Lumas Winds
Lumas Winds
Beth Stone flute
Chris Vettraino oboe
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth french horn
Flo Plane bassoon
Rennie Sutherland clarinet
Lumas Winds evolved through friendships formed at the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, with the ensemble being established in 2018. The group presents diverse and varied programmes, framing lesser-known works alongside classics of the canon, and their concerts embrace verbal introductions which illuminate the thinking behind their fresh and eclectic approach.
As winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize, and regularly featuring at festivals and music clubs up and down the UK, they have firmly established themselves as a group to watch and have been described as an ‘effervescent wind quintet, lively in their performance style and enterprising in their choice of repertoire’ (Seen and Heard International).
The ensemble released their debut album, The Naming of Birds, in May 2024 for Champs Hill records, which was described as ‘an excellent and highly enjoyable survey of the British wind quintet from the early 1960s into this century’ (BBC Radio 3, Record Review).
They are currently featured young artists with the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme as well as the Kirckman Concerts Society, the latter of which saw them make their King’s Place debut in May 2025. They have been made ‘Ensemble in Association’ at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where they give concerts, coaching sessions, and side-by-side performing experiences. The group has featured at numerous chamber music festivals, and collaborated with other esteemed musicians.
Programme
Bozza Scherzo Op. 48
Beamish The Naming of Birds
I. Perdix Perdix (Partridge)
II. Vanellus Vanellus (Lapwing)
III. Carduelis Cannabina/Emberiza Calendra (Linnet/Corn Bunting)
IV. Tyto Alba (Barn Owl)
V. Pyrrhula Pyrrhula (Bullfinch)
Bach Organ Concerto No. 2 (after Vivaldi) BWV 593 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24, No. 2
I. Lustig. Mäßig schnell Viertel
II. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise
III. Ruhig und einfach
IV. Schnelle Viertel
V. Sehr lebhaft
Coleman Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Sponsored by Kirckman Concerts
Venue: The Bridgewater Hall
Box Office
Tickets can be purchased in advance and on the day of the concert from the Bridgewater Hall Box Office:
The Bridgewater Hall
Manchester
M2 3WS
Tel: 0161 907 9000
Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm (8pm on concert nights – in person only)
Sat – Sun 2pm – 5pm (concert nights only)