St Edward's Coffee Concert , Piano, Violin and 'Cello Trio

Name: St Edward's Coffee Concert , Piano, Violin and 'Cello Trio
Start: 2025-09-20T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-20T12:00:00+01:00
Location: St Edward's Church, Cardiff

Schedule

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Edward's Church, Cardiff | Cardiff, WA

St Edward's Coffee Concerts are charity concerts. We are very grateful to the wonderful professional standard musicians who give of their time and amazing talent to raise money for charity. This year we will be raising money for and awareness of 'Making Music Changing Lives'
£5 includes tea, coffee & biscuits, other donations very welcome
David Lewis Violin
Nic Bilham 'Cello
Elizabeth Williams Piano
Stücke im Volkston (Pieces in Folk Style) for 'Cello and Piano, op. 102 Schumann
i. Mit Humor (With humour)
ii. Langsam (Slow)
iii. Nicht Schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen (Not quick, played with much tone)
iv. Nicht zu rasch (Not too fast)
v. Start und markiert (Strong and marked)
From the Homeland: Two duets for Violin and Piano Smetana
i. Moderato
ii. Andantino
Piano Trio no. 5 in D, op. 70 no. 1 'The Ghost' Beethoven
i. Allegro vivace e con brio
ii. Largo assai ed espressivo
iii. Presto
Elizabeth Williams
Elizabeth is from Sheffield. She trained and worked as a lawyer prior to commencing postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, specialising in playing with instrumentalists and singers. Elizabeth previously studied with Benjamin Frith and has also been fortunate to participate in masterclasses with Stephen Osborne and Joanna McGregor. Elizabeth worked for five years at the Royal College of Music in London, supporting the students there in developing their careers. She has lived in London, Berlin and Norfolk, where she continued to perform and teach. She is now a sought-after chamber musician, accompanist and teacher in Cardiff. Elizabeth loves playing with other musicians and particularly enjoys appearing in concerts at St Edward’s Church, Penylan, Cardiff. She gave a solo piano recital there in January and has also recently performed as one of the pianists in ‘Carnival of the Animals’ with the Amaretti Chamber Orchestra in Cheshire. Elizabeth cares passionately about giving children and young people the opportunity to learn an instrument and to participate in high-quality musical experiences, and she is the Chair of Trustees for the Cardiff charity, Making Music Changing Lives: https://makingmusicchanginglives.org

David Lewis
Following studies at the Royal College of Music, London David was for many years a member of Welsh Nat Opera.
Since becoming freelance David has worked with major UK orchestras, on concert platform and opera pit.
Theatre credits include several productions with RSC in Stratford, and on the silver screen David has appeared in ‘The madness of King George’ and ‘Youth’(Sorrentino)
Wearing his ‘period instrument’ hat David has performed with groups such as Academy of Ancient Music, (AAM) London Classical players, and London Handel Orch. He has toured USA and Japan with AAM and Canada with the 18th century concert orchestra, an ensemble he leads and directs.
David is a tutor with “Making music changing lives” (MMCL) in Cardiff, string coach for London Schools Symphony Orchestra and regular dep with Centre for young musicians (Guildhall) A former leader of RSO, he is in demand as an educator and adjudicator.
Nic Bilham
Nic studied the cello with Robert Samsworth and Stuart Spencer. He lives in London, where he plays a wide variety of chamber music. He is a frequent visitor to Cardiff, and has played regularly with Elizabeth Williams since 1996, both as a duo and in other chamber groups. Nic also plays folk music, and is a member of Bluebells & Matches, a group in which he sings and plays mandola as well as cello.