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A wonderful evening of music in the stunning surroundings of the St Peter and St Paul’s Chapel at the Old Royal Naval College.   

Enjoy live music in the chapel from rising star and talented saxophonist, Manu Brazo, and award-winning pianist, Bryan Evans MBE. Celebrating the launch of their new album FANTASIA where together they will perform a compilation of classical opera through the voice of the saxophone. 

Programme:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Eugene Onegin Op. 2 – Lensky’s Aria (arr.  Brazo)

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Queen of the night Aria (arr. Brazo) 

A Gershwin Fantasy
Gerswhin (1898-1937) (arr. R. Martino)

Donato Lovreglio (1841-1907) 
Fantasia on the Opera La Traviata (arr. Brazo) 

Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) 
Aria 

François Borne (1840-1920)  
Fantasia brillante sur Carmen (arr. Roth) 

Pedro Iturralde (1929-2020) 
Pequeña Czarda  

About Manu Brazo
Manu Brazo is an innovative musician who is redefining the concept of the classical musician in the 21st Century. His unique sound, sensibility and virtuosity have made his performances range from opening for Sir Cliff Richard and for Downton Abbey TV Series official concert to performing as a soloist in some of the most prestigious music halls in the world like Philarmonie Berlin, the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, St Martin in the Fields and the 2018 Proms alongside the Britten-Pears Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop. Recently Manu has achieved the Audience Award at the Prince’s Prize of the Musicians Company. 

About Bryan Evans MBE
Trained as a concert pianist at The Royal College Music, Bryan Evans has performed extensively as soloist and accompanist throughout the UK and Europe. His accolades include the Chopin Prize, Mozart Prize and all the piano accompaniment Prizes.  

He appeared on BBC Radios 3 and 4, Channel 4 Television and the BBC World Service. As a leading exponent of accompanying chamber opera and Music Director of Diva Opera, he has played for over 4,500 performances of full operas world-wide and conducted performances of Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte, L’elisir d’amore, Le Nozze di Figaro (including five performances in the Opera House at the Palace of Versailles) and Lucio Silla (Belfast and Dublin). In 1993, Bryan Evans was awarded an MBE for his services to music and opera.