Events

Cambridge - 6th April 2024, 7:30pm

Richard perform's Darrel Davison's new saxophone concerto The Garden of Earthly Delights with the Sampson Orchestra of Cambridge in their concert entitled 'Voices of Spring'. This piece is a musical response to a triptych of the same name by Hieronymus Bosch, painted between 1490-1500.

"Few artworks sum up the wild ecstasy and weirdness of lust better than Hieronymus Bosch’s famed triptych [...] The painting largely depicts an unbridled, deeply imaginative romp. But Bosch’s overarching message here—and the intricate, sneaky symbolism that powers it—is decidedly more complex. Themes of sin, punishment, and Hell also permeate the masterpiece. For centuries, the artist’s radical creativity and imaginative iconography has sparked rowdy scholarly debate and provocative spinoffs."  -Alexxa Gotthardt

Programme to include Elgar's Froissart Overture as well as Schumann's Symphony No. 1 'Spring'.

More information and tickets available here: https://www.westroad.org/whats-on/sampson-orchestra-spring

West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP

Epsom - 4th May 2024, 7:30pm

Richard performs as guest soloist with the Epsom Symphony Orchestra in their Spanish Fiesta programme, playing Borne's dramatic Carmen Fantasy as well as Ravel's hauntingly beautiful Pavane pour un infante défunte.

Programme also to include music by De Falla, Chabrier and Rimsky-Korsakov.

More information and tickets available here: http://www.epsomsymphony.co.uk/concerts-events/

Epsom Playhouse, 42 Ashely Avenue, Epsom KT18 5AL

Switzerland - 14th-16th March 2024

Richard performs alongside other winners of the Hans Schaeuble Award, presenting three recitals as part of the Arosa Klassik festival. The 'Songs and Dances' programme will include everything from famous works by Mozart and Schubert to selections from Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, all in unique arrangements for saxophones and accordions.

More information and tickets available here: https://arosakultur.ch/veranstaltungen/

Thursday 14th March, 6pm - Arosa Kulm Hotel & Alpin Spa, Innere Poststrasse, 7050 Arosa

Friday 15th March, 8pm - Chur Klibühni Chur, Kirchgasse 14, 7000 Chur

Saturday 16th March, 8pm - Zurich Johanneskirche, Limmatstrasse 112, 8005 Zurich

Sevenoaks - 10th March 2024, 3:00pm

Richard perform's Darrel Davison's new saxophone concerto The Garden of Earthly Delights with the Sevenoaks Symphony Orchestra in their concert entitled 'The New World'. This piece is a musical response to a triptych of the same name by Hieronymus Bosch, painted between 1490-1500.

"Few artworks sum up the wild ecstasy and weirdness of lust better than Hieronymus Bosch’s famed triptych [...] The painting largely depicts an unbridled, deeply imaginative romp. But Bosch’s overarching message here—and the intricate, sneaky symbolism that powers it—is decidedly more complex. Themes of sin, punishment, and Hell also permeate the masterpiece. For centuries, the artist’s radical creativity and imaginative iconography has sparked rowdy scholarly debate and provocative spinoffs."  -Alexxa Gotthardt

Programme to include Elgar's Froissart Overture as well as Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'.

More information and tickets available here: https://www.sevenoakssymphonyorchestra.org.uk/event-the_new_world.html

Stag Theatre, London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 1ZZ

London - 29th February 2024, 7:30pm

Evening recital by the newly formed Spirito Saxophone Quartet. The programme includes music by Jean Francaix, Jun Nagao and Samuel Barber, showcasing the versatility of this exciting new chamber ensemble.

Soprano Saxophone - Sophia Elger

Alto Saxophone - Richard Scholfield

Tenor Saxophone - Robert Burton

Baritone Saxophone - Robert Finegan

Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St, London SW1X 9BZ

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirito-saxophone-quartet-concert-tickets-807578738747?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete&fbclid=IwAR34LyA5WsPkpG3-tGjT1nGBDmSNkkc0RxZUYwlQuTaq33LPHH3MnvmfSlo

Scottish Tour - 2nd-11th February 2024

Review of recital at Inverurie Music: https://inveruriemusic.org/scholfield-clarke-duo-concert-february-9th-2024-inverurie-town-hall/

The Scholfield-Clarke Duo embark on a concert tour of Scotland, supported in part by the Tunnell Trust, presenting a 'red, white and blue' programme which explores the rich diversity of the saxophone's original repertoire, with works from French, British and American composers. With jazz-tinged, impressionist pieces, luscious romances and angular minimalism, the duo will take audiences on a journey through the life of the classical saxophone over the past 100 years. This journey culminates in the present day, with the premiere of a new commission from English composer John de Simone specially written for concerts in their February 2024 tour.

