- Beethoven - Overture: Egmont
- Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (soloist: Haru Ushigusa)
- Beethoven - Symphony No.3 (Eroica)
Raymond Lewis – conductor
Sarah Douch – leader
Soloist: Haru Ushigusa
Haru Ushigusa studied with Jyunko Isono in Japan, and with Tomotada Soh at the Royal Academy of Music on London where she was supported by a Rohm Music Foundation scholarship. After winning several prizes, she graduated from the Academy in 2013 with distinction. She has taken part in master classes by Maxim Vengerov, Tomas Brandis, and Koichirou. Haru performs regularly in UK and Japan as a soloist and in chamber music. Most recently, concert and recital venues have included, Burgh House, Hampstead; The Bösendorfer Harmony Tower, Tokyo; the Art Tower, Mito; the Palty Hall, Hitachiota City; and the Tokai Art Cultural Centre, Japan.
Haru was a semi-finalist in the 2012 International Brahms Competition in Austria 2012, and in the Sendai International Music Competition in 2013, when she also performed concertos by Mozart and Bartok with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra at the Sendai Youth Cultural Centre. She made her professional debut at Kioi Hall, Tokyo, as the highest achiever of the Toho Gakuen Music Hight School. Haru has been a member of the Dulcinea Quartet since since 2008. The quartet, which gives regular recitals in the UK, toured Japan Tour in 2014 and 2015, and has recently been invited to perform in Tokyo, Yokohama, Shiga, Ibaraki, and Aomori.
