Bees, Birds, Charlotte & Billy

Come join us for an exciting spring program of music for violin and viola. Kaija Saariaho's stunning Aure, William Vyvyan Murray's Bee songs, Oene Van Geel's Slonimsky's Scherzo as well as duos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bela Bartok and Francesca Caccini. Plus the world premiere of solo works by Charlotte Basalo Vazquez and European premiere of William Vyvyan Murray's celebrated Bird Suite... It will be a concert to remember!

Charlotte Basalo Vazquez - violin,
William Vyvyan Murray - viola

Full program:
Kaaija Saariaho - Aure for violin and viola
Charlotte Basalo Vazquez - Premiere - New work for solo violin
William Vyvyan Murray - First Suite for solo viola "Birdcals from Koorie Countries"
Chen Yi - Happy Tune
Bartok - 3 Duos
Oene van Geel - Slonimsky's Scherzo
Francesca Caccini - Te Lucis Ante Terminum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Duo
Erszebet Szonyi - Duo
William Vyvyan Murray - 3 Bee Duos

William Vyvyan Murray is one of a new generation of composer-performers expanding the realms of classical music making. A graduate of the famous musical madhouses of Paris, Berlin, Cremona and Amsterdam he has been invited to perform in venues like the Berlin Philharmonic, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Salle Playel in Paris with groups like the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Reflektor, Brandenburg Staatsorchester and Berlin Kammerorchester.

Charlotte Basalo Vazquez is a versatile violinist who wants to connect with the audience and her fellow players through music. After completing her studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory, she plays in various orchestras in the Netherlands, such as the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Pynarello. She has many years of chamber music experience as principal of the Dostoyevsky Quartet, with whom she has performed at many chamber music festivals in the Netherlands and abroad, in halls such as the Concertgebouw, the Doelen and Tivoli Vredenburg. She also has a lot of joy in free improvisation, such as during the Splendor festival in the Waalse Kerk.

William and Charlotte met while studying at the Sweelinck Conservatory and look forward to improvising together on stage at Splendor and presenting a program that ranges from the Francesca Caccini's stunning 16th Century work to new pieces written in the last months by Oene, William and Charlotte!