Friday 2nd February 2024, 7:30pm - Music Arran, Arran High School, Lamlash, Arran KA27 8NG - https://www.arranmusic.co.uk/

Saturday 3rd February 2024, 1:00pm - Giffnock South Concert Series, Giffnock South Parish Church,  2 Greenhill Ave, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6QX - https://www.facebook.com/GiffnockSouthConcertSeries

Saturday 3rd February 2024, 7:00pm - Auchterarder Parish Church, 24 High Street, Auchterarder PH3 1DF

Friday 9th February 2024, 8:00pm - Inverurie Music - https://inveruriemusic.org/

Saturday 10th February 2024, 7:30pm - Ayr Music Club, Alloway Church Hall, Ayr KA7 4PQ - https://www.ayrmusicclub.co.uk/page13.html

Sunday 11th February 2024, 7:30pm - Helensburgh Music Society, Helensburgh United Reform Church, 35 West Princes Street, G84 8TF- https://helensburghmusicsociety.org.uk/

Glasgow - 26th January 2024, 7:30pm

Newly established clarinet, saxophone and accordion trio Triskelion perform an evening recital at Sherbrooke Mosspark Parish Church, presenting an eclectic programme of dance-inspired music. This concert will be a globe-trotting experience, with everything from the stately European court dances that inspired the timeless music of J.S. Bach to lively jigs and reels from Scotland, and firey Argentinian Tango. Since their formation, the trio have appeared at the Billiard Room Sessions in Govan for the Glasgow Barons, toured the highlands with Netherlorn Music Scheme and had recordings broadcast on RTÉ LyricFM in Ireland.

Sherbrooke Mosspark Church, 240 Nithsdale Rd, Bellahouston, Glasgow G41 5AD

Tickets £10, available on the door.

Edinburgh - 6th August 2023, 5:00-7:00pm

Performing Mark-Anthony Turnage’s expressionist masterpiece Three Screaming Popes with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.

The Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EA

More information available here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eqx6gw

London - 26th July 2023, 1:00-2:00pm

First recital of the newly formed Spirito Saxophone Quartet. The programme includes music by Jean Francaix, Jun Nagao and Samuel Barber, showcasing the versatility of this exciting new chamber ensemble.

Soprano Saxophone - Sophia Elger

Alto Saxophone - Richard Scholfield

Tenor Saxophone - Robert Finegan

Baritone Saxophone - David Zucchi

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP

Leeds - 7th June 2023

Performance with Triskelion (saxophone, clarinet and accordion) at Leeds International Organ Festival.

Triskelion is a new collaboration between Valerie Barr, Richard Scholfield and Cathal Killeen. As a trio they aim to present new and reimagined music to communities throughout Ireland and Scotland via innovative programming, new transcriptions and original compositions. Established following their studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the group formed as a response to the lack of creative opportunity presented during the pandemic. Drawing on the shared cultural history of Ireland and Scotland along with their own classical training, the trio present their home traditions of music and contrast this proud heritage with original arrangements of classical favourites and new music.

Programme to include J.S. Bach, Saint-Saens, James MacMillan, Malcolm Arnold and Astor Piazzolla.

Leeds Cathedral, Cathedral Chambers, Great George St, Leeds LS2 8BE

More information available here: https://www.leedsiof.org/home

Edinburgh - 31st May - 4th June 2023

Performing as part of the 'Anthropocenic Garden', an experimental inderdisciplinary project at the Hidden Door Arts Festival, in collaboration with Stephanie Lamprea, Tom W. Green, Oana Stanciu, Penny Chivas, Sonia Killmann, and Katherine Wren. The environment will be 'live' from 6pm each night of the festival.

"In the Anthropecenic Garden, songs of the Earth are evoked and imagined through natural soundscapes and the human voice interfaced with electronics. Images of creatures and beings once extinct are reanimated through projections, and our sense of space is activated through dance and movement. We ask ‘what does it mean to witness and interact with our land?’ What is real and what is artificial? And bucolic as it may be, this scene is anthropocenic – among the lavish growth, witness also the harm done by our species, via pollution, construction and deconstruction, which has placed our earth on its last leg. By making contact with nature, are we connecting, or are we destroying?"

