Tuesdays Till Two - Lunchtime Concert: Krassimira Jeliazkova-Jones and David Newland (Violin & Viola)

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In a change to our previously advertised programme, our spring season of concerts concludes with a violin and viola duo concert. Bulgarian violinist Krassimira Jeliazkova-Jones is joined by violist and former RPO member David Newland for a concert featuring music by Handel, Mozart and American violinist and composer Benedikt Brydern.

Krassimira’s Violin & Piano Duo concert with Elizabeth Mucha will now take place on 18th October, to allow time for Elizabeth to recover from a recent operation.

As ever St John’s will be open for an hour before the concert begins, with volunteers from the pop-up café team offering lots of home made sweet and savoury treats as well as hot and cold drinks.

The concert will begin promptly at 1pm. Admission is free, but those who are able to afford it are asked to make a donation. The suggested amount is £5.

Programme:

Handel (arranged Johan Halvorsen) – Sarabande

Mozart – Duo for violin and viola B flat Major:
1. Adagio. Allegro
2. Andante cantabile
3. Thema con variazioni. Andante grazioso

Benedikt Brydern – Bebop for Beagles:
1. Hoover’s Holiday
2. Roosevelt’s Sun Shower
3. Flea Control: Mission Impossible
4. Kitchen Blues
5. Bebop for Beagles

About Krassimira Jeliazkova-Jones:

Violinist Krassimira Jeliazkova-Jones received her MA in Music Performance in the National Music Academy in her native Sofia, Bulgaria. She then continued honing her skills with renowned violin professors such as Franco Gulli, Igor Bezrodni and K. Aroutounian in Brussels, Belgium and Moscow, Russia. She became a highly versatile musician, being involved in a wide range of activities, from orchestra membership, to leadership of a number of chamber orchestras, co-leadership of the world renowned Moscow Academic State Orchestra and extensive solo performances. Her professional career took her to a number of countries, such as Russia, France, Belgium, Turkey, Poland, Japan, Egypt, Spain, among others.

She moved to the UK in September 2015 and has since been involved in a number of solo, chamber music and orchestra performances in London’s St. Martin in the Fields, Brighton’s Open Borders Festival, Bishop Stortford, Cambridge, Bury St. Edmunds, Brentwood, among others. She lives and teaches in Essex, having performed the solo part in a few major violin concertos, such as Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mendelssohn.

About David Newland:

David Newland comes from Stoke-on-Trent where he showed early promise as a violin student. He gained a music scholarship to Repton and went on to study music at the Royal Manchester College of Music under Endre Wolf and Paul Cropper. His first orchestral appointment was with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra where he became sub principal viola. After a spell as principal viola with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, he subsequently came to London as sub-principal with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and then co-principal with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has now retired from the RPO but still enjoys freelance work, chamber music, gardening, and following the activities of his grandchildren.