Laura van der Heijden cello; Jâms Coleman piano
Laura van der Heijden cello; Jâms Coleman piano at Wigmore Hall, London
Laura van der Heijden cello; Jâms Coleman piano £18.00
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About the show
Cellists owe a considerable debt to French composers and the flood of sonatas and exquisite salon pieces they produced between the 1870s and the beginning of the First World War. Laura van der Heijden, recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year Award in 2025, and rising-star pianist Jâms Coleman preface cellist Jules Delsart’s arrangement of Franck’s Violin Sonata with works by three women who penetrated the patriarchal bastions of Belle Époque music making.
Featuring - Laura van der Heijden
A gifted cellist who won the 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year Award at the age of 15, performing the Walton Cello Concerto.
'The beauty of Laura van der Heijden’s playing lies in the fact that she has a wonderful expressivity, but never ever overdoes it, and the pianissimo ending of the concerto was enchanting, ending with just the solo cello, captivating the audience...' (Jane Shuttleworth, Bachtrack, May 2012)
'... a completely extraordinary performance of incredible creative intensity...' (Nicholas Daniel, BBC Radio 3, May 2012)
'... mesmerising performance of the rarely-played Walton Cello Concerto...' (Richard Morrison, The Times, May 2012).