International Concert Series 2020-21

We are excited to welcome renowned chamber musicians Nick Stringfellow and Eleanor Hodgkinson to our International Concert Series to present a specially commissioned digital event featuring the chamber music of British composers of the early-twentieth-century: Smyth, Alwyn, Carwithen and Sullivan. 

This event is kindly supported by The William Alwyn Foundation.

Event programme

Ethel Smyth: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.5
William Alwyn: Three Spirituals (1935)
Doreen Carwithen: Sonatina for Cello and Piano
Arthur Sullivan: Duo Concertante, Op.2

About the performers

Cellist and Associate Head of Strings and Cello Tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Nicholas Stringfellow, enjoys a career as an acclaimed soloist, chamber musicians and educator, and has held principal London Mozart Players to Orchestra of the Swan. Read more. 

Eleanor Hodgkinson is an established soloist, chamber musician and educator. Her versatility has led to numerous collaborations with composers, dancers and writers. She regularly performs at major venues in the UK in addition to touring in Europe and North America. As a founder member of the Elgin Piano Trio she played throughout the UK to critical acclaim from 1999 to 2009.  and currently plays with the Orchestra of the Swan, Mid-Wales Opera and members of the Harborough Collective.   She has broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Granada TV and has recorded for the Somm and Metier record labels. Read more. 

How can I watch it?

Our streamed event can be viewed on this page, or on our dedicated Department of Music YouTube channel (link embedded). 

Your digital programme

We now offer all our viewers free access to your own digital programme, as created by our team of student writers as part of the Concert Management & Artist Personnel Programme at the Department of Music. Scroll through and find out more about our performers featured in this event, the music that is being performed and more: