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Leonora and Chris are featured in this radio item from KTR fm.

Both playing the Keynsham Community piano and Chris playing his euphonium on a cold February Morning.

Finally, the real recital at St. Andrew’s Church in Chippenham today and I was so pleased to see Leonora, Paul, Margaret and Graham who travelled all that way to hear the concert. Nice to see some familiar friendly faces. About 45 people attended, and the concert went really well. All that previous rehearsal helped so much. I had such good support from the Bristol piano club, first a run-through at Leonora’s house with great feed back from members who helped enormously with suggestions. Then Nigel kindly let me have a run-through on his wonderful Steinway, all of which helped the performance to mature and grow. 

I’m pleased to say that we raised £185 which I have now sent to Dorothy House hospice care who were really pleased. 

It was a lovely piano ( Yamaha C3 ) and the church was a great venue to play at . 

Many thanks to all the Bristol Piano Club members! 

Kathryn 

The additional BPC meeting that was held on Saturday 17th August at Ann Grayburn’s house in Cardiff.

“It was a very pleasant meeting with the nine of us including 2 members of the Cardiff Piano Circle. Lovely feedback from folk. The food was amazing. ” – from Ann

Playlist:

Kay H – Barcarolle – Scharwenka

– Waltz in A minor (posthumous) – Chopin

Anne K – Nocturne No.8 – Poulenc

– Songs without Words Op53-4 – Mendelssohn

Kathryn – Étude Tableaux Op33 No.4 Dm – Rachmaninov

Mark – Nocturne Op.33 ( to J Field) – Samual Barber

Jonathan G – Arabesque No.1 – Debussy

Ann G – Matin, Soir, Repentir, Promenade, Sur les prés la lune se promène from ‘Musique d’Enfants’ Op65 – Prokofiev

Jan M– Waltz in A Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin

Ruth P– 2nd Movement A minor K300 & 3rd movement Rondo K494 from Sonata in F. K533 – Mozart

Ian L – The Streets of Kirkcaldy/For Eliza/Foxy/Celtic Prelude/Table Waltz/Summer Isles/From “Kin” – Ian Lawson

Many thanks to Leonora and Paul for hosting the August meeting for the club last weekend.

A few photos from the event:

Playlist (coming soon):

Graham – Sonata in C Major K 545 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Len – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis – Vaughan Williams

Peter – Sonata in B Minor K87 -Domenico Scarlatti

– Mikrokosmos Vol.6 Ostinato – Béla Bartók

Juliana – Le Rossignol, S.250/1 (1842) – Franz Liszt

Simon H – Mazurka in G Minor Op.67 No.2 – Frédéric Chopin

Richard – Sonata in C Minor (Pathétique): Rondo – Ludwig Van Beethoven

Many thanks to Margaret and Graham for hosting another super summer party for the club last weekend.

A few photos from the event are in the galleries below

Information on the current piano courses offered by Jackdaws is available here.

The courses for the 24-25 season will be announced around Easter.

Summary

This meeting was held at Leonora’s house in Keynsham.

We had a full house and the meeting was a great success with a very varied and interesting programme of piano music played, together with great company and delicious food.

We were very pleased to welcome new and prospective members to this meeting.

Playlist

Chris, Etude in A Minor, DB Kabalevski

Graham and Margaret, Black Eyes, Anon. Russian Gypsy Song

Graham and Margaret, Hearts and Flowers, Czibulka-Tobani

Graham Newman, Sonata in E Major K380, Scarlatti

Mark Ware, Five Preludes, Op. 74, No 2, Scriabin

Mark Ware, Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66, Chopin

Fran Bakrania, Allegro from Sonata F K.332, Mozart

Heather Holmes, Bruyeres, Debussy

Jean Ashford, Winter (from Sketches Op.114), Sibelius

Peter Harney, Capriccio from Partita in C minor, J S Bach

Peter Harney, Valse Op. 69 No 1, Chopin

Kirsty Clarke, Au Lac de Wallenstadt, Liszt

Simon Hazelwood, Siciliano, J S Bach

Simon Scott, 1st movement Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 2 no 1, Beethoven

The very special part of our recent meeting was the “thank you” and presentation to Graham and Margaret of card and gifts in recognition of everything they  have both done since taking over the running of the club 5/6 years ago.

Some of the photos taken during the presentation are shown below.

Summary

This is the email I sent to be members and it captures the essence of how we felt about the meeting at Jan’s house and being to say thank you to Margaret and Graham.

Dear friends,

I am sure we all agree that the meeting held at Jan’s house on 22/01/23 was a very special one.

I will start with thank yous.

A big thank you to Jan for hosting and making us all feel so welcome and comfortable in her home.

The planning part of the meeting was quickly finished with the diary full of hosts for next year so thanks to all our lovely hosts ( the dates & venues have been sent out).

Also you to everyone for your delicious food and drink contributions. We dined in style as per Piano Club tradition!

We heard a very varied selection of pieces being played which were thoroughly enjoyed by all – so thank you to everyone that played.

The very special part of this meeting was the thank you and presentation to Graham and Margaret of card and gifts in recognition of everything they  have both done since taking over the running of the club 5/6 years ago.

We have all benefitted in so many ways from their leadership and now they can sit back and relax for a well deserved rest.

Finally a thank you from me for all your encouragement and support since taking over from Graham and Margaret – they will be a hard act to follow, but I’ll do my best.

Looking forward to an exciting musical year ahead.

Best wishes to all,

Leonora.

Playlist for 22/01/23

Maxwell Davies Farewell to Stromness Graham Newman

Edgar Elgar Salut d’amour Loves Greetings Len Miller

Debussy Etude: Pour Les Sonorites Opposees Mark Ware

J.S. Bach Partita No 2 in C Minor : Courante Gigue Peter Harney

E.H Grieg Poetic Tone Pictures Richard Welsh

Beethoven 1st Movt Sonata Op 26 in A flat Ann Grayburn

Yan Tiersen Port Goret Simon Hazelwood

Bach Prelude No 6 in D minor Book 2 WTC (Well Tempered Clavier ) Nigel

Schubert Minuet and Trio no 21 Chris UW

Schumann Erster Verlust no 16 Op 68 Chris UW

Lecuona Malaguena Kirsty Clarke

From the meeting at Kirsty and David’s house.

Kirsty Clarke – Nocturne in C sharp minor. Chopin.

Mark Ware – Sonata Op.1. Alban Berg.

Simon Hazelwood – Intermezzo Op. 118 no 2. Brahms.

Matthew Griffiths – Loneliness and love breaking through. Matthew Griffiths.

Leonora Mullen – The Harebell. William Smallwood.

Pete Harney – Preludes: La Puerta del Vino. Canope. Debussy;
Yesterdays Jerome Kern.

Len Miller – Yellow. Paul (last name unknown); Sonata Op 2/1 Minuet and Finale. William Gillock.

Simon Scott – Sonata Op 2/1 Minuet and Finale. Beethoven.

Jan Moody – Prelude in D minor number 4 of 6 Little Preludes. J.S. Bach.

Charles Pestell – Piano Sonata in Eflat Hob. XV1:52 1st Movt. Haydn.