Lunchtime Recital - Rob Burton (saxophone), Mark Rogers (piano)

Programme:
Manuel De Falla - Siete canciones populares españolas
I. El Paño Moruno (The Moorish Cloth)
III. Asturiana (Asturian Song)
VII. Polo
Marina Dranishnikova - Poem (arr. soprano saxophone and piano)
Chick Corea - Children's Songs (No. 6, 19, 7) arr. Rob Buckland
Richard Rodney Bennett - Ballad in memory of Shirley Horn
Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche, Op. 165c
I. Vif
II. Modere
III. Brazileira

Biographies:

London-based saxophonist and painter Rob Burton won the Woodwind Category Final of BBC Young Musician 2018 and went on to secure a place in the Grand Final at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, where he performed as concerto soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights since then include appearances with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, such as Britten Sinfonia and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra as well as at prestigious international festivals, including Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Leicester, Cheltenham, Harrogate, and Oundle International Festivals. Featured as one of Classic FM’s “Stars of Tomorrow”, he has performed in prestigious London venues, namely Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, St. James’ Piccadilly, Buckingham Palace, and Windsor Castle.

Rob was winner of Silk Street Sinfonia’s Young Artists Concerto Competition, the 2019 Hans Schaeuble Award in Switzerland, as well as winner of the ‘Sussex Prize for Woodwind’ in the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition Final. An avid performer of new music, his recent performances have included multiple premieres, including music by Brian Elias, Richard Baker, Fabian Panisello, and concerti by Nathan James Dearden and Paul Carr.

Rob previously studied Classical Saxophone on a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music with Huw Wiggin, and as sax.co.uk scholarship holder at the Junior Guildhall School of Music, during which he was Principal Saxophone with the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain. He recently completed his master’s degree at the Zürich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in the renowned class of Professor Lars Mlekusch.

Selected as a 2022 Rahn Kulturfonds scholarship winner and previous ‘Making Music’ artist, Rob is also a Vandoren UK artist, supported by Talent Unlimited, and is grateful for the support of YCAT through their aftercare scheme for BBC Young Musician finalists.

Presented in association with Talent Unlimited.