Far Flung Trio

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Whittington Festival String Quartet
Special guest:
Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson, clarinet
Gershwin
Walking the Dog for clarinet and trio arr. Dunne
Mebrakh Haughton-Johnson, clarinet, Far Flung Trio, Katherine Hunka, violin, Dermot Dunne, accordion, Malachy Robinson, double bass

Georges Bizet
From Carmen, WD 31: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Arr. for Violin, Double Bass & Accordion by Dermot Dunne, Katherine Hunka & Malachy Robinson)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
From The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. for Violin, Double Bass & Accordion by Dermot Dunne, Katherine Hunka & Malachy Robinson)

Katherine Hunka
Break Out (world premiere) for violin, viola and strings
Katherine Hunka, composer-in-residence, solo violin, and viola, Rosa Hartley, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, violins, Ami-Louise Johnsson, viola, Nina Kiva, cello, Malachy Robinson, double bass

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To close this year’s festival a medley of well-known melodies given the unique Far Flung Trio treatment – includes tunes from their latest release, Umbrellas!

“Who’d have thought you could have just so much fun with a violin, accordion and double bass… Moods and nationalities aplenty, all played with pizzazz and joy”
BBC Music Magazine reviews the Umbrellas album, November 2025