Afternoon Concert with Clarinet and Piano
James Mackinder and Mark Rogers return to St Nicholas Church
James Mackinder and Mark Rogers
March 8, 2024
There is a return to St Nicholas Church in Chiswick for a classical music duo who will be performing an afternoon concert.
Clarinettist James Mackinder and pianist Mark Rogers previously performed at the venue last July and will be returning on Sunday 17 March at 3pm with a programme that will include music by Horovitz, Finzi and Weber.
Currently following the Master of Arts programme at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), James made his professional orchestral debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in February 2022 performing in their Rush Hour and School Concerts,
conducted by Michael Seal. Since, he has performed in their Best of the West End and Classical Pride Concerts, conducted by Michael England and Oliver Zeffman respectively. He enjoys performing in various chamber groups and has been a member of the Phoenix Clarinet Quartet since 2019. He is supported by the Charlotte Fraser Foundation, Maddocks Mills Fund and Wolfson Instrument Fund.
Mark Rogers is an American pianist specializing in vocal and chamber music. He has been a Young Artist at the Leeds Lieder Festival, the Ludlow English Song Weekend, the Britten-Pears program and has played for masterclasses with Christian Gerhaher, Martin
Fröst, Felicity Lott, and Lawrence Power among others. Herk was recently awarded the first prize in Art Song accompaniment at the Royal Academy of Music and has previously been awarded the Alex Menzies Memorial prize and the Hester Dickson Lieder prize with soprano Rosie Lavery at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he completed his undergraduate studies with Graeme McNaught in 2021.
Mark performs recitals regularly with musicians on the Countess of Munster and Philharmonia schemes and has played concerts at Scottish Parliament, the Malmö Radhuset, and a series of recitals at Atelier Ferrandou in the south of France with cellist Kristian Chojecki.
Tickets cost £10 in advance or on the door and are £5 for students and for an additional £5 tea and cake will be available afterwards.
All profits go to support emerging local young musicians at St Nicholas Church.
St Nicholas Church is at Church Street, Chiswick, W4 2PJ. It is the earliest of the parish churches of Chiswick. Founded some 1,300 years ago, it was rebuilt in the 1880s, but the tower dates from 1425.
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