Concert archive

Wednesday 15 May 2013

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Noelle Gruebler, violin
Bernadette Bartos, piano

W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor K.304
I Allegro
II Tempo di minuetto

L.v. Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-Flat op.12 No.3
I Allegro con spirito
II Adagio con molto espressione
III Rondo (Allegro molto)

E. Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano C Minor op.45
I Allegro molto Ed Appassionato
II Allegretto Espressivo Alla Romanza
III Allegro Animato

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday 14 May 2013

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Julieta Iglesias, piano

Beethoven: Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 'Waldstein'

Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau

Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Julieta Iglesias was born in 1985 in Buenos Aires. She started her piano studies in 1995 at the 'Alberto Williams' Conservatoire. In 2001 she received the 'Lia Cimaglia Espinosa' scholarship and the Santa Cecilia Medal. Since then, she has been performing in important halls in Argentina. Julieta graduated from the 'Carlos Lopez Buchardo' Conservatoire (IUNA) where she studied under the guidance of Professor Aldo Antognazzi. She also taught Piano for two years at the same institution.

Julieta Iglesias has attended courses and masterclasses with Maestros such as Mario Videla, Nelson Goerner, Haydee Schvartz, Jack Winnerock, Elmma Miranda, Michele Campanella, Diane Andersen, among others. In 2005, Julieta won a Mention at the Piano Competition of the Northlands Institute and in 2009 she was invited to participate in the '1st National Festival of Pianists' in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Julieta performed at the famous Colon Theatre of Buenos Aires. As a teacher, Julieta has given piano and chamber music masterclasses at the 'Luis Gianneo' Conservatoire.

In 2010, Julieta gave the Première of the piano works by Argentine composer Mauro de María and also released Volume 1 of de María's music, to critical acclaim. Vol. II is in preparation.

29 April 2013 - 1 May 2013

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

Professor Oliver Lewis

Violin & Piano Duos
Cello & Piano Duos

Chamber works by Beethoven for violin and piano and cello and piano.

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

April 29th: daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm
April 30th: daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm

Masterclass observers: Non-Members: £10 per day £15 for two days
BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £8 per day £12 for two days

May 1st: evening concert/competition 6:30pm (free entrance)

Duos should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to:
BPSE Masterclass and Competition, 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Further information is available from:
secretary AT bpse.org

Sunday 17 March 2013

2013 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Competition

Jury:
Anda Anastacescu, Angela Brownridge, Melvyn Cooper

Compulsory work ~ Beethoven Bagatelle Op. 119 No.11 in B flat major


Gurpreet Sandhu (Birmingham Conservatoire)
Beethoven Sonata Op. 13 in C minor 'Pathetique'

Martin Bartlett (Royal College of Music)
Beethoven Sonata Op. 10/3 in D major

Hayley Parkes (Chethams School of Music)
Beethoven Sonata Op. 26 in A flat major

Alistair Backhouse (Royal Northern College of Music)
Beethoven Sonata Op. 27/2 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight'

Daniel Silcott (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Beethoven Sonata Op. 78 in F sharp Major

Jury Announcement and Presentation of Prizes

2013 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Competition

The BPSE wishes to express their sincere thanks to the Austrian Cultural Forum for their Generous Hospitality

Monday 7 January 2013

Arta Arnicane, piano

Programme to include Beethoven

Friday 14 December 2012

Warren Mailley-Smith, piano

Beethoven: Sonata Op31/2 in D minor, 'Tempest'
Chopin: Four Scherzos
Mozart: Piano Concerto K414 in A major (arr. by Mozart for piano and string quartet)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue.

Special Rate for BPSE MEMBERS - please mention Beethoven Piano Society of Europe

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Winner - 2012 BPSE Chamber Music Competition

Monday 26 November 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

William Cuthbertson, piano


Beethoven-Sonata in B flat major op.106 'Hammerklavier'

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Sunday 25 November 2012

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Competitors from the UK's Music Colleges and Conservatores perform before a distinguished jury.

Programme includes Beethoven Sonatas chosen by the competitors and a compulsory Bagatelle

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

BPSE AGM

Members are cordially invited to the Annual General Meeting of the BPSE.

Any topics for discussion as well as any nominations for Committee membership should be sent, not later than 11th November, to the Secretary

Saturday 17 November 2012

Member's Recital

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano
(Former winner of BPSE Piano Competition)

Purcell: Two Grounds in c minor
Mozart: Variations in G K 455
Schubert-Liszt: 'Aufenthalt'; 'Liebesbotschaft', 'Der Mueller und der Bach', 'Erlkonig'

Tchaikovsky: 'Meditation', 'Polka de Salon'
Rachmaninoff: Two Preludes - C sharp minor and G major
Tchaikovsky: 'Lullaby' (arr. Rachmaninoff)
Tcherepnin (1899-1977): 'Scherzo', 'Polka'
Stravinsky: Thee fragments from 'Petrushka'

Member's Recital

This outstanding past BPSE Silver Medalist is playing an interesting concert that includes two works from his recently recorded CD of Alexander Tcherepnin's music.
Seats can be booked & prepaid by contacting either
H W ATTERBURY 16 Plover Way SE167TT (see email on left) or
Mrs M SWINGLER 0207 3812942 joanna.peters1@googlemail.com

Monday 8 October 2012

Winner of the 2012 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition
Zizhou Zhang, piano

Programme to include works by Beethoven

Friday 7 September 2012

BPSE Prizewinner Lunchtime Recital

Winner of the 1012 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition
Zizhou Zhang, piano

Programme includes works by Beethoven

BPSE Prizewinner Lunchtime Recital

Friday 31 August 2012

BPSE Summer Music Festival

Gintaras Janusevicius, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven - 12 Variations on a Russian Dance in A Major, WoO 71
Pjotr Tchaikovsky – Dumka, Op.59
Alexander Borodin – Scherzo in A Flat Major
Claude Debussy – Ballade Slave
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude in C Sharp minor, Op.3/2
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Lilacs, Op.21/5
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude in G minor, Op.23/5
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude in B Flat Major, Op.23/2

BPSE Summer Festival event 6/6

Wednesday 29 August 2012

BPSE Summer Music Festival

Zizhou Zhang, piano
Winner of the 2012 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