Scottish Widows Complex, 15 Dalkeith Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5BU

More information available here: https://hiddendoorarts.org/event/environment-3-garden/

Glasgow - 28th May 2023, 7:00pm

Performance with Triskelion (saxophone, clarinet and accordion) at Williamwood Parish Church's Summer Concert Series

Triskelion is a new collaboration between Valerie Barr, Richard Scholfield and Cathal Killeen. As a trio they aim to present new and reimagined music to communities throughout Ireland and Scotland via innovative programming, new transcriptions and original compositions. Established following their studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the group formed as a response to the lack of creative opportunity presented during the pandemic. Drawing on the shared cultural history of Ireland and Scotland along with their own classical training, the trio present their home traditions of music and contrast this proud heritage with original arrangements of classical favourites and new music.

Programme to include J.S. Bach, James MacMillan, Malcolm Arnold and Astor Piazzolla.

Williamwood Parish Church, 4 Vardar Ave, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 7QP

More information available here: https://www.facebook.com/williamwoodparishchurch/

Glasgow - 3rd May 2023, 1:00-2:00pm

The Scholfield-Clarke Duo (saxophone and piano) feature at Westbourne Music, performing an all-American programme in the beautiful Glasgow Art Club. The duo will perform creative transcriptions of music by Amy Beach and George Gershwin, as well as introducing the audience to two American sonatas which have become cornerstones of the saxophone's original repertoire (music by Paul Creston and William Albright).

More information available here: https://www.westbournemusic.org

Reviewed here: https://bylines.scot/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/notes-from-america/

The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath St, Glasgow G2 4HU

Glasgow / Luing / Seil / Oban - 13th-16th April

Scottish tour with newly formed chamber group Triskelion.

13th April - Glasgow / Billiard Room Sessions

14th April - Oban / Loch Melfort Hotel

15th April - Seil / Seil Community Hall

16th April - Luing / Atlantic Islands Centre

Triskelion is a new collaboration between Valerie Barr, Richard Scholfield and Cathal Killeen. As a trio they aim to present new and reimagined music to communities throughout Ireland and Scotland via innovative programming, new transcriptions and original compositions. Established following their studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the group formed as a response to the lack of creative opportunity presented during the pandemic. Drawing on the shared cultural history of Ireland and Scotland along with their own classical training, the trio present their home traditions of music and contrast this proud heritage with original arrangements of classical favourites and new music.

London - 25th March 2023, 7:30-9:30pm

Final round of the Croydon Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Competition, featuring myself and the other four finalists (piano, violin and voice) performing with the orchestra.

I will play Glazunov's Concerto Op. 109 for saxophone and string orchestra, with the rest of the programme including movements from Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 2, alongside vocal works by Verdi.

Results: I was awarded first prize, and look forward to collaborating with Croydon Symphony Orchestra and other local groups throughout the 2023-2024 season.

Woldingham School Concert Hall, Woldingham, Caterham CR3 7LR

More information available here: https://croydonsymphony.com/concert-diary/

Glasgow - 12th March 2023, 3:30-4:30pm

Joint afternoon recital as part of the 'Second Sunday' Concert Series with flautist Adam Richardson and pianist Michael Bawtree. The recital features masterworks from the woodwind repertoire by Glazunov and Gaubert, alongside shorter works by Pierne, Burton, Koechlin and Andy Scott - a concert full of contrasts, with something for everyone. Entry free/by donation.

St Margaret of Scotland Scottish Episcopal Church, 353 Kilmarnock Rd, Shawlands, Glasgow G43 2DS

More information available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1281920412361267?

Edinburgh - 16th January 2023, 11:00-11:45am

Live Music Now Scotland Emerging Artists' recital with the Campus Trio, presenting a programme of original works for this novel trio of saxophones and piano in the grand surroundings of Edinburgh's Usher Hall. The concert will feature the first performance of my new transcription of Mikhail Glinka's "Trio Pathetique", specially created for this performance, as well as a brand new comission for the trio from Scottish composer Erin Thomson, supported by the Kimie Trust and Live Music Now Scotland - The Graceful Art of Walking on Stilts.

More information and tickets available here: https://www.usherhall.co.uk/whats-on/emerging-artists-campus-trio-0

Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh EH1 2EA

Glasgow - 7th January 2023, 1-2pm

Performance with the Campus Trio at the Giffnock South Concert Series. This concert takes the trio in a different direction, exploring repertoire originally written for two saxophones and piano rather than their usual mix of transcriptions. The programme will feature an exciting new comission from Scottish composer Erin Thomson (supported by the Kimie Trust and Live Music Now Scotland) - The Graceful Art of Walking on Stilts - alongside contemporary works by Carter Pann, Warren Benson and Jun Nagao.

