Author: leonora

Bristol Piano Club activities 12th and 13th April 2025.

This weekend we held a special event and a meeting.

– The special event was held at Southmead Hospital on Saturday 12th April where members, family and friends joined together to play and listen to the Bluthner Grand Piano in the atrium . We were joined by a Cello player too. The music sounded beautiful and was very well received by people passing by and those who stopped to listen, who included patients staff and visitors.

-The meeting held at Chris and Karen’s house in Saltford on Sunday 13th was also very successful with an interesting selection of classical and modern music, a wonderful array of food and very welcoming hosts. Many thanks to Chris and Karen for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.

Please see play list below.

Ret – Beethoven: Allegretto vivace from sonata in G, op. 31

Simon H – Victor Heymen: When I Fall in Love

Steve B – Gershwin: That Certain Felling & Who Cares

Simon S – Fauré: Nocturne No. 11

Peter H – Bach: Prelude in Eb minor, Bk 1

Chris UW (Euphonium) and Leo (piano) – Lovett Cooper: Donegal Bay

Jean W – Schubert: Minuet in C# minor D600 & Gershwin: Summertime

Ret – Schubert Impromptu in F minor, op. 142

Chris UW – Henry Mancini: Moon River

Simon S – Billie Holiday: Don’t Explain and Johnny Green: I Cover the Waterfront

Keynsham Concerts Present

Leon McCawley International Concert Pianist

Sat 7  Jun  2025 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM

St John’s Church Keynsham, BS31 2BL

Praised for his unfailingly communicative playing, British pianist Leon McCawley has been delighting audiences worldwide since winning, in 1993, First Prize in the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and Second Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. (Gramophone, February 2024).

To buy tickets – click on the link below.

https://buytickets.at/keynshamconcerts1/1637168

Thank you for supporting Keynsham Concerts.

Phonseca

  • Fom Bristol Piano Club member Matthew O’Connor. 
    • Hi All
    • Our new album Everything Lasts Forever is out now on Old Bad Habits Label. It’s available on all streaming services and also on Vinyl or CD from our Bandcamp page.
    • We are really proud of it and hope you enjoy it too .https://phonseca.bandcamp.com/
    • Our launch gig is this Friday at the Hen and Chicken, Bedminster and we are urging people to buy advance tickets if possible.https://hdfst.uk/e123266
    • So come along and join the party, it will be amazing to see you.We’ll have copies of the new album and also everything we’ve released so far at the gig!Enjoy the sun and hopefully see you there!
    • Matt (Phonseca)

Bristol Piano Club Meeting 16/03/2025

We all enjoyed the meeting at Henleaze Church – an excellent venue with lovely grand piano, plenty of seating and good dining facilites.

It was good to see some members that haven’t been to a meeting for a while too.

An interesting selection of music was played as follows:

Jean – Sonata Op 26 1st Movt – Beethoven

Len – Calmato – Chihro Todoroki

Anne K – Nocturne No 10 E minor – John Field / Prelude No 6 Lennox Berkeley

Charles – Sonata in D ( Andante) Op 28 – Beethoven

Ruth – Sonata in F K533 – Mozart

Kathryn – Our Evenings – From an Overgrown Path – Janacek / Sarabande from Partita 1 – Bach / Menuet from Sonata B minor – Haydon.

Simon H – Capricho Catalan – Albinez

Kay – The Little Shepherd – Debussy

Jane – Prelude in C m Chopin – into could it be magic

Dear Members,

Please click the link below to hear Bristol Piano Club member Matthew O’Connor talking on  Bristol 24 7  about his 5 Bristol favourites ahead of the release of the new Phonseca album. 

It  mentions St George’s,  the video Matthew  had filmed there and the solo piano track Matthew recorded that closes the new album. 

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/people/my-bristol-favourites-matthew-oconnor/?utm_source=Bristol24%2F7&utm_campaign=02d8711587-b247newsletter_020225&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_67a9a4e1bd-02d8711587-38992534&mc_cid=02d8711587&mc_eid=e3dc51a2bc

Thank you.

Bristol Music Festival

Dear Members,

After 15 years of running the running the piano section of the Bristol Festival, Hannah and Clare  and are stepping down and new volunteers are needed.

There are a variety of roles that need to be covered, including:

Organising lunches for the adjudicators and helpers.

Looking after the red folders, which is done after the programming. – This involves getting the mark sheets and certificates and organising them into files for each class. 

Setting up on Friday and clearing away on Sunday.

The role of Piano Secretary – to oversee everything and to be on hand over the weekend to welcome everyone and resolve any issues.

Please let Leonora know if you are able to help – and I will pass the messages onto Hannah and Clare.

Thank you,

Leonora 

Dear Members

We have an exciting new event happening on Saturday April 12th. 2025.

Members are invited to come along to Southmead Hospital and play the grand piano in the atrium. We will start at 11.00 and play until 16.00 hrs. Members are welcome to come for the whole event or just pop in and play. Parking is available in the multi-storey are park next to the atrium building and there are also other car parks on site. I am told they are quieter on weekends. There are also cafes and toilets nearby in the atrium so all convenient.

Please support this new venture and share our love of the piano with others in the community.  Friends / partners/ families welcome too. 

This event is being organised by Matthew G. and Leonora.  

Please let Leonora know if you would like to come along and play. 

Thank you.