Thrilled to get another 5* review on soundbetter.com for my latest cello home recording. A gorgeous song for band and string quartet arranged and produced by Tom Campbell
“Miriam played my cello part beautifully, and supplied excellent recordings well within the deadline. I will definitely come to her again for remote cello session work!”
Check out Edison Ensemble’s Video on Youtube of Piers Tattersall’s Piano Trio Ave Verum Corpus which we performed at the Warehouse, Waterloo in February 2019:
Christopher Guild: Piano
Henry Chandler: Violin
Miriam Wakeling: Cello
We performed to a packed house of around 70 audience members in the beautifully intimate venue.
The Steinway Piano was played once by Rachmaninoff himself!
We performed a programme of:
Beethoven’s 5th Sonata,
Kenneth Leighton Elegy,
Debussy Sonata,
Franck A major Sonata for Violin and Piano (arr. for Cello and Piano)
Recent highlights include a tour with Beverley Knight singing Stevie Wonder hits!
A tour with Heritage Orchestra an Pete Tong performing Ibiza Classics!
and performing at EFG London Jazz Festival with Jherek Bischoff (photo below)
I am preparing upcoming recitals with Christopher Guild on Piano to include:
Franck Sonata in A major for violin
Debussy Sonata for cello and piano and
Beethoven Sonata no. 5 in D major for cello and piano
It was wonderful to play with Trevor Horn on his UK tour as Principal cellist of the Sarm Orchestra.
I had the privilege of having many amazing weekends working with Elise- Jamming parts in the heart of Devon between countryside walks- In summer 2015 we performed Elise’s beautiful songs at Glastonbury Festival in two intimate venues. It was therefore very special to continue work on these songs and record them with Pete Miles producing at his stunning countryside studios in Devon.
Here is a link to the album:
Elise Yuill Cohen ‘Scarlet Begonias’
Join Clapham Chamber Concerts for the third concert of their new 2017-18 season. Miriam Wakeling (cello) and Panaretos Kyriatzidis (piano) present music by Brahms alongside the music of composers he was influenced by.
The programme includes Bach’s Prelude from Suite No. 2, Beethoven’s A Major Sonata No. 3 and Brahms’ own E Minor Sonata No. 1 as well as other pieces. The evening promises to be a musically rich and indulgent treat from the CCC series.
The recital starts at 7.30pm at St Paul’s Church
However innovative a new composition is, or may appear to be, it will have always had at least some influence from a previous composer or genre, even if it is somewhat abstractly obvious.
In the case of Johann Brahms, his classical influences are well known.
Although Brahms lies in the Romantic period, his compositions are heavily influenced by his classical predecessors such as Bach and Beethoven. This can be clearly identified when looking at the structure of his music, both in form and in harmony.
Brahms is a great example of somebody who bridges the development of music across periods, by being a traditionalist, yet also an innovator.
Having worked with pianist and composer Clara Schumann, it is unsurprising that Brahms was greatly inspired by both her and Robert Schumann. It is known that Brahms had a close friendship with the Schumanns and highly respected their opinion and input on his compositions at the time.
Eager to perform Brahms’ dark and tempestuous E minor sonata, it therefore felt fitting to base tonight’s recital around his influences through the ages and hopefully give you a flavour of how he arrived at the deep and moving music that we hear today.
By Miriam Wakeling
