Emily Beynon LEDENCONCERT

French flute & piano masterpieces of the 2nd World War with literary contextualization

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: This concert will take place in de Uilenburgersjoel - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91

Flutist Emily Beynon will perform the fourth part of her Project Paloma: works for flute, written during the Second World War. This fourth edition features works by French composers, including Dutilleux, Messiaen, Jolivet and Bozza.

For centuries composers have used the flute as a musical symbol of purity, innocence, tranquility and peace. Therefore it is perhaps no coincidence that so many flute/piano masterpieces were written during the horrific years of the Second World War; consciously or unconsciously perhaps the composers were looking for a musical peace...?

Emily Beynon (solo flute, Concertgebouw Orchestra) and her duo partner for over 25 years, British pianist Andrew West present, together with guest speaker, Virginie Lacomme, an evening of French Second World War flute/piano masterpieces from France, enriched with French poems and texts from and about this time.

The CD - Project Paloma - part 4; France will be presented and money will also be collected for Musicians Without Borders. v

Emily Beynon (flute),
Andrew West (piano)
Virginie Lacomme (speaker)

Amongst others, works by Dutilleux, Messiaen, Jolivet and Bozza

Emily Beynon has been principal flutist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for almost thirty years. As a chamber musician she regularly collaborates with her sister, harpist Catherine Beynon, and pianist Andrew West. Beynon is committed to new music and has had numerous works written for him by composers such as John Woolrich, Sally Beamish, Jonathan Dove, Errollyn Wallen, Roxanna Panufnik and Maarten Ornstein. For twelve years Beynon was artistic director of the Dutch Flute Academy she founded and for eleven years she taught at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy in London. She is regularly invited to give master classes all over the world. At the beginning of the pandemic, she started a YouTube channel with video tutorials on flute playing. Emily Beynon was born in Wales and has lived in Amsterdam for decades.

The English pianist Andrew West specialises in chamber music and song accompaniment and has performed with violinist Sarah Chang, cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, tenor Mark Padmore and baritone Roderick Williams, among others. Together with Emily Beynon he has given concerts in the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall and during the Edinburgh International Festival. He has also performed solo recitals in the United States, South America and South Africa. Andrew West teaches song accompaniment and ensemble playing at the Royal Academy of Music and is a coach at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is also part of the artistic direction of the Internationales Kammermusik Festival Nürnberg.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE: This concert will take place in de Uilenburgersjoel - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91