BPSE Summer Festival event 5/6

Friday 24 August 2012

BPSE Summer Music Festival

Vidas Vaitkevicius, piano

BPSE Summer Festival event 4/6

Wednesday 22 August 2012

Tau Wey, piano

Beethoven Bagatelle in G minor, Op 119, No 1
Schubert Sonata in A major, D. 664
Liszt Nuages Gris
Liszt En Reve
Sophie Westbrooke Flying
Radiohead No Surprises (transcribed Tau Wey)
Gershwin S'Wonderful and I got Rhythm

BPSE Summer Festival event 3/6

Monday 20 August 2012

BPSE Summer Music Festival

Maria Marchant, piano

Programme includes Sonata in G major Op 79

BPSE Summer Music Festival event 2/6

Friday 17 August 2012

BPSE Summer Music Festival

Rohan de Saram - cello
Alberto Portugheis

BPSE Summer Festival event 1/6

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Stephen Savage, piano

Beethoven:
Rondo in C major, Op 51 no 1
Sonata in E major, Op 109
Sonata in A flat, Op 110

Friday 27 July 2012

Ana Cho, Piano

Part of the "Pianist of the World" series

Beethoven Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111
Ginastera Sonata No.2 Op.53

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Angela Brownridge, piano

Beethoven Sonata "Appassionata" Op. 57
Rachmaninov Preludes no. 4 & 5 Op. 23
Chopin Ballade no. 4 in F minor Op. 52

Friday 15 June 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Eugene Alcalay, piano

Beethoven - Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op.26
Sergei Rachmaninov - From Etudes Tableaux, Op.39, No.9 in D major
Frederic Chopin Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35 in B minor, Funeral March



BPSE Lunchtime Recital

28 May 2012 - 31 May 2012

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

Professor Rohan de Saram, internationally renowned cellist, gives two days of masterclasses in Beethoven's chamber music for violin and piano and cello and piano duos.

Rohan de Saram is also the Adjudicator in the Chamber Music Competition on 31 May at 6pm.

First prize winner receives £400, a consultation lesson with Gwyneth George and a concert in the BPSE 2012-2013 series.

Both the Masterclass and the Competition are open to the public.
May 28th: daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm
May 29th: daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm

Chamber Music Competition (Free Entrance) at 6pm on 31 May

The fee for the Chamber Music Masterclass is £60 per Duo (violin/piano, cello/piano)

Duos interested to participate should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque, contact the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe via the contact page or email secretary@bpse.org

Masterclass observers:
Non-Members: £10 per day; £15 for two days BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £ 8 per day; £12 for two days


BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

Monday 21 May 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Omri Epstein, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in A major Op. 101
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday 8 May 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Erdem Misirlioglu, piano
Winner of the 2011 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Programme to include works by Beethoven

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Friday 20 April 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tom Hicks, piano
Winner of the 2011 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Programme includes works by Beethoven

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Wednesday 18 April 2012

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Julian Cleff - piano

Kapustin - Sonata No. 6 Op. 62Ives - 2nd mvt 'Hawthorne', from Concord Sonata
Chopin - Etudes Op. 25 nos 5, 7, 10
Beethoven - Sonata Op. 57 'Appassionata'

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday 27 March 2012

St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2012

The competition embodies St Martin's commitment to the discovery, nurture and promotion of new and emerging musical talent and continues a long history of musical excellence and artistic contribution at the heart of London. With the support of Making Music, the competition is able to offer winners the opportunity to establish and develop a performance profile throughout the UK.

This year’s finalists are:

The Cremona Piano Trio
Beethoven - Piano Trio in D op 70/1 'Ghost' - 1st movement
Debussy - Piano Trio in G - 3rd movement
Shostakovich - Piano Trio in C minor op 8


Jacquin Trio
Kurtág - Hommage à R. Schumann
Schumann - Märchenerzählungen - 3rd movement
Françaix - Trio - movements 2, 4 and 5.


Lekker Quintet
Kurtág - Quintet for Winds op 2
Vosks - In Memory of Friend: Music for a Deceased Friend
Ligeti - Six Bagatelles

During the judging, 2010 competition winners the Piatti Quartet will perform:

Haydn - String Quartet op 76 No 3 'Emperor' - ii. Poco adagio; cantabile
Beethoven - String Quartet No 10 in E flat 'Harp' - i. Poco adagio; allegro

Audience members at the final are also invited to vote for the Audience Prize to be announced along with the Winner at the conclusion of the evening. Voting forms will be included with your tickets.

Sunday 18 March 2012

BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Pianists from the major UK music schools and junior departments of UK conservatoires

Competitors perform Beethoven Piano sonatas (free choice) and a Compulsory Piece, Beethoven's Allegretto in C minor WoO 53.

The distinguished Jury includes Professor Melvyn Cooper (Warwick University)

2012 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

The public is warmly invited to attend the competition in which competitor performances are followed by the Jury announcement. (expected end time between 4pm-5pm).

Friday 9 March 2012

Winner - BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Competition 2011

Sunday 12 February 2012

Beethoven Violin Recital

Sivann Maayani-Zelikoff, violin
Ishay Shaer, piano


Prokofiev - Violin Sonata No.1 in F minor
Debussy - Violin Sonata in G minor L 140
Beethoven - Violin Sonata NO. 9 "Kreutzer"

Beethoven Prokofiev Debussy Violin Recital

Two foremost young artists from Israel in a rare London appearance perform masterpieces by Beethoven Prokofiev and Debussy. Tickets obtainalbe from Mr Michael Rawling, 2a Millway, Mill Hill, London NW27 3RE.

Friday 13 January 2012

Bruno Ferrari, Piano

Sonata No 10, Op 3 - Beethoven
Balada Mexicana - Manuel M Ponce
Au Lac De Wallenstadt - F Liszt
Réminiscences de Don Juan - Mozart/Liszt

Friday 6 January 2012

Lunchtime Recital

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Fantasy and Fugue in G minor ("Great") BWV 542 - J.S.Bach
Sonata in B minor - Franz Liszt

Lunchtime Recital

Monday 5 December 2011

Yuka Ishizuka (violin) and Nadav Hertzka (piano)

Programme includes Beethoven's Spring Sonata

Sunday 27 November 2011

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

A chance to hear the best students from the music colleges compete with a set work (Bagatelle Op 33 No 1 in Eb) and one own choice Beethoven work.

