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Professional Classical Music Recitals at the Acton Hill Church

in the magnificent acoustic provided by London's largest unsupported wooden barrel-vault ceiling  

Next Concert...


Catherine Underhill - Oboe & Cor Anglais
with Neus Peris on piano

Sunday February 6th, 4pm

Programme

Henri Dutilleux
Sonata for Oboe & Piano 
i. Aria
ii. Scherzo
iii. Final
 
Giles Silverstrini 
6 Etudes for Oboe 
A selection of these etudes will be interspersed throughout the programme 
 

Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra (transcribed for cor anglais)
 
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Oboe & Piano 
i. Elégie
ii. Scherzo
iii. Déploration
 
Charles Colin
Solo de Concours, Op. 33 ​
​4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.

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Catherine Underhill

Catherine Underhill is a British oboist and cor anglais player. 
 
She graduated with a first class BA Honours in Music from University of Southampton in 2017 and completed her Masters in Oboe Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in 2020, where she was a Helen Roll Trust and Trinity Laban scholar. She studied with Ruth Bolister, David Thomas and Alan Garner. During her studies, she was a semi-finalist in the Trinity Laban soloists competition and performed with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 
 
Performances have taken Catherine across the UK and to Europe, in concert halls and theatres, including Cadogan Hall and the Mayflower Theatre. She has played in France, the Netherlands and with the Berlin Opera Academy in Switzerland. Catherine has given recitals for the Iris Axon Concert Series, in the Old Royal Naval College Chapel and at Southwark Cathedral. As a soloist, she has performed with the Marcello Oboe Concerto and she is a member of Hacha Duo (bass clarinet and cor anglais). Catherine has performed in masterclasses for Juliana Koch and Tom Blomfield and received a scholarship to study with David Theodore at the British Isles Music Festival.
 
Catherine has played in a number of chamber groups, commissioning new works for oboe and harp, cor anglais and bass clarinet, as well as performing in commissions for ensembles featuring the double bass. Catherine is also co-artistic director of Collective31, UK Contemporary Music and Arts. She enjoys immersing herself in all the arts and collaborating across the art forms.
 
Catherine plays a Marigaux 2001 oboe and a Lorée cor anglais.  

Neus Peris  
London based pianist Neus Peris is emerging as an exciting artist to see thanks to her sensitivity and expression in performance. Taking interest in a wide range of composers, her versatile repertoire include works by Bach, Brahms, Mompou, Messiaen and Mussorgsky among others, as well as contemporary music.
 
Having also developed a solid reputation as a collaborative pianist, Neus has performed both solo and chamber music in venues and festivals in the UK, Denmark, Norway, Spain, France, Portugal and the US.
 
Past engagements include a solo recital for Borough New Music – presenting music by Green, Wilson and Finch along with the world premier of a commissioned work by KC Cheng, a collaboration with EOS ensemble, with music by Arutunian and Ustvolskaya, and a tour with mezzo-soprano Anna Prowse commemorating the Armistice Day, performing music by English composers related to WW1.
 
Originally from Barcelona, Neus has been living in London since 2015, where she completed a Masters Degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She had the privilege of receiving advice from many inspiring musicians such as Douglas Finch, Eileen and Derek Aviss, Philip Fowke, Eugene Asti, Malcolm Martineau and Pascal Rogé, to name just a few.

Location

Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
​We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.

Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays!

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