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The Club met at Kay’s in Clifton on Sunday 16 February. The pianos, venue, food and the company were all wonderful and we heard an interesting selection of music in varied genres.

Mark – Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux Op.33, No.5 in G minor
Anne – John Field: Nocturnes No.10 and No.13
Richard – Chopin: Nocturne No.20 in C♯ minor, Op. posth.
Kay – Debussy: The Little Shepherd
Graham & Jan – Edward Gregson: Interlude No.2 (duet for four hands)
Jan – Félix Le Couppey: Spanish Air No.29, from L’ABC du piano
Graham & Jean – Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major K448, Andante (2nd movement)
Chris – Scarlatti: Sonata K159
Simon H – Mussorgsky: Une larme (A Teardrop)
– John Barry: I Had a Farm in Africa (from the film Out of Africa)
Juliana – Manning Sherwin, arr. Nikki Iles: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
– Joe Hisaishi: Il porco rosso
Chris – Handel: Fantasia
Juliana – Mélanie Bonis: Il pleut

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.

To buy tickets please click the link below.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/keynshamconcerts1/1507040

For further information please contact Leonora or Simon H.

February – 2 meetings

Friday 7^th Feb at 18.30 hrs  – Fran,  Bedminster   (9)

Sunday 16^th Feb at 14.00hrs for 14.15 – Kay Clifton (16)

March

Sunday 16th March 14.30 for 14.45 hrs – Trinity Henleaze United Reform Church Henleaze

April

An additional event is being held on Saturday April 12^th. Members are invited to come along to Southmead Hospital and play the 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.  This event is being organised by Matthew G and Leonora.  

Sunday 13^th April 14.00 for 14.15 hrs Chris and Karen, Saltford (18)

May

Sunday 18^th May at 14.45 for 15.00hrs – Brian and Dorette, Henleaze (20)

June

Saturday 21^st June 14.45 for 15.00 hrs – Simon and Jill, Stoke Bishop (28)

July

Saturday 19^th July Summer party  14.45 for 15.00 hrs  Margaret and Graham, Coalpit Heath (28)

August

Sunday 17^th August 14.45 for 15.00 hrs   Len and Marion, Dursley (18)

September

Sunday 28^th September 14.45 for 15.00 hrs    Cheryl and Bryan, Failand (22)

October

Saturday 18^th October – Annual Plan and Play meeting. 14.00 for 14.15 hrs  Jan Hengrove (25) 

November

Sunday 16^th November  Two meetings being held the first 11.00 for 11.15 hrs, the second 13.00 for 13.15 hrs to allow an overlap for shared lunch.    Nigel and Jane Clifton (12+ 12)

December

Saturday 6^th December Christmas Party 14.45 for 15.00 hrs Jan Moody Hengrove.  (25)

Please note – the numbers in brackets indicate the capacity of the venue.

Bristol Piano Club Playlist for meeting held on January 18^th 2025

Mark W    Beethoven      Sonata op. 90, 2^nd mvt

Anne K    Guastavino      Cantilena  no. 8

Simon S  Noel Coward    The Party’s Over

                Schubert          Waltzes op. 9, no. 1- 4

Brian W   Chopin       Nocturne   F minor, op 55 no. 1

                                         Nocturne   Bb minor, op  9 no. 1

                                         Nocturne   F# major, op. 15 no. 2

                                         Nocturne    E minor, op 72 no.1

Jean A   Brahms               Intermezzo, op.76, no 4

Chris UW  Scarlatti           Sonata K 159

Richard W  Beethoven     Sonata no. 6, op. 10 no. 2

Simon H     Schubert        Valse D 779/13

Simon S   and   Brian W     Charles Caulkin   Sleigh Bells ( duet)

      

Dear Members,

I would like to bring your attention to the Piano section of the Bristol Festival of Music Speech and Drama that is happening soon. 

There are a number of piano classes that are suitable for our members and new ones have been added this year. Of particular interest is the Masterclass section that will be run by the exceptional pianist, teacher and adjudicator Jena Pang. 

