Graham Walker: Early Music
| Graham is active as a continuo cellist, playing the full range of the repertoire, but specialising in music of the French Baroque. Highlights of his continuo work have included Charpentier's Acteon for Emmanuelle Haim in the Aldeburgh Festival and several acclaimed performances of Bach's Passions at various venues in the UK. He plays on an instrument from the Betts workshop, ca. 1800, recently restored by Bridgewood & Neitzert. | |
Graham studied baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music as a joint first study. His teacher there was Jennifer Ward-Clarke, and he received coaching from many of the finest performers in the early music world; he has subsequently studied with Richard Lester, Richard Tunnicliffe, Alison McGillivray and David Watkin. |
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| Graham is a founding member of The British Camerata (formerly Dramma per Musica), a group performing cantatas and operas from the Italian and French baroque, working with singers including Alex Ashworth, Kevin Kyle and Elizabeth Weisberg. Recent successes have included a perfomance in the finals of the York International Early Music Festival. | |
Graham plays the cello for Janiculum, a group formed by Jane Clark, the noted Scarlatti scholar. The ensemble plays pieces by lesser-known composers of the late-eighteenth century; recent projects have included a programme entitled "Mozart's Models", focussing on the English influences on the young Mozart. |