Author: leonora

Bristol Piano Club – how to book a place at a meeting.

For prospective members.

For people who have not already joined the club please use the ‘contact us’ link on our website and we will arrange to invite you to a meeting.

For current members.

Booking will open for the next meeting on the first Monday after the previous meeting. – To book a place please email Leonora who will book in the appropriate number of people that can be accommodated by the host/s for that month. Bookings are made on a ‘first come first served’ basis.

If a meeting is full, a reserve list will be set up. Please let Leonora know if you are unable to attend so that someone else can be given your place. Thank you.

If you have any questions or queries about booking please contact Leonora.

Thank you.

Play list for Bristol Piano Club Meeting on Saturday 20th May 2023

Peter  –  Michael Tippett  Sonata No 2.

Cheryl    – Ravel Pavane pour une infante defunte and Ladies in Lavender by  Nigel Hess

Ret –  Chopin Ballade in A flat No. 3 Op. 47.

Charles  and Brian  – Dvorak Slavonic Dances for four hands in A flat major and G min and Grieg  Norwegian Dance no 2 in A major.

Mark  –  Haydn Sonata in E flat Hob XVI:52, 1st movement.

Chris  –    In the Groove        Mike Cornick.

Steve    –  I’m Just a Lucky So and So      Duke Ellington.

Simon H  –  Mazurka in F minor OP63 no.2  F. Chopin.

Jan  – Two part Invention in A Minor – Bach.

Ernest  –  From Chopin 24 Preludes Op 28 – No 20 in C minor, No 8 in A major, No 22 in G minor. Arranged for left hand alone.

Rosemary  – 1st movement of Mozart’s C major sonata K545.

Simon S – Fugue in D major from Bk 2 WTC Bach and Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 50 no 3.

 Kirsty  –  Rhapsody in G minor Op 79 no 2 Brahms.

  Nigel  –  Prelude XV in G major book 2  WTC Bach.

Jean    – Prelude in E flat Op 23 no 6 Rachmaninov.

A Concert being held in Cardiff on June 25th 2023.

Distinguished pianist and writer Susan Tomes joins us for an hour of music by amongst others Amy Beach, Ravel and Chaminade.

Susan is renowned internationally as a pianist, especially within chamber settings; she was for 15 years the pianist of Domus and for the other 15 years was the pianist in the Florestan Trio and continues to perform with the Gaudier Ensemble.

She has won numerous awards both on the concert platform and in the recording studio, including the 2013 Cobbett Medal. Her most recent book The Piano in100 Pieces (Boydell Press) earned her the Presto Music Award 2021.

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Please follow the link above for further details.

Bristol Piano Club Meeting 20/04/23

We had a wonderful afternoon of music and friendship (with a delicious buffet too) at the home of Chris and Karen last Sunday. Many thanks to you both for all your hard work in making us all feel so welcome.

A very wide variety of interesting music was played – please see the playlist below.

Steven – Nocturne Op 9 no 2 – Chopin

Leonora – Rondo no 1 From Three Folk Tunes – Bartok

Kirsty – Film music – Maria, Where do I begin, I’ll wait for you – Bernstein – Lai – Legrand

Mark – Sonata in E flat Hob. XVI : 52, 1st movement – Haydn

Ret – Impromptu in G flat Op 90 – Schubert

and Piano Sonata Op 31 no. 2 in D minor – ‘Tempest’

Simon – Remote Xianggelilia – Jineng Nan

Simon and Tanyarat – Heavenly Thai Song – Ottava

Nigel – Alla Turka – Mozart

Chris – Prelude in C minor – JS Bach

and I Hear What You Say – Ben Crosland

Kay – Nocturne C minor, Postumous, 1847 – 1848