Charlie Lovell-Jones | Violinist
Repertoire and Programmes
Sample Programmes
Recent Recital Programmes
Classical Pride 2026 King’s Place Recital with Charles Owen
Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano Op. 6
Jennifer Higdon: Legacy (arr. violin and piano by the composer)
Maurice Ravel: ‘Ondine’ from Gaspard de la Nuit
Karol Szymanowski: La Fontaine d’Arethuse from Mythes Op. 30
Interval
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin ‘Ballade’, Op. 27
Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42
Christ Church 500th Anniversary with Julian Chan - Walton and Italy
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Major K. 526
William Walton: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Interval
William Walton: Violin Sonata
Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata
(Total: 84 mins)
Sibelius Competition 2025 Semifinal
Outi Tarkiainen: The Seasons Remembered (2025)
Jean Sibelius: Danse Champêtre Op. 106 No. 2
Frederic Chopin arr. Eugène Ysaÿe: Ballade in G minor Op. 23
Jean Sibelius: Novelette Op. 102
Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata Op. 82
Jean Sibelius: Danse Champêtre Op. 106 No. 3
Béla Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1
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(Total: 64 mins)
Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2025
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op. 12 No. 3
Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata
Interval
Arseniy Gusev: Crossroads (2023)
Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata Op. 82
(Total: 84 mins)
Recital Programme Ideas
Musical Poems
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade Op. 73
Karol Szymanowski: Mythes Op. 30
Jennifer Higdon: String Poetic
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(Total: 53 mins)
In Search of Lost Time
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Valse Scherzo Op. 34
Reynaldo Hahn: Violin Sonata
Franz Schubert: Fantasie in C Major D934
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(Total: 60 mins)
Student Composers
Franz Schubert: Sonatina in A minor for Violin and Piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Sonata Op. 6
Interval
Lili Boulanger: Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
Guillaume Lekeu: Violin Sonata
(Total: 95 mins)
Mother and Child (after Sargent Johnson)
Eugéne Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 Op. 27
Amy Beach: Violin Sonata Op. 34
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor K. 304
William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 M. 77
Solo
Niccolo Paganini: Caprice Op. 1 No. 4
Béla Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Interval
Jörg Widmann: Etude No. 3 for Solo Violin
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin Op. 27 No. 4
J. S. Bach: Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin
(Total: 72 mins)
Concertante
Violin Concertos
J.S. Bach, Concerto No. 1, BWV1041
S. Barber, Op. 14
L. v. Beethoven, Op. 61
A. Berg, 'Dem Andenken eines Engels' (1935)
J. Brahms, Op. 77
B. Britten, Op. 15 M.
Bruch, Concerto No.1, Op. 26
——— ‘Scottish Fantasy’, Op. 46
S. Coleridge-Taylor, Op. 80
G. Dyson (1941)
E. Elgar, Op. 61
R. Gipps (1943) (Recorded)
A. Glazunov, Op. 82
Karl Jenkins, Sarikiz
E. W. Korngold, Op. 35
E. Lalo, ‘Symphonie Espagnole’, Op. 21
M. Lindberg, Concerto No. 2 (2015)
P. Maxwell-Davies, Concerto No.1 (1985)
F. Mendelssohn, Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
W.A. Mozart, Concerto No.4, K218
S. Prokofiev, Concerto No.1, Op. 19
C. Saint-Saens, Concerto No.3, Op. 61
J. Sibelius, Op. 47
K. Szymanowski, Concerto No.1 Op. 35
P. I. Tchaikovsky, Op. 35
M. Tippett, ‘Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli’ (Recorded)
R. Vaughan-Williams, ‘Concerto Accademico’, IRV. 12
H. Vieuxtemps, Concerto No.5, Op. 37
A. Vivaldi, ‘The Four Seasons’, Op. 8
W. Walton (1939) (Recorded)
Duo Concertos and Concertante Works
J.S. Bach, Concerto for Two Violins, BWV1043
G. Bottesini, Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass
J. Brahms, Concerto for Violin and Cello Op. 102
B. Britten, Concerto for Violin and Viola
Works for Violin and Orchestra
B. Bartók, Rhapsody No. 1 Sz. 87
L. v. Beethoven, Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
A. Dvorak, Romance in F minor, Op. 11
J. Sibelius, Humoresque No. 2 (Op. 87), Nos. 3-6 (Op. 89)
R. Vaughan-Williams, The Lark Ascending
Solo
Unaccompanied Works
J.S. Bach, Sonata Nos. 1 and 2, Partita Nos. 1-3 for Solo Violin, BWV1001-1004, 1006
H. W. Ernst, Grand Caprice on Schubert’s ‘Der Erlkönig’, Op. 26
——— ‘The Last Rose of Summer’, No. 6 from Six Polyphonic Etudes for Solo Violin
Kim, Shin, 'Capriccio' (2025)
F. Kreisler, Recitative and Scherzo, Op. 6
N. Paganini, Caprices Op.1, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
Deborah Pritchard, 'Inside Colour' (2016)
G. P. Telemann, Fantasy No. 10 in D Major, TWV40:23
