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Pianos and Pianists - Consultant Editor Ates Orga

Who to listen for:
the UK round-up
12 March -
2 April 1999

Aberdeen      Basingstoke     Birmingham     Brighton     Bristol     
Coventry     Dewsbury     Edinburgh     Glasgow     Guildford     
Huddersfield     Leeds     Llandudno     London     Manchester     
Nottingham     Poole     Reading     Robertsbridge     York     

ABERDEEN

Music Hall 01224 641122

19 March, 7.30 pm Peter Jablonski plays Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska

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BASINGSTOKE

The Anvil 01256 844244

16 March, 7.45 pm Peter Donohoe plays Beethoven’s Sonatas Opp 7, 10 Nos 1-3

27 March, 7.45 pm Melvyn Tan plays and directs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 17 with the New Mozart Ensemble

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BIRMINGHAM

Symphony Hall 0121 212 3333

26 March, 8 pm Martin Roscoe joins Tasmin Little to play violin sonatas by Beethoven (Op 96) and Bax (No 2)

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BRIGHTON

The Dome 01273 709709

28 March, 2.45 pm Piers Lane plays Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth

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BRISTOL

Colston Hall 0117 922 3686

18 March, 7.30 pm Christopher Hinterhuber plays Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg

30 March, 7.30 pm Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra under David Zinman

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COVENTRY

Warwick Arts Centre 01203 524524

16 March, 7.30 pm Barry Douglas plays Brahms’s First Piano Concerto with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra under Jorg Peter Weigle

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DEWSBURY

Town Hall 01924 324501

26 March, 7.30 pm Michael Cleaver plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the English Northern Philharmonia under Elgar Howarth

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EDINBURGH

Festival Theatre 0131 529 6000

21 March, 7.30 pm Dmitri Alexeev plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev

28 March, 7.30 pm Peter Jablonski plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Paul Daniel

Queen’s Hall 0131 668 2019

25 March, 7.45pm Joseph Kalichstein plays Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Joseph Swensen

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GLASGOW

City Hall 0141 287 5511

26 March, 7.30 pm Joseph Kalichstein plays Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Joseph Swensen

Royal Concert Hall 0141 287 5511

18 March, 7.30 pm Dmitri Alexeev plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev

25 March, 7.30 pm Peter Jablonski plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Paul Daniel

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GUILDFORD

Guildford 99 International Music Festival 01483 444334

School of Performing Arts, University of Surrey

19 March, 8 pm John Lill plays Beethoven’s Moonlight and Appassionata sonatas, Brahms’s Handel Variations, and preludes by Rachmaninov

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HUDDERSFIELD

Town Hall 01484 223200

12 March, 7.30 pm Bernard D’Ascoli plays Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with the English Northern Philharmonia under Andras Ligeti

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LEEDS

Town Hall 0113 247 6962

20 March, 7.30 pm Barry Douglas plays Brahms’s First Piano Concerto with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra under Jorg Peter Weigle

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LLANDUDNO

North Wales Theatre 01492 872000

28 March, 7.30pm Jean Louis Steuerman plays Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Halle Orchestra under Owain Arwel Hughes

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LONDON

Barbican Centre 0171 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk

19 March, 7.30 pm Dmitri Alexeev plays Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Alexander Lazarev

24 March, 7.30 pm Martha Argerich plays Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Emmanuel Krivine

25 March 1 pm Marko Martin plays Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conductor to be announced

Conway Hall, Red Lion Square 01494 726106

14 March, 6.30 pm William Howard and the Schubert Ensemble of London play piano quartets by Faure and Schumann

21 March, 6.30 pm The Archduke Trio play trios by Haydn (No 39), Brahms (No 3) and Beethoven (Archduke). In Aid of the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund

Roehampton Institute 0181 392 3432

17 March, 7.30 pm Martin Roscoe joins Tasmin Little to play violin sonatas by Beethoven (Op 96) and Bax (No 2)

St John's, Smith Square 0171 222 1061

12 March, 7.30 pm Birsen Ulucan plays Liszt’s First Piano Concerto with the City University Symphony Orchestra under Patrick Bailey

18 March, 1 pm Vanessa Latarche joins Elizabeth Layton to play violin sonatas by Mozart and Brahms (No 3)

20 March, 7.30 pm Philip Cornwell plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the Trinity College of Music Junior Department Symphony Orchestra under Philip Colman

SBC Purcell Room 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/

12 March, 7.30 pm Pirasti Piano Trio with Philip Dukes play Sally Beamish’s Piobaireachd and trios by Stanford and Brahms

