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Formed in 2017, the Whiteknights Ensemble is a chamber group comprising musicians from a number of local orchestras. While the original members made up a wind quintet the ensemble has grown to enable a greater variety of repertoire!
The ensemble is based in Earley, Reading, and takes its name from Whiteknights Park, the manorial land of the De Erleigh family, now the campus of the University of Reading.
Ensemble Members
Debbie King, flute
Mildred Burchett-Vass, oboe
Sarah Barrett, clarinet
Magnus Westerberg, horn
John Sayer, piano
Chico Chakravorty, violin
Mel Le Breuilly, violin
Kat Hatton, viola
Chris Barrett, cello
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Concerts
Friday, 21 April 2023 at 19:00
Main Hall, Michael Malnick Centre, Leighton Park School, ReadingGerald Finzi — Five Bagatelles Op. 23 arr. for clarinet and string quartet
Michael Hurd — Concerto da Camera for oboe and piano accompaniment
Guillaume Connesson — Disco Toccata for clarinet and cello
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 for clarinet and string quartet
In a break away from our ensemble's traditional wind quintet repertoire, we invited local string players to join our clarinettist, Sarah Barrett, for the beautiful Brahms Clarinet Quintet plus a wonderful string arrangement of Finzi's Five Bagatelles.
Our oboist, Mildred Burchett-Vass, and pianist, John Sayer, also introduced us to the British composer Michael Hurd through his Concerto da Camera for oboe and orchestra.
Sarah Barrett, clarinet
Mildred Burchett-Vass, oboe
John Sayer, piano
Chico Chakravorty, violin
Mel Le Breuilly, violin
Kat Hatton, viola
Chris Barrett, cello
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our concert yesterday evening. We raised an amazing £527.83 through tickets and refreshment donations and were also given £500 from a corporate social responsibility programme so our grand fundraising total is an amazing £1027.83 for First Days Children’s Charity.
Past Concerts
Since 2017, despite an interruption due to Covid-19, the ensemble has raised over £3,000 for local charities performing in three different venues.
For full details of all our past concerts and charitable donations click here.