Fri 30 Aug
|St Mary's Cathedral
Lunchtime Recital: Layla Ballard, cello
A long-running and popular series of lunchtime recitals in one of Edinburgh's most beautiful concert spaces. Today, cellist Layla Ballard performs Brahms and Bridge.
Time & Location
30 Aug 2024, 13:00 – 13:50
St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Pl, Edinburgh EH12 5AW, UK
About
This long-running and very popular series of lunchtime recitals features a wide variety of performers, playing and singing in one of Edinburgh's most beautiful concert spaces. These concerts are free by donation, and a perfect way to spend a lunchtime during the busy festival!
Programme
Sonata no. 2 in F Major......... J. Brahms (1833-1897)
Cello Sonata....... F. Bridge (1878-1941)
Biography
Layla Ballard is a cellist based in London, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland. She began her studies at St Mary’s Music School with teacher and member of the Maxwell Quartet Duncan Strachan, and also studied composition with Tom Wilson and Jazz Piano with Chick Lyall. Her cello studies have continued at the Royal College of Music in London with teacher Melissa Phelps where she is awarded as the Leverhulme Arts Scholar supported by the Geoffrey Boyes Memorial Scholarship and is also supported by the Dewar Arts Award and the Talent Unlimited…