About Ewan Millar (oboe) & Tomos Boyle (piano) | Hoylake Chamber Concert Society
Programme
Thea Musgrave, Dawn for Solo Oboe
Gilles Silvestrini, 12 Etudes Poétiques, No 11, Le Monologue
Alessandro Marcello, Concerto for Oboe No 2 in D minor, SD 935, Adagio
Marina Dranishnikova, Poem for Oboe and Piano
Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Oboe and Piano, FP 185
Olivier Messiaen, Vocalise-étude
Interval
JS Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
Fanny Mendelssohn, 6 Lieder, Op 1, No 1, Schwanenlied
Lili Boulanger, ‘Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie’ from Clairières dans le ciel
Robert Schumann, Liederkreis, Op 39, No 9, Wehmut
Fanny Mendelssohn, 6 Lieder, Op 1, No 6, Gondellied
Robert Schumann, Adagio and Allegro in A-flat major, Op 70
Peter Facer, Manhattanhenge
Ewan Millar
https://ewanmillaroboe.com/about
Ewan is a prominent young oboist building a career in the UK. In 2020 Ewan won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician, advancing to the Grand Final, and giving an “exemplary, richly shaded account” (The Guardian), of Navarro’s “Legacy” concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Since the competition he has been performing as a soloist in recitals around the UK, including at the Windsor, Cheltenham, and Lake District Summer Music Festivals. He is an artist with both the Tillett Debut Scheme and Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, helping secure further recital opportunities around the UK over the coming years; he is bookable through the new UK Artists Directory. Ewan's long-time collaborative pianist is the exciting young soloist Tomos Boyles.
As a freelancer, he has performed as principal oboe with the RPO, Aurora Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and London Concertante, and has also performed with the Philharmonia, BBC Phil, RLPO, and Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. He is thrilled to be performing with the award-winning quintet Lumas Winds throughout 2025.
Ewan did his undergraduate at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, and his postgraduate at RAM, where he was awarded the Bicentennial Prize and Janet Craxton Memorial Prize, as well as winning the departmental Oboe Prize. He studied primarily with Melanie Ragge, while also receiving lessons from Christopher Cowie, and Patrick Flanaghan for cor anglais.
Beyond oboe he is also a jazz pianist, gigging regularly in bars and restaurants around Oxford and London. Ewan is a Howarth Artist, and plays on a Howarth XM oboe, which he was kindly aided in buying by the Gerald Finzi Trust.
Tomos Boyles
https://www.tomosboyles.com/about
Rising Welsh musician Tomos Boyles is rapidly carving out a career as a young and exciting concert pianist. Described as possessing a ‘romantic flair and passion that only comes from intense involvement’ (Carol Nixon, LMC), he has performed at numerous prestigious venues including St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, St David’s Hall in Cardiff, and the Wales Millennium Centre. Recent performances include solo recitals at the Ludlow Piano Festival and the Beaumaris Festival, and upcoming ones include a chamber recital at Sinfonia Smith Square and a solo recital at Wigmore Hall.
He has enjoyed success in competitions, having recently been awarded first prizes at both the Urdd Eisteddfod and the Wales International Piano Festival solo categories. Other top prizes include the prestigious Blue Ribband at the National Eisteddfod, and first place in the EPTA competition. His interviews have been published by the Cross-Eyed Pianist’s Meet the Artist series and broadcasted by S4C and BBC Wales.
Tomos graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University in 2022 with a first-class degree in music having held a scholarship during his studies. Now a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Tomos works under Professor Rustem Hayroudinoff, having previously studied with Alison Bowring. Next year, he will study for an Artist Diploma at the Academy on a full scholarship. He has also benefitted from masterclasses with such pianists as Joanna MacGregor, Piers Lane, Tom Poster, and Artur Pizarro. He is generously supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the John Fussell Memorial Trust Fund
The Venue
OUR CONCERTS ARE HELD IN ST HILDEBURGH’S CHURCH, HOYLAKE, CH47 1HL
The venue is five minutes’ walk from Hoylake railway station on the Wirral Line and fifteen minutes from the motorway network.
TO HOYLAKE BY RAIL FROM LIVERPOOL
1. Arriving at Liverpool Lime Street mainline station, cross the concourse and descend to the Merseyrail Underground station. Trains are bound for several termini which are shown on the front of each train, and on electronic displays on the platform. Take the train for West Kirby.
2. Alight at Hoylake station (the penultimate stop on the line).
3. Cross the footbridge and continue straight ahead to a roundabout with a bird sculpture in its centre.
4. Cross the road and continue in the same direction along The King’s Gap.
5. After 200 metres at a crossroads, The Green Lodge Hotel is opposite you and St Hildeburgh’s church is on your left.
TO HOYLAKE BY ROAD
Corner of Stanley Road and King’s Gap, Hoylake CH47 1HL
1. Leave the M53 motorway at Junction 2
2. Continue to the end of the spur road, then take the second exit off the roundabout and follow the signs for Moreton & Hoylake.
3. At the end of the road take the first exit off the roundabout for Hoylake A553.
4. Stay on the A553 through Moreton, Meols and then into Hoylake.
5. In Hoylake you will reach a roundabout with a bird sculpture in its centre. Turn right on the roundabout.
6. After 200 metres you reach a crossroads with St Hildeburgh’s church on your left. Turn left here.
7. There is disabled parking available in the church car park and plenty of on road parking.
Our Annual Membership
Annual Membership is £85 per person.
Your membership gives you entrance to all six concerts, September – November 2024 and February – April 2025, and entitles you to attend AGMs. Tickets will be transferable.
To become a member of Hoylake Chamber Concert Society please go to:
https://chamberconcert.co.uk/become-a-member/
Next concert
Our next concert will be on Monday 28th April 2025 at 7.30pm
The Hague String Trio
Schubert: String Trio in B flat major, D581
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Trio in A minor, Op 48
Beethoven: String Trio in E flat major, Op 3
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