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In aid of Ealing Food Bank
In memory of William Bennett
Ealing Flute Festival Supporters and Sponsors
Come and join Ealing Flutes for this wonderful musical weekend where we celebrate everything that is fabulous about the flute. All the performers have a local connection to Ealing and the surrounds, so it’s also a celebration of our area.
Coupled with the stunning venue that is St Mary’s Church, this Festival is destined to be one of the most memorable events of our musical year!
Ealing Flutes regularly raises money for the Ealing Food Bank, and the Ealing Mid-Summer Flute Festival is no exception. All the events will be free so you can give more generously to this most important of causes.
Friday 20th June 6pm
6pm Opening recital:
Margaret Campbell - Flute
Kate Shipway - Piano
Principal Flute of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Ealing resident.
Saturday 21st June 11:30am
11am Ealing Flutes Musicale:
Concert by local Ealing young flute players.
Saturday 21st June 2pm
2pm Masterclass:
With Paul Edmund Davies ex-principal flute London Symphony Orchestra and long-time Chiswick resident.
Saturday 21st June 6pm
6pm Evening recital:
Paul Edmund Davies - Flute
Sally Goodworth - Piano
Sunday 22nd June 11:30am
11am Ealing Flutes concert:
This long-established Adult Flute Group will showcase their skills.
Sunday 22nd June 3pm
3pm Closing concert:
Anna Kondrashina - Flute
Pavel Timofeyevsky - Piano
If you would like To play in the Ealing Flutes Musicale Concert:
The Paul Edmund Davies masterclass is now fully booked - to join waiting list:
Margaret Campbell began her musical studies at the Aylesbury Music Centre before winning an Open Scholarship to the Royal College of Music where she studied with John Francis and Sebastian Bell, winning both prizes for the flute. During this time she also attended masterclasses with James Galway. At the age of twenty, she left the RCM to take up her appointment as Principal Flute with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, appearing on several occasions as soloist including at a Henry Wood Promenade Concert. In 1981 she won the National Federation of Music Societies Award for Young Concert Artists which led to numerous recital and concerto engagements all over the country and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 with her pianist John Lenehan. In 1986 she moved back to London as Principal Flute with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In addition to this post she appears regularly as guest Principal Flute with the major London orchestras. She was the flute/piccolo player in the orchestra for the Coronation of King Charles in May 2023. She is professor of flute at Trinity Laban.
English pianist Kate Shipway is on the music staff of The Royal Ballet. In addition to playing in rehearsals for the Company she regularly gives solo piano performances in Royal Ballet productions.
Shipway was born and educated in south-west England. She studied piano at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Frank Wibaut and went on to become a freelance soloist and accompanist, before joining The Royal Ballet School as a rehearsal pianist in 1993. In 1998 she was invited to join the music staff at Birmingham Royal Ballet, where she worked as rehearsal, orchestral and solo pianist for seven years. She returned to The Royal Ballet in September 2005.
Shipway’s solo performances include Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Poulenc’s Double Piano Concerto, Concerto, A Month in the Country, Tetractys – The Art of Fugue, Sensorium, After the Rain and Les Enfants Terribles for The Royal Ballet, Diversions for The Royal Ballet School, Dance House and Brouillard for BRB, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and Consolations and Liebestraum for New Works in the Linbury, The Royal Ballet.
| Georges Hue | Fantaisie | |
| J. S. Bach | Allegro - Adagio - Allegro | Sonata in g-min |
| Philippe Gaubert | Modere - Lent - Allegro moderato | Sonate |
| Elgar (arr. Spiegl) | "The Serious Doll" | From "Nursery Suite" |
| Francis Poulenc | Allegro - Lento - Allegro | Flute Sonata |
Concert by Ealing young flute players.
This initiative will be led by Chris Hankin and is an exciting opportunity for flute players of grades 3-7 and who are resident in the London Borough of Ealing to perform with the wonderful Sally Goodworth. There are 10 places available. Successful applicants will also be sent music for a simple group piece with piano which will be the finale to our concert.
The format is:
You can choose to play any piece of your choice which is not more than 5 minutes long. You could choose a movement of a Sonata, a piece you are preparing for an exam, a solo piece, or even a duet with a friend. These would all be lovely to hear!