Friday 18 November 2011

Malcolm Troup, piano

BPSE in association with IEBS

Beethoven Sonata Op109
Moshe Zorman Fascinating Rhythm:Homage a George Gershwin
Ernest Bloch Poems of the Sea

Friday 11 November 2011

Eugene Lee (violin) & Tania Park (piano), Winners of the 2011 BPSE Chamber Music Competition

Kreisler Allegro and Preludium
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin No 8 in G major
Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major

Friday 14 October 2011

Tom Hicks, Winner of the BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

Bach-Busoni Chaconne
Beethoven Sonata in E minor Opus 90
Schumann-Liszt Fruhlingsnacht & Widmung
Liszt Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H

Saturday 17 September 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev Piano

London Musical Arts Orchestra

John Landor Conductor


Mozart - Divertimento in F
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Mozart - Symphony No 40 in G minor

Including John Landor's 'Meet the Music' interval event: an informal introduction to the evening's programme

London Musical Arts Orchestra has been resident at the world renowned St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square since 1992, giving well over 400 concerts and reaching an audience exceeding 160,000.
With a finely balanced mix of the best established professionals and talented young players at the start of their careers, we perform an exciting repertoire of master works from the great baroque, classical and romantic composers.
London Musical Arts will celebrate twenty years of performance at St Martin's in 2012. With our fine group of enthusiastic and committed musicians and through our innovative 'Mini Maestro' and 'Meet the Music' concert events we aim to inspire our audiences, both young and old, with a fresh sense of discovery and delight in the great music we perform.

Friday 16 September 2011

Florian Mitrea, piano - Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Friday 5 August 2011

Gloria Campaner, piano

Beethoven Sonata in F minor Op 57 "Appassionata"
Liszt Harmonies du soir

Friday 29 July 2011

Noëlle Grüebler, violin & Bernadette Bartos, piano

Beethoven and Brahms

BPSE Summer Festival event 6/6

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Programme includes:
Beethoven Sonata Op28 No 15 in D major
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op 14
Chopin

Monday 25 July 2011

Asagi Nakata, piano

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op27 No 2
Chopin Ballade A flat major Op47 No 3
Liszt

BPSE Summer Festival event 5/6

Friday 22 July 2011

Moana Trio

Ryoko Harada, violin
Tamsin Kreymborg, cello
Tania Park, piano

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major Op11
Rachmaninov Trio Elegiaque No 1
John Psathas "Three Island Songs"

BPSE Summer Festival event 4/6

Wednesday 20 July 2011

Yuka Ishizuka (violin) and Nadav Hertzka (piano)

Beethoven Sonata No 4 in A minor
Wieniawski Polonaise No 1 in D major
Brahms Sonata No 3 in D minor

BPSE Summer Festival event 3/6

Monday 18 July 2011

Tom Hicks, Winner of the BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

BPSE Summer Festival event 2/6

Friday 15 July 2011

Julian Jacobson & Mariko Brown - Piano Duet

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op54
Beethoven Duet Sonata Op6 in D
Ravel Suite "Mother Goose"
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

BPSE Summer Festival event 1/6

Tuesday 28 June 2011

BPSE 'Diabelli' Variations Symposium

BPSE Symposium on Beethoven's 'Diabelli' Variations Op.120
Presented by the BPSE
in association with the
Institute of Musical Research, University of London

11am - 6pm, Tuesday 28 June 2011
The Great Hall, Kings College, London, Strand


Special guest speakers

Stephen Kovacevich, European Vice-President BPSE

William Kinderman (Professor, University of Illinois)

Also participating:
Dr. Nicholas Marston (Kings College, Cambridge), Malcolm Troup, Professor Emeritus, City University,Professor Barry Cooper, Dr. Malcolm Miller, Alberto Portugheis, Julian Jacobson and other scholars and performers.

The Symposium will comprise lectures, round table discussions, research papers and performances.

For further details, including booking fees, bursaries, and programmes please contact the BPSE.

Thursday 23 June 2011

Florian Mitrea, piano - Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Florian Mitrea, piano - Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Monday 20 June 2011

Alexandru Negriuc, piano

Beethoven Sonata Op31 No 2

S. Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op32 No 10 in B minor
Preulde Op23 No 4 in D major
Moment Musical No 4 in E minor

George Enescu Toccata Op10

Thursday 2 June 2011

BPSE Member Recital Violin Cycle

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano
Boris Brovtsyn, violin



Beethoven's Violin Sonatas

Pianist Mikhail Shilyaev, past winner of the BPSE Intercollegiate Competition, recently won Third Prize in the prestigious Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon last July. Mikhail is currently in his second year of study on the MMus programme at Trinity Laban.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Stephen Savage, piano

Two Legends of St Francis - Liszt
St Francis of Assisi's Sermon to the Birds
St Francis of Paola walking on the waters

Sonata in F minor, Op 57 (Appassionata)- Beethoven

Thursday 12 May 2011

Julian Jacobson, piano

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev at Steinway Hall 4 May 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano

Beethoven: Andante favori
Chopin: Ballade N3 Op. 47
Berg: Sonata Op. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op. 111




Mikhail Shilyaev at Steinway Hall 4 May 2011

18 April 2011 - 20 April 2011

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

BPSE Beethoven Chamber Music
Masterclass & Competition 2011
for the 'Gwyneth George Award'
(Prize includes a concert in the BPSE 2011 series)

with
Professor Martin Lovett OBE

Open to:
Violin & Piano Duo
Cello & Piano Duo

Entry Fee: £60 per duo



Both the Masterclass and the Competition are open to the public:

April 18th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm)
April 19th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm)

The Competition is on April 20th.
Evening concert/competition begins at 6:30pm
Tickets £5

Non-Members: £10 per day/£15 for two days
BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £8 per day/£12 for two days.

