HERITAGE by candlelight – featuring Aisha Syed

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Aisha Syed has been described by the press in three continents as a “virtuoso” and a “deeply gifted artist”. She has won numerous awards including five Premio soberano Awards in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019 as Best Classical Artist Abroad, the Latin Pride National Award 2009 in Boston MA, USA, the Game Changer Award by the Keep Walking worldwide campaign in 2014 and many others. She was made Honorary Cultural Goodwill Ambassador by the Dominican Republic Government. She performed at BBC Radio 3 and her live performance of N. Paganini’s La Campanella on their radio programme In Tune was chosen as a Performing Miracle on their prestigious broadcast of the best live interpretations on Radio 3. Aisha is a devout christian and dedicates all her performances to God.

All proceeds from ticket sales for this concert will go to fund the work of St Mary le Strand Church.

Programme:

FRANCK Violin Sonata

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Deep River

SOLANO Una Primavera para el Mundo (A Spring for the World)

HERNÁNDEZ El Primer Beso (First Kiss)

BACH Chaconne in D Minor from Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004

PAGANINI Rondo “La Campanella” from Violin Concerto No. 2

BERNSTEIN America from West Side Story (arr. Enrique Penaforte)

SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28

SOLANO Por Amor

Please note: we regret that there is no step free access to St Mary le Strand church.