PROGRAMME: Music for Solo Viola by two Baroque Masters:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Excerpts from Suite No. 4 in E-flat

major, BWV 1010

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Fantasia No. 8 in A major for Solo

Viola da Gamba, TWV 40:33

I. Allegro

II. Grave

III. Vivace

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Fantasia No. 12 in E-flat major for

Solo Viola da Gamba, TWV 40:37

I. Andante

II. Allegro

III. Vivace

Benjamin Errington is an accomplished violist with a very broad musical and intellectual background. From a young age he began participating in major folk festivals and national competitions in the UK on both viola and violin. At aged 18 he was a finalist in the BBC Young Musicians competition and went on to graduate with First Class Honours from the Royal Northern College of Music and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. His career has combined Classical viola repertoire and Traditional Irish music as parallel interests and his professional engagements have included concerto performances in the UK, Ireland and Canada. Benjamin has performed with renowned musicians such as Ralph Kirshbaum, the Navarra Quartet and pianist Ian Brown and is a member of the Aeneas Ensemble and Meridian Duo.

He has wide experience as an international freelance orchestral violist in Europe

and the UK, and obtained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 2024 where he

researched musical aesthetics. He has two academic publications and a book

collaboration coming out in 2026. Benjamin also launched Celtic Viola & Fiddle

on YouTube to promote Traditional Irish Music on the viola in original arrangements.