Anna Hashimoto
Clarinettist
An ordinary day. A terrible event. The death of her infant child sets in motion one woman’s search for a life-restoring miracle. All she needs to do – in the course of a single day – is find one genuinely happy human being. But when every encounter ends in disappointment, she turns finally to the […]
Join us for a day of performances, masterclasses and play sessions at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on Sunday 1st October. As with previous CASSGB events, you can expect playing opportunities, listening to masterclasses and a wonderful final concert. There will also be plenty of trade stands and other sessions to keep you entertained throughout the day. […]
Bach/Webern Ricercare Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 DANIELE RUSTIONI CONDUCTOR FEDERICO COLLI PIANO ‘Ricercare’ means ‘to seek’ and Webern’s interpretation of Bach is very much the 20th Century composer […]
Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer Thomas Adès, artist Tacita Dean, lighting designer Lucy Carter and dramaturg Uzma Hameed present a monumental reinvention of Dante's vision, by turns terrifying, lyrical and dazzling, in this compelling award-winning ballet for the full Company. Anna is the guest principal clarinettist for the performances on 18th November (7:30 pm), and […]
The spirit of folk music is woven throughout this programme, beginning with work by great friends and fellow countrymen, Ernő Dohnányi and Béla Bartók. Both were inspired by the music of their native Hungary, which in Dohnányi’s case produced the humourous and melodic Symphonic Minutes, and in Bartók’s, his beautifully serene Third Piano Concerto, which […]
Programme Gwyn Pritchard: Release (cor anglais & accordion) Helmut Zapf: Luv (solo clarinet) Gwyn Pritchard: Features & Formations (for solo violin, flute, violin & cello) Andrea Cavallari: Pieces from Ficciones (solo piano) Gwyn Pritchard: Res (violin, cello & piano) Short interval Siegfried Kutterer: As if a baldhead is going to the hairdresser (cello, piano & […]
The Snowman on the big screen accompanied by live orchestra with a hamper of seasonal orchestral delights. Howard Blake, The Snowman (live to film) And other seasonal favourites!
The Tritsch-Tratsch Sinfonie directed by David Juritz play music by Strauss and Lehar including Die Fledermaus, Blue Danube and Radetsky March. With Milly Forrest, Sandy Burnett, Mark Viner and special guest, Father Kevin Morris. Kindly sponsored by Home Instead - home care in Hammersmith and Chiswick.Profits from the concert will be shared between two charities […]
Freya Waley-Cohen’s music is characterised by contrasts between earthy rhythmic play and fragility, luminous spaces, and a sense of the otherworldly. Many of her recent works play with myths, magic and the occult as lenses through which to look at the contemporary world. We perform an evening of Freya’s occult-inspired works, including the premiere performance […]
Brimming with energy and inspiration, the internationally acclaimed Atéa Quintet have already wowed audiences in some of the finest halls in the world! Brought together by their communal love of wind chamber music, members of the quintet have individually received several prizes in international competitions and played with all of the country’s leading orchestras.In this […]
Anna joins the Alina Orchestra for a performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (K.622) at The Venue MK. Alina Orchestra Hilary Davan Wetton - conductor Anna Hashimoto - basset clarinet Programme Rossini: Italian Girl in Algiers Overture Faure: Pavane, op.50 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 Haydn: Symphony no.103 in E-flat major ‘Drumroll’
BBC Symphony Orchestra Clemens Schuldt conductor Esther Yoo violin Zoltán Kodály, Dances of Galanta Raymond Yiu, Violin Concerto (BBC co-commission, world premiere) Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No 7 Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven. Music is a life-force. Zoltán Kodály evokes the […]