Flute
Rachel McCubbin
Sue Wain
Piccolo
Sue Wain
Oboe
Lyn Gosney
Diana Lewis
Clarinet
Helen Payne
Alice Palmer
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Ian McCubbin
Rachel James
Contra bassoon
Ian White
Horn
Simon Mead
David Settle
Richard Hartree
Helen Barnby-Porritt
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Tony Chittock
Ron Barnett
Terry Mayo
Trombone
Paul Macey
Gary Clifton
Malcolm Saunders
Percussion
Justin Rhodes
Dave Hadland
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