Performing cellist, baroque cellist, 19th/early 20th century performance style, researcher and teacher based in London and Winchester (Hampshire)
Events 2025
Haileybury School side-by-side
- 7:30 pm
- Haileybury School
Side-by-side project with Haileybury School and Sinfonia Smith Square.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary le Strand
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
TBA (violin)
Programme
Mozart - Divertimento in Bb K137
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 8:00 pm
- St Mary le Strand
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
TBA (violin)
Programme
Mozart - Divertimento in Bb K137
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Rememberance concert
- 5:30 pm
- Chapel of Kings College London, WC2R 2LS
For conductor Christopher McMullen Laird Join us for a special evening at King's College Chapel as we come together to remember and celebrate the life of our dear friend, Chris McMullen-Laird. This concert will feature performances by talented musicians who were close to Chris, showcasing his favorite songs and melodies that meant so much to him. Let's honor his memory through music and shared stories. Don't miss this heartfelt event filled with love, laughter, and beautiful music.
Cello and Violin duo performance
- 7:00 pm
Brandenburg Sinfonia
- 7:30 pm
- Eton College School Hall, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6DQ
Windsor and Eton Choral Society
Alexander Borodin Overture to Prince Igor & Polovtsian Dances
Carl Orff Carmina Burana
Brandenburg Sinfonia
- 8:15 pm
- Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6DQ
College Concert
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto
Johannes Brahms Requiem
'Come and Play' Cello Day
- 9:30 am
- East Boldre Village Hall, SO42 7WD
Join us for a day of cello ensemble playing. A chance to play beautiful music with others in a supportive & friendly environment. All ages welcome. Intermediate to advanced level recommended (From Grade 3/4 upwards).
The Come and Play Day is run by local professional cellists Théa-Rose Lester Mumford and Erlend Vestby. We will use our performance and teaching experience to guide you through the rehearsals and create a performance you will be proud to be a part of. Playing with others is such an invaluable experience that will boost your confidence, musicality, rhythm skills, counting skills, intonation skills, sound production and especially your overall motivation and love for music.
We will start the day by dividing the ensemble into smaller sections and work separately before bringing it all together in the afternoon. The day will end with an informal performance for the enjoyment of yourself and any friends and family that you wish to invite. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided.
We look forward to meeting you for a lovely day of music-making together!
Obsidian Baroque
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary's Church Finchley
Obsidian Baroque, formed in 2024, enjoy performing music from the Baroque era including trio sonata repertoire and dance music. They have performed at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead and were selected as one of five ensembles to participate in the NCEM/BBC New Generation Baroque Ensemble Development Day at the Royal College of Music. They have upcoming concerts at St Mary-at-Finchley Church and St Anne's, Kew.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- St James's Church Piccadilly
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
TBA
Programme
TBA
Obsidian Baroque
- 3:30 pm
- St Anne's Kew
Obsidian Baroque, formed in 2024, enjoy performing music from the Baroque era including trio sonata repertoire and dance music. They have performed at Heath Street Baptist Church in Hampstead and were selected as one of five ensembles to participate in the NCEM/BBC New Generation Baroque Ensemble Development Day at the Royal College of Music. They have upcoming concerts at St Mary-at-Finchley Church and St Anne's, Kew.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- St James's Church Piccadilly
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
TBA
Programme
TBA
The Duettists - Lunchtime concert
- 1:00 pm
- Winchester Cathedral
Cello Duo ‘The Duettists’ return to the cathedral with a selection of self-arranged music by Satie, Schubert, Puccini, Chopin, Piazzolla, Umebayasha and others
Events 2024
ABC "The Lexicon of Love" - UK Tour 24 Jan - 22 Feb 2024
- 7:00 pm
- England, Scotland, Wales
ABC led by charismatic singer Martin Fry formed in Sheffield in the 1980’s . They wanted to fuse the world of disco funk with their own unique new romantic, post punk vision. ABC’s debut ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ went to No 1 and sold over a million records. To date, ABC have released nine studio albums: ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ (1982), ‘Beauty Stab’ (1983), ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’ (1985), ‘Alphabet City’ (1987), ‘Up’ (1989), ‘Abracadabra’ (1991), ‘Skyscraping’ (1997) , ‘Traffic’ (2008) and ‘The Lexicon of Love II’ (2016). “ABC’s Martin Fry is a revelation, a soul man supreme, belting out pristine Vegas glitter pop and uptown House in his electric blue lounge suit. An ageless performer, Fry is the missing link between Bryan Ferry and Jarvis Cocker. For the inevitable encore of ‘The Look of Love’ he returns dipped in sparkly gold lame. ” Stephen Dalton NME
Klingen Chamber Orchestra - A Celebration of Bach
- 7:00 pm
- St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, 50 Philbeach Gdns, London SW5 9EB
The Klingen Chamber Orchestra (KCO) was founded by maestro Sipan Olah in 2021. It performs a repertoire of Armenian and international musical pieces. The twenty-two member orchestra, which is named Klingen (“sound” from German), enjoys an exceptional reputation from the general public and media both in the UK and internationally. KCO’s performance of symphonic pieces by Spendiaryan and Babajanian at the “Multinational Tribute to Alexander Spendiaryan & Arno Babajanian” concert was a great success.
