RCM CHAMBER MUSIC
RCM at St. Mary Abbots Church
Date: Friday 18 October 2024
Time: 1.05pm
Venue: St Mary Abbots Church
Duration: 44
Concert Manager: Anja Blackwell
Green Room: Vestry
Dress Code: Concert Dress
If you are performing as a soloist, please dress as you would for a professional concert
engagement. You may wish to look at performances on the Wigmore Hall YouTube channel for
ideas of what to wear for a chamber venue.
If you are performing as a chamber ensemble, we require you to wear the same colour
scheme to ensure that you look professional and prepared for concert engagements. We
recommend Concert Dress Black as everyone should have an item of black clothing.
We reserve the right to ask you not to perform if we feel you are not dressed appropriately for
a concert performance. As a general rule you will not be allowed to perform if you are wearing
branded clothing, jeans/chinos or trainers.
Please note that the dress code above also applies to page turners.
Running Order:
Wolf Selected songs 15'
(1860–1903) i Wenn du mich mit den Augen streifst und
lachst
ii Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu
fangen
iii Das verlassene Mägdlein
iv Auch kleine Dinge
v In dem Schatten meiner Locken
vi Der Knabe und das Immlein
vii Er ist's
Emily Mc Carthy soprano
Knox Oakey Jr. piano
Ysaÿe Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor op 27 no 3 4'
(1858–1931) ‘Ballade’
Ankit Tripathi violin
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin 25'
(1875–1937) i Prelude
ii Fugue
Yang Yang Cai piano
Rehearsals:
11:15-11:45 Wolf - Selected songs
10:45-11:15 Ysaÿe - Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor 'Ballade', op 27 no 3
9:45-10:45 Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
Useful Information
On the Day
Please arrive to your rehearsal on time and ready to perform. If you are running late or
are no longer able to attend the rehearsal, please contact chambermusic@[Link] so
that we are aware of the situation.
A stage manager will not be in attendance during the rehearsal but will arrive before
the concert to ask about your requirements. Please note that we do not provide page
turners – If you require a page turner you will need to organise this yourself and inform
them that they need to wear all black clothing.
Once you have finished your rehearsal, you are free to leave but please arrive at the
Green Room at least 20 minutes before the concert begins. Even if you are performing
at the end of the concert, you must be waiting in the green room before the concert
starts.
Please check the durations of the pieces in the programme and head down to the
backstage area of the performance space 5 minutes before you are due to perform. If
the programme is running ahead of schedule, a stage manager will come and collect
you from the Green Room.
Box Office
We would like everyone to have a wonderful time performing as part of this series. Therefore,
we strongly encourage you to invite students, professors, friends and family to attend your
concert as audience.
Attendees do not need to obtain a ticket to attend concerts at St. Mary Abbots Church.
Spoken Introductions
For all Rush Hour & Lunchtime concerts, including those at the Austrian Cultural Forum and
St. Mary Abbots Church, performers are required to give a spoken introduction.
Good starting points are:
1. The Performer(s) – Your name, where you are from, level of study, how you started
making music together.
2. The Composer – Where were they from? Where were they when they wrote the piece?
3. The Work – Audiences appreciate some help navigating through the work. Try to keep it
simple – I.e. where they might have heard the piece before, playing recurring
themes/motifs.
Relax and be yourself – these short introductions are an easy way for the audience to get to
know a little more about the piece and about you as a musician and a person!
Recordings
Personal recordings of any type are not permitted for RCM Concerts at St. Mary Abbots
Church.
If you have any further questions, please contact chambermusic@[Link]
