Cello Recital: Elinor Frey

We are delighted to welcome renowned cellist Dr Elinor Frey, former Visiting Fellow at LMH, for a special free recital showcasing an exquisite programme of works for cello. This event and a chamber music masterclass for LMH students are generously supported by the Louise Grattan Chamber Music Concert fund.

In conjunction with this visit, Dr Frey will also perform at the Holywell Music Room on Sunday 23rd February at 7:30pm, alongside the esteemed early music ensemble Academia de’ Dissonanti.

Event registration for the Holywell Music Room recital on 23rd February is available here: https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/25-02-23-the-art-of-variation. 

There is no need to register for the LMH event, which is free and open to all.

Programme

Giuseppe Clemente Dall'Abaco (1710–1805)
Capriccio primo
Capriccio secondo
Capriccio sesto

J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Bourrées I & II – Gigue

Dall'Abaco
Capriccio ottavo
Capriccio terzo

Bach
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Prelude – Allemande – Courante – Sarabande – Minuets I & II – Gigue

About Elinor Frey

Born in Seattle and living in Montréal, Elinor Frey is a leading American-Canadian cellist, viola da gambist, and researcher. Her albums on the Belgian label Passacaille and Canadian label Analekta  – many of which are world premiere recordings – include Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco Cello Sonatas, winner of a Diapason d’Or, and Early Italian Cello Concertos, winner of the 2023 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year (small ensemble). Her critical editions of Dall’Abaco’s cello music is published in collaboration with Walhall Editions. 

Elinor is the artistic director of Accademia de’ Dissonanti, an organization for performance and research. She has performed throughout the Americas and in Europe in recital and with numerous chamber ensembles and orchestras including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, London Symphonia (ON), Symphony Nova Scotia, Rosa Barocca, Les idées heureuses, Il Gardellino, Tafelmusik, and Pacific Baroque Orchestra, among others.

Elinor is the recipient of dozens of grants and prizes supporting performance and research, including the US-Italy Fulbright Fellowship, a research residency at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, and a collaborative research project in 2025 with musicologist Nicholas Baragwanath, working on using hexachordal solfeggio in practice. Elinor holds degrees from McGill, Mannes, and Juilliard. She teaches Baroque cello and performance practice at McGill University and the Université de Montréal and was a Visiting Fellow in Music (2020–2023) at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. Elinor was awarded Québec’s Opus Prize for “Performer of the Year” in 2021.