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Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Vassily Sinaisky - Conductor
David Vinden - Chorus master
Elgar’s Enigma Variations, begun in October 1898 and first performed in London under the great conductor Hans Richter in June 1899, marked his breakthrough from the provincial musical life of Worcestershire and Herefordshire to national and, soon afterwards, international celebrity. The piece consists of a theme, 13 variations and an extended Finale (lengthened after the first performance); the variations are free variations, self-contained character-pieces which develop one idea or another from the theme without sticking closely to its melody or harmony. And the whole work adds up to a group portrait of the composer and members of his circle, all identified by initials or nicknames.
Vassily Sinaisky’s international career was launched in 1973 when he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Karajan Competition in Berlin. His early work with Kirill Kondrashin at the Moscow Philharmonic and with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatoire provided him with an incomparable grounding. He was appointed Chief Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (1976 to 1987) and then Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic, Music Director of the Russian State Orchestra, Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. He is currently Conductor Emeritus of the BBC Philharmonic.
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1
Ionel Manciu
Nicole Petrus Barracks
Patrycja Mynarska
Andrew Molloy
Stefano Zompi
Gwyneth Nelmes
Enyuan Khong
Jessica Meakin
Riley Court-Wood
Teresa Allgaier
Charlotte Amherst
Yunzhe Wu
Ewelina Misztal
Tiffany Tan
Ruth Heney
Kalina Mincheva
Violin 2
Ida Derbesse
Sophia Prodanova
Joshua Dalton
Charlotte Spruit
Julia Stein
Lorenzo Narici
Elena Pavoncello
Ada Dobrowolska
Johanna Rode
Joana Alexandra Correia
Rodrigues Brenna Carey
Camille Said
Leona Gogolicynová
Annie-May Page
Viola
Jeremy Tonelli-Sippel
Oscar Holch
Agnieszka Zyniewicz
Philippa Bint
Ilaria Faleschini
Aleksandra Lipke
Clara Baumann
Barbara Kammer
Diogo Ramos
James Cullen
Angus Webster
Bridget Mansfield
Sally Belcher
Cello
Leo Popplewell
Thomas Vidal
Zachary Owen
Joseph Butler
Pedro Silva
Laura Pascali
Frederick Winterson
Joshua Lynch
Francisco Javier González
Navarro Evangeline Coplan
Double bass
Mario Torres
Piotr Hetman
Thomas Morgan
Dan Molloy
Lewis Reid
Eleanor Roberts
João Freitas Dos Santos
Gabrielle Carberry
Flute
Susanna Bailey
Carys Gittins
Oboe
Inoko Isobe
Madeleine Randall
Clarinet
Hiu Lam Lo
Julia Raga Pascual
Bassoon
Rebecca Allen
Emma Westley
Contra bassoon
Sarah Sesu
Horn
Samuel McNally
Alex Willett
Siån Collins
Matthew Head
Millie Lihoreau
Trumpet
Ben Day
Isabelle Draper
Tom Kearsey
Trombone
Elinor Chambers
James Goodwin
Stephen Williams
Tuba
George Lee
Timpani
Yu-Xiu Tsai
Percussion
Alicja Sulkowska
Antonin Granier
Harry Malabar
Organ
Richard Hall
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Vassily Sinaisky - Conductor
David Vinden - Chorus master
Elgar’s Enigma Variations, begun in October 1898 and first performed in London under the great conductor Hans Richter in June 1899, marked his breakthrough from the provincial musical life of Worcestershire and Herefordshire to national and, soon afterwards, international celebrity. The piece consists of a theme, 13 variations and an extended Finale (lengthened after the first performance); the variations are free variations, self-contained character-pieces which develop one idea or another from the theme without sticking closely to its melody or harmony. And the whole work adds up to a group portrait of the composer and members of his circle, all identified by initials or nicknames.
Vassily Sinaisky’s international career was launched in 1973 when he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Karajan Competition in Berlin. His early work with Kirill Kondrashin at the Moscow Philharmonic and with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatoire provided him with an incomparable grounding. He was appointed Chief Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (1976 to 1987) and then Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic, Music Director of the Russian State Orchestra, Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. He is currently Conductor Emeritus of the BBC Philharmonic.
Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Violin 1
Ionel Manciu
Nicole Petrus Barracks
Patrycja Mynarska
Andrew Molloy
Stefano Zompi
Gwyneth Nelmes
Enyuan Khong
Jessica Meakin
Riley Court-Wood
Teresa Allgaier
Charlotte Amherst
Yunzhe Wu
Ewelina Misztal
Tiffany Tan
Ruth Heney
Kalina Mincheva
Violin 2
Ida Derbesse
Sophia Prodanova
Joshua Dalton
Charlotte Spruit
Julia Stein
Lorenzo Narici
Elena Pavoncello
Ada Dobrowolska
Johanna Rode
Joana Alexandra Correia
Rodrigues Brenna Carey
Camille Said
Leona Gogolicynová
Annie-May Page
Viola
Jeremy Tonelli-Sippel
Oscar Holch
Agnieszka Zyniewicz
Philippa Bint
Ilaria Faleschini
Aleksandra Lipke
Clara Baumann
Barbara Kammer
Diogo Ramos
James Cullen
Angus Webster
Bridget Mansfield
Sally Belcher
Cello
Leo Popplewell
Thomas Vidal
Zachary Owen
Joseph Butler
Pedro Silva
Laura Pascali
Frederick Winterson
Joshua Lynch
Francisco Javier González
Navarro Evangeline Coplan
Double bass
Mario Torres
Piotr Hetman
Thomas Morgan
Dan Molloy
Lewis Reid
Eleanor Roberts
João Freitas Dos Santos
Gabrielle Carberry
Flute
Susanna Bailey
Carys Gittins
Oboe
Inoko Isobe
Madeleine Randall
Clarinet
Hiu Lam Lo
Julia Raga Pascual
Bassoon
Rebecca Allen
Emma Westley
Contra bassoon
Sarah Sesu
Horn
Samuel McNally
Alex Willett
Siån Collins
Matthew Head
Millie Lihoreau
Trumpet
Ben Day
Isabelle Draper
Tom Kearsey
Trombone
Elinor Chambers
James Goodwin
Stephen Williams
Tuba
George Lee
Timpani
Yu-Xiu Tsai
Percussion
Alicja Sulkowska
Antonin Granier
Harry Malabar
Organ
Richard Hall
