Von Paradis' Sicilienne performed by Sara Trickey and Richard Sisson

Von Paradis' Sicilienne performed by violinist Sara Trickey and composer Richard Sisson for The National Brain Appeal's Christmas Carol Concert 2021.
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We want to say a huge thank you to all who have been involved and made this event possible: Xei Audi, Anthony Calf, Theresa Dauncey, Joanna David, John Duncan, Freddie Fox, Matthew Herd, Nick Losseff, Tim O’Sullivan, Michael Powell, Richard Sisson, Sophie Thompson and Sara Trickey.
With special thanks to the Danny Sullivan Group who very kindly sponsored the event.
Thank you once again. We look forward to your continued support in the years to come.
Sending you best wishes for Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!
The National Brain Appeal team
Sara Trickey has an exciting and varied career as a concert violinist. Winner of the Royal
Overseas League competition and second prize winner at the international string quartet
competition in Cremona, she led the Bronte string quartet for seven years. She is now the violinist
in the Odysseus piano trio and the Rossetti Ensemble. She has also performed most of the major
7 concerto repertoire for violin and orchestra, having performed with the English Symphony
Orchestra and the City of London Sinfonia, amongst many others. Having read Classics at Trinity
Hall Cambridge, she is also an alumnus of the Royal College of Music and the San Francisco
Conservatory of Music. Her discography is extensive and has met with much critical acclaim.
For more details, see www.saratrickey.com.
Richard Sisson is a composer and piano player. He has performed all over the world - in
Australia, Austria and Afghanistan, in Bahrain, Barbados and Belgium - and that’s just the first
two letters of the alphabet! He has also played in Madame Tussaud’s, in the Long Room at Lord’s,
in the Houses of Parliament, in Buckingham Palace, on the island of Sark, on the beach at
Estepona, on the Cresta Run in St Moritz and on a truck in a copper miner’s camp in Oman…
Richard has broadcast many times on radio and television and once even appeared on Countdown.
He has written music for many stage plays, including Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van and The
History Boys. He also enjoys teaching and is presently offering a course in Piano Sight Reading at
the Royal College of Music in London.