Please click below and fill in the form below to apply:
Places will be allocated based on playing experience relevant to your level and to those with the most interesting pieces to offer. This will make the most exciting concert for everyone!
Closing Date: 11th May 2025
Paul Edmund Davies is the most wonderful flute player, teacher and musician, and this chance to play and learn from his expertise is invaluable. There are 6 places available. Initially open to the flute section of EYO, these will be allocated on a first come basis.
You can choose anything to play.
Each player will have a 20 - 25-minute slot. Orchestral extracts, pieces, studies and general technical issues will all be welcome and, as the class is open for anyone to come along and listen, you will gain from the performance aspect too.
The pianist Sally Goodworth will be on hand for you should you need an accompanist.
If you would like to participate in this masterclass, we are inviting flute players of Grade VIII+ standard to apply. There will be 5 places costing £25 each.
Now fully booked for performers but please come to listen!
To join waiting list to play, please use the form below.
Paul Edmund-Davies established his international reputation as flautist and soloist in the twenty years that he was Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra and then a further five years at the Philharmonia Orchestra. He has performed concerti with Leonard Bernstein, Slava Rostropovich and Pierre Boulez.
In June 2007 his book, "The 28 Day Warm up Book for all Flautists…eventually!" was first published. This 150 page technical book, now in its sixteenth edition, has been translated into Japanese, Spanish and Russian and has reached most corners of the world. As a result of the success of this book, Paul launched a flute focused online educational website. Simply Flute is a platform dedicated to providing instruction and exercises to help flute players of all stages and ages on their respective musical journeys with the instrument. In the past two years, it has steadily become an online flute method. His second book, "A Consequence of Sequences", was published in February 2018, with the third, "Coffee Noodles" in 2021. Paul’s fourth method book, Daily Exercises, A Progressive Journey For Flute, Vol. 1, a 144 page practice book was released in April 2024 and has received critical acclaim.
He is a professor of flute holding the only named chair (Charles Nicholson) in the department at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Paul has also played on many Hollywood blockbuster film soundtracks, From Star Wars and the early Harry Potter films to Mission Impossible, Interstellar, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Victoria and Abdul. And more recently Godzilla, Shazam, Angry Birds 2, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Wonder Woman 1984 and the James Bond movie, No Time to Die. Most recent work on film scores has included Guardians of The Galaxy, Vol. 3, Wonka, Wicked, Beetlejuice 2 and Lion King, Mufasa.
He is equally very honoured to be Officier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.
Sally has performed as a collaborative pianist throughout the UK and Europe with an extensive
repertoire covering all orchestral instruments and all types of voice.
Her current role as Music Coordinator at Brunel University includes teaching, accompanying, organising student concerts plus choral and musical direction. She is also a staff accompanist for the London College of Music and the Oxford Flute Summer School and previously held similar roles for the RAF and Reading University, where she also taught Keyboard Skills and Piano Pedagogy.
Sally is also a visiting professional at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on the MA Musical Theatre degree and Head of Piano for the Music Teachers Exam Board.
| Telemann | - | Sonata in F major |
| Fauré | - | Fantaisie |
| Scott | - | Fujiko |
| Hue | - | Fantaisie |
| Bozza | - | Aria |
| Poulenc | - | Sonata |
The final concert of Ealing Flute Festival will be performed by flautist Anna Kondrashina and pianist & composer Pavel Timofeyevsky.
Anna and Pavel have been performing internationally as a duo since 2016. They began to create their own virtuosic transcriptions for flute and piano during the pandemic and later on this project was named "Rewired Music". Among other pieces, the duo will perform Beethoven's Sonata in G - their transcription of String Trio Op. 9 No. 1.
Flautist Anna Kondrashina is renowned for her communicative and inspiring performances. A prizewinner at the Kobe International Flute Competition (Japan) and the Nicolet International Flute Competition (China), Anna has recently been awarded the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Silver Medal.
In the UK, Anna frequently performs as principal and second flute with top orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic and Royal Ballet Sinfonia. She was selected for the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s and the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Fellowship Programmes, becoming Philharmonia’s Associate Flute for the 2021/23 season.
