Join us for our online lunchtime recital streamed as live at 1:15pm on Tuesday 1st December.

We are delighted to present Anna Ovsyanikova Violin, and Elena Toponogova - Pianist. This online recital has been created from a live recording of a recital at St Bride's Church on Tuesday 3rd November 2020. Live recitals are now suspended for the rest of November.

St Bride's has run a lunchtime recitals series for more than 30 years; for further information →

Programme
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Nikolai Medtner – Nocturne for violin and piano No 1, Op 16

J S Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier

Nikolai Medtner – Sonata for violin and piano No 1, Op 21
1. Canzona
2. Danza
3. Ditirambo

Biography
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Anna Ovsyanikova has established a reputation as a soloist, having won several international competitions and performing concertos with Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the City and the Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra among others.

Elena Toponogova is a Russian concert pianist and chamber musician based in London. Her main interest is Russian repertoire with an especial focus on the music of Nikolai Medtner.

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