After the success of our tour to Nice, we will be repeating our programme dedicated to String Quintets.
On the programme:
Mozart - String quintet in C Major KV 515
Brahms - String Quintet in G Major Op 111
Martinu Rhapsody Concerto with the Brent Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Lev Parikian
Who Will Remain is an hour-long program featuring vocal and instrumental music, literary and historical texts, and an audio recording of a female partisan's oral testimony surviving the dangers of the Holocaust. These curated songs and poetry create an immersive emotional journey that invites audiences to reflect on the fragility of freedom and the unyielding strength of the human spirit. Entry is free, donations are welcome.
Who Will Remain is an hour-long program featuring vocal and instrumental music, literary and historical texts, and an audio recording of a female partisan's oral testimony surviving the dangers of the Holocaust. These curated songs and poetry create an immersive emotional journey that invites audiences to reflect on the fragility of freedom and the unyielding strength of the human spirit. Entry is free, donations are welcome.
Who Will Remain is an hour-long program featuring vocal and instrumental music, literary and historical texts, and an audio recording of a female partisan's oral testimony surviving the dangers of the Holocaust. These curated songs and poetry create an immersive emotional journey that invites audiences to reflect on the fragility of freedom and the unyielding strength of the human spirit. Entry is free, donations are welcome.
I have the honour of participating in the 50th International Viola Congress with a two hours discussion. Kim Kashkashian, Carol Rodland, Jennifer Stumm, Brenton Caldwell, Katrin Meidell and myself will talk about Karen Tuttle’s life, her teaching and how we’ve all applied it to our playing and teaching.
The Jigsaw Players’ Concert Series are kicking off 2026 with a performance of J.S. Bach’s enduring keyboard masterpiece arranged for string trio by Dimitri Sitkovetsky. First publication in 1742 had inscribed upon it “for the enjoyment of music lovers.”
Join us for an evening of “Mozart by Candlelight”. Come and listen to some of Mozart’s most celebrated masterpieces whilst enjoying mulled wine and mince pies.
On the programme:
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik K.525
Duo for violin and viola K.424
String Quartet K.157
Clarinet Quintet K.581
Artists:
Juliette Roos & TBC, violins
Emmanuella Reiter, viola
Bartholomew LaFollette, cello
Matthew Glendening, clarinet
To contribute to the festive mood, you will be able to purchase mince pies and mulled wine.
Three concertos led by Leader of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in the Paul Hamlyn Hall
On the programme:
Dvorak Miniatures Op 75a
Tchaikowsky Souvenir de Florence
Vasko Vassilev & Florence Garel, violins
Emmanualla Reiter & Geeta Nazareth, violas
Luba Ulybysheva & Tessa Seymour, Cellos
A fun hour of music on a Spanish Theme
Emmanuella Reiter, viola
Caroline Page, piano
A fun hour of music on a Spanish Theme
Emmanuella Reiter, viola
Caroline Page, piano
A fun hour of music on a Spanish theme
Emmanuella Reiter, viola
Caroline Page, piano
Lunchtime concert, Crush Room, Royal Opera House
A programme celebrating British Composers.
Gerald Finzi, Interlude for oboe and string quartet Op.21
Rebecca Clarke, Lullaby and Grotesque for viola and cello
Frank Bridge, Three Idylls for string quartet, H67
Benjamin Britten, Phantasy for Quartet for oboe and strings, Op.2.
Performers:
Naori Takahashi, Katherine Spencer - violins
Emmanuella Reiter - viola
Luba Ulybysheva - cello
Fergus McCready - oboe
A celebration of the viola through two iconic String Quintets at the Concerts Spirituels de Nice
Mozart - String quintet in C Major KV 515
Brahms - String Quintet in G Major Op 111
Artists
Alessandro Ruisi & Juliette Roos, violins
Emmanuella Reiter & Tetsuumi Nagata, violas
Brian O’Kane, cello
A fun hour of music on a Spanish theme.
Emmanuella Reiter, viola
Caroline Page, piano
On the programme:
Handel String Trio
Arensky Cello Quartet No.2, Op.35
Join us for a concert in intimate setting of the Music Room at Southside House, a beautiful historical house in Wimbledon Village.
We are honoured to play the last concert in this magical setting before the doors are closed for their two-year long renovation project.
PROGRAMME
Bartók: A selection of duets
Mozart: Duo for violin and viola in B flat Major K424
Bach: A selection of Inventions
Martinů: Three Madrigals H.313
Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia
Jonathan Stone, violin Emmanuella Reiter, viola
For the last Southside House concert of our 10th anniversary season we will be celebrating all things viola! Our chosen pieces are melodious and harmoniously-stirring masterpieces composed by some of the greatest latter-day exponents of the instrument.
On the programme (all written in 1919)
Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola having moved to US in 1916, Clarke wrote this piece for a competition. Out of 72 entries she tied first with Ernest Bloch, a Swiss composer, and despite being the favourite, Bloch was declared the winner. This work is exuberant, full of optimism and brio, and based on a quote by French poet Alfred de Musset, "Poet, take up your lute; the wine of youth this night is fermenting in the veins of God."
