Welcome to the website of the conductor Samuel Draper!
Please enjoy finding out more about Samuel and his music-making here.
Upcoming Concerts:
Friday 13th December 2024, 7.30pm
St Cuthbert’s Church, Philbeach Gardens, Earl’s Court, SW5 9EB
Songs my mother taught me
Siying Chen – soprano
Samuel Draper – piano
Haydn: ‘Nun beut die Flur’ from Die Schöpfung
Dvořák: Když mne stará matka zpívať učívala from Cigánské melodie
Strauss: Allerseelen
Debussy: Clair de lune
Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe
Strauss: Epheu from Mädchenblumen
Strauss: Das Rosenband
Mozart: Voi avete un cor fedele
Bellini: ‘Eccomi in lieta vesta… Oh! Quante volte ti chiedo’ from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Grieg: Sechs Lieder, Op. 48
ENESCU PREMIÈRE
On Saturday April 29th, Samuel gave the UK première of George Enescu’s Fourth Symphony, a masterpiece left partially unorchestrated at the composer’s death and later completed for performance by Romanian composer Pascal Bentoiu. Details of the concert, given in partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute, London, as part of their ‘Bentoiu Month’ series of events can be found at the CONCERTS page and at the ICR website.
Here is a preview of our performance from Richard Whitehouse on CLASSICAL SOURCE
and more information on Pascal Bentoiu can be found at TOCCATA CLASSICS.
A review of the concert can be read at CLASSICAL SOURCE
