Sunday Concerts at Conway Hall: Ben Baker & Daniel Lebhardt + Pre‐Concert Recital with Antar Quartet

About the Event

Described by The New York Times as bringing “virtuosity, refinement, and youthful exuberance” to his Merkin Concert Hall debut, Benjamin Baker has established himself as a sought‐after soloist and chamber musician, performing widely across Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. With regular duo partner Daniel Lebhardt, Ben makes his debut at Conway Hall in a wide‐ranging programme, not to be missed!


Pre‐Concert Recital with Antar Quartet
Students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, we are pleased to welcome the Antar Quartet for their debut at Conway Hall. The last of the 6 ‘Tost’ quartets opens their short programme, which is completed by Sri Lankan‐born Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s 2022 work, described by the composer as a “virtuoso musical escapade for string quartet, inspired by the audacious, real‐life theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in 1911”.

PROGRAM:

5.30pm: Antar Quartet

Haydn | Quartet in E flat Op.64/6
Dinuk Wijeratne | The Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini

Annabel Stevens • violin
Josh Albuquerque • violin
Richard Montgomery • viola
Ellamay Mantie • cello


6.30pm: Ben Baker & Daniel Lebhardt

Schubert | Rondo in B minor D895
Brahms | Sonata No.2 in A Op.100
Bacewicz | Kolysanka (Lullaby)
Bacewicz | Witraz (Stained Glass Window)
Respighi | Sonata in B minor P110

Ben Baker • violin
Daniel Lebhardt • piano