28th October 2017, 7.30pm
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
Music by Schubert, Sibelius and Mozart
Tickets: Full £12, Students £6
The Joachim String Trio was formed in early 2016 to explore the rich store of repertoire for violin, viola and cello, primarily from the Classical and Romantic periods, but also embracing music from the Baroque and the twentieth century. The Trio performs with gut strings and historical bows. This lends the music an immediacy, expressivity and textural subtlety which has led the Trio to a uniquely explorative and stimulating approach to the music.
The number of fine works for the string trio is surprisingly large and deserves more exploration than it currently enjoys, a situation the Joachim String Trio has committed to remedy.
SCHUBERT: String Trio in B flat, D 581
SIBELIUS: Suite in A major for string trio
MOZART: Divertimento in E flat, K 563
This concert is sponsored by Peterkin & Kidd
Sara Trickey violin
Sara Trickey brings her "beautifully refined tone" (Musical Opinion) and her "fiery and
passionate" performance style (The Strad) to her award-winning career as both solo
violinist and chamber musician. She is a founder member of the Joachim String Trio and
also performs regularly with the Odysseus Piano Trio and was leader of the Bronte String
Quartet for six years. Sara has performed extensively as a concerto soloist, including
with the City of London Sinfonia and the Orchestra of St Johns. She has a regular duo
partnership with pianist Dan Tong, with whom she has made an acclaimed CD of
Schubert Sonatinas. Her discography also includes a world premiere recording of William
Mathias violin sonatas, while her next recording project encompasses the music of
Fauré and David Matthews. Sara plays regularly at festivals across the country, most recently at the Oxford May Music Festival, the Wye Valley Festival and the Rye Music Festival.
Tom Hankey viola
Tom Hankey studied the violin with David Takeno, Krzysztof Śmietana, Levon
Chilingirian and Yossi Zivoni at the Purcell School, the Junior Guildhall School of
Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music. As a violinist and violist he is a
member of the Aronowitz Ensemble and plays second violin in the Callino
Quartet, touring extensively with them and recording works by Haydn, Schubert
and Janáček. As a soloist Tom has given recitals and concerto performances
including Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto,
concertos by Bach and Vivaldi, and Stravinsky’s The Soldier's Tale. Tom has
collaborated with musicians from varied genres; most recently touring India
with Sarod player AmJad Ali Kahn and a West Coast of Scotland tour with a
string trio and tabla player Kuljit Bhamra.
Philip Higham cello
One of the most prominent young cellists from the UK, Philip Higham has appeared as a
soloist with the Northern Sinfonia and Philharmonia, Hallé and Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestras. He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, St John’s, Smith Square, the
Aldeburgh, Brighton, City of London, Gower and Lichfield Festivals, as well as further
afield in Germany and Istanbul, and at the Phillips Collection in Washington. In 2013
Delphian Records released Philip’s debut recording of the Britten Solo Cello Suites to
critical acclaim, winning the title of ‘Instrumental disc of the month’ in The
Gramophone and ‘Instrumental Choice’ in BBC Music Magazine, being lauded as ‘A 5-
star performance’. Born in Edinburgh, Philip studied at the Royal Northern College of
Music with Emma Ferrand and Ralph Kirshbaum, winning top prizes at major
international competitions such as the 2008 Bach Leipzig, 2009 Lutosławski and the
2010 Feuermann Competitions. Philip plays a Tecchler cello of c1730.