Ear worms—Tabea Debus and Toby Carr
Caroline Jones has invited an internationally acclaimed recorder player, Tabea Debus, to give a recital on Saturday 22nd February at 6.00pm, Clarence Hall, Crickhowell.
Image: Ear worms: Tabea Debus and Toby Carr
Tabea will be accompanied on lute by another outstanding musician, Toby Carr, who is a Professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. To reserve your ticket simply email mirjam.morat@gmail.com. Tickets are £10.00 for adults and children have free entry.
As a soloist and chamber musician Tabea regularly appears with La Serenissima and The English Concert, and joined the recorder quartet Palisander in 2023. She is a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3’s In Tune and Early Music Show, and has released seven solo discs to date.
Awards include the CAG/Richard S. Weinert Award for Innovation in Classical Music, the soloist prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 1st prize at the Society of Recorder Players/Moeck International Solo Recorder Competition in London, as well as at the Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Hülsta Woodwinds International Competitions.
Toby Carr has performed with most of the principal period instrument ensembles in the UK and beyond, as well as with many symphony orchestras, opera companies and ballet companies. Highlights have included touring over a dozen shows around the country with English Touring Opera from 2016 – 2023, joining the orchestra of the Royal Opera House for Handel’s Jepthah in 2023, and performing at the BBC Proms 2022 with La Nuova Musica.
Tabea and Toby performed to a sell-out audience at the 2024 Gower Festival.