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Pianos and Pianists - Editor Ates Orga

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the UK
Concerto, Recital, Special Event
round-up
May 2000

 

Basingstoke     Birmingham     Bognor Regis     
Croydon     Dorking     Glasgow     
Haslemere     Hemel Hempstead     Holmes Chapel     
Leamington Spa     Leicester     Liverpool     London     
Manchester     Milton Keynes     
Poole     Portsmouth     
Robertsbridge     Southampton     


BASINGSTOKE

The Anvil 01256 844244

Thursday 11th May, 7.45pm the Kempf Trio play Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert

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BIRMINGHAM

Symphony Hall 0121 780 3333 http://www.symphonyhall.co.uk

Saturday 6th May, 7pm Olli Mustonen plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo

Tuesday 9th May, 7.30pm Olli Mustonen plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo [repeat performance]

Thursday 11th May, 7.30pm Olli Mustonen plays Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo

Friday 12th May, 7.30pm Peter Donohoe plays Gershwin's Piano Concerto with the Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra under Christopher Bell

Thursday 18th May, 7.30pm Yefim Bronfman plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch

BBC MUSIC LIVE

Saturday 27th May, 8pm Richard Goode plays Schubert's G major Sonata and music by Chopin including the Third Scherzo and Barcarolle

Sunday 28th May, 11am Martin Roscoe plays Brahms's Intermezzi Op 117 and the Elgar Piano Quintet with the Bell'Arte Ensemble

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BOGNOR REGIS

The Concert Room 01243 265832

Saturday 6th May, 7.30pm Kathron Sturrock recital

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CROYDON

Fairfield Halls 020 8688 9291 http://www.croydon.gov.uk/fairfield

Saturday 6th May, 8pm the Kempf Trio play Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert

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DORKING

Dorking Halls 01306 881717

Saturday 20th May, 7.30pm Viv McLean plays Bartók's Third Piano Concerto with the Surrey Philharmonic Orchestra under Jonathan Butcher

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GLASGOW

Royal Concert Hall 0141 287 5511 http://www.grch.com

Thursday 18th May, 7.30pm Katia & Marielle Labèque play Mendelssohn's Double Concerto in E with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne under Semyon Bychkov

BBC MUSIC LIVE

Monday 29th May, 7.30pm Rolf Hind joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and soloists under Martyn Brabbins for Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles...

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HASLEMERE

St Chistopher's Church 01483 208302

Sunday 7th May, 7pm James Lisney joins a distinguished gathering of chamber musicians for Mozart's G minor Piano Quartet, Shostakovich's Second Trio and Schubert's Trout Quintet

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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD

Dacorum Pavilion 01442 228700

Friday 5th May, 7.30pm Freddy Kempf plays Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto with the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert

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HOLMES CHAPEL

Leisure Centre 01477 537317

Monday 1st May, 8pm Martin Roscoe joins clarinettist Emma Johnson and the Camerata Ensemble for Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps and Schubert's Trout Quintet

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LEAMINGTON SPA

Royal Pump Rooms 01926 496277

HAYDN FESTIVAL WEEKEND

Tuesday 2nd May, 7.30pm James Lisney joins violinist Sigrun Edvaldsdottir and cellist Alexander Baillie for three late piano trios - Nos 25 (Gypsy), 26 and 30

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LEICESTER

De Montfort Hall 0116 233311 http://www.demontforthall.co.uk

Friday 19th May, 7.30pm Mikhail Pletnev plays Tchaikovsky's Second and Third Piano Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Conta

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LIVERPOOL

Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789 http://www.rlps.co.uk

Saturday 6th May, 7.30pm Anne Queffélec plays Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Libor Pesek

Wednesday 31st May, 7.30pm Mikhail Rudy plays the two Ravel concertos (G major, Left Hand) with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Petr Altrichter

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LONDON

Barbican Hall 020 638 8891 http://www.barbican.org.uk

Thursday 4th May, 7.30pm Ana-Maria Vera plays Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra under Steuart Bedford

