Dominic de Vivenot, clarinet with Iestyn Evans, piano

Join Worcester College musicians for a lunchtime recital in the lakeside Smethurst Studio. Followed by complementary coffee and cake. Free tickets – donations welcome.

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Programme

Atlantic Dawn, Harry O’Connor (1999-)

Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Op.29, Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

• I. Allegro con brio
• II. Andantino
• III. Furioso

Sicilienne, Op.78 (arranged for clarinet and piano), Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Three Preludes (arranged for clarinet and piano by James Cohn), Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

• I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
• II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
• III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

Clarinet Quintet No. 3, Op.23, Heinrich Baermann (1810-1885)

• II. Adagio

Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48, Carl Maria von Weber (1786- 1826)

• III. Rondo, Allegro

Biographies

Dominic de Vivenot, clarinet

Dominic de Vivenot is a third-year undergraduate student reading Music at Worcester College, Oxford. He has been playing the clarinet since the age of 10 and passed his ABSRM Grade 8 Clarinet exam with distinction at the age of 15. Growing up in West London, he attended the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School and sang in the Schola Cantorum choir throughout his time there, working with conductors such as; Antonio Pappano, Semyon Bychkov, and James MacMillan. Dominic has held Principal Clarinet positions in Ealing Youth Orchestra and Oxford Festival Orchestra, performing repertoire such as: Rachmaninoff Second Symphony, Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, and Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade. In 2019, he was also selected to take part in London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Junior Artist scheme for musicians from backgrounds under-represented in UK orchestras. This programme is the same as he will present for his Final Honour School Solo Performance recital in the Holywell Music Room.

Iestyn Evans, piano

Iestyn Evans is Director of Music at St James’s, Spanish Place, one of London’s foremost Catholic churches, and of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the City. In addition, Iestyn is school organist at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, one of the country’s leading state schools.

Iestyn regularly performs as a soloist and accompanist in the UK and internationally, at venues which have included St John’s Smith Square; Notre-Dame de Paris; St Patrick’s, New York; Brussels Cathedral; Chartres Cathedral; Stephansdom, Vienna; St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town and St Peter’s, Rome. His discography includes seven CDs by the Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, a recording with the choir of St Etheldreda’s and a solo CD recorded at St James’s. Recent engagements include a concert as a piano accompanist in the Red House, Aldeburgh, and two concerts with the RPO Brass Quintet. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Franck’s birth, Iestyn performed his complete organ works at St James’s in 2022.

As a conductor, Iestyn has put on liturgical performances of the complete Mass settings of Victoria at St James’s, and has conducted performances of Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony, Borodin’s Second Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, as well as large-scale choral works including Handel’s Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Mozart’s Requiem. He is the musical director of the Camden Choir.

Iestyn read music at The Queen’s College, Oxford where he was organ scholar and studied with David Titterington at the Royal Academy of Music. Past appointments have included organ scholarships at Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and St David’s Cathedral, and seven years as Organist of St Etheldreda’s, Ely Place, London.