St John's Smith Square welcomes back musicians Ben Tarlton and pianist Robin Green for a program of Central European works in this lunchtime recital. Alongside Beethoven’s 7 Variations on ‘Bei Männern Liebe fühlen’, they will perform Pohadka by Czech composer Janacek and the 1st Rhapsody arranged for cello by the Hungarian composer Bartok. The concert will include the rare opportunity to hear the hauntingly beautiful Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus’ from Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time.

Ben's concert highlights include Recitals at Wigmore Hall, St James’s Church Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Buxton and Harrogate International Festivals, Concerto performances at St John’s Smith Square, West Road Concert Hall Cambridge, Dora Stoutzker Hall Cardiff and a performance of Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time’ in The Barbican Hall, broadcasted on BBC Radio 3 and reviewed by The Guardian as ‘sensationally played’.

“A light touch and an engaging tone” (The Strad magazine), Robin Green enjoys a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor. Chamber music forms a central part of Robin’s life as a musician. Former recipient of the Leverhulme Chamber music fellowship at the Royal College of Music, Robin was the first prize winner of the Royal Overseas League Chamber music competition, the Concours Nicati in Switzerland and was a prize winner at the International Schubert duo competition. Robin is a piano professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The focal point of his studies was chamber music coachings with mentors György Kurtág, Rainer Schmitt and Ferenc Rados.