Free Lunchtime Concert: Anthony Thompson

Join us for Howdenshire Music's third lunchtime concert of 2024. We welcome trumpeter Anthony Thompson and pianist Graziana Presicce for a delightful, largely English programme of music.

Programme Vaughan Williams How Cold the Wind Doth Blow Anthony Hedges Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Op. 137 Elgar Chanson de Matin Elgar In Smyrna David Gawthorpe Here Florence Price s elected works

Anthony Thompson has performed with Lesley Garrett and the Sixteen, duetted with Sting and played for Pope Benedict XVI! He is currently principal trumpet and soloist with the New English Orchestra. He has toured extensively throughout the UK, USA, Holland and Brazil, and has appeared in Norway, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Switzerland and Italy. In addition to his own solo work and masterclasses, Anthony appears regularly on BBC Radio 4's Daily Service and BBC Television's Songs of Praise .

Graziana Presicce recently gained her PhD in Music Performance from the University of Hull. In May 2023 she was the soloist in Franck's Les Djinns with the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra. She also recently gave the recorded premiere of works by the Hull-born composer Ethel Leginska, alongside baritone Lee Tsang, featured on BBC Radio 3.

+++PLEASE NOTE+++ Advance booking for this concert is optional but recommended.

For concert and general enquiries, please email concerts@howdenshiremusic.co.uk or telephone Steven Goulden on 07743 448123.