Then Tara played Kreisler’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli on her violin with great skill, managing the seemingly very fast passages without losing intensity of feeling. Elenor sang Verborgenheit (Wolf) with confidence and passion, demonstrating not only her growing technical skills but also her talent at expressing emotion. The two final performers of the first part of the concert were outstanding. Latisha Lo added a saxophone solo to the programme, playing an interesting piece by a contemporary composer, Stamm ( Hommage á J S Bach). Helen Jing chose Beethoven (the second and third movement of Sonata in F minor, the Appassionata), admirably coping with the third presto movement. Xin Tao Kwok gave a very impressive performance of J S Bach (Prelude and Fugue in D minor) with admirable control and feeling. The first part of the concert contained two piano solos. Juny Suh bravely launched the evening with a pretty viola solo (Glazunov’s Elégie, Op44) and later joined a group playing

She is at Oxford University where she sings with the Oxford Opera company and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She gave her first solo performance at Winter Recitals Wallingford and has sung with the Garsington Youth Opera Company. She started singing with Henley Youth Choir and received the Elizabeth Griffin Prize at the Henley Youth She is leader of the Berkshire Youth Symphony Orchestra and recently joined the National Youth Orchestra.Įlenor is well known locally, having attended schools in Henley. In addition, there were two outstanding stars, Tara Spencer, a violinist, and Elenor Vockins, a soprano.Ī-levels at Farnborough Sixth Form College. All gave impressive performances on strings, piano and saxophone with accompaniment provided by Anita and John Padley.

There were 12 performers,10 of whom are music scholars at Queen Anne’s School in Caversham. BRING on the Youth, the third winter recital at Wallingford curated by Anita D’Attellis, was a cornucopia of young women’s talent.

Vivaldi solo violin