Skip to main content

Past Events > 2018

Nuits d'Afrique: Harriet Burns, Adam Walker, Brian O'Kane and James Baillieu

22 October 2018, 17:30 - 18:30

Recital

Chamber Music Early Evening

Thumbnail of Holywell Music Room

Holywell Music Room

Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN

An astonishing team of artists assemble for this concert, including star flautist Adam Walker. They perform Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses - ‘Madagascan Songs’ - scored for the unusual ensemble of voice, flute, cello and piano. They also include a new cycle by the Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith Weir: Nuits d’Afrique. This was written for the same forces as the Ravel, and was premiered last year at Wigmore Hall. We also hear works by Saint-Saëns and Berlioz in this glorious programme.

PLEASE NOTE: Harriet Burns has replaced Ailish Tynan due to illness.

View Programme

Programme

Back to Details View Artists
Artist Portrait

Harriet Burns

Harriet Burns

Soprano

Harriet Burns is studying with Yvonne Kenny at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on the Opera Course programme. She recently graduated from the GSMD Artists Masters programme where she studied with Professor Susan McCulloch and is an alumni of the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Jennifer Dakin and Audrey Hyland. Harriet is a Samling Artist, Oxford Lieder Young Artist, a Britten-Pears Young Artist, and a Wigmore Hall Chamber Tots Ensemble Artist. Harriet recently made her Wigmore Hall debut with Graham Johnson in a reci... Read Full Biography
Artist Portrait

Adam Walker

Adam Walker

Flautist

At the forefront of a new generation of wind soloists, Adam Walker was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2009 at the age of 21 and received the Outstanding Young Artist Award at MIDEM Classique in Cannes. In 2010 he won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award and was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award. An ambassador for the flute with a ferocious appetite for repertoire, Adam’s interests range from the less well-known French Baroque through to newly commission... Read Full Biography
Artist Portrait

Brian O'Kane

Brian O'Kane

Cellist

Brian O’Kane is quickly establishing himself as one of the finest Irish musicians of his generation and is in increasing demand as both a soloist and chamber musician. He came to prominence by taking first prize at the Windsor Festival International String Competition and is also a former prizewinner of the Royal Overseas League Competition. a former winner of the Accenture Bursary Award and Camerata Ireland Young Musician Award. In 2008, Brian performed with Camerata Ireland in Dublin’s National Concert Hall under Barry Douglas ... Read Full Biography
Artist Portrait

James Baillieu

James Baillieu

Pianist

Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a class of his own’ James Baillieu has been the prize-winner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition, Das Lied International Song Competition, Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber Competitions. He was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2010 and in 2012 received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Trust Award. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award. Born in South Africa, J... Read Full Biography
View Programme

This event is part of a series:

The Grand Tour – A European Journey in Song

12 October 2018, 09:00 - 27 October 2018, 22:00

The 17th Oxford Lieder Festival will celebrate a rich tapestry of music, words and performance in European song. Our Grand Tour of song will showcase the pinnacles of the repertoire while exploring wider cultural and geographical influences. International stars, prize-winning young artists and a wide range of concerts and other related events will take us on this beguiling journey. View the ...