Aylesbury Lunchtime Music presents

Iván Cherednichenko Carrillo & Benji Lock

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19 February 2026

Starts: 12:45pm, Doors: 12:15pm

Duration: 1 hour (approx.)

St Mary the Virgin, Aylesbury

£7 adults on the door (<18s & carers free)

  • Iván Cherednickenko Carrillo
  • Benji Lock

Programme

We thank Iván and Benji for filling at very short notice! They will only play movement 3 of the Rachmaninov

  • 1890-1959

    Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H 290 (Martinů)
    Poco allegro [Theme.], Varation 1 Allegro moderato, Varation 2 Poco allegro, Varation 3 Poco più allegro, Varation 4 Andante, Varation 5 Allegro – Vivo – Moderato maestoso

    Martinů wrote his Variations on a Theme of Rossini in 1942

  • 1906-1975

    Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (Shostakovich)
    i Allegro non troppo, ii Allegro, iii Largo, iv Allegro

    The Cello Sonata in D minor was composed in 1934. It was a period of emotional turmoil in Shostakovich’s life, as he had fallen in love with a young student at a Leningrad festival featuring his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District. Their affair resulted in a brief separation from his wife Nina; during which he composed the Cello Sonata.By late 1934 Shostakovich and Nina reunited and she eventually became pregnant with their first-born daughter, who was born in 1936.

  • 1879-1962

    The Holy Boy (Ireland)

    The Holy Boy is a short composition by the English composer John Ireland. Alongside his setting of the hymn “My Song Is Love Unknown”, it is probably his best-known work. The original version is from Christmas 1913, and was published in 1915 as The Holy Boy – A Carol, the third item in his four Preludes for Piano.

  • 1879-1962

    Spring Sorrow (Ireland)

    A major theme of this poem is the advent of spring, with the hawthorn buds “quickening” and the snows of winter beginning to melt. The birds are singing again. However, the poet is metaphorically related to the budding hawthorn hedge where his “heart puts forth its pain.”

  • 1873-1943

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (Rachmaninov)
    i Lento – Allegro moderato, ii Allegro scherzando, iii Andante, iv Allegro mosso

    Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 was completed in November 1901 and published a year later. He regarded the role of the piano as not just an accompaniment but equal to the cello. Most of the themes are introduced by the piano, while they are embellished and expanded in the cello’s part.

  • 1782–1840

    Variations on One String (Paganini)

    Niccolò Paganini’s “Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini” (often titled Moses Fantasy or Introduction & Variations on ‘Dal tuo stellato soglio’) is a virtuoso piece composed around 1818-1819, based on the aria from Rossini’s opera Mosè in Egitto. Originally for violin, it requires playing on the G string only.

Performers

  • Iván Cherednichenko Carrillo

    Cello

    Iván Cherednichenko Carrillo is a cellist from Cardiff studying at the Royal College of Music with Gemma Rosefield

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  • Benji Lock

    Piano

    Benji Lock studies piano at the Royal Academy of Music on a full scholarship sponsored by Elton John

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Key information for concert goers

When

Every Thursday at 12:45pm (except August & over Christmas). Performances last around 60 minutes. Please enter quietly as there is a noon service in the Lady Chapel.

How much?

Entry is £7 per adult (card or cash), under 18s and carers are free. The price includes a programme. Donations are welcomed to subsidise the larger ensembles.

Where?

Performances are at St Mary’s Church in the heart of Aylesbury Old Town. See directions for further details.

Do I need to book?

No, just turn up. Doors open at 12:15 pm. Make sure you arrive in good time to get a seat.

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