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Concerts

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26th June 2021

St Alfege, Greenwich. SE10

Violin and Viola duo

 

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5th June 2021

St Alfege, Greenwich. SE10

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Yohei Nakajima (Viola)

Rimanta Vingras (Piano)

Programme

Schumann – Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pictures)

Schubert - Arpeggione

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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

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SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb Major Op 44 

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

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22nd May 2021

Bromley Music Makers 15:00

                                                ()

                                                 

                                                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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Concerts

 

 

 

 

 

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

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                                                   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

                                                ()

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

                                                 Schumann Marchenbilder     

                                                 Yohei Nakajima Viola, Martin Sharp, Piano                                             

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

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                                                   Biber Passacaglia                                                

                                                   Bach-Kodaly - Fantasia Cromatica                 

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

                                                   Vieuxtemps - Capriccio                                     

                                                   Stravinsky - Elegie                                              

                                                   Bach - Chaconne 

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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  

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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"

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

                                                    Viola Recital      program tbc.

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24th Oct 2020                           Bromley Music Makers 15:00

                                                Dvorak Piano quartet

                                              

                                                 Brahms Sonata No.2 E flat   

                                                 Yohei Nakajima Viola, Martin Sharp, Piano                                             

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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

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Yohei Nakajima (Violin)

Kinuko Rogeon-Pipe (Piano)

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Schumann Märchenbilder, Op.113 

Gluck (arr. for viola) Melody from Orfeo

Faure   Après un rêve (after the dream)

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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)

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9 November 2019

CHOPIN CONCERTO COMPETITION

7 pm

​Saint John’s Church, Notting Hill

Landsdowne Crescent

London W11 2NN

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CHOPIN CONCERTO No.1 and No.2
 

Versions for Piano and string quintets

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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

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11 October 2019

St George's Church, Beckenham

Solo Viola Recital

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Bach-Kodaly - Fantasia Cromatica

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

Vieuxtemps - Capriccio  

Stravinsky - Elegie  

Bach - Chaconne 

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21 September 2019

Waltham Abbey

Mozart Duo No.2

Martinu Madrigals

Handel/Horvorsen Passacaglia

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16 September 2019, 1:00 pm

St Martin in the Fields, London

with Alberto Portugheis Piano ​

Piano Quintet by César Franck

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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 

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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

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15 August 2019 

St Alfage, Greenwich

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Handel/Halvorsen Sarabande

Spohr Duo Violin and Viola

Dvorak Terzetto

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11th -25th July

String Quartet Tour

Edinburgh - Denmark - Sweden - Estonia - Russia - Norway

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30th -4th July

Tarragona Festival, Spain

Mendelssohn Octet

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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

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12th May 2019

Blackheath Music Festival

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11th May 2019

Morden Collge, Blackheath

Music for violin and viola

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18th April 2019

St. Giles in the Fields, London 7.30pm

London Arte Orchestra

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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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