29 March, 7.30 pm Nicolas Hodges plays works by Sciarrino and James Clarke, and music by Debussy (Etudes) and Liszt

1 April, 1.05 pm Kathryn Stott joins Michael Collins for a programme of clarinet classics by Weber (Grand Duo Concertante), Schumann, Debussy and Poulenc (Sonata)

SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/

21 March, 3.30 pm Imogen Cooper plays Chopin’s Third Sonata and music by Debussy and Albeniz

22 March, 7.45 pm Zrinka Mikelic, Raul Jimenez and Aya Uehara join the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra under David Josefowitz in a programme of French Romantics including Chopin’s First Piano Concerto and Saint-Saens’s Carnival of the Animals

24 March, 7.45 pm Rena Rzayeva plays Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with Afis Suleimanov and the Uzeir Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra under Rauf Abdullayev

SBC Royal Festival Hall 0171 960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk/

22 March, 7.30 pm Murray Perahia plays and directs Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos 21 and 27 with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

25 March, 7.30 pm Imogen Cooper plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 25 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davis

28 March, 7.30 pm Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 9 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under David Zinman

Wigmore Hall 0171 935 2141

12 March, 7.30 pm Ingrid Jacoby plays Bach’s Partita in C minor, Mozart’s Sonata in B flat K 333, Chopin’s Third Sonata, and music by Fauré

14 March, 11.30 am Charles Rosen plays Haydn’s Piano Trios Nos 27-29 with members of the Brodsky Quartet

15 March, 1 pm Peter Donohoe plays Bach’s French Suite in G, Beethoven’s Sonata Op 2 No 2 and the Bartok Sonata

15 March, 7.30 pm Muza Rubackyte plays Bach-Busoni, Beethoven’s Sonata Op 31 No 3, the Chopin Preludes and Schumann’s Carnaval

17 March, 7.30 pm Maggie Cole, harpsichord, and Bernard Roberts take part in Stephen Dodgson’s 75th Birthday Concert, including music by Rameau, Dodgson’s First Piano Trio, and Beethoven’s final set of Bagatelles, Op 126

21 March, 7.00 pm Louis Lorte plays Beethoven - the Sonatas Opp 78, 79, 90, 101, 106 (Hammerklavier)

22 March, 1 pm Joseph Kalichstein plays Mendelssohn’s Fantasia Op 28 and works by Brahms and Schumann

27 March, 7.30 pm The Takacs Trio play Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op 1 No 3, Schumann’s First Trio, music by Lajtha, and Saint-Saens’s rarely heard arrangement of Liszt’s symphonic poem Orpheus

28 March, 7.00 pm Louis Lorte plays Beethoven - the last three Sonatas Opp 109, 110, 111

29 March, 1.00 pm Emanuel Ax plays Haydn, Corigliano and Debussy

30 March, 7.30 pm Martin Roscoe joins Tasmin Little to play violin sonatas by Beethoven (Op 96) and Bax (No 2), and works by Ravel and Saint-Saens

31 March, 7.30 pm William Howard and the Schubert Ensemble of London play Mendelssohn’s Op 2 Piano Quartet and quintets by Korngold and Schumann

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MANCHESTER

Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 http://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/

14 March, 7.30 pm Boris Berezovsky plays Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with the Halle Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

20 March, 7.30 pm Victoria Postnikova plays Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

27 March, 7.30 pm Jean Louis Steuerman plays Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Halle Orchestra under Owain Arwel Hughes

1 April, 7.30 pm Melvyn Tan joins Barbara Bonney in songs by Grieg and Britten’s On this Island

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NOTTINGHAM

Royal Concert Hall 0115 948 2626

22 March, 7.30 pm Barry Douglas plays Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra under Jorg Peter Weigle

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POOLE

Arts Centre 01202 685222

24 March, 7.30 pm Tim Horton plays Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta under Nicolae Moldoveanu

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READING

The Hexagon 0118 960 6060

18 March, 7.30 pm Barry Douglas plays Brahms’s First Piano Concerto with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra under Jorg Peter Weigle

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ROBERTSBRIDGE

Vinehall School 01580 880413

27 March, 7.30 pm Martin Roscoe joins Tasmin Little to play violin sonatas by Beethoven (Op 96) and Bax (No 2)

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YORK

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 01904 432439

13 March, 8 pm Josephine Peach plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 24 with the York Symphony Orchestra under Leslie Bresnen

 

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