Music on Monday: The Radcliffe Chamber Ensemble
BETHE LEVVY
LIZ MERRIFIELD
EMMA CHAMBERLAIN
Free Concert Series, retiring collection
October 12 @ 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Programme
Beethoven Cello sonata no 5 in D Major
Brahms Piano trio no 3 in C minor
Emma Chamberlain (cello), studied with David Strange at Royal Academy of Music after reading modern history at Oxford University. She plays in various chamber groups in London and Oxford including the Amalfi piano trio, Fidelio Orchestra, Covent Garden Chamber group, and Orchestra of St John. She is a practising barrister and also a visiting professor at Oxford University and LSE. She is a charity trustee of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and London Music Fund.
Bethe Levvy (piano), born in New York, started her professional life as a ballet dancer, but at the age of fifteen decided music was the stronger passion. She studied at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. She appears regularly as a chamber musician with many different instrumentalists and singers and has performed both Brahms piano concertos in Oxford. She is a founding member of Trio Amici. Bethe teaches piano at Oxford High School and St. Edwards.
Liz Merrifield (violin), performs regularly with classical, contemporary and jazz ensembles. As a soloist, she has given recitals at Merkin Concert Hall and Lefrak Concert Hall in New York City, as well as Milton Court Concert Hall in London and the Jacqueline DuPre building in Oxford. Orchestral concerts have included performances with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, LSO, Fidelio Orchestra, Tanglewood Orchestra, and ACSM orchestra. As an ensemble musician, she has performed in classical and contemporary groups including at Carnegie Hall, Milton Court and Lefrak Concert Hall.
Free Entry, retiring collection in aid of the London Music Fund, a Charity chosen by the musicians.