The website with all the details can be found at  http://www.bristolfestival.co.uk/

The Piano sections are being held on Sat 8th and Sun 9th March 2025 and the closing date is 31st Jan. It is being held at Redmaids’ High School BS9 3AW.

Hope to see as many members of Bristol Piano Club as possible there.

Best wishes,

Leonora 

http://www.bristolfestival.co.uk

Following Storm Bert in November, around 15 of us made it to Jan’s in Hengrove despite Storm Darraghs best efforts. We were rewarded with a warm welcome from Jan and brother Jonathan. The log fire, Christmas lights and decorations and a superb buffet were much appreciated! There was almost continuous music-making on Jan’s excellent Danemann grand for the four and a half hour duration of the meetings. The incomplete playlist gives a flavour of what went on.

Performer	Composer	Piece
Simon H	R Schumann	Kinderszenen no. 1
	C Schumann	Prelude no. 3
Brian W	Leroy Anderson	Forgotten Dreams
Simon S	Malmeck/ Signorelli	Park Avenue Fantasy
	B Mayerl	Marigold
		Shallow Waters
Mark W	J S Bach	Sarabande from French Suite no. 5
Richard W	F F Chopin	Waltz in Ab, op 69 no. 1
Leonora M (piano) and Chris UW(euphonium)	P Lovatt-Cooper	Donegal Bay
Chris UW	Guastavino	Cantilena no. 1
Len M		Melancholy Tango
Jean W	W Niemann	Evening in Seville
Ann G (partnered occasionally) with Brian		Misc. Christmas Songs

Bristol Piano Club meeting November 2024.

Just over twenty of us braved the onslaughts of Storm Bert to get to the Bristol 1904 Arts Club, a new venue for the piano club, in Park Row. The meeting was hosted by 1904 Club member Jonathan Price who very kindly gave up his Saturday to look after us. The 1904 has two medium size grands (Bechstein and Bluthner), both in very nice condition and placed facing each other on a stage. The hall is redolent with history and tradition and provided a very memorable setting for our meeting. Taking advantage of the twin grands members were able to indulge in two piano music by Kreisler and Rodney Bennet and also a movement from a Mozart concerto. We used the Club kitchen to organise hot drinks (much needed on a cold day) and lunch.

Many thanks, once again to our excellent host, Jonathan for a very special day.

Playlist

Performer	Composer	Piece
Jean	Florence Price	Fantasie Negre no. 1
Kay and Leonora	Kreisler	Liebesfreud arr. 2 pianos
Nancy	Schumann	Humoresque op. 20
Steve W	Tchaikovsky	Sweet Dreams – Children’s Album op. 29 no. 21
	Schumann	Of Foreign Lands and People, Kinderszenen op 15
Simon S	Stan Kenton	Artistry in Rhythm
Chris UW	Handel	Fantasia
Charles P	Beethoven	1st mvt Pastorale Sonata op. 28
Peter H	Chopin	Mazurkas – op. 33 no. 3; op. 41 no. 2; op. 41 no. 4
Kathryn R	Fauré	Barcarolle no. 6 in Eb major
Ruth P	Gottschalk	Souvenirs d’Andalousie
Kit and Mathhew G	Mozart	2nd mvt Concerto in A major, no. 23, K488 arr. 2 pianos
Kathryn and Juliana	Richard Rodney Bennett	Samba Triste from Four Piece Suite, 2 pianos
Juliana B	Kreisler/ Rachmaninoff	Love’s Sorrow (Liebesleid)
Jonathan P	Handel	Overture to Messiah
Juliana B	Gershwin	The Man I Love
Richard W	Grieg	Notturno op. 54
	Debussy	Clair de Lune
Jane G	Granados	El Caminante no. 3
	Piazzolla	Libertango
Matthew G	Chopin	Mazurka in G minor, op. 67 no. 2
		Waltz in A minor, disc. New York 2024