Duos should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to: BPSE Masterclass and Competition, 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Further information is available from: secretary@bpse.org

Friday 8 April 2011

Angela Brownridge, piano

Works by Liszt and Beethoven

Sunday 20 March 2011

BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

Set work -- Allegretto in C minor WoO 53

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Bruno Ferrari, piano

Works by Beethoven, Chopin & Liebermann

Sunday 13 February 2011

Navarra Quartet

Haydn: Quartet in C Op.54/2
Mozart: Quartet in E flat K428
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor Op.132

Saturday 12 February 2011

Valentine Recital by Julian Jacobson, piano

Programme includes Beethoven Sonata in E minor op 90 and works by Albeniz, Chopin, Debussy, Granados & Liszt

Monday 31 January 2011

Trio dei Mezzo & Mark Oldfield (baritone)

Piano Trio op.70, No.1 in D major "Ghost"
4 Songs for baritone and piano trio (the Kiss dear maid/ Red gleams the sun/ Merch Megan/ Parting Kiss)
Piano Trio op.1, No.3 in C minor

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre Concert Series

Mikhail Shilyaev - piano

Mozart - Rondo in A Minor, K511
Chopin - Four Ballades, Opp.23,38,47 and 52
Liszt - 'Reminiscences de Don Juan'; Concert Fantasy on Motives from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni')

Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre Concert Series

We are pleased to invite you and your guests to the Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre concert series for a piano recital by Mikhail Shilyaev.

It is important that you RSVP (acceptances only) by post, telephone, fax or email to: Bluthner Piano Centre Ltd, 1 Davies Street, Berkeley Square, LONDON
W1K 3DB.
Tel: 020 7753 0533; Fax: 020 7753 0535;
Email: info@bluthner.co.uk

Should you find that you are unable to attend after accepting the invitation, please let us know so that we can allocate your place to someone else.

NOTE: RECEIPTS ACKNOWLEDGING RSVPs WILL NOT BE SENT

Please note the following:
1) Entry to the concert is £5.00. A glass of wine/soft drink will be supplied upon arrival. Payment should be made at the entrance to the ballroom/concert venue by cash.
2) A strict dress code is required at the club. Men must wear conventional jacket and collared shirt and women must be smartly dressed. Jeans/denim, casual trousers, trainers and fashion sports shoes are not acceptable. Please ensure you advise any guests of this requirement.
3) It is essential that no use of mobile telephones is made whilst at the club.
4) Further drinks after the concert may only be purchased from the bar through a member of the Lansdowne.
5) No other areas of the club other than cloakroom facilities may be used.

Monday 10 January 2011

Stefano Greco, piano

Bach: from The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti Nos. 1 & 14
Chopin: Nocturnes Op. 27 No. 1 and No. 2*
Beethoven: Sonata No. 7, Op. 10 No. 3 in D Major

Friday 7 January 2011

Alberto Portugheis - 70th Birthday Concert

All Schumann programme including Papillons Op.2; Toccata Op.7; Arabesque Op.18; Three Fantasy Pieces Op.111

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Riyad Nicholas, piano

Beethoven Sonata in A flat major Op.110
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Ligeti Fanfares

Sunday 28 November 2010

Fitzwilliam Quartet

Mozart: Quartet in B flat K458 'The Hunt'
Shostakovich: Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110
Glazunov: Intermezzo in modo antiqua
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2010

BPSE AGM

Tuesday 16 November 2010

Shola Sharbakova, piano

Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2

Friday 29 October 2010

Asagi Nakata, Winner of the Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Competition 2010

Schubert Impromptu in B flat Op.142 No.3
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op.13 (Pathetique)
Liszt Petrarch Sonnet No.123
Liszt Grande Etude de Paganini No.6
Debussy Des pas sur la neige
Prokofiev Sonata No.3 in A minor

Sunday 24 October 2010

Fibonacci Sequence

Mozart: Piano Trio in G K564
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor Op.1/3
Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat D898

Thursday 21 October 2010

Adrian Justus, violin & Alberto Portugheis, piano

Henryk Szerying - Preludio Clasico
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata Op.47, in A, &8220;Kreutzer&8221;
Leonardo Velazquez - Prelude & Dance (solo violin)
Manuel M. Ponce - Sonata breve
Estrellita

Jarabe Tapatio - Folklore Arranged by Lazlo Roth

Consuelo Velazquez - Besame Mucho (Arranged by Adrian Justus)

The second half of this programme celebrates Bicentenary of Mexico's Independence

Nearest tube is Warren Street.

Tuesday 12 October 2010

Dimitar Burov, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano in A major Op 47 (Kreutzer)

Sunday 3 October 2010

Barbirolli Quartet

Haydn: Quartet in E Op 54/3
Janacek: Quartet No.1 'Kreutzer Sonata'
Beethoven: Quartet in E minor Op.59/2 'Razumovsky'

Friday 1 October 2010

Julian Jacobson & Friends

Susie Meszaros, violin
Philip de Groote, cello
Julian Jacobson, piano

Beethoven Piano Trio in G, op 1 no.2
Franck Sonata in A for violin and piano

BPSE Late Summer Festival event 7/7

Our traditional 'Jacobson and Friends' opener this year returns as the wonderful finale to this year's BPSE Late Summer Festival

Tuesday 28 September 2010

Asagi Nakata, piano

Beethoven Bagatelle in E flat Op.126 No.3
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op.13 (Pathetique)
Liszt La Leggierezza; Ravel Jeux D'Eau
Debussy Des pas sur la neige
Prokofiev Sonata No.3 in A minor


BPSE Late Summer Festival event 6/7

The winner of the 2010 BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition performs her winning sonata for the BPSE Late Summer Festival.

Monday 27 September 2010

Warren Mailley - Smith, piano

Beethoven
Sonata No 13, C sharp minor op 27 No 2 'Moonlight Sonata'

Rachmaninov
Prelude in D
Prelude in C minor

Chopin
Revolutionary Study
Nocturne in D flat
Scherzo No 2

BPSE Late Summer Festival event 5/7

Friday 24 September 2010

Agata Darashkaite, violin and Olga Jegunova, piano

Beethoven - Two sonatas for violin and piano No.6 (op.30 no.1) and No.8 (op.30 no.3)


BPSE Late Summer Festival event 4/7

Tuesday 21 September 2010

Konrad Engel, piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata in A flat Op 26
Franz Schubert Impromptu A Flat major D 935
Beethoven 15 Variations & Fugue op35 E flat major

BPSE Late Summer Festival event 3/7

Friday 17 September 2010

Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano

Beethoven - Sonata no. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Chopin - Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 38; Berceuse, op. 57 and Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52


BPSE Late Summer Festival event 2/7

Monday 13 September 2010

Cerulean Piano Trio

Eloisa Fleur Thom, Violin
Matthew Lowe, 'Cello
James Baillieu, piano

in the 2nd International Ernest Bloch Competition)
Beethoven's Piano Trio Op.11 (for Clarinet or Violin, Cello and Piano)
Ernest Bloch's Three Nocturnes
This recital is presented in conjunction with IEBS and JMI.