Ernest Bloch: Suite for Viola and Piano - We thought it would be fun to have a piece by Rebecca Clarke's competition nemesis! Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer who was also a prolific photographer. This piece, like all others in the concert, was written in 1919, and out of the drama and darkness comes a reflective, quiet voice. It's a complex and interesting piece that reflects the history of the time.
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano op11 n.4 is his most romantic, composition! Hindemith was one of the most prolific composers for the viola, and his mastery of the instrument is beautifully illustrated throughout this piece. It's a gem to play, as well as to hear, with its exploration of different melodic textures.
VENUE: Southside House, 3-4 Woodhayes Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 4RJ
TIME: 8pm - 10.30pm
London Phoenix Orchestra’s spring concert features Sibelius’s Second Symphony, which the composer described as ‘a confession of the soul’, although critic Virgil Thompson’s assessment was more brutal: ‘vulgar, self-indulgent, and provincial beyond all description’. To offset the vulgarity, the first half opens with Harty’s breezy Comedy Overture before the orchestra is joined by Emmanuella Reiter for Martinu’s lyrical Rhapsody-Concerto.”
TICKETS: https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/london-phoenix-orchestra-3
Ludwig van Beethoven : Trio n°7 Op.97 "à l'Archiduc"
Olivier Gardon, piano
Ulf Wallin, violon
Martin Löhr, violoncelle
Antonín Dvořák : Quatuor n°2, Op.86
Frank Wibaut, piano
Ulf Wallin, violon
Emmanuella Reiter, alto
Hélène Dautry, violoncelle
Cours d'alto et de musique de chambre, session 3 du 31 Juillet au 7 Aout 2017
http://www.academie-internationale-ete-nice.com/index.php?k=section§ion=10&page=0
Antonín Dvořák : Sonatine Op.100 pour piano et flûte
Davide Formisano, flûte
Aeyoung Byun, piano
Maurice Ravel : Sonate pour violon et violoncelle
Stephan Picard, violon
Jakob Spahn, violoncelle
Antonín Dvořák : Quintette pour piano, Op.81
Jacques Rouvier, piano
Marc Danel, Stephan Picard, violon
Emmanuella Reiter, alto
Jakob Spahn, violoncelle
http://www.academie-internationale-ete-nice.com/index.php?k=section§ion=40&page=12
Quintette pour piano et cordes en mi bémol majeur, opus 44
Trio pour piano et cordes en si bémol majeur, opus 99, D.898
Violons Brigitte Sulem, Pascal Roederer
Alto Emmanuella Reiter
Violoncelle Jan Szakal
Piano Bruno Robilliard
http://www.opera-nice.org/fr/evenement/179/schumann-schubert
Brigitte et Agnès Sulem, violons
Emmanuella Reiter, alto.
Antonin DVORAK
Quatre pièces romantiques op.75a pour deux violons et alto
Cavatina. Moderato
Capriccio. Poco Allegro
Romance. Allegro
Elegie. Larghetto
Paul HINDEMITH
Sonate pour alto solo op. 31 n4
1/ Äusserst lebhaft
2/ Ruhig, mit wenig Ausdruck. Langsame Viertel
3/ Thema mit Variationen
Bela BARTOK
Dix Duos pour violons
Prélude et canon
Ronde Roumaine
Chagrin
Danse Ruthène
Danse Serbe
Conte de fée
Danse du boiteux
Chant des moissons
Pizzicato
Danse de Transylvanie
André JOLIVET
Incantation pour violon seul
Sigmund SCHUL
Menuet:Thème et variations (extraits du duo pour violon et alto)
J.S.BACH
Sarabande en ré mineur pour violon seul
Antonin DVORAK
Terzetto op.74 pour deux violons et alto
Introduzione. Allegro, ma non troppo.
Larghetto
Scherzo. Vivace
For our first concert of the season, the Lejeune Trio will be performing in the Thames Concert series
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento for String Trio in E flat K. 563
Franz Schubert – Allegro, from String Trio in B flat D. 471
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio No 3 in C minor Op. 9
Erno Dohnányi – Serenade in C for String Trio Op. 10
Bach to Baby is the critically acclaimed classical concert series for babies, toddlers and their families. Tots dance, roam about and revel in the wonder of live music, while you take a moment out of your busy day to hear top notch performances by outstanding musicians, with your young babes in tow. To celebrate Shakespeare400, this concert will be inspired by The Food of Love and will feature Emmanuella Reiter on the viola and Sophia Rahman on the piano. Bach to Baby frequently performs at the Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace and over 40 locations around London and the South East.
Claude Lefebvre, flûte
Emmanuella Reiter, alto
Sivan Magen, harpe
Johann Sebastian Bach : Sonate en sol mineur pour flûte et harpe
Claude Debussy : Sonate en fa majeur pour flûte, alto et harpe
Manuel De Falla : Suite populaire espagnole pour alto et harpe
Teaching viola and chamber music in the renowned Académie Internationale d'éte de Nice. http://www.academie-internationale-ete-nice.com/
Harold en Italie with the Phoenix Orchestra in St John's Smith Square under the baton of Lev Parikian.
Other works on the programme:
Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien
Martinu, Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
