Lunchtime Concert: Rachel Messiter, oboe & Yukiko Shinohara, piano

THU 12 JAN, 13.05

Take a moment in the middle of the day to enjoy a programme of music by Trinity Laban students at the stunningly beautiful St Alfege Church.

Loeillet Sonata in C major, Op 3
I. Largo cantabile
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro

Poulenc Sonata for Oboe and Piano
I. Élégie (Paisiblement)
II. Scherzo (Très animé)
III. Déploration (Très calme)

Bozza Fantaisie pastorale

Pasculli Gran Concerto on Themes from "I Vespri Siciliani"


Rachel Messiter is a Junior Fellow at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, where she is studying oboe with Christopher O’Neal, cor anglais with Alan Garner and reed-making with Maxwell Spiers. Rachel has completed a Professional Diploma and Postgraduate Advanced Diploma at TL, both with distinction; she also won the Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Competition and was twice awarded the Beryl Maggs Prize for Wind Instruments. She has worked as a freelance player with the Orchestra of St John’s and the London Festival Orchestra.

Yukiko Shinohara studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Senior High School for Fine Arts and Music, before moving to U.K to finish her higher education. She obtained BMus at Goldsmith’s College, University of London and MMus and performance diplomas at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Since her successful debut solo recital in South Bank Centre, Yukiko has been actively engaging as a soloist as well as a collaborative pianist for over 10 years, performing in major venues and festivals in U.K, Europe and Japan. Yukiko is a staff accompanist at Trinity Laban.

St Alfege Church, Greenwich
Admission Free, no booking required