In June..
Karen Wong - Flute
With Lance Mok - Piano
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​Sunday June 2nd, 4pm

Programme

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918):
D'un matin de printemps (“Of a Spring Morning”) (1917)

Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941): Fantaisie for Fluteand Piano (1912)
Claude Arrieu (1903-1990): Sonatine for Flute and Piano (1943)
I. Allegretto moderato
II. Andantino
III. Presto

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), arr. Alain Craens:
Ma mère l'Oye (“Mother Goose”) for Piccolo & Piano (1908, 2018)
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty)
II. Petit Poucet (Little Tom Thumb / Hop-o'-My-Thumb)
III. Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas)
IV. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête (Conversation of Beauty and the Beast)
V. Le jardin féerique (The Fairy Garden)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
​Sonata for Flute and Piano (1957)
I. Allegretto malincolico
II. Cantilena
III. Presto giocoso
​4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Karen Wong is a member of the Southbank Sinfonia 2023/24 and has recently worked with London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Ballet Sinfonia, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and Taipei Music Academy and Festival Orchestra. In 2022, she won the British Flute Society Young Artist Competition and the 2nd Prize in the Tampere Flute Fest Piccolo Competition (Finland). Her recent concerto engagements include those with the Klangkollektiv Wien (Austria), at the London Handel Festival, and the Bach for Good Festival (UK), while her solo career has brought her around the UK and Hong Kong, and to the US, Belgium, and Germany. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction both in her Artist Diploma and her Master of Performance in Orchestral Artistry. (https://www.wongkawingkaren.com/)

Lance Mok's versatile career as a recital and concerto soloist, chamber musician, and répétiteur has brought him around the world from the UK and Hong Kong to the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, Korea, Taiwan, Macau, and the US. His performances have been broadcast on radio and television across the continents, and were used in films and documentaries. His compositions have recently been performed in such venues and occasions as St John’s Smith Square (London), O. Festival (Rotterdam), and French May Arts Festival (HK). Commissions have come from the Ponte London Orchestra, Playground Ensemble (US), and Hong Kong Piccolo Association, amongst others. Lance is a master’s graduate in Piano Performance from the Royal College of Music. He has been appointed an ABRSM examiner since 2023. (https://www.lancemok.com/)


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!