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Event Details
Friday 22nd May 2026 at 11am
Doors open at 10.30am
Tickets: £15 (including a free tea or coffee)
Tickets are available HERE, by phoning 01728 454022, or in person Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10-12pm at the AJH corner office.
A relaxed morning recital, part of a series featuring musicians from the Prometheus Orchestra.
Programme
French Suite William Alwyn
Flute, Violin, Viola & Harp
Arioso J. S. Bach
Apres un Reve Faure
Viola & Harp
Romance Rubinstein
Elegia Tedeschi
Violin & Harp
Variations for Flute on a Theme from Rossini’s La Cenerentola Chopin
Flute & Harp
Irish Suite William Alwyn
Flute, Violin, Viola & Harp
The Goldcrest Ensemble
Duke Dobing flute
Michael Dolan violin
Raphael Hurwitz viola
Miriam Keogh harp
The event ends at approximately 11.50am.
The Goldcrest Ensemble
The Goldcrest Ensemble was formed in 2016 by Miriam Keogh and Duke Dobing, to perform mixed ensemble, harp-based chamber music from the 18th to the 21st century.
Duke Dobing, flute made his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra aged 18, participating in several Aldeburgh Festival concerts and recordings conducted by Benjamin Britten. Duke played as Guest Principal Flute with most of London’s major orchestras and was Principal Flute of City of London Sinfonia (CLS), appearing as soloist throughout the UK and abroad, giving many broadcasts including the UK première of Jean Françaix’s Double Concerto. The BBC chose Duke as flute soloist in Radio 3’s “A Breath of Virtuosity” series, playing concertos by Mozart and Nigel Osborne. John Rutter composed his Suite Antique for flute and strings for Duke, who gave its world première and recorded it for John’s Collegium label. For three decades, Duke was a member of the Vega Wind Quintet, one of the UK’s leading wind ensembles. In 2000, Duke changed career, successively becoming full-time Director of Development at CLS (2000-2004), Aldeburgh Music – now Britten-Pears Arts (2004- 2009), and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2009-2012), returning to Aldeburgh Music as Fundraising Adviser for the Britten Centenary. In 2004, The Duchess of Kent invited Duke to become a founder trustee of her charity Future Talent, a position he held for ten years, the last four as Deputy Chair. Duke now concentrates on performance as soloist and in chamber music.
Michael Dolan was born in Scotland and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Michael plays the violin and viola. After completing his studies, he joined the Scottish National Orchestra and subsequently was appointed Assistant Leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Later he was invited to join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, where he became Co-Principal Second Violin. After a busy, successful career in London and touring the world he moved to Suffolk. Michael has led the Prometheus Orchestra for seven years and enjoys playing chamber music with the many fine musicians based in Suffolk.
Raphael Hurwitz, viola studied the viola with Jonathan Barritt at the Junior Royal Academy of Music and began his career as section leader of the National Youth Strings Orchestra, London International Orchestra and subsequently went on to form the London FILMharmonic Orchestra in 2012. As a prominent multi-instrumentalist, his work has taken him around the world as well as performing in many West-End shows and independent theatre as a freelance Musical Director. Raphael has also worked in collaboration with Pizza Express Jazz Club Dean Street and King’s Place for the Global Music Foundation. As well as performing chamber music, Raphael also works as a dealer and specialist in fine instruments and bows.
Miriam Keogh, harp was born in Dublin into a large musical family; both her parents were professional musicians. Miriam was awarded a Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship to study the harp with Osian Ellis at the Royal Academy of Music, and she undertook further studies with Renata Scheffel-Stein. As a freelance harpist her career has taken her to many countries including the USA, Europe and the Far East as Guest Principal harpist with leading orchestras, including The London Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Miriam was awarded an ARAM by the Royal Academy of Music “for achieving distinction in the profession”. As well as performing chamber music with several groups, Miriam enjoys teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, coaching for various youth orchestras, organising master classes and summer schools and has a busy private teaching practice.