Tickets £5 cash, available on the door. More information here: https://www.facebook.com/GiffnockSouthConcertSeries/

Giffnock South Parish Church, 2 Greenhill Ave, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6QX

Mayfield, Sussex - 15th October 2022, 7:30pm

Concert given by the winners of the 2022 Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition, featuring chamber music collaborations between the prize-winning musicians. Richard will perform original pieces by Jean Matitia and Charles Koechlin, as well as his own experimental transcription of WF Bach's Flute Duet in G major for an evolving duo of clarinet and/or flute and/or saxophone!

St Dunstan's Church, High St, Mayfield TN20 6AB

London - 16th September 2022, 1-2pm

Lunchtime duo recital alongside pianist Iain Clarke at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, with a programme exploring vocal repertoire and influences of birdsong. Works by Pierne, Chopin, Beach, Gershwin, Yoshimatsu and Messiaen.

https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/richard-scholfield-saxophone-and-iain-clarke-piano/?whatson-event-date=2022-09-16&whatson-event-time=1:00%20PM

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ

Paisley & Edinburgh - 4th, 5th & 6th August 2022, 7:30pm

Concerto performances of Debussy’s ‘Rapsodie’ with the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra under the direction of Sian Edwards. Richard will also perform with the orchestra in a brand new commission (Marches I) from Edinburgh-based composer Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, as well as in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The performance on 4th August will take place near Glasgow in Paisley Abbey, and on 5th and 6th in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.

More information available here: https://edinburghyouthorchestra.org/summer-2022/

Glasgow - 31st July 2022, 7-8pm

Evening recital at the Williamwood Parish Church Summer Concert Series - entry by donation. The Scholfield-Killeen Duo present a varied programme of duos for saxophone and clarinet, with a broad ranging programme featuring baroque duets by both J.S. Bach and his son W.F. Bach, 20th century French repertoire by Francis Poulenc and Pierre Max Dubois, and contrasting American works by William Grant Still and Marc Mellits.

Williamwood Parish Church, 4 Vardar Avenue, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 7QP

https://www.facebook.com/events/1229496737809543

Edinburgh - 29th July 2022, 1-2pm

A free lunchtime recital at the Pianodrome, Edinburgh. The Scholfield-Killeen Duo present a varied programme of duos for saxophone and clarinet, with a broad ranging programme featuring baroque duets by both J.S. Bach and his son W.F. Bach, 20th century French repertoire by Francis Poulenc and Pierre Max Dubois, and contrasting American works by William Grant Still and Marc Mellits.

More info available here: https://tinyurl.com/ys4f69hs

11th June 2022, 7:00pm

Concerto performance of Darius Milhaud’s ‘Scaramouche’ with the West of Scotland Schools Concert Band under the direction of Nigel Boddice. Evening performance at 7pm in the New Auditorium at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

1st June 2022

Awarded 2nd Prize in the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition at Mayfield Festival. A full recording of the final is available to watch here (my performance begins at 4:48:45): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79sICLfZ3Y

Recital for Barnes Music Society at OSO Arts Centre, London. Together with pianist Mihai Ritivoiu, Richard will present a programme of both original and self-transcribed works for saxophone, featuring music by Prokofiev, Chopin, Ravel and Ibert. More information available here: https://www.barnesmusicsociety.org/scholfield

19th January 2022, 1-2pm

Recital in conjunction with City Music Foundation in the Great Hall, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Alongside fellow CMF artist Mihai Ritivoiu (piano), Richard will perform music by Debussy, Ravel and Piazzolla.

Full recording of the concert available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGpHDD5OJIM

25th November – 10th December 2021

'Atypical Romance’ Tour with Resol String Quartet, featuring performances and educational workshops in Glasgow and the inner Hebrides (Arran, Islay, Seil, Easdale and Oban). The programme consisted largely of new arrangements for saxophone and string quartet, specially created by Richard, and we were very grateful to have been supported through funding from the National Lottery and Creative Scotland.

Excerpt from the programme - William Grant Still's Romance for saxophone and piano, in a brand new arrangement by Richard for saxophone and string quartet: https://soundcloud.com/richard-scholfield-sax/romance-william-grant-still

20th November 2021

A collaborative performance given by the winners of the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition 2021 in St. Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield

Full recording available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiBO8XZ6-b4

Webern Quartet for Violin, Clarinet, Saxophone and Piano at 00:34:40

Debussy Rapsodie for Saxophone (trio version) at 01:46:20

14th November 2021

Live appearance alongside Resol String Quartet on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Classics Unwrapped’ with Jamie MacDougall, discussing the upcoming ‘Atypical Romance’ tour and performing some excerpts from the programme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011ktr

16th October 2021

Saxophone and clarinet duo recital with Cathal Killeen at the Giffnock South Concert Series, with new transcriptions of Beethoven and Poulenc, along with original works by Stravinsky and Gregory Wanamaker.