Lumas Winds
Benjamin Hartnell-Booth, french horn
Beth Stone, flute
Chris Vettraino, oboe
Flo Plane, bassoon
Rennie Sutherland, clarinet
Sunday January 25th 2026 at 3pm
PROGRAMME
Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor
J.S. Bach: Flute Partita in A, BWV 1013
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Maria
America
W A Mozart: Divertimento in F Major K.213
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet No.1
Biography
It was only in January 2024 that we first brought you a woodwind quintet, and your response was so positive that we have booked another for January 2026: the exciting young Lumas Winds.
As winners of the 71st Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Prize, and regularly featuring at festivals and music clubs up and down the UK, they have firmly established themselves as a group to watch and have been described as an ‘effervescent wind quintet, lively in their performance style and enterprising in their choice of repertoire’ (Seen and Heard International).
The group evolved through friendships formed at the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, with the ensemble being established in 2018. This has resulted in a strong bond between its members, carrying the group forward with confidence in its shared vision of being committed ambassadors for wind chamber music and the rich variety of repertoire it offers.
The ensemble released their debut album, The Naming of Birds, in May 2024 for Champs Hill records. The disc highlights their passion as advocates for works that deserve recognition and was described by Andrew McGregor as ‘an excellent and highly enjoyable survey of the British wind quintet from the early 1960s into this century’ (BBC Radio 3, Record Review). The recording received five-star reviews from both BBC Music Magazine and the online journal Pizzicato.
They are currently featured young artists with the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme as well as the Kirckman Concert Society, the latter of which saw them make their Kings Place debut in May 2025 – here they performed the semi-theatrical Opus Number Zoo by Luciano Berio from memory. Prior to this, the group were Tunnell Trust Young Artists, taking them on a tour of Scottish music clubs in February 2024; Britten Pears Young Artists, which provided them with a week long residency in Snape Maltings.
Most recently they have been made ‘Ensemble in Association’ at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where they give concerts, coaching sessions, and side-by-side performing experiences.
They made their Wigmore Hall debut in June 2023 with an energised performance of Lalo Schifrin’s La Nouvelle Orleans, a piece they continue to champion.
