On Saturday 27th January at 3:30pm the Charles Blackham Memorial Competition will take place in the College Chapel. This competition is held every year in memory of the late chair of the College Music Society, Charles Blackham (m.2007), and the winning musician will receive a prize, generously donated by Sally Blackham, Charles' mother. The competition is free to attend so please do come and listen to a competition with an extremely high standard of music making.

Programme

Claire Watters (1st year) Piano

Haydn - Sonata in F, 1st movement
Debussy - Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Debussy - La fille au cheveux du lin
Gershwin - The man I love

Simon Fraser (2nd year) Oboe

Britten - 'Phaeton', from the Six Metamorphoses After Ovid
Rubbra - Sonata in C, 1st and 2nd movements (Con Moto and Elegie)
Silvestrini - Le Ballet Espagnol

Alex (Pizza) Lau - (2nd year) Piano

Young - Stella by Starlight
Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor
L A Pitzer - Horseradish understanding

Emily Newlyn (1st year) Violin

Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances, Dances 1 and 4
Handel - Violin Sonata in D Major (HWV 371)
Brahms - Violin Sonata in A Major (No.2 Op. 100)
Brahms - Violin Sonata O3, Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)