A record number of us, thirty-one actually, met in Cheryl and Bryan’s lovely Failand house for the September meeting. This was a very special event because we were saying a big thank you to Leo for becoming our president in January 2023 and then guiding us through a sometimes difficult transition period as the increasing popularity of the club forced a move to use the occasional external venue with all the extra administration that that involved.
And as if that wasn’t enough Leo initiated highly successful Club Masterclasses with mainly local concert pianists and teachers as tutors; community engagement events with Club members playing in Keynsham High Street, at Southmead Hospital and St Monica’s Cote Lane retirement home; and Keynsham Concerts – classical concerts in Keynsham locations with internationally known performers such as Nurry Lee and Leon McCawley.
Wow! what a huge achievement! We are immensely appreciative of Leo for all she has done, and for her huge personality, exuding warmth and welcome. And of course to Paul, her husband, who has been such a quiet bedrock of support throughout all these changes.
Leo and Paul will remain members of the Club and continue to attend and host meetings for which we are very grateful indeed!
And now a huge thank-you to Cheryl and Bryan and family for making such an enormous effort to host our mammoth meeting – providing their beautiful Kawai grand for us to use, finding thirty-one sitting places, and catering for the bring and share meal afterwards. A truly memorable afternoon and evening.
| Bristol Piano Club September 2025 | ||
| Performer | Composer | Piece |
| Chris | James Horner | For the Love of a Princess |
| Graham and Margaret | G. Hengeveld | Langzame Foxtrot and March |
| Cheryl | Manuel Ponce | Intermezzo no. 1 |
| Francis Lai | Emmanuelle II theme | |
| Peter | Debussy | La Terrasse des Audiences du Clair de Lune, no. 7 from Bk 2 Preludes |
| Kathryn | Janacek | The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away (From An Overgrown Path) |
| Simon S | Reginald King | Tropical Moonlight |
| Simon H | F. Weatherly | Danny Boy |
| Stanley Myers | Cavatina | |
| Jean A | Albeniz | Sous Le Palmier |
| Grieg | Halling | |
| Gerard | Rachmaninoff | Elegie op. 3 no. 1 |
| Brian | S. Lyapunov | Berceuse in F# major, Transcendental Studies no. 1 |
| Boyang | Chopin | Nocturne in C# minor, no. 20 (post.) |
| Juliana | Chopin | Ballade in G minor, no. 1 |
| Richard | Brahms | Intermezzi nos. 1 & 2 from Op. 119 |
| Jonathan | Brahms | Intermezzo Op. 118 no. 2 |
| Simon S | Reginald King | Song of Paradise |
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