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St Hildeburgh's Church
Stanley Road
Hoylake
Wirral
Merseyside
CH47 1HL
England
Tickets
Prices: £20 Students £5 under 15s free
Season tickets: £90 for all 6 concerts
Book Tickets
Programme
Iša Krejčí – Wind Quintet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in F major, K.213
György Ligeti – 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Anton Reicha – Wind Quintet, Op.88 no.2
Gustav Holst – Wind Quintet in A flat Major, Op.14
Valerie Coleman – Afro-Cuban Concerto
Performers
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Programme Note
Lumas Winds are committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire it offers. As winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize, and regularly featuring at festivals and music clubs up and down the UK, they have firmly established themselves as a group to watch and have been described as an ‘effervescent wind quintet, lively in their performance style and enterprising in their choice of repertoire’ (Seen and Heard International).
The ensemble released their debut album, The Naming of Birds, in May 2024 for Champs Hill records. The disc highlights their passion as advocates for works that deserve recognition and was described by Andrew McGregor as ‘an excellent and highly enjoyable survey of the British wind quintet from the early 1960s into this century’ (BBC Radio 3, Record Review). Six hidden gems feature from each decade from 1960 to 2010 including three world premiere recordings by Beamish, Higgins, and Maconchy. Prior to recording, the group won the Royal Academy of Music’s Historical Women Composers Prize for their performance of the Elizabeth Maconchy Wind Quintet (1980) after a worthwhile visit to the Maconchy archive based within St Hilda’s, Oxford. The recording received five star reviews from both BBC Music Magazine and the online journal Pizzicato.
The members are: Beth Stone – Flute, Chris Vettraino – Oboe, Benjamin Hartnell-Booth – French Horn, Flo Plane – Bassoon, Rennie Sutherland – Clarinet.
