Katherine Bryan at St Giles in the Fields

Katherine Bryan at St Giles in the Fields
St Giles in the Fields lunchtime series, 15th October 2013, 1:10pm

Performers: Katherine Bryan, flute/Tim Carey, piano

Programme to include:

Georges Hue - Fantasie

Robert Schumann - 2nd Romance

Claude Debussy - Syrinx

Christopher Rouse - Valentine

Olivier Messiaen - Le Merle Noir

Niccolo Paganini - Caprice no 24

Francis Poulenc - Sonata

Following the release of a second album, a disc of American works, acclaimed flautist Katherine Bryan is to perform a lunchtime recital at St Giles in the Fields. She will be performing a selection of works taken from both her second album and her debut disc, "Katherine Bryan plays Liebermann and Nielsen", including Hue’s Fantasie, Schumann’s 2nd Romance, and Paganini’s Caprice no 24 as well as Messiaen’s Le Merle Noir. Also on the programme will be staples of flute repertoire, Debussy’s Syrinx and Poulenc’s Sonata.

Katherine made her concerto debut at the age of just 15, having won the prestigious Audi Music Competition, with the Orchestra of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields London. She went on to win a full scholarship to study at the Juilliard School of Music, New York and has since performed as a soloist with a number of esteemed orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Halle, and Nurnberger Symphoniker. She remains principal flute with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a post that she has held since the age of 21.