Brandenburg Sinfonia
- 8:15 pm
- Eton College
Brandenburg Sinfonia are performing music by Parry, Brahms, Binge and Elgar.
Vivaldi Four Seasons by candellight
- 7:30 pm
- St James's Piccadilly
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta and Martyn Jackson perform Vivaldi's timeless classic, The Four Seasons.
British Sinfonietta - Schubert's Mass
- 7:30 pm
- St Paul's Church, Chiswick
A spring concert by the West London Chorus and the British Sinfonietta, performing the magnificent Schubert Mass in A flat. The concert also includes some lovely Schubert Lieder sung by the the choir's choral scholars.
J.S Bach Cello Suite No 5
- 6:30 pm
- St John's Smith Square
Baroque cellist Erlend Vestby perform the 5th Suite of J.S. Bach this evening.
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
- 7:30 pm
- Christ Church, SW20 0RZ West Wimbledon
I am guest leading the bass section in this concert with music by Arnold, Mozart and Haydn.
Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
- 6:30 pm
- St Mary at Hill, EC3R 8EE London
I am guest leading the bass section in this concert with music by Arnold, Mozart and Haydn.
Lunchtime recital
- 1:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand, London
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No 6
F. Delius Five Songs From the Norwegian
J Brahms Klavierstücke Op 119
Haileybury School side-by-side
- 7:30 pm
- Haileybury School
Side-by-side project with Haileybury and Southbank Sinfonia. Beethoven 6th Symphony.
- 7:00 pm
- Westminster, TBC
A SbS Alumni String Quartet perform music connected to impressionistic paintings of Lake Como on display. Verdi, Puccini, Ravel, Respighi, Wolf and Mascagni.
London Festival of Baroque Music
- 1:05 pm
- St John's Smith Square
Lunchtime Concert
Andrés Gabriel Villalobos-Lépiz
OBOE
Flora Fontanelli
VIOLIN
Erlend Vestby
CELLO
Petra Hajduchová
HARPSICHORD
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio Sonata in G minor, RV81
George Frideric Händel
Sonata for oboe and continuo in F major, HWV363a
Domenico Gabrielli
Sonata for cello and continuo No 1 in G minor
Johann Joachim Quantz
Trio Sonata in C minor, QV2:Anh.5
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio Sonata No 1 in G minor
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
Chaconne in F major for harpsichord solo
Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata in G minor, TWV 42:g5, from Essercizii musici
Southbank Sinfonia alumni Flora Fontanelli (violin) and Erlend Vestby (cello) join forces with baroque oboist Andrés Gabriel Villalobos-Lépiz and harpsichordist Petra Hajduchová in this lunchtime concert exploring a variety of trio sonatas, one of the most popular chamber music formats of the baroque period. Along with Vivaldi, Telemann and Quantz, they are proud to present also a lesser-known wonderful trio sonata by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, a celebrated composer and harpsichordist of her day who worked in the court of Louis XIV. The trio sonatas are interspersed with solo works for oboe, cello and harpsichord, creating a varied and balanced lunchtime concert not to be missed.
J.S. Bach Cello Suite 4-6
- 12:30 pm
- St Saviours, Darthmouth
Following his performance of the three first Cello Suites by J.S. Bach last year, baroque cellist Erlend Vestby will complete the set with the three last Cello Suites this afternoon as part of Dart Music Festival in Darthmouth, Devon.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
Cello Suite No 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012
- 1:15 pm
- Winchester Cathedral
Cellists Théa-Rose Lester Mumford and Erlend Vestby perform self-arranged music for cello duo in this lunchtime recital.
Music by Dvorak, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Shostakovich a.o.
