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Concert

24th August 2022 (12.30AM)

Westminster Music Library

35 Saint Martin's Street

London

WC2H 7HP

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Solo Viola Recital

Biber - Passacaglia “Guardian Angel” 

Bach/Kodaly - Fantasia cromatica

Penderecki - Sarabande and Tanz

Paul Patterson - Tides of Mananan

Stravinsky - Elegie

Bach - Chaconne (arr. for viola)

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13th July 2022 (1.15pm)

St Dunstan-in-the-west

Fleet Street, London

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Solo Viola Recital

Biber Passacaglia

Penderecki Sarabande and Tanz

Enescu Prelude

Albeiniz Malaguena

Vieuxtemps Cappriccio

Stravinsky Elegie

Bach Chaconne

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Past Concerts

 

18th June 2022

St Francis of Assisi, West Wickham  

BR4 0PW.

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Martin Sharpe (Piano)

Ayako Yamazaki (Violin)

Summer recital

Handel Chaconne

Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata

​Vaughn Williams Larck Ascendi

 

18th and 25th May 2022

Brahms Fest

7.30pm

St Johns Notting Hill

Lansdowne Crescent 

London 

W11 2NN

Brahms Sonatas

​Piano Quin

Alberto Portugheis, Piano 

Orpheas Quartet

14th May 2022

St Alfege, Greenwich. SE10

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Solo Viola Recital

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (Transcribed for solo viola) 

Reger, Max

Präludien und Fugen, Op.117 No.2 (transcribed by Yohei Nakajima)

Enescu, George

Prélude (from Suite No.1 for Orchestra, Op.9) (arr. Yohei Nakajima)

Albéniz, Isaac

Asturias :Leyenda(Legend)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chaconne

 

 

 

 

23rd March 2022

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

Brahms piano quintet

 

1st March 2022

Chopin Piano Concerto No.2

at Ognisko Club, SW7 2PG

​7.30

 

26th January 2022

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

Frank Bridge Three Songs for Mezzo Soprano, Viola and Piano

                                                (https://www.bromleymusicmakers.org)

 

25th January 2022

Magical Classical Music from Vienna to London

7.30pm

St Johns Notting Hill

Lansdowne Crescent 

London 

W11 2NN

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Major Op 19

BEETHOVEN Romance No 2 in F Major Op 50 

VAUGHAN - WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending 

MOZART Symphony No 35 in D Major K385 'Haffner' 

 

London Beethoven Players

Conductor: Luke Cleghorn 

 

Soloists: Alberto Portugheis, Piano 

Orpheus Leander, Violin

28th January 2022

Viola Recital

St Georges, Beckenham BR3 1AX

12.30pm

Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata

Kreisler Short Pieces arranged for viola

with Martin Shape (Piano)

                                                

22nd January 2022

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata

                                                (https://www.bromleymusicmakers.org)

                                                 

                                                

21st December 2021

Amber Trust

December Christmas Concert

2.30pm

Morley College

61 Westminster bridge Road London SE1 7HT

18th Dec 2021

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

Kreisler short pieces

                                                (https://www.bromleymusicmakers.org)

                                                 

                                                Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

11th Dec 2021

St geroges, Bechehnam

Dvorak Piano Quartet

 

4th Dec

Buckingham

27th Nov.

Oxford

13th Nov 2021

Viola Recital

 

Waltham Abbey, London

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Rimanta Vingras (Piano)

Programme

Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No.3

Hindemith Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.11 No.4

23rd Nov 2021

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

Dvroak Piano quartet

                                                (https://www.bromleymusicmakers.org)

                                                 

                                                Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

                                                 

1st oct 2021

Uklaine event

St Johns Notting Hill

25th sep 2021

Bromley Music Makers 15:00 

Mendelsshon viola sonata

17-19th

glasgow tour with Orfeus Quartet

 

28th August

St francis , London

Brahms Sonata E flat

 

19th August 2021

st alfage, greenwich

Rachmaninov  Sonata

16th July 2021

St Brides, London

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Rimanta Vingras (Piano)

Programme

Schumann – Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures)

Schubert - Arpeggione

26th June 2021

St Alfege, Greenwich. SE10

Violin and Viola duo

 

5th June 2021

St Alfege, Greenwich. SE10

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Rimanta Vingras (Piano)

Programme

Schumann – Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures)

Schubert - Arpeggione

28th May 2021

 

Alberto Portugheis & Friends   

Friday 28th May - 7.00 pm 

St John's Church, Notting Hill, Lansdowne Crescent, London, W11 2NN


Programme

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in A Major Op 69

BEETHOVEN  Violin Sonata in F Major ‘Spring’ Op 24

Interval 

SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb Major Op 44 

 
Alberto Portugheis - Piano
Orpheus Leander & Ayako Yamazaki - Violins
Yohei Nakajima - Viola    George Cooke - Cello

