Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman

10th SJE Arts International Piano Series

Sunday 28 May 2023, 6pm
SJE Arts, St John the Evangelist Church

Tickets £7-£30, book via the SJE website. Free tickets available for under 25s on the door, please bring identification with you.

Laura van der Heijden, cello
Jâms Coleman, piano

Beethoven 12 Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’
Lili Boulanger Reflets
Swanson Night Song
Britten Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo: Sonetto XXX
Britten Sonata in C For Cello and Piano Op. 65
Interval
Debussy Cello Sonata, L. 135
Fauré Claire de Lune
Beethoven 12 Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen’, Op. 66
Walker Cello Sonata

Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman present a delightful programme based around songs and the imagery that they evoke. In the first part, Boulanger, Swanson and Britten set poems about the moon.  The moon and water, the shift from day to night and, in Sonneto XXX, a lover comparing himself, when alone, to the moon which is invisible ‘except that it is illumined by the sun.’ Sonatas of Debussy, Britten and Walker broaden the theme and each half of the programme includes a set of Beethoven variations on an aria from The Magic Flute.

Winner of BBC Young Musician at the age of just 15, Laura van der Heijden is a very special emerging talent, captivating audiences with the sensitivity of her sound and interpretations. She  performs as soloist with leading orchestras, is a passionate chamber musician and a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. In 2022, her album, ‘Pohádka – Tales from Prague to Budapest’ – with Jâms Coleman, piano, was released on the Chandos label.

Jâms Coleman performs as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and vocal accompanist. He has collaborated with instrumentalists including Hélène Clément, Timothy Ridout and Ben Goldscheider and with singers James Gilchrist, Nicholas Mulroy and Alish Tynan. Recent highlights include a BBC Radio 3 broadcast from St David’s Hall, Cardiff with Sir Bryn Terfel and recitals at the Oxford Lieder Festival with Elizabeth Watts, Felix Kemp, and Michael Mofidian.

Free tickets available for 8-25 year olds through the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust. Please show proof of age at the concert box office.