22 Strings - Lunchtime recital
- 1:05 pm
- St John's Smith Square
Ilhem Ben Khalfa, Alexander Casson
VIOLIN
Aleksandra Lipke, Lorena Cantó Woltèche
VIOLA
Reyan Murtadha, Erlend Vestby
CELLO
Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence
Strauss Sextet from the Opera Capriccio
The 22 STRINGS sextet was formed from members of the 2022–2023 Southbank Sinfonia Fellowship, which is the reason for the ensemble's name—the year it arose. Bringing together musicians from six different countries, this international ensemble made their debut at the Lunchtime Concert Series in St John's Smith Square in April 2023.
Westminster Opera Company
- 7:15 pm
- Holy Cross Church, Cortayne Rd SW6 3QA London
Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, Britten Serenade for Tenor Horn & Strings, TBA New Commission, Haydn St Nicholas Mass.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Izzy Howard (Violin) Programme Mozart - Divertimento in D Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 8:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Izzy Howard (Violin) Programme Mozart - Divertimento in D Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Gabrieli Consort & Players - Verdi Requiem with the Gabrieli ROAR
- 7:30 pm
- Ely Cathedral
Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh, Conductor Francesca Chienjina, Soprano Polly Leech, Mezzo Soprano John Findon, Tenor William Thomas, Bass
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St James Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) Martyn Jackson (violin) Programme Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 8:00 pm
- St James Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LL
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) Martyn Jackson (violin) Programme Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Leora Cohen (violin)
Programme
Tartini - The Devil's Trill Sonata
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 8:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Leora Cohen (violin)
Programme
Tartini - The Devil's Trill Sonata
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Victoria Syles (violin)
Programme
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach - Air on a G string
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 8:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Victoria Syles (violin)
Programme
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Bach - Air on a G string
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata
Beethoven - Emperor Piano Concerto No. 5
Stonegrove Serenade
- 7:00 pm
- Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue
Cellists Théa-Rose Lester Mumford and Erlend Vestby perform self-arranged music for cello duo in this evening concert for Stonegrove Serenade and the opening of the Open Church Festival.
Music by Dvorak, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Shostakovich a.o.
Lunchtime concert
- 1:10 pm
- Croydon Minster, CCR0 1RN Croydon
Cellists Théa-Rose Lester Mumford and Erlend Vestby perform self-arranged music for cello duo in this lunchtime recital.
Music by Dvorak, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Shostakovich a.o.
Brandenburg Sinfonia
- 7:30 pm
- St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Windsor Festival
Windsor and Eton Choral Society
Brandenburg Sinfonia
Ryan Wang Piano
Tim Johnson Conductor
Programme
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2
(Interval)
Brahms - German Requiem
Private event
- 7:00 pm
- London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square
Violin and cello duo for the Charitytimes Awards ceremony
Private event
- 6:00 pm
- Knightsbridge, London
Reception hosted by the Museum of Music History. Solo Bach and music by the Duettists, cello duo.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:00 pm
- St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, NR2 1RD
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Harriet Mackenzie (violin)
Programme
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2
(Interval)
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro Overture
Mozart - Divertimento in D K136
Fauré Requiem - St Ceciliatide Festival
- 7:00 pm
- The Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London
CHOIR OF ST BRIDE’S CHURCH, FLEET STREET
SINFONIA SMITH SQUARE
Director: Past Master Noel Osborne
This concert celebrates the anniversary of St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music and Musicians, and two musical giants: Gabriel Fauré and Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, who both died 100 years ago.
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 6:00 pm
- St Mary Le Strand Church, London, WC2R 1ES
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Susan Parkes (soprano)
Thomas Elwin (tenor)
Programme
A Night at the Opera - A Puccini Celebration
TBC
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- Chelmsford Cathedral, CM1 1TY
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Victoria Lyon (violin)
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
...plus a bonus festive item!
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- Guildford Cathedral, GU2 7UP
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Harriet Mackenzie (violin)
Programme
Pachelbel - Canon in D major
Bach - Double Violin Concerto BWV1043
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
...plus a bonus festive item!
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- University Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Oxford, OX1 4DP
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Victoria Lyon (violin)
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
...plus a bonus festive item!
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex, P019 1PX
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
Martyn Jackson (violin)
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
...plus a bonus festive item!
Piccadilly Sinfonietta
- 7:30 pm
- Reading Minster
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
TBA (violin)
Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Programme
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
INTERVAL
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
...plus a bonus festive item!
Photo: Kate Kantur