Anna has performed at major venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and Suntory Hall. She has collaborated with artists such as Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger and Denis Bouriakov and inspired composers like Noah Max and Paul Henley to write new works for flute. Alongside pianist and composer Pavel Timofeyevsky, Anna created a unique collection of bespoke arrangements for flute and piano, titled Rewired Music. These transcriptions have been published by Just Flutes in London.
Anna is an Altus Flutes artist and performs on a gold-plated 1207 model. Based in London, she teaches at the University of West London and Rachmaninoff Music Academy, and regularly gives masterclasses worldwide.
Pianist and composer Pavel Timofeyevsky is gaining recognition as one of today’s most compelling artists. Described as a performer of “shimmering undertones and rapturous colours” (Pulse UK), he has appeared at major venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre. His acclaimed New York debut at Merkin Hall led to invitations to perform in Florence, Kenya, and South Africa. He recently performed with the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra in Los Angeles.
Winner of the BBC/Guardian Young Composer of the Year Award, Pavel has composed for film and animation and recently premiered a new orchestral work at London’s Cadogan Hall.
He is the Artistic Director of Philomel Creative Circle, a concert series in residence at the Francis Crick Institute. In 2023, Pavel became Music Director of Devon Opera and Artistic Director of Notable, debuting at both companies with his arrangement of Puccini’s Tosca, which was featured on Channel 4 News and praised in Opera magazine.
Since May 2024, Pavel curates the programme and performs in the biannual chamber music and opera festival “Fêtes Musicales Saint-Maxime” in Côte d’Azur, France. An eloquent speaker, Pavel gives regular storytelling-concerts for Notable in Chelsea, London.
| Lili Boulanger | Nocturne | |
| L. van Beethoven (arr. Anna Kondrashina/Pavel Timofeyevsky) | Sonata after String Trio op 9 No. 1 | |
| E. Elgar | Salut d’Amour | |
| E. Elgar (arr. William Bennett) | La capricieuse | |
| F. Poulenc | Un Joueur de flûte berce les ruines for flute solo | |
| H. Dutilleux | Sonatine for flute and piano |
Affectionately known as Wibb (short for William Ingham Brooke Bennett) by all who knew and loved him, William Bennett was an extraordinary flute player and musician. He raised the profile of the flute to that of an instrument capable of a wide range of tonal colours, dynamics, and expression, giving it the depth, dignity and grandeur of the voice or a string instrument. He enjoyed a long period of collaboration with the pianist Clifford Benson, a partnership that cemented them both as artists of the highest calibre, and the recordings they made together profoundly influenced how we interpret flute music today.
He made the first English recording of the complete Handel flute sonatas and drew attention to the more contemporary flute works of Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Olivier Messaien and Richard Rodney Bennett. He championed many unknown nineteenth century composers such as Ferdinand Ries and Reynaldo Hahn, premiered concertos by William Matthias, Diana Burrell and the Venezuelan composer Raymund Pineda, all of which were written for him, and recorded with artists such as the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the legendary Jimi Hendrix.
His long orchestral career spanned five decades during which he was principal flute in the London Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra. He also enjoyed chamber music of all kinds and was a member of the Vesuvius, Melos, Nash and Prometheus Ensembles where he joined forces with other celebrated instrumentalists of that time. These ensembles also pioneered repertoire that was either new or neglected.
Wibb will be most fondly remembered as a brilliant teacher. He was able inspire everyone to improve in some way, however small. Always animated, he illustrated musical or technical points with an energy that was irresistible, and it was impossible to forget his enthusiasm and incredible humour, even years later. He was also a very generous man with a warm heart who cared deeply for the welfare of his students, many of whom still occupy principal chairs in orchestras around the world. Wibb’s legacy lives on, and his influence will continue to define flute playing for decades to come.
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As you can see, this exciting flute event is a brand-new initiative which I hope will continue to blossom and grow. A venture like this needs funding and, as advertising is always a good idea, I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to showcase your business as well as support a good cause.
If you would just like to contribute individually that’s great too!
Your name and logo (if appropriate) will appear on the website and this information will also appear on the programme for each concert.
Any profit will be donated to the Ealing Food Bank.
If you are interested in supporting the Festival, please contact me, Chris Hankin, Festival Director and I will supply bank details etc.
Thank you!