BPSE Late Summer Festival event 1/7

The opening concert of our Late Summer Festival at the newly refurbished Regent Hall.

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Katalin Csillagh, piano

Beethoven:
Seven Bagatelles Op.33
Fantasy Op.77

Friday 16 July 2010

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Eugene Feygelson, violin
Malcolm Miller, piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Op. 30/3 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata for Violin - Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Moldavian Rhapsody - Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Wednesday 14 July 2010

Yuka Ishizuka, violin

Beethoven Romance No.2 in F
Franck Violin Sonata in A

Friday 9 July 2010

Jenny Nickson, violin
Miriam Brickman, piano

Beethoven sonata no 1
Bloch Nigun from Baal Shem

Friday 18 June 2010

Winners of the BPSE Chamber Music Competition 2010

Monday 31 May 2010

Eugene Alcalay, piano

Bela Bartok Allegro barbaro
Henri Dutilleux Au Gre des Ondes—Six Petites Pieces Pour Piano (1946)
Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op.126

Friday 7 May 2010

Greenwich Trio

Lana Trotovsek, violin
Stjepan Hauser, cello
Yoko Misumi, piano

Beethoven piano trio op.70, no.2
Mendelsshon piano trio op.66 in C minor

Monday 26 April 2010

Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition winner 2009

Grace Yeo - piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.57
Prokofiev Piano Sonata no.2 in D minor, Op.14

Thursday 22 April 2010

BPSE Chamber Music Competition

Professor: Martin Lovett OBE

Evening concert and Competition
for the Gwyneth George Award and a concert in the BPSE 2010 series

19 April 2010 - 20 April 2010

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass in association with the Piano Trio Society

Professor: Martin Lovett OBE

Entry Fee: 90 pounds per trio
Both the Masterclass and the Competition are open to the public:
April 19th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)
April 20th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)

Trios should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to: BPSE Masterclass and Competition, 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Friday 9 April 2010

Winner of the Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Competition 2010

Friday 2 April 2010

Simon Watterton, piano

Handel - Suite no.6 in G Minor HWV 439
Howard Ferguson - 5 Bagatelles
Beethoven - Sonata in A Flat Major op.110

Monday 29 March 2010

Stefan Ciric, piano

J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue no.8 Book 1
L. v Beethoven - Sonata op.2 no.1 in F minor
Juan A. Medina - Tardes de almazara
F. Chopin - Scherzo op.39 no.3
F. Chopin - Etude op.10 no.8
C. Debussy - Etude pour les notes repetees
F. Liszt - Wilde Jagd

Sunday 21 March 2010

Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Competition

Set work - Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 (Fur Elise)

Winner's prizes include recitals at St James's Piccadilly and St Barnabus, Ealing

Tuesday 16 March 2010

Nancy Lee Harper Lunchtime Recital

Nancy Lee Harper, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27/1 'Moonlight'
Robert Schumann (1810-1849): Symphonische Etuden (1834)
Joao Pedro Oliveira (b.1959): Piramides de Cristal (Crystal Pyramids) ~ UK Premiere
Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody no.8

Presented by Opus Musica ( see www.opusmusica.org )

Monday 15 March 2010

Kateryna Titova - piano

Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 No.3
Rachmaninov Sonata No.2

Monday 8 March 2010

The Oran Duo

Emma Peaurt, soprano
Lindy Tennent-Brown, piano

Beethoven songs including Op 46 & 88
Haydn 'Scena di Berenice'
Ivor Gurney songs (including By a Bierside, Hawk & Buckle and Sleep)

Friday 5 March 2010

Florian Mitrea - piano

Beethoven Op 53 Waldstein;
Liszt Second Ballade
Scarlatti Sonatas

Monday 18 January 2010

Stephen Savage, piano

Beethoven Sonatas Op 109 in E major and Op 31 No 3 in E flat

Friday 15 January 2010

Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition Winner in recital

Grace Yeo - piano

Beethoven Piano Sonata in D major, Op.10 No.3
Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Ravel from 'Gaspard de la nuit'
Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux in D major, Op.39 No.9

Tuesday 8 December 2009

Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op 27, No 2 (Moonlight)
Liszt Les cloches de Geneve for piano
Mussorgsky The Nursery, for soprano and piano (with Gordana Kostic, soprano)

Monday 30 November 2009

Ashley Fripp, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
Liszt - Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 12.

Sunday 29 November 2009

BEETHOVEN INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION

Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

AGM

Annual General Meeting of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe

Members are cordially invited to attend the BPSE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Any topics for discussion as well as any nominations for Committee Membership to be sent, not later than 12th November, to the Secretary.

Friday 30 October 2009

Pianists of the World

Chi Yan Wong, piano

Beethoven Six Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from La Molinara by Paisiello, WoO. 70
Lu Wencheng Autumn Moon over a Calm Lake
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178

12 October 2009 - 12 October 2009

Gintaute Gataveckaite, piano

L. van Beethoven Sonata op.27 No.1 in E-flat major
A. Berg Sonata op.1 in B minor
S. Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux op.39 No.1 in C minor, No.2 in A minor and No.6 in A minor.

