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Capriccio Quartet

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Sunday 2 December, 3pm

LOUISE
WILLIAMS
Viola

JENNIFER STINTON
Flute

GABRIELLE
LESTER
Violin

SEBASTIAN
COMBERTI
Cello

Mozart - Flute Quartet in D, K285

Rossini - Flute Quartet in G

Schubert - String Trio in Bb, D.471)

Faure- Morceau de Concours (arr Horovitz)
Mozart -
Flute Quartet in C major, K285b

JENNIFER STINTON
an internationally recognised flautist, has performed as soloist at many international festivals. Solo concerts abroad have included the performance of a concerto in the Concertgebouw which was broadcast live on Dutch television, a recital in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum and tours of France, Scandinavia and the Middle East.

She has been a featured artist on BBC Radio 4 and her American Album with Malcolm Martineau was released following a highly successful, live BBC Concert Hall broadcast. (See 'Discography'.)

She frequently appears as a soloist in London at the Wigmore Hall and the Southbank, having made her debut at the Royal Festival Hall in 1991, performing the Mozart D Major Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the presence of HRH Diana, Princess of Wales.


Born of Italian/German parents, Sebastian Comberti was born in London. As a professional cellist of many years, he performs with many of London’s chamber orchestras and is active as a recitalist and chamber player. In 2001 he founded the Cello Classics recording label which has won international acclaim for its innovative programming. A somewhat slower career in acting has included voice-over as ‘lost boy’ in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and a walk-on as ‘lost cellist’ in The Madness of King George.

GABRIELLE (GABY) LESTER
is an accomplished violinist born in London. Gaby began playing the violin at the age of three and as a child she studied at the world renowned Yehudi Menuhin School for musically gifted children. Later, after leaving the Royal College of Music she went to live in Salzburg in Austria to study under the great pedagogue,9]*[* Sandor Vegh.


As a founder member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) she worked for eight years sitting principal 2nd violin under several conductors including Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt with whom she also worked on many significant recordings with the orchestra.



LOUISE WILLIAMS has been a member of several prestigious chamber groups,and has played as a guest with many more.

She began her musical life as a violinist, gaining a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music to study with Manoug Parikian. After winning many prizes both for violin and quartet, including the final Recital Diploma prize, she moved on to the Juilliard School in New York where she studied with Ivan Galamian.


On her return, Louise was sponsored by the Countess of Munster Trust on their recital scheme, and played Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Roger Chase and the English Chamber Orchestra at their 25th Anniversary concert.

She also became a founder member of the Endellion Quartet and

since 2001 has been a member of the Frith Piano Quartet with Benjamin Frith, Robert Heard and Richard Jenkinson, and Arpège, a group with flute, harp, horn and viola.




JENNIFER
STINTON

"...lucid,
agile and
rhythmically responsive...
a gripping performance."

Musical
Opinion

LOUISE
WILLIAMS

"Plays most beautifully and with great sensitivity"

The Gramophone


"The performances
are a joy to the ear"

The Gramophone