Tuesday 9th May, 7.30pm Richard Goode plays Schubert's G major Sonata and music by Chopin including the Third Scherzo and Barcarolle

Thursday 18th May, 7.30pm Ralf Gothóni plays and directs Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra

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Blackheath Halls 020 8463 0100

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN WEEKEND
with
Piers Lane, Jody Karin Applebaum and the Leopold String Trio

Friday 12th May, 8pm Schubert's late A major Sonata, Godowsky's Passacaglia, Rachmaninov's Second Sonata (1931 revision)

Saturday 13th May, 4pm two-piano recital with Piers Lane, featuring Rachmaninov's Second Suite, Grainger's Fantasy on Porgy and Bess, Brahms's F minor Sonata, Op 34a

Saturday 13th May, 8pm cabaret recital with Jody Karin Applebaum

Sunday 14th May, 11.30am coffee concert with the Leopold String Trio, featuring Fauré's and Brahms's First Piano Quartets

Sunday 14th May, 4pm Bach's Fifth French Suite, Alkan's solo Symphony, music by Liszt, the UK premiere of Kapustin's Second Sonata in the presence of the composer - 'a dream come true,' Marc-André Hamelin says, 'for all classical pianists that can't play jazz but would like to'

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St John's, Smith Square 020 7222 1061 http://www.sjss.org.uk

BEETHOVEN 2000
The Complete Sonatas
Martino Tirimo

Monday 8th May, 7.30pm Concert 4 - Opp 2 No 2, 22, 53 (Waldstein), 90

Wednesday 31st May, 7.30pm Concert 5 - Opp 10 No 1 & No 3, 27 No 1 (Sonata quasi una fantasia), 54, 57 (Appassionata)

Tuesday 16th May, 7.30pm John McCabe plays Rawsthorne's Second Piano Concerto with the Salomon Orchestra under Peter Stark

Saturday 20th May, 7.30pm Anthony Zerpa-Falcon plays Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with the West London Sinfonia under Philip Ellis

INVITATION TO THE DANCE
Christopher Czaja Sager

Tuesday 23rd May, 7.30pm Concert 3 - music by Prokofiev, Ravel, Reger, Bach (Third and Fourth Partitas), Brahms, Dohnányi, Scriabin, Schoenberg and Kreisler/Rachmaninov

Thursday 25th May, 7.30pm Elizaveta Kopelman plays Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto with the Thames Chamber Orchestra under Keith Marshall

Tuesday 23rd May, 7.30pm James Andrews plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Repton School Orchestra

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St Martin-in-the-Fields 020 7839 8362

Thursday 4th May, 7.30pm Inon Barnatan plays Brahms's First Piano Concerto with the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra under David Josefowitz

Thursday 18th May, 7.30pm Dennis Lee and Chee Hung Toh play Grieg's Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra under David Josefowitz

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SBC Purcell Room 020 7960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

Sunday 14th May, 7.30pm Anastasios Pappas plays Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra under David Josefowitz

Friday 19th May, 7.30pm Neil Cooney plays Bach's Fifth French Suite, Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata, Grieg's Lyric Pieces Book III, and a Chopin group

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SBC Queen Elizabeth Hall 020 7960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

Monday 1st May, 7.45pm Nikolai Demidenko plays Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra under Russell Keable

Friday 5th May, 7.45pm Ivan Moravec plays Haydn (Sonata No 37), Janácek (Sonata I X 1905, In the Mist) and Chopin's Preludes Op 28

Tuesday 23rd May, 7.45pm Till Fellner joins violinist Thomas Zehetmair and cellist Heinrich Schiff for the two Schubert trios

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SBC Royal Festival Hall 020 7960 4242 http://www.sbc.org.uk

Tuesday 2nd May, 7.30pm Murray Perahia plays and directs Bach's Keyboard Concertos BWV 1053 & 1056 with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Friday 5th May, 7.30pm Fazil Say plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 with the London Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under Ilan Volkov

