about this event
These highly experienced chamber musicians present a
programme full of rich, Romantic melody by Clara Schumann, the Ukrainian
composer Glière, and the Spanish composers Granados and Cassadó. The programme also includes the whimsical, pathos-laden
cello sonata by Debussy.
Jennifer has
given recitals at festivals and concert series throughout the UK and Europe,
including London’s Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room, on BBC Radio 3 and Classic
fm. The duo have been enjoying working together since 2019.
Programme:
Rheinhold Gliere Con
moto – Allegretto – Animato from 12 Album Leaves, Opus 51
Clara Schumann 3 Romances, Opus 22
Andante molto – Allegretto. Mit zartem Vortrage – Leidenschaftlich schnell
Claude
Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano
1.
Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
2. Sérénade: Modérément animé
3. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Enrique Granados Orientale (Spanish Dance, No.2, Op.37)
Madrigal
Gaspar
Cassadó Requiebros
Jennifer Janse(cello)
Jennifer read music at Selwyn College, Cambridge
before winning several scholarships to study the cello at the Royal Academy of
Music in London. In 2002 Jennifer became an Associate of the Royal Academy of
Music, an honour given to
musicians who have achieved distinction in the profession.
For more than twenty years Jennifer performed,
broadcast and recorded with her chamber ensemble, The Musicke Companye, for
festivals and concert series in France, Spain, Croatia, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, throughout the UK, at the Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, live on BBC
Radio 3 and Classic fm. In 1991 Jennifer, together with pianist Virginia
Hanslip, won third prize in the prestigious Shostakovich International Chamber
Music Competition in St Petersburg, Russia. They were the first ever non-
Soviet prize winners. Through Yehudi Menuhin’s organisation Live Music Now, Jennifer and Virginia
gave more than a hundred recitals throughout England, bringing live music to a
huge spectrum of people in community venues. Other recital performances have
included St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’ Piccadilly, Steinway Hall,
Hatchlands and the Bath Festival.Since
2019, Jennifer has enjoyed working as a trio with violinist Katherine Wilson
and pianist Ilana Mordkovitch.
As an orchestral musician, Jennifer has played
for many orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia and the period
instrument ensembles The King's Consort, The English Concert and The Sixteen.
Jennifer was principal cellist of Northern Ballet and the European Baroque
Orchestra.
Jennifer has a passion for music education. As
well as her private teaching practice, she teaches cello at Cranleigh School.
For eleven years, until July ’23, Jennifer taught cello, chamber music and
directed string orchestras at City of London Freemen’s School.
Ilana
Mordkovitch-Roos (piano) was born in Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine), the 3rd generation of
musicians who were influential in the musical and cultural life of the
city. She attended a specialist Central
Music School for talented children.
Ilana emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1974. Her mother, violinist Lydia Mordkovitch, was
invited to teach at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and Ilana
continued her musical education here in the UK.
She studied with Professor Sulamita Aronovsky at The Royal Northern
College of Music and completed her graduate education at The Royal College of
Music, London with Professor Irina Zaritskaya.
Ilana performed in chamber music
recitals across the UK, and her recording of the Grieg, Sonatas for Violin
and Piano (Chandos records) with Lydia Mordkovitch received 5-star rating
from BBC and Penguin CD guides.After an
extended break from performance due to illness and then to raise her children,
Ilana returned to her studies at The Royal Academy of Music, where she
completed her Masters in 2012 with the Head of Chamber Music, Professor Michael
Dussek.Since then, she has gone back to
performing – playing chamber music in recitals and supporting instrumentalists
in competitions and master classes.She
is enjoying her piano trio collaboration with violinist, Katherine Wilson, and
cellist, Jenny Janse.
Ilana also has a strong interest in
music education.She has been teaching
for more than forty years and is channelling this passion into her classes
(both private and at Enhui Music School) as well as organising concerts and
workshops aimed at empowering and developing a love for music in her young
students as well as returning, mature players.