21 September 2009 - 21 September 2009

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of the great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů

Malcolm Troup, piano

Beethoven Sonata op.81a "Les Adieux"
Bohuslav Martinů Sonata (1954)

Friday 11 September 2009

Emma Peaurt, soprano
Lindy Tennent-Brown, piano

Faure - Opus 23
Berg - 7 Early Songs
Bolcom - Cabaret songs (selection)

Opus Musica

Friday 7 August 2009

Riyad Nicolas

Beethoven Sonata op.27 no.1
Chopin Sonata No.3 op.58

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 6

Monday 3 August 2009

Aisa Ijiri

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano No 17 in D minor (Tempest), Op 31 No 2
Robert Schumann - Widmung from 'Myrthen' (arr Liszt), Op 25
Franz Liszt - Ballade No 2 in B minor, S171

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 5

Friday 31 July 2009

Mishka Momen

Beethoven Sonata op.90
Chopin Sonata No.3 op.58

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 4

Wednesday 29 July 2009

Evelyne Berezovsky

Beethoven - Sonata for Piano No 14 in C sharp minor, 'Moonlight', Op 27/2
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F sharp minor, Op 9
Franz Liszt - Vallee d'Obermann from 'Annes de Pelerinage-annee 1: Suisse'
Debussy - L'Isle joyeuse

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 3

Monday 27 July 2009

Coady Green

Coady Green

Schubert: Sonata in A major, D664

Beethoven: Fantasy Op. 77

Liszt: Pensée des morts and Funerailles from Harmonies poetiques et religeuse

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 2

Friday 24 July 2009

Beethoven in E Flat - Julian Jacobson & Friends

Trio:
Lana Trotovsek - violin
Pál Banda - cello
Julian Jacobson - piano

Quintet:
Christopher O'Neal - oboe
Tony Lamb - clarinet
Philip Gibbon - bassoon
Katie Pryce - horn
Julian Jacobson - piano

Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat op 16
Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat op 70 no 2

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 1

Thursday 16 July 2009

BPSE Beethoven and Youth series at the Foundling Museum

Han Seul Lee, piano
2nd prize Winner in the Beethoven PIano Society of London Junior Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2009 (held in March 2009 at The Bluthner Piano Centre)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano No 18 in E flat, Op 31 No 3
Fryderyk Chopin
Sonata for Piano No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35


BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Monday 13 July 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Kanazawa-Admony piano duo

Yehezkel Braun -- Sonata for Four Hands - UK Premiere
Beethoven - Grosse Fuge Op.134
Mendelssohn - Allegro Brillante


BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Presented in association with the Forum for Israeli Music of the Jewish Music Institute (SOAS)

Friday 10 July 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St Barnabas

Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo

Yehezkel Braun -- Sonata for Four Hands - UK Premiere
Beethoven - Grosse Fuge Op.134
Mendelssohn - Allegro Brillante


BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St Barnabas

Presented by the BPSE in association with the Forum for Israeli Music for the Jewish Music Institute (SOAS)

Friday 3 July 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Helge Antoni, piano

Scarlatti - Three Sonatas: K 141, K 481 and K 155
Beethoven - Sonata in C major Op 2 No 3

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 26 June 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Frederik Malmqvist, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in G major Op 31 No 1
Mendelssohn - Two Songs without words: Op 38 No 6 in A flat major "Duetto" and Op 85 No 1 in F major
Beethoven - Sonata in A major Op 101

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Wednesday 24 June 2009

Dimitar Burov, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in A major Op 47, "Kreutzer"
Debussy - Sonata in G minor for violin and piano
Shostakovich - Ten preludes for violin and piano
Brahms - FAE Scherzo in C minor

Friday 19 June 2009

Dimitar Burov, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - Sonata for violin and piano, A major, op 47, "Kreutzer"

Thursday 18 June 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Ian Judson, flute
Francesca Carpos, bassoon
Caryn Cohen, violin
Malcolm Miller, piano

Piano and Chamber Music from the Bonn Years by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

'Dressler' Variations WoO 67 for Piano (1781)

Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon WoO 37 (1783)
Allegro - Adagio - Thema andante con Variazioni

Trio for Piano, violin and Cello Hess 48 (1790-2)


BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Friday 5 June 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winners of the Beethoven Chamber Music Competition 2009

TBA

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Sunday 31 May 2009

A unique festival featuring 23 of Haydn piano sonatas, played by 23 different pianists on the exact 200th anniversary of his death on 31st May 1809.



James Gibb, Yshani Peripanayagam, Ivana Gavric, Maciej Raginia, Jessica Chan, Reiko Fujisawa, Stephen Plaistow, David McNulty, Catherine Leonard, Alexis White, Mina Miletic, Samantha Ward, Aleksander Szram, Emilie Crapoulet, Pavel Timofejevsky, Danielle Salamon, Denise Patton, Ashley Fripp, Luis Parés, Eva Doroszkowska, Marcus Andrews, Charles Economou and Angela Brownridge

Friday 29 May 2009

AMARYLLIS TRIO
Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, 'cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Rachmaninoff - Trio élégiaque in G minor
Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major Op 70, No. "Ghost"
Dvorak - "Dumky" Piano Trio Op 90

26 May 2009 - 28 May 2009

BPSE Masterclass and Competition

Beethoven Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition for the "Gwyneth George Award",
with Prof Martin Lovett OBE

Open to violin/piano and cello/piano duos

Masterclass 26-27 May 11am-3pm
Competition 28 May 6.30pm

The winner receives the 'Gwyneth George Award' of £400 and a concert in the BPSE 2009 series

Entry Fees:
£70 per duo

Both the Masterclass and the Competition are open to the public:

May 26th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)
May 27th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)

Masterclass observers:
Non-Members: £10 per day £15 for two days
BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £8 per day £12 for two days

May 28th (evening concert/competition 6:30pm) Free Entry

Duos should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to:
BPSE Masterclass and Competition, 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Further information is available from:
Julian Jacobson, BPSE Committee
Email: Julian.jacobson@onetel.net

Sunday 24 May 2009

AMARYLLIS TRIO
Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, 'cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - Piano Trio in D major Op 70, No 1, "Ghost"
Rachmaninov - Trio élégiaque in G minor

Friday 22 May 2009

Uri Nahir, flute
Mina Miletic, piano

Taffanel - Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino
Gaubert - Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
Ibert - Jeux
Périlhou - Ballade
Boehm - Grand Polonaise in D major Op 16

BPSE Memebers Event

Yuka Matsumoto, violin
Julian Jacobson, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in E flat Op 12 No 3
Fauré - Sonata in A op 13

Thursday 21 May 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Series at the Foundling Museum

Klio Bonz - flute
Shelley Levy -- clarinet
Malcolm Miller - piano


Beethoven Folk Song Variations Op 105
Works by Debussy, Iranyi, Shostakovich and Saint-Saens, Gal and Horovitz.



