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Entracte – Jacques Ibert
Andante Religioso – Henriette Renie
Berceuse - Charles Oberthur
Prelude from Partita in E major for solo violin - J. S. Bach
Algues Suite – Bernard Andres
LIFE IS FLASHING BEFORE MY EYES AND I REALISE IT ALL STARTED WITH A BLACKBIRD – Uno Vesje
Teacht an Earraigh – Sam Kane
Czardas - Vittorio Monto

James Warburton is a freelance violinist based in the North West of England and North Wales. He graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with first-class honours.

Hailing from Bolton, James started playing the violin at age 7 and progressed through the local music service orchestras, before joining the Halle Youth Orchestra and the RNCM’s junior department, where he was taught by Steve Wilkie for four years. During his undergraduate degree at the RNCM that followed, James led notable projects such as the RNCM Symphony Orchestra’s annual Bridgewater Hall concert and their production of The Marriage of Figaro.

Currently, James freelances with various orchestras in the North West, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic, as well as the Symphonia Verbum Orchestra (as leader) and Manchester Concert Orchestra. James also performs at Candlelight Concerts run by Fever, the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, and his own concerts (including here in St Mary’s!), as well as weddings and events across the UK.

James is very fortunate to play a 1772 Joseph Hill violin, generously loaned to him by the Tompkins Tate Musical Instrument Trust.

Welsh harpist Angharad Huw completed her undergraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2023 with first class honours, and was awarded the Musicales Prize on graduation. She studied with Eira Lynn Jones and Dr Anne-Marie O’Farrell, and was previously a member of Junior RNCM, where she was awarded the Rotary Prize for Performance and the John Ellis Memorial Prize.

Angharad has performed in numerous concerts across North Wales, Cheshire, Merseyside, and Greater Manchester as a soloist, ensemble player, and orchestral musician.

She has performed in Edinburgh and Wales International Harp Festivals, was a prize-winner in the Urdd National Eisteddfod and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and has performed in venues such as Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, The Bridgewater Hall, and Nottingham Theatre Royal.