"A flawless flautist", BBC
Philippa Davies has established an international reputation as one of the very finest flautists, renowned for her performances to audiences throughout the world. Since her debut at the 1977 BBC Proms, her concerto appearances have included performances with orchestras such as the New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia and English Chamber Orchestra, while as a leading exponent of contemporary music she has attracted commissions from many composers including Maxwell Davies and Jonathan Harvey. In the 1999 BBC Proms, Philippa was soloist in the world premiere of Havoc by Giles Swayne. Amongst her extensive recordings are the Mozart quartets and concertos (Pickwick,ASV, Virgin), major repertoire with the Nash Ensemble, and solo discs including the Poulenc sonata (Hyperion).
"Impressive... strength and sensitivity", Daily Telegraph
Christina Rhys is both the daughter and mother of professional musicians. She has appeared as a soloist throughout the UK, in Germany, Malta and in the USA. She has premiered the solo works of a number of eminent British composers and is the only player to have recorded Elliot Carter's Bariolage for Radio 3. She has worked with many of the country's leading symphony and chamber orchestras and has toured with the Northern Sinfonia Ensemble and Debussy Trio performing all the major chamber music repertoire.
She was a founder member of Sonor Contemporary Music Ensemble in the USA, and Gemini Ensemble.
Christina is also a practising music therapist, working for the three hospices of Acorns Children's Hospice Trust.
"Uncommonly expressive", Guardian
Stephen Stirling is established as one of our finest and most versatile horn players, now known to a concert audience that spans most of the globe, and enjoying an exceptionally varied and demanding high-profile career. His concerto appearances include concerts and broadcasts with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, City of London Sinfonia and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and he is a member of The Fibonacci Sequence, Endymion Ensemble and Capricorn. Stephen's many recordings include all the Mozart Horn Concertos (Classic FM Fullworks label) and the virtuosic Double Horn Concertos by Vivaldi, Brahms' Horn Trio with the Florestan Trio (Hyperion), and the premiere recording of the wonderful Quintet for Horn and Strings by York Bowen (Dutton Laboratories). www.classical-artists.com/stephen-stirling
"Plays most beautifully and with great sensitivity", Gramophone
Chamber music has dominated Louise Williams' career. She joined the Endellion quartet as a founding member in 1979 , and in 1987, returning from travels in India and a year as a gardener, she joined the Chilingirian quartet as violist. In 1994, after a gap of several years to raise children, she returned to music, playing as a guest with the Takacs quartet and many others, and began a long and fruitful relationship with the Lindsays with whom she played up to their final farewell concerts. She was also a member of the Raphael Ensemble (sextet), has played and recorded with the pianist David Owen Norris and is currently a member of the Frith piano quartet and the group Arpège, (flute viola harp horn).
Louise plays a Brothers Amati viola made in Cremona in 1616. She has recorded the complete Bartok and Dvorak Quartets with the Chilingirian, Mozart and Beethoven quintets with the Lindsays, and a CD of Bridge viola pieces.
Louise lives in London and Paris, and plans eventually to grow vegetables in Limousin.