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Amy’s Page

Yorkshire-born pianist Amy Butler studied with British concert pianist Martin Roscoe and gained a first-class master’s degree from Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Amy has a particular passion for chamber music and she especially enjoys working collaboratively with other musicians. Regular concert partners include violinist Boglárka György and flautist Chris Hill; she also comprises one half of the Luna Piano Duo, alongside pianist Graziana Presicce.
Amy has performed for numerous venues and music societies across the UK, recent highlights include Stratford-upon-Avon Music Society, North Westmorland Arts, Warwick Arts Centre, Weymouth Chamber Concerts, St Mary’s Perivale, Sprotbrough Music Society, the Eric Coates Society and the Guild of Musicians and Singers (London). She is also a staff pianist for the East Riding Music Service and accompanist for Beverley Male Voice Choir and Snaith & District Choral Society.
Future duo concerts include appearances Yatton Music Society, Evesham Music Society, Melrose Music Society, Salisbury Chamber Music Club, The Hub, St. Lukes, Litchfield and Howdenshire Music Educational Outreach.

You might like to come to this page to relax and listen to Amy play some beautiful music for you. There are also some recordings of her accompanying Steven.

In this Interlude, Howden Minster’s very own Director of Music Matthew Collins performs the joyful and sparkling Prelude in C by German organist and composer Johann Christoph Kellner (1736-1803). The performance features the Minster’s wonderful Rushworth & Dreaper organ – one of the finest in the region.

Watch organist Matthew Collins perform Kellner’s Prelude in C

Interlude #6: Prelude in C by Johann Christoph Kellner – Matthew Collins, organ

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Matthew Collins studied the organ with Christopher Gray (Truro Cathedral) and Roger Tebbet (Selby Abbey) and was appointed Director of Music at Howden Minster in 2009. Oratorio credits as director or accompanist include Messiah, Stabat Mater (Poulenc), Requiem (Fauré, Duruflé and Rutter) and Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini). In addition to his church and choral work, Matthew is Head of Music at the De Costa Academy of Singing, York.

For Julian Musik

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) ~ Revolutionary Étude, played by Amy Butler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDXld9r5mOU

For Alan Lee

Amy has recorded this lovely piece of music for Alan – “The Robin’s Return” by Leander Fisher. It was Alan’s third choice. Amy refused to play”Blaydon Races” or “Cushie Butterfield”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_O0iCAKku8

Another gem from Steven and the Howdenshire Music Project

Interlude #4: Ballade for violin and piano, Op.4a by George Enescu ~ Harry Kneeshaw & Amy Butler

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Harry hails from Beverley and has been playing the violin since the age of three. He spent five years in the National Youth Orchestra, working with conductors including John Wilson, Edward Gardner and Marin Alsop, and is currently a student at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Professor Rodney Friend. Harry plays an English violin by renowned Yorkshire violin maker John K. Empsall (1856-1910) and W E Hill bow, both lent to him by the Royal Academy of Music.

We will be releasing more Interludes over the coming weeks, so do please keep an eye on this mailing list. You can also follow the Howdenshire Music Project directly on YouTube and Facebook to keep up to date with all our latest news and musical offerings.

Stay safe and best wishes

Steven

An experiment that the Howdenshire Music project have put together.

Hull-born Thomas Bertolotti is an award-winning young cellist. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Alfredo Piatti (Chair of Cello) and Josephine Knight, he has been based since 2018 in Milan at the Academia Teatro alla Scala, where he is principal cello. Thomas made his professional concerto debut aged just 19 performing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra to great critical acclaim.

Although they are 25 miles apart, (Tom is in lockdown near Hull having returned 8 weeks ago from Italy and Amy is in Saltmarshe), they have managed to put together (edited by Steven) a preview of their Howden Minster Lunchtime concert ‘A Cello at the Opera’ to be held on 20 August at 1pm (fingers crossed!).

They have never worked together before nor rehearsed!