 

 

 

22nd May 2021

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

                                                (https://www.bromleymusicmakers.org)

                                                 

                                                Christ Church Tudor Way Petts Wood Kent BR5 1LH  

                                                 Yohei Nakajima Viola, Ayako Yamazaki, Violin

                                               Handel/Halvorsen Sarabande

                                                Martinu Madrigals

 

 

 

2nd Feb 2021   online concert at St Bride's London

 

 

 

 

11 Jan 2020  14:00  Concert with the Solomon Piano Quintet at Toppan Hall, Tokyo

                                                (http://www.toppanhall.com)

                                                   Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op.81

                                                   Melanie Spanswick Vortex (2019)

                                                        ~written for the Solomon Piano Quintet~

                                                   Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op.34

 

26 Jan 2020                           Bromley Music Makers 15:00

                                                (https://bromleymusicmakers.co.uk)

                                                 Ripley Arts Centre, 24 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PX

                                                 Schumann Marchenbilder     

                                                 Yohei Nakajima Viola, Martin Sharp, Piano                                             

6th February 2020  13:00       Recital for Solo Viola at St George the Martyr
                                                                                Borough High Street London SE1 1JA

 

                                                   Biber Passacaglia                                                

                                                   Bach-Kodaly - Fantasia Cromatica                 

                                                   Albeniz - Rumores de la Caleta  (arr. for solo viola)       

                                                   Vieuxtemps - Capriccio                                     

                                                   Stravinsky - Elegie                                              

                                                   Bach - Chaconne 

18th February 2020  13:00  

A Gala Concert with special guests from the Blackfoot First Nation People of Alberta, Canada

 

Devised and led by Rivka Golani

 

The concert consists of eleven new works inspired by the Blackfoot and written by composers from Canada, Hungary, Israel, Spain the United Kingdom.

 

The solo parts will be performed by violists Rivka Golani and Peter Barsony. The ensemble will consist of student and graduate violists from the University of Graz - Austria, the Franz Liszt Academy of Music - Hungary, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance - UK.

 

List of Composers

Kondor Adam - Hungary

Lluis Caballeria Barrera -  Spain

Benjamin Ellin - UK

Charles Heller - Canada

Quim Miracle - Spain 

David Jaeger - Canada 

Balogh Mate - Hungary

Hollos Mate - Hungary

Richard Mascal - Canada 

Quim Miracle - Spain

Na’ama Tamir _ Israel

Oded Zehavi - Israel

 

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Tuesday 18th February 2020

13:00 PM at Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN, UK

9 Mar 2020  13:00  Lunch Concert at Blackheath Recital Hall

                                                     Beethoven Bagatelles Op.126-4,5,6 (piano solo)

                                                     Beethoven String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor Op.131 

 

15 Mar 2020  15:00  Concert at St Mary's Perivale

                                                       with the Solomon Piano Quintet

                                                     Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op.81
                                                     Brahms Piano Quintet in f minor Op.34

 

23 Mar 2020  13:00  Beethoven Lunchtime Series No.2 at St Mary's Woodford

                                                      Bagatelles Op.126-4,5,6 (piano solo)

                                                      String Quartet Op.131  

18 May 2020  13:00  Beethoven Lunchtime Series No.4 at St Mary's Woodford

                                                     String Trio No.4 in D major Op.9-3

                                                     Piano Trio No.5 in D major Op.70-1 "Ghost"

2nd June 2020 13.00 St Martin in the Fields, London

                                                    Viola Recital      program tbc.

24th Oct 2020                           Bromley Music Makers 15:00

                                                Dvorak Piano quartet

                                              

                                                 Brahms Sonata No.2 E flat   

                                                 Yohei Nakajima Viola, Martin Sharp, Piano                                             

23 November 2019

St. Giles in the Fields, London 7.30pm

London Arte Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony 40 in G minor
Handel: Organ Concerto No.6, Op 4
Brachetta: One Movement for Orrchestra (World Premiere)

20 November 2019

St Matthew's Westminster 1pm

Yohei Nakajima (Violin)

Kinuko Rogeon-Pipe (Piano)

Schumann Märchenbilder, Op.113 

Gluck (arr. for viola) Melody from Orfeo

Faure   Après un rêve (after the dream)

18 November 2019

18 Nov 2019  13:00  Lunch Concert at St Mary's Woodford
                                                   Haydn Variations in F minor Hob.XVII:6 (piano solo)
                                                   Debussy Claire de lune (piano solo)
                                                   Martinu Madrigal No.1 (with Ayako Yamazaki and Yohei Nakajima)
                                                   Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major Op.78 (with Ayako Yamazaki)

November 2019

CHOPIN CONCERTO COMPETITION

7 pm

​Saint John’s Church, Notting Hill

Landsdowne Crescent

London W11 2NN

CHOPIN CONCERTO No.1 and No.2
 

Versions for Piano and string quintets

27 October 2019

Kennington Park Recital Series

St Agnes' Kennington 6pm

The Riviola Ensemble

Phantasy Quintet in F minor for two violins, two violas and cello (1932)