J. Widmann, Étude No. 3 (2002)
H. Wieniawski, Étude-Caprice No. 4, Op. 18
——— École Moderne Op. 10 No. 4, ‘La Staccato’
E. Ysaÿe, Solo Sonata No.3, ‘Ballade’
——— Solo Sonata No.5
Violin and Electronics
Tod Machover, Resolve Remote (2022)
Chamber
Works for Violin and Piano
L. v. Beethoven, Sonatas 1 (Op. 12), 3 (Op. 12), 7 (Op. 30) 9 (Op. 47), and 10 (Op. 96)
J. Brahms, Sonatas 1 (Op. 78) and 3 (Op. 108)
B. Britten, Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
L. Boulanger, Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
S. Coleridge-Taylor, Four African Dances, Op. 58
C. Debussy, Sonata, L140
E. Elgar, Sonata Op. 82
G. Fauré, Sonata No.1, Op. 13
W. Grant Still, Suite for Violin and Piano
E. Grieg, Sonata No. 3, Op. 45
R. Hahn, Sonata
W. Lutoslawski, Partita
W. A. Mozart:
——— Sonata in E minor, K.304
——— Sonata in B-flat Major, K.454
——— Sonata in A Major, K.526
Deborah Pritchard, Towards Freedom
S. Prokofiev, Sonata No.2, Op. 94a
F. Poulenc, Sonata, FP119
M. Ravel, Sonata No.2, M. 77
O. Respighi, Violin Sonata in B minor
C. Saint-Saens, Sonata No.1, Op. 75
F. Schubert, Fantasie in C Major, D934
——— Sonatina No. 1, D384
R. Schumann, Sonata No. 2, Op. 121
B. Smetana, From my Homeland, Op. 128
R. Strauss, Sonata, Op. 18
I. Stravinsky, Suite Italienne, arr. Dushkin
K. Szymanowski, Mythes, Op. 30
O. Tarkiainen, The Seasons Remembered (2025)
W. Walton, Violin Sonata
Virtuoso Works
B. Bartok, Rhapsody No. 1 Sz. 87
A. Bazzini, La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25
——— ‘Calabrese’, Op. 34 No. 6
F. Chopin arr. E. Ysaÿe, Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23
M. Ravel, Tzigane, M. 76
P. De Sarasate, Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43
——— ‘Malaguena’, Op. 21 No. 1
——— ‘Zapateado’, Op. 23 No. 2
——— Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
C. Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
——— arr. Ysaÿe, Caprice after an Etude in the Form of a Waltz, Op. 52
P. I. Tchaikovsky, Valse Scherzo, Op. 34, arr. Bezekirsky
H. Vieuxtemps, Souvenirs D’Amerique, Op. 17
H. Wieniawski, Scherzo Tarantella, Op. 16
——— Polonaise de Concert in D, Op. 4
——— Polonaise Brillante in A, Op. 21
F. Waxman, Carmen Fantasy
Short Pieces
A. Beach, Romance Op. 23
F. Chopin, Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth., arr. N. Milstein
C. Debussy, Beau Soir, L6, arr. J. Heifetz
A. Dvorak, Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75
E. Elgar, La Capricieuse, Op. 17
Stephen Foster, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, arr. J. Heifetz
G. Gershwin, arr. J. Heifetz, Three Pieces from Porgy and Bess
F. Kreisler, Praeludium and Allegro,
——— Assorted Encore Pieces
W. Kroll, Banjo and Fiddle
F. Liszt, Consolations S. 172 No. 3, arr. N. Milstein
Paul Nero, The Hot Canary
Florence Price, Adoration, arr. C. Lovell-Jones
J. Sibelius, Pieces for Violin and Piano Opp. 79, 81, 102
——— Danses Champêtres, Op.106 Nos.1-3
J. Suk, Love Song, Op. 7 No. 1
——— Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17
Trad., Deep River, arr. J. Heifetz
W. Walton, Two Pieces for Violin and Piano
John Williams: - ‘Tango Por Una Cabezza’, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, ‘Schindler’s List’
Welsh Folk Song Arrangements by S. Lovell- Jones/C. Lovell-Jones: - ‘Suo Gân’, ‘Wrth Fynd Efo Deio i Dywyn’, ‘Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn’, ‘Calon Lân’
Duos for Two Violins
G. F. Handel, Passacaglia in G minor, HWV432, arr. J. Halvorsen
A. Igudesman, Tango sin Nombre
P. De Sarasate, Navarra, Op. 33
Piano Trios
L. v. Beethoven, Trio Op. 70 No. 2
J. Brahms, Trio No.1, Op. 8
J. Haydn, Trio Hob. XV:28
A. Kernis, 'Bright Abyss' (2022-23)
S. Rachmaninoff Trio Élégiaque No.2, Op. 9
M. Ravel, Trio M. 67
F. Schubert, Trio No.1, D898
R. Schumann, Trio No.1, Op. 63
——— Trio No. 2, Op. 80
——— Phantasiestücke Op. 88
——— Trio No. 3, Op. 110
B. Smetana, Trio Op. 15
M. Weinberg, Trio Op. 24
String Quartet
B. Bartok, Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
L. v. Beethoven, Quartet in F Major Op. 59 No. 1
A. Dvorak, Quartet No. 12, Op. 96, 'American'
J. Haydn, Quartet in C Major Op. 20 No. 2
G. Ligeti, Quartet No. 1 (Métamorphoses nocturnes)
F. Mendelssohn, Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
M. Ravel, Quartet in F Major, M. 35
String Quintet
F. Schubert, String Quintet in C major, D956
Other Ensembles
G. Bacewicz, Quartet for Four Violins
J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048
J. Brahms, Clarinet Quintet Op. 115
Forrest Eimold, Antares (2023)
G. Enescu, Octet, Op. 7
Julián Fueyo, Hurakán (2022)
Dayton Hare, butterfly effects (2023)
Luke Haaksma, with, draw (2023)
J. Haydn, Piano Sonata Hob XVI:37, arr. C. Lovell-Jones (Violin, Cello, Piano, Clarinet, Percussion)
H. Howells, Sine Nomine arr. Iain Farrington (soprano, tenor, violin, piano, SATB choir)
F. Mendelssohn, Octet, Op. 20
S. Prokofiev, Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
Kyle Rivera, Black Body Collage