Dialogo: Nathanael Horton cello, Chloé Dumoulin piano
Dialogo
Come and experience this explosive, passionate and capricious programme of two powerful and deeply moving sonatas. The Brahms is considered one of the greatest duos for piano and cello, full of youthful energy and conversational interplay between the two instruments. The Ligeti, for solo cello, is a dialogue within itself that explores the very limits of the expressive and virtuosic elements of the instrument. All in all, there is a taste for everyone in this programme, from the meditative atmosphere to the tumultuous fire.
Our eleventh free concert will take place on Friday 15 November 2024: Dialogo. Nathanael Horton cello, Chloé Dumoulin piano
Come and be delighted by high quality classical performances in our beautiful church. The concerts will take place on the third Friday of every month at 1.15pm with free hot drinks and cake served from 12.45pm.
The concerts are free and you do not need a ticket.
Dates for the next few concerts are 20 December 2024 and 17 January 2025.
Free Friday Lunchtime Recitals at St Mary’s have been made possible by a generous legacy left by Denise Antenen.
Nathanael Horton - Masters of Arts, Classical Cello
Nathanael holds a first-class honours degree at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Tim Lowe. He is currently doing an Artist Masters at Guildhall supported by a scholarship from the Fishmonger’s Company. Nathanael was taught by Sue Lowe prior to attending Guildhall.
Nathanael’s musical output spans a broad range of genres and ensembles. He is especially passionate about chamber music and has worked in many string quartets, string trios, piano quintets and piano trios. He is currently part of a piano trio. Nathanael has organized chamber music concerts in Conwy - North-Wales and in Macclesfield – Cheshire. He is expanding the Conwy concerts in the future. Through these he has been invited to play in the Conwy Classical Music Festival.
Nathanael enjoys working on avant garde music, performing with Guildhall’s Ubu ensemble which has been broadcast on BBC3. Additionally, he works closely with fellow composer Siri Livingston who has composed solo works for solo cello. He is also involved in the baroque orchestra which has collaborated with AAM; has lead the cellos in the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and has has been under the baton of Lionel Bringuier, Roberto González-Monjas, Adrian Leaper, Vassily Sinaisky, Joshua Weilerstein and Antony Hermes.
Chamber masterclasses include Ralph de Souza, Sam Armstrong, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Richard Lester, Andrew Watkinson, Simon Rowland-Jones, Ursula Smith, Carline Palmer and Carole Presland.
Nathanael has attended many solo masterclasses with Louise Hopkins, Jonathan Aasgaard, Tim Hugh, Adian Brendel and Rebecca Gilliver.
Nathanael teaches both cello, violin and piano students privately of all ages and abilities.
Nathanael has taught on the International Cello Gathering at St Edward’s Oxford both in masterclasses and one-one lessons. Prior to this he has received tuition in teaching from Matthew Lowe. He has also learnt teaching techniques from Professor Selma Gocken.
Before Guildhall, Nathanael studied part time at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music where he studied Piano, Singing and Composition. Here he was also principal cellist of the Symphony Orchestra. He composed and performed in the New Music Ensemble here, sparking an interest in contemporary classical music. In 2019 he won the Jill Copping Cup for Best Performance in the Alderley Edge Festival concert and went on to win the Northern Festival’s Finale Concert later that year.
Chloé Dumoulin
Named by CBC as one of Canada’s 30 top musicians under 30, pianist Chloé Dumoulin is recognized for her sensitive touch, her sense of colours and her drive. She is enjoying an international career: she performed in Canada, USA, Europe and recently made her Asia debut as she went on a solo tour in China. Born in Montréal, Chloé made her Maison Symphonique debut under Jacques Lacombe in 2021 and was a soloist with Orchestre Métropolitain in 2016. Grand winner of the piano category, third grand prize at Concours Prix d’Europe 2024, Chloé was also the grand laureate of the Festival-Concours de Sherbrooke in 2021, 1st prize at the Canadian Music Competition and 2nd grand prize of the CFMTA’s National Piano Competition. Winner of a 2023 prize from the Fondation Sylva-Gelber, she is also supported by the Fondation du Conservatoire, Fondation Desjardins, Fonds AIDA (Jeunesses musicales du Canada), the London Goodenough Association of Canada and the Worshipful Glass Sellers Company. Since September 2023, Chloé Dumoulin attends the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (UK), where she has been awarded the Leverhulme Arts Scholar, a full scholarship to complete an Artist Diploma with Ronan O’Hora. In the course of her training, she attended several advanced courses and master classes, including Louis Lortie, Richard Goode, Gabriela Montero, Robert Levin, Dame Imogen Cooper, Éric Le Sage, Ilya Poletaev, Anton Nel, Angela Cheng and Daniel Shapiro.