Dvořák Quintet in E flat major Op. 97 for two violin, 2 violas and cello

11 October 2019

St George's Church, Beckenham

Solo Viola Recital

Bach-Kodaly - Fantasia Cromatica

Albeniz - Rumores de la Caleta  (arr. for solo viola)

Vieuxtemps - Capriccio  

Stravinsky - Elegie  

Bach - Chaconne 

21 September 2019

Waltham Abbey

Mozart Duo No.2

Martinu Madrigals

Handel/Horvorsen Passacaglia

16 September 2019, 1:00 pm

St Martin in the Fields, London

with Alberto Portugheis Piano ​

Piano Quintet by César Franck

6th September 2019

13:00  Lunch Concert at St Barnabas Church, Ealing                                                

with the Solomon Piano Quintet                                                    

Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major Op.81 

23 August 2019, 1:00 pm

St Martin in the Fields, London

Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Rimanta Vingras (Piano)

Programme

Bach – Sonata for Viola da Gamba No 3 in G minor Schumann –

Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures)

Hindemith – Sonata for Viola No 4 in F

15 August 2019 

St Alfage, Greenwich

Handel/Halvorsen Sarabande

Spohr Duo Violin and Viola

Dvorak Terzetto

11th -25th July

String Quartet Tour

Edinburgh - Denmark - Sweden - Estonia - Russia - Norway

30th -4th July

Tarragona Festival, Spain

Mendelssohn Octet

22nd June 2019

Viola Recital at St Michael's, Sittingbourne

11am

Yohei Nakajima Viola

Ben Saul Piano

 

Bach - Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, BWV 1028

Schumann - Märchenbilder, Op.113

Arvo Pärt  - Spiegel im Spiegel

12th May 2019

Blackheath Music Festival

11th May 2019

Morden Collge, Blackheath

Music for violin and viola

18th April 2019

St. Giles in the Fields, London 7.30pm

London Arte Orchestra

16th March 2019

Viola Recital at St Michael's, Sittingbourne

11am

Yohei Nakajima Viola

Ben Saul Piano

 

Bach - Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, BWV 1028

Schumann - Märchenbilder, Op.113

Arvo Pärt  - Spiegel im Spiegel

 

 

 

 

9th March 2019 

Viola Recital at Faversham, Assembly Room

10.45am

Yohei Nakajima Viola

Ben Saul Piano

 

 

Bach - Sonata for Viola da Gamba in D major, BWV 1028

Schumann - Märchenbilder, Op.113

Arvo Pärt  - Spiegel im Spiegel

 

 

 

 

22nd February 2019


Mozart, Shostakovich & Piazzolla

St John's Church, Notting Hill,
Lansdowne Crescent, London W11 2NN

7.30 pm

 

Mozart - Dissonance String Quartet
Shostakovich - String Quartet No 8 in C minor
Puccini - Crisantemi
Astor Piazzolla (arr José Bragato)
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

 

Alberto Portugheis - Piano         
Orfeas String Quartet
Orpheus Leander & Ayako Yamazaki violins
Yohei Nakajima viola - Corinna Boylan - cello

 

 

 

16 FEBRUARY 2019 at  7.30 pm

 

Rudolf Steiner House

35 Park Road Marylebone, Westminster NW1 6XT

 

Solomon Piano Quintet

 

Tadasuke Iijima - violin, Ayako Yamazaki - violin, Yohei Nakajima - viola, Matthew Strover - cello,

Yuki Negishi - piano

 

 

PROGRAMME: 

Joaquin Turina: “La Oracion del Torero” for String Quartet Op.34 

Gregers Brinch: Piano Quintet “Human Reflections” Op.78 (2003)

Enrique Granados: Piano Quintet in G minor Op.49 

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34

 

 

21 Jan 2019  13:10 

Lunch Concert at Blackheath Halls

Solomon Piano Quintet 

 

Tadasuke Iijima - violin, Ayako Yamazaki - violin, Yohei Nakajima - viola, Matthew Strover - cello,

Yuki Negishi - piano

 

 

Turina 'Serenata' Op.87 (string quartet)

Granados Piano Quintet in G minor Op.49

Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34

 

 

 

Tuesday 15th January 2019 7 30 pm

St Martin in the Fields, London , UK

 

Romantic and Gypsy Strings

 

Music by Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Haydn, Brahms, Dinicu & Monti

Elgar Serenade and Introduction and Allegro

Orfeas String Quartet

(Orpheus Leander & Ayako Yamazaki violins
Yohei Nakajima viola - Corinna Boylan - cello)

Orpheus Leander - Solo Violin

Bridget Cunningham - Conductor/Harpsichord

 

 


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