BPSE Lunchtime Series at the Foundling Museum

Friday 15 May 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Natalia Gonzalez, piano

Programme to include Beethoven Sonata Op 2 No 3 in C

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 1 May 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2008
Andrejs Osokins, piano

Beethoven - Bagatelle Op 126, No 6, in E flat major
Beethoven - Sonata op.111,in C minor
Liszt - Liebestraume No 32, in E major
Liszt - Liebestraume No 3, in A flat major


BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2009

Sophia Dee, piano

Beethoven - Sonata Op 31 No 2
Schumann - Abegg Variations Op 1
Ravel - Sonatine

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 17 April 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Olga Paliy, piano

Liszt - "Vallée d'Obermann"
Beethoven - Sonata in C major Op 53 "Waldstein"

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Monday 13 April 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Yana Burova, violin
Ivan Yankov, piano

Beethoven - "Spring" Sonata for violin and piano in F major
Prokofiev - Sonata for violin and piano No 2 in D major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 10 April 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Angela Brownridge, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor Op 13, 'Pathétique'
Scriabin - 12 studies Op 8

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Good Friday Lunchtime Concert

Sunday 5 April 2009

Sunday Concerts at the Conway Hall

Raphael Wallfisch, ‘cello
Hiroaki Takenouchi, piano

Pre-concert talks by Dr Peter Horton and Laura Ponsonby



Beethoven - Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' WoO 46
Sterndale Bennett - Sonata-Duo in A Op.32
Schumann - 3 Fantasiestücke Op.73
Parry - ‘Cello Sonata in A

Sunday 22 March 2009

BEETHOVEN JUNIOR INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION 2009

Beethoven Piano Sonatas performed by the best pupils representing each Specialist Music School, Junior Music College and Junior Academy in Britain.

Friday 20 March 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Angela Brownridge, piano

Beethoven - Sonata Op 2, No 3
Mendelssohn - Variations Sérieuses
Scriabin - Studies Op 12, Nos 11 & 12

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thursday 19 March 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Christopher White, Violin
Melanie Reinhard, Piano

Handel, Sonata in G minor for Violin and Keyboard

Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Op.24, 'Spring'

Ravel 'Tzigane'

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series at the Foundling Museum

Friday 6 March 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Dora de Marinis, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in A flat major Op 26
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op 57 "Appassionata"

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

AMARYLLIS TRIO

Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, 'cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - 'Ghost' Piano trio in D major Op 70 No 1
Rachmaninov - Trio Elagiaque No 1 in G minor

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

28 February 2009 - 1 March 2009

BPSE Memebers Event

BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATA FESTIVAL WEEKEND

David Alexander, Angela Brownridge, Graham Caskie, Emilie Crapoulet, Charles Economou, Ashley Fripp, Reiko Fujisawa, Ivana Gavric, James Gibb, Jayson Gillham, Mayumi Iida, Yllka Istrefi, Julian Jacobson, Anabelle Lawson, Catherine Leonard, Hugh Mather, Viv McLean, David McNulty, Mishka Momen, Alberto Portugheis, Luis Pares, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Maciej Raginia, Rosie Richardson, Seta Tanyel, Alissa Tavdidishvili, Masa Tayama, Pavel Timofejevsky, Yoriko Wakabayashi, Samantha Ward, Alexis White...

32 Beethoven piano sonatas performed by 32 pianists

Sunday 1 March 2009

Sunday Concerts at the Conway Hall

ARIZA PIANO QUARTET

Govanni Guzzo, violin
Christina Gestido, viola
Aleksei Kiseliov, ‘cello
Luis Parés, piano


Mahler - Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Beethoven - Piano Quartet Op.16
Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47

Monday 23 February 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Stefan Ciric, piano

Beethoven/Rubinstein/Rachmaninov - Turkish March
Chopin - Sonata Op 35, No 2
Chopin - Nocturne Op 27, No 2 in D flat major
Chopin - Scherzo Op 39, No 3 in C sharp minor
Fauré - Nocturne Op 36, No 4
Ravel - La Valse

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thursday 19 February 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Series at The Foundling Museum

Catherine Wright, piano and Hazel Lee, piano

Beethoven Sonata Op.10 no.3
Scriabin Etude Op.42 No.3
Beethoven Sonata Op.109
Lizst La Campanella

Wednesday 28 January 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thomas Stoettner, piano

Beethoven - Sonata 'Appassionata' Op 57
Czerny - Variations in E flat major Op 14
Schumann - Abegg-Variationen Op 1

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 23 January 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2008

Andrejs Osokins, piano

Beethoven - Bagatelle Op 126, No 6 in E flat major
Beethoven - Sonata Op 111 in C minor
Jazeps Vitols - The Song of waves Op 41 in E major
Jazeps Vitols - Lullaby Op 18, No 1 in B major
Liszt - Liebestraume No 3 in A flat major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 16 January 2009

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Diego Carneiro, 'cello
Alberto Portugheis, piano


Beethoven - Sonata for cello and piano in G minor Op 5 No 2
Beethoven - Sonata for cello and piano in A major Op 69

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 9 January 2009

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Chopin recital: Four Ballades and Polonaise-Fantasie

Friday 19 December 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Eugene Feygelson, violin
Malcolm Troup, piano

Beethoven - Sonata for violin and piano in G major Op 30, No 3
Ernest Bloch - Sonata for violin and piano No 1

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

BPSE in association with the "2009 JMI International Ernest Bloch Golden Jubilee Festival"

Tuesday 2 December 2008

Amaryllis Trio

Schubert - Piano Trio in B flat major D898
Beethoven - 'Ghost' Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No 1
Dvorak - 'Dumky' Piano Trio in E minor Op 90

Sunday 30 November 2008

16th BEETHOVEN INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION

Beethoven Piano Sonatas performed by the best students representing each Music College and Academy in Britain.

