Lunchtime Concert: Rob Burton (saxophone) & Mark Rogers (piano)

Rob Burton was a 2018 BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist and is a Classic FM “Star of Tomorrow”

British saxophonist Rob Burton won the Woodwind Final of BBC Young Musician 2018 and went on to secure a place in the Grand Final, where he performed as concerto soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Highlights since then include appearances with some of the UK’s leading orchestras including Britten Sinfonia and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Featured as one of Classic FM’s “Stars of Tomorrow”, he has performed at many prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

​

American pianist Mark Rogers studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the first prize in Art Song accompaniment, and at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. A former Young Artist at Leeds Lieder Festival and the Ludlow English Song Weekend, Mark has also performed at the Scottish Parliament, the Malmö Radhuset, and given a series of recitals at Atelier Ferrandou in the south of France with cellist Kristian Chojecki.

Ravel  Sonatine  (arranged for saxophone & piano)

Poulenc  Oboe Sonata  (arranged for saxophone & piano)

Gershwin  Three Preludes  (arranged for saxophone & piano)