Kell Wind Trio are : Alastair Roberts – Flute, Geoffrey Smith – Clarinet, Ian Harvey – Bassoon
Programme
Joseph Haydn Gypsy Rondo Hob XV:25
i Andante
ii Poco adagio, cantabile
iii Rondo all’Ongarese: Presto
Jacques Ibert Histoires
ii Le Petit Ane Blanc
Malcolm Arnold Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
i Allegro ma non troppo
ii Andante con moto
iii Allegro comodo
Edward Elgar Salute d’Amour Op. 12
Sir Arthur Sullivan Suite
i Allegro vivace
ii Andante
iii Allegretto Grazioso
Parry Jones Wind and Sea
i Allegro giocoso
ii Andante
iii Vivace
Biographies
Alastair Roberts won a Junior Exhibition to the Royal Northern College of Music. and then graduated from the main college after four years of study. He is the principal flute of several orchestras in the Manchester area including the Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra and the Cheshire Sinfonia. He is a member of several chamber groups that perform regularly throughout the North West of England including the Telemann Baroque Ensemble.
Geoffrey Smith was a member of The National Youth Orchestra for five courses. He was principal clarinet with Stockport Symphony Orchestra for 46 years, Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra for 22 years and Cheshire Sinfonia for 18 year). He has appeared many times as a soloist with these and other orchestras. He is now concentrating on playing chamber music.
Ian Harvey was a Junior Exhibitioner at London’s Royal Academy of Music. His musical
commitments include the position of principal bassoon with the Stockport Symphony Orchestra. He also runs his own business repairing woodwind instruments.