2016 CONCERTS

CONCERT 1

Thursday, June 30th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

THE GENIUS OF BILLY MAYERL – THE HAPPY, JAZZY PIANO

Billy Mayerl (1902-1959)                       

Marigold (1927)
                                       
Harp of the Winds (1939)
                                       
Mistletoe (1935)
                                       
Puppets Suite (1927)
                                       
Ace of Hearts (1933)
                                       
Evening Primrose (1945)
				       
Jack-in-the-Box (1926)
                                       
Sleepy Piano (1926)
                                       
Antiquary (1926)
                                       
Sweet William (1938)
                                       
Honky-Tonk (1928)
                                       
From a Spanish Lattice (1938)
                                       
Robots (1928)
                                       
Railroad Rhythm (1938)

STEVE LAW  piano

A tribute to the brilliant English composer, pianist and broadcaster Billy Mayerl, acknowledged master of novelty piano and light music. Steve Law plays a selection of Mayerl’s most inventive and delightful piano music from his famous Marigold of 1927 and Railroad Rhythm (1938) to rarities like Puppets Suite and Robots. Virtuosic jazzy stride piano is fused with English lyricism. A rare chance to hear this wonderful, uplifting and nostalgic music from the 1920s and 1930s.

CONCERT 2

Thursday, July 14th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Puccini 
                   
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

Frank Bridge 
              
Come to me in my Dreams
                           
Love went a-riding

Liszt 
                     
Die Lorelei

Rachmaninoff  
             
O, don’t sing to me 
                           
The Lilacs
                           
How fair this place
                           
Spring Waters

Neil Crossland  
           
Do not stand at my grave and weep
                           
Dream within a Dream
                           
How do I love thee

Donizetti                  

Ah! Tardai troppo… O luce di quest’ anima

NINA KOPPARHED (soprano)
NEIL CROSSLAND (piano)

Beautiful songs by Rachmninoff, Liszt, Frank Bridge and Neil Crossland. As a composer, Neil Crossland is known for his original but accessible style. ‘Music rages in him and his breed is rare’ – The Standard.

CONCERT 3

Thursday, July 21st, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Chopin                    

24 Preludes for piano, Op.28

Saint-Saens               

Valse Nonchalante Op 110
                          
Valse Langoureuse Op 120

Prokofiev                 

selections from Romeo & Juliet

HARUKO SEKI  piano

Haruko Seki performs all 24 of Chopin’s Preludes from Op.28. An  unforgettable journey through every major and minor key and a myriad of emotions. Biographer Jeremy Nicholas writes that “Even on their own, the 24 Preludes would have ensured Chopin’s claim to immortality.”

There is also beautiful music from Saint-Saens and one of the greatest 20th Century ballets – Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

“Bathed in tonal beauty” The Times.

CONCERT 4

Thursday, July 28th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Beethoven             

Sonata in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique'
                      
Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'

Liszt                 

Funerailles
 
NEIL CROSSLAND  piano

Neil Crossland performs Beethoven’s famous ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Appasionata’ Sonatas and music by Brahms.

‘If Beethoven had not written all his piano music with himself in mind, he might happily have written it for Neil Crossland’ The Guardian.

CONCERT 5

Thursday, August 11th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Puccini              

Quando m’en vo (La Boheme)
                     
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
                     
Un bel Di vedremo (Madame Butterfly)

Mozart               

O, Zittre nicht mein lieber Sohn (Die Zauberflote) 

Ysaye                

Suite no. 3 for solo violin: Ballade

Leclair              

Sonata, Op.3 No.2 for two violins
 
Mark Wilson          

The Lone Shieling (Canadian Boat Song), 
Heart Of My Heart, White in the Moon
NINA KOPPARHED soprano
MARK WILSON piano and violin

CONCERT 6

Thursday, August 25th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Beethoven                           

Violin Sonata No. 9 'Kreutzer Sonata'

Neil Crossland                      

Violin Concerto

MARK WILSON violin
NEIL CROSSLAND  piano

Beethoven’s wonderful Kreutzer Sonata for violin and piano is coupled with Neil Crossland’s brilliant Violin Concerto.

CONCERT 7

Thursday, September 8th, 12.30pm, St John’s Church, Greenhill, Harrow

Bach       

Partita 2: Allemande, Sarabande, Gigue 	   

Partita 3: Prelude, Gavote en Rondeau, Gigue

Paganini   

Caprices 5 & 9

Beethoven  

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 - I: Andante  con variazioni *

Kreisler   

Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice

TUDOR TRITA  violin (and piano)*