Mozart Birthday Concert

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Join St John’s Chamber Orchestra for their 25th annual Mozart Birthday Concert

This will be the 25th year that St John’s Chamber Orchestra has presented its annual Mozart Birthday Concert at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on Saturday 24 January at 7.30pm. Tickets are £21.50.

The orchestra celebrates this occasion in style with three popular concertos:

Mozart
Horn Concerto in E flat, K.495
Violin Concerto in G, K.216
Piano Concerto in EE flat, K.271

Prize-winning pianist Hao Zi Yoh returns to Norden Farm. Hao Zi Yoh gave an impressive solo recital at Norden Farm in 2024, and plays the sparkling E flat Concerto, one of Mozart’s early masterpieces.

The Malaysian pianist trained in Germany and London and has won many prizes and awards around the world. She is particularly noted for the beauty of her playing. At the age of 12, she was invited to perform at New York’s Carnegie Weill Recital Hall as gold medallist of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition.

Her composition, Bustling City and Peaceful Suburb was selected to represent Malaysia at the Yamaha APJOC concert 2007. She has performed in major concert halls including Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall and has performed with orchestras such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

Katie Mazur returns to perform the genial G major Violin Concerto. Katie is a violinist at the Royal College of Music. She has played with various orchestras including at the International Music Festival in Malta, The International Music Festival in the Lake District and with The National Youth Orchestra.

Clive Steady opens the concert with the most famous of all horn concertos, complete with its memorable hunting finale.

The concert is conducted by Maidenhead resident Nigel Wilkinson. Norden Farm welcomes back the former senior producer for BBC Radio 3.