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Writes Samuel Hill, Music Administrator

The First Concert of the academic year, the Music Scholars鈥� Concert, took place last Friday in the Recital Hall. It was decided that the concert should, as in Teatime Concerts, be preceded by tea and cake. Mr Tonks baked his signature brownies; Mr Hill made shortbread, ginger and white chocolate cookies, and a pain d鈥櫭﹑ices. The Serenaders also provided a number of baked goods, including a splendid banana and chocolate Bundt cake. The concert was a wonderful opportunity for both new and existing Music Scholars and Exhibitioners to perform to a small but appreciative audience.

The concert opened with Aiden de A. (Divs) playing the first movement from Brahms鈥檚 cello sonata in E minor, which set a high mark for the standard of performance in the concert. This was followed by the suitably fluid rendition by Krish S. (5ths) of Mel Bonis鈥檚 Il pleut on the piano. New Music Exhibitioner Bertie M. (4ths) then took to the stage with the enchanting R锚verie by Glasunov. Another cellist, Thomas M. (Divs) played the lyrical Po猫me by Andrew Adorian. Another new Music Scholar, Shota A. (3rds) dazzled the audience with his suitably direct performance of Chopin鈥檚 so-called 鈥淩evolutionary鈥� Prelude for piano, which contrasted with the relative calm of Elliot M.鈥檚 (4ths) choice of piece, Paganini鈥檚 Cantabile. The only woodwind player of the concert, Dhiren K. (L6ths) then gave a performance of the enduringly popular extract from Prokofiev鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet, namely The Montagues and Capulets. This was followed by another R锚verie, this one by Debussy, played sensitively on the piano by Milan A. (5ths). Mendelssohn鈥檚 Song without Words for cello was played next by new Music Exhibitioner Aary P. (4ths), which was followed by Josh S.鈥檚 (4ths) impressive rendition of Chopin鈥檚 Nocturne in B-flat minor. The penultimate performance of the evening was by Louis F. (3rds) on the cello, whose mature interpretation of Faur茅鈥檚 脡l茅gie delighted the audience. The concert closed with The Acrobat, the light-hearted trombone solo by J. A. Greenwood, performed by Alexander B.-T. (4ths).

We look forward to the forthcoming next few concerts of this half term: a couple of organ recitals, and the Final of the Senior Music Competition next Wednesday.