Piano
Martin James Bartlett
Martin is an English pianist who has twice reached the keyboard finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year, winning the competition in 2014.
Proms at St Jude's Festival
Saturday
22
June
2024
,
7:30 pm
St Jude-on-the-Hill
Central Square
London
NW11 7AH
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Bernstein West Side Story Overture
Price Adoration (arr. Morton)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Farrington)
Ives Three Places in New England
Crawford Seeger Andante for Strings
Gershwin An American in Paris (arr. Farrington)
Martin James Bartlett
Piano
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Conductor
This event is now in the past
Fantasia returns to Proms at St Jude's to open this year's festival. Entitled 'An American Celebration', the concert features the work of Twentieth Century composers from the USA. At the heart of the programme is Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. The concert closes with Gershwin's iconic An American in Paris. Martin James Bartlett plays with Fantasia for the first time.
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Martin James Bartlett
Martin possesses a fearless technique – the British pianist is the inaugural recipient of the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize in recognition of the achievements of a young pianist while forging an international solo career.
Bartlett’s early success was as the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2014. This led to engagements with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and, in 2015, his BBC Proms debut.
Concert highlights
Conductor
Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom is Fantasia's Conductor & Artistic Director, and Assistant Conductor of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
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Tom Fetherstonhaugh
Tom is Artistic Director of Fantasia Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. His recent projects include a joint concert with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra, a concert for peace in the Korean Demilitarised Zone, and a return to Ulster Orchestra for Handel’s Messiah.
Venue
St Jude's Church
A beautiful church with stunning painted barrel-vaulted and domed ceiling.
St Jude-on-the-Hill
Central Square
London
NW11 7AH