About This Concert
This programme begins with Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, a radiant work filled with bright, operatic melodies and a spirited, dance-like finale. Written when the composer was just 19, it perfectly balances virtuosic display with effortless grace. By contrast, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll offers a rare glimpse into the composer’s private world. Written as a secret birthday gift for his wife Cosima after the birth of their son Siegfried, Wagner’s only symphonic poem weaves themes from his famous Ring Cycle into lullabies for chamber orchestra.
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Venue Details
Large Common Room William Goodenough House Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AN
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto in D major, K. 218
Duration: 25'
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Duration: 20'
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Our Soloists
Cyrus Yuen - Violin
Cyrus Yuen is a London-based violinist from Hong Kong whose performance career spans Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in prominent venues including the Wigmore Hall, Milton Court Concert Hall, Bechstein Hall (London), Victoria Music Centre (Barcelona), the Great Hall of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall, and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Cyrus is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Violin Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he studies under Professor David Takeno (Eugène Ysaÿe International Chair of Violin). He was a finalist in the 2025 Victoria BCN International Violin Competition, a 3rd prize winner in the 2025 Luigi Nono International Chamber Music Competition, and the 1st prize winner of the 2025 Essex Young Musicians Award. In April 2026, Cyrus made his solo debut at the Barbican Hall in London performing Shostakovich First Violin Concerto Op.77 with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra (GSO) for reaching the finals of the prestigious ‘Gold Medal’ competition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His development has been supported by masterclasses with distinguished artists including Tasmin Little CBE and Nancy Zhou. He is the recipient from a number of named awards and foundations, including the Munster Trust, Tillett Trust and Colin Keer Trust, the Essex Young Musician Trust, the Guildhall Trust, and the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation. Cyrus currently performs on a fine 1750 Carcassi violin, generously loaned to him by the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation in London.
Conductor
Blake Phillpot
Blake Phillpot is a conductor, cellist and baritone, and the founder and Artistic Director of the City Chamber Orchestra. He is currently studying conducting with Peter Stark, Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music. Blake leads the City Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble bringing together postgraduate, undergraduate and early-career musicians from London’s conservatoires. The orchestra seeks to bring professional-standard orchestral performance to the City of London while creating opportunities for emerging conservatoire musicians to develop through orchestral and concerto repertoire. He has also worked with postgraduate musicians at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, providing independent concerto performance platforms and repertoire sessions. Alongside his work with the City Chamber Orchestra, he has conducted youth orchestras, amateur ensembles, outreach orchestras and choirs. His conducting has been shaped by work with Peter Stark, Colin Metters and Lionel Friend, and his musical background is rooted in orchestral and choral performance. As a musician, he has performed extensively as a cellist and baritone and was a choral scholar and Head Chorister at the Chapel of St Augustine, performing in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and France. Blake is also a prize-winning mathematician from Imperial College London, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Mathematics in 2024.