Sunday 4 December 2011, 7pm Vaughn Williams “A Sea Symphony” St John’s, Smith Square The Royal Orchestral Society The London Chorus Conductor: Orlando Jopling Tickets £20, £15, £10 (concessions £8) Booking opens November 1

Handel/Elgar: Overture in D minor
Elgar: Cello Concerto (soloist: Kyril Zlotnikov)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.1 –
Sea Symphony

Kyril Zlotnikov – cello
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers – soprano
David Kempster – baritone
The London Chorus
The Royal Orchestral Society
Orlando Jopling – conductor

The Royal Orchestral Society

The Royal Orchestral Society for Amateur Musicians is the oldest of its kind in the country. It was founded in 1872 by Queen Victoria's second son the Duke of Edinburgh, himself an enthusiastic violinist and the Society's first President. At that time the only other large body of players in London was the orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society.

The new Society's first concert was conducted by Sir Arthur Sullivan in the Royal Albert Hall in 1873, and in 1879 the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, graciously consented to become Patron of the Society, an honour which was also conferred by Queen Victoria in 1880, after a Command Performance at Windsor Castle. Since then it has given numerous concerts in the presence of Royalty, and has performed in many different venues, including St. James' Palace, Arundel Castle, the Mansion House and the Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich.

Kyril Zlotnikov

Born in Minsk, Belarus to a family of professional musicians, Kyril Zlotnikov began his studies at the Belarusian State Music Academy with Prof. Vladimir Perlin. He continued his studies in Israel with Prof. Uzi Wiesel and Hillel Zori, completing his musical education under the direction Prof. Michael Khomitzer in Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. While a student, Kyril Zlotnikov participated in master classes and courses with such prominent musicians as Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma,Natalia Gutman, Boris Pergamenschikov, Aldo Parisot and Georgy Kurtag.

He is a founding member of the recognised for its artistic creativity, one of the most dynamic and exciting young quartets currently performing - The Jerusalem Quartet. The musicians have been giving multiply performances all over the world and become the Israel's leading string quartet. Since 2002 the Jerusalem Quartet records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi.

Since 2003 Kyril Zlotnikov has been a principal cellist and a teacher of the cello group at the "West-Eastern Divan Orchestra" under Maestro Daniel Barenboim. He also frequently takes part in special projects and tours of the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra as a principal cellist.

Kyril Zlotnikov plays a 1970 Sergio Peresson cello kindly loaned by Maestro Daniel Barenboim. This instrument was the favourite cello of his late wife, the famous cellist Jacqueline du Pré. Kyril is also very grateful to America-Israel Culture Foundation who generously loans him a 1743 J.B. Guadagnini cello.

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