Ben Baker & Daniel Lebhardt + Pre-Concert Recital

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Described by The New York Times as bringing “virtuosity, refinement, and youthful exuberance” to his Merkin Concert Hall debut, **Ben** **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! **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 \------------- **Pre-Concert Recital with Antar Quartet • 5.30pm** 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". **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*