Archives: Events

Adult Amateur Workshop

G06

Join Martyn Parkes for the daily group workshop. Everyone is very friendly and the atmosphere will be warm and inviting, offering a supportive setting for performance and discussion. The piano is an outstanding concert grand, kindly donated by Forsyth Music shop. Philip Fowke with the Adult amateur group.

Lunchtime Recital – Pedro López Salas 

Stoller Hall

The daily lunchtime recital in the Stoller Hall. Gubaidulina Chaconne Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 3 with Henry Cash 2nd piano 1 Allegro        2 Largo      3 Rondo Allegro-Presto Tickets available through the Stoller Hall.  Free to all summer school participants and observers.

Lecture with Paul Hindmarsh – Who was Wilfred Heaton?

Stoller Hall

In the early 1950s Sheffield composer Wilfred Heaton undertook a number of consultation lessons in composition with the distinguished emigre Hungarian teacher Matyas Seiber. The results of this advice were far-reaching on Heaton's style, as can be heard in this Piano Sonata. Paul Hindmarsh, a former BBC producer for 21 years now devotes his time …

Lecture with Paul Hindmarsh – Who was Wilfred Heaton? Read More »

Graham Scott Recital

Stoller Hall

Hailed by the Gramophone magazine as ‘an exceptional talent’ Graham Scott has performed extensively throughout the world most notably in New York (92nd St. Y), Washington DC (Kennedy Center), Los Angeles (Ambassador Auditorium), Tokyo (Suntory Hall), Beijing (Beijing Concert Hall and Forbidden City Concert Hall), Paris (Bagatelle) as well as all the major London venues …

Graham Scott Recital Read More »

Benjamin Frith Recital

Stoller Hall

Benjamin Frith was encouraged by his teacher, Fanny Waterman, to pursue a musical career after winning the UK Dudley National Piano Competition at 14. He has since recorded 17 solo discs and performed with many of the great orchestras and conductors. At 20 he became a Mozart Memorial Prize winner and was invited by Sir …

Benjamin Frith Recital Read More »

Junior Piano Group Class

Carole Nash Hall

The daily class for all young pianists - a chance to learn together in the glorious Carole Nash Hall.  

Lunchtime Recital – Jeremias Fliedl, cello and Callum McLachlan, piano

Stoller Hall

The daily lunchtime recital in the Stoller Hall. J.S. Bach - Arioso from the Cantata "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe" G-Dur BWV 156 Debussy Sonata Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto Sérénade: Modérément animé Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux   Brahms Sonata in E minor op 38 Allegro non troppo Allegretto quasi Menuetto Allegro   Jeremias Fliedl is …

Lunchtime Recital – Jeremias Fliedl, cello and Callum McLachlan, piano Read More »

Lecture with William Westney – Eros at the Piano: The Life-Energy of Classical Music

Stoller Hall

To end the series of lectures in 2024 we welcome William Westney “Bold and insightful.” —Anthony Tommasini, former chief classical music critic, The New York Times William Westney, author of the bestselling The Perfect Wrong Note, takes a fresh and creative look at the human dimension of classical music-making and why it matters more than ever …

Lecture with William Westney – Eros at the Piano: The Life-Energy of Classical Music Read More »

Murray McLachlan Recital

Stoller Hall

‘Murray McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and a sure sense of line. His timing and phrasing are impeccable, and his tone-full but unforced in the powerful passages, gentle and restrained in the more lyrical- is a perpetual delight’ (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE) Since making his professional debut in 1986 at the age of …

Murray McLachlan Recital Read More »

Charles Owen Recital

Stoller Hall

Described by Gramophone magazine as  “one of the finest British pianists of his generation”, Charles Owen has enjoyed an extensive international career performing a wide ranging repertoire to outstanding critical acclaim. He has appeared at London’s Barbican and Queen Elizabeth Hall and regularly gives recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Kings Place. Internationally, he has performed at the …

Charles Owen Recital Read More »