Tuesday 16th May, 7.30pm Mikhail Pletnev plays Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and Concert Fantasia with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Conta

Thursday 18th May, 7.30pm Peter Jablonski plays Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Yakov Kreizberg

Saturday 20th May, 7.30pm Mikhail Pletnev plays Tchaikovsky's Second and Third Piano Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Conta

Sunday 21st May, 3pm András Schiff plays Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I

Sunday 21st May, 7.30pm Katia & Marielle Labèque play Mendelssohn's Double Concerto in E with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne under Semyon Bychkov

Wednesday 24th May, 7.30pm Lucy Parham plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Barry Wordsworth

Wednesday 31st May, 7.30pm Evgeny Kissin plays Beethoven's Sonata Op 31 No 2, Schumann's Carnaval and Brahms's Third Sonata

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Wigmore Hall 020 7935 2141 http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Monday 1st May, 1pm Louis Lortie in a BBC lunchtime broadcast plays Schubert's first set of Impromptus and the Wanderer Fantasy

Tuesday 2nd May, 7.30pm Antoine Rebstein plays D'Alessandro's Four Visions, Schubert's late D major Sonata and Schumann's Carnaval

Saturday 6th May, 7.30pm Till Fellner plays Bach and Beethoven's final two sonatas, Opp 110, 111

Sunday 7th May, 7pm Mark Swartzentruber plays Scarlatti and Beethoven, including the Appassionata

Thursday 11th May, 7.30pm Ursula Dütschler, harpsichord, plays Bach's Toccatas

Saturday 13th May, 7.30pm AndrásSchiff, piano, Bach's Partitas

Sunday 21st May, 7pm Ian Hobson plays Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata, Rachmaninov's Second Sonata (original 1913 version), Chopin/Godowsky and Strauss/Schulz-Evler Blue Danube concert arabesques

Monday 22nd May, 1pm Leif Ove Andsnes in a BBC lunchtime broadcast plays Schubert's late A major Sonata and gives the European premiere of a new work by Mark Anthony Turnage

Saturday 27th May, 8.15pm Paul Lewis plays two early middle-period Beethoven sonatas and four of the Busoni Elegies

Tuesday 30th May, 7.30pm Alan Gampel plays Chopin's Fantasy on Polish Airs and Third Sonata, Debussy's Images Book II, Stravinsky/Agosti Firebird Suite and three Gershwin Preludes

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MANCHESTER

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

Thursday 11th May, 7.30pm Mikhail Pletnev plays Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto with the Hallé Orchestra under Kent Nagano

Saturday 13th May, 7.30pm Alexander Melnikov plays Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Manchester Camerata under Sachio Fujioka

Saturday 20th May, 7.30pm Katia & Marielle Labèque play Poulenc's Double Concerto with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne under Semyon Bychkov

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MILTON KEYNES

The Stables 01908 606090

Sunday 7th May, 11.30am Paul Lewis plays late Beethoven (Sonata Op 109) and Liszt and Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy

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POOLE

Arts Centre 01202 685222

Wednesday 17th May, 7.30pm Stephen Hough plays Saint-Saëns's Fourth Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kees Bakels

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PORTSMOUTH

Guildhall 023 9282 4355

Friday 19th May, 7.30pm Stephen Hough plays Saint-Saëns's Fourth Piano Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kees Bakels

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ROBERTSBRIDGE

Vinehall School 01580 880413

Saturday 13th May, 7.30pm Leon McCawley plays Mozart, Schubert, Schumann (Fantasiestücke Op 12) and Chopin

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SOUTHAMPTON

Turner Sims Concert Hall 023 8059 5151 http://www.soton.ac.uk/~turnsims

Tueday 16th May, 8pm Andreas Haefliger plays early Kurtág, Schumann's Fantasy Op 17, and Schubert's final sonata, the B flat

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