Compulsory piece: Beethoven Bagatelle in E flat Op. 126 No. 6

2pm
Nikos Stavlas (Goldsmiths) - Sonata Op. 2 No. 3
Matthew Drinkwater (RWCMD) - Sonata Op. 81a
Tatiana Dardykina (BC) - Sonata Op. 111

3.30pm
Gintaute Gataveckaite (RNCM) - Sonata Op. 27 No. 1
Konstantin Lapshin (RCM) - Sonata Op. 27 No. 2
Matthew McCombie (TCM) - Sonata Op. 111

5pm
Veneta Neynska (GSMD) - Sonata Op. 31 No. 3
Ayako Kanazawa (RSAMD) - Sonata Op 110
Andrejs Osokins (RAM) - Sonata Op. 111

6.30pm
Announcement of Prizes

Bluthners Piano Centre

Wednesday 26 November 2008

Amaryllis Trio

Beethoven - 'Ghost' Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No 1
Dvorak - 'Dumky' Piano Trio in E minor Op 90

Tuesday 18 November 2008

Lunchtime Concerts at the Chapel Royal

Yuka Matsumoto, violin
Julian Jacobson, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in C minor Op 30 No 2
Sarasate - Habanera
Rachmaninov (transc. Gingold) - Vocalise
Kreisler - Tambourin chinois
Julian Jacobson - The Orang-u-Tango

Wednesday 12 November 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Viktor Bijelovic, piano

Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op 57 "Appassionata"
Chopin - Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64, No 2
Chopin - Ballade No 3 in A flat major
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor Op 23, No 5

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Friday 7 November 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Prof Malcolm Troup, piano

Ernest Bloch - Sonata (1934)
Ernest Bloch - Visions and Prophecies (1935)
Beethoven - Six Ecossaises

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

BPSE in association with the "2009 JMI International Ernest Bloch Golden Jubilee Festival"

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Jayson Gillham, piano
Winner of the Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2007

Beethoven - Sonata in E flat Op 31, No 3
Chopin - Nocturne in E flat Op 55, No 2
Chopin - Scherzo No 4 in E major Op 54


BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thursday 6 November 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Beethoven's Six Bonn Sonatinas
The Three Electoral Sonatas, Woo 47 (1783): no.1 in E flat; no.2 in F minor; no.3 in D.
Sonatines Viennoises, (Viennese Sonatinas), in C, G and F



BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Friday 24 October 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Dagul/Beyer piano duo



Beethoven - March in C Op 45, No 1
Beethoven - Variations in D WoO 74 "Ich Denke Dein"
Ferdinand Ries - Sonata in A minor Op 160
Brahms - "Souvenires de la Russie" Nos 2,3 and 4

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Wednesday 15 October 2008

Vlad Bourceanu, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - Sonata for violin and piano in C minor Op 30, No 2
Debussy - Sonata for violin and piano in G minor

Friday 10 October 2008

Vlad Bourceanu, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven - Sonata for violin and piano in C minor Op 30, No 2
Debussy - Sonata for violin and piano in G minor

Monday 6 October 2008

BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Competition Winners' Recital

Schay Wickham, piano
Lin Yang, piano


Debussy Les Collines d'Anacapri
Beethoven Sonata Op.31 No.3
Beethoven Sonata 'Appassionata' Op.57



BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Competition Winners' Recital

Thursday 2 October 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Greenwich Piano Trio

Beethoven Trio in E flat Op.1 no.1

Beethoven - Allegretto for trio WoO 39 (1810)

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Thursday 4 September 2008

BPSE Lunchntime Concert

Miriam Brickman, piano

Works by Beethoven and Ronald Senator

Friday 29 August 2008

BPSE 'Pianists of the World' Recital Series

Warren Mailey-Smith, piano

Works by Beethoven, Frank Bridge, Chopin

BPSE 'Pianists of the World' Recital Series

Friday 8 August 2008

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Dora de Marinis (piano)



Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major, op 7
Beethoven Sonata in C minor Op 13 'Pathetique'


BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Tuesday 5 August 2008

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Daniel Kuzmin (violin) and Alberto Portugheis (piano)


Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in F major Op 24 'Spring'
Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A major


BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Friday 1 August 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Mishka Momen, piano

Bach: Sinfonia no.9 in f minor
Beethoven: Sonata in F Op.10/2
Beethoven: Alla ingharese quasi un Capriccio Op.129 ('Rage over a Lost Penny')
Debussy: Two Etudes, Book 1, Nos 3 & 5

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Evelyne Berezovsky (piano)


Beethoven: Sonata in E flat major Op 31, No 3
Schumann: Sonata in G minor Op 22
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor



BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Tuesday 29 July 2008

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Yuka Matsumoto (violin) and Julian Jacobson (piano)


Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in C minor Op. 30, No 2
Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano in G minor
Julian Jacobson: The Orang-u-Tango


BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Friday 25 July 2008

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Nimrod Reitman (piano)


Beethoven: Sonata in D minor Op 31, No 2
Chopin: Sonata in B minor Op 58, No. 3


BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Wednesday 23 July 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Greenwich Trio

Programme includes Beethoven's 'Archduke' Trio

Tuesday 15 July 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano

CPE Bach: Rondo in A minor
Beethoven: Sonata in D minor Op.31/2

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Friday 27 June 2008

BPSE Pianists of the World Series

Eugene Alcalay, piano

Beethoven

Thursday 5 June 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Evva Mizerska, cello

Malcolm Miller, piano


J. S. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G, BWV 1027
Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Variations in E flat Major on the duet 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen' from Mozart's 'The Magic Flute', WoO 46
Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke Op. 73
Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole


BPSE Lunchtime Series 'Beethoven and Youth'

Friday 9 May 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Jayson Gillham, piano
Winner of the 15th Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2007

Includes works by Beethoven

Wednesday 30 April 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Shola Sharbakova, piano

Bach - Partita in A minor
Beethoven - Sonata Op.110
Medtner - Camzona Matinata and Sonata Tragica Op.30 from 'Forgotten Melodies'

Sunday 13 April 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Shola Sharbakova, piano

TBA

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thursday 3 April 2008

BPSE Recitals at The Foundling Museum

Julian Clef, piano
Prize winner of the 2008 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Beethoven (1770-1827) Sonata in F minor Op.57 'Appassionata'
Chopin - Nocturne in D flat; Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.44
Claude Debussy - Reflets dans l'eau
Sergei Prokofiev - Toccata Op.11

The series is held on the first Thursday of each month.

Friday 21 March 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Eralys Fernandez Mendez, piano

Includes Beethoven Sonata Op.90

Tuesday 18 March 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Florian Uhlig, piano

Beethoven

Sunday 16 March 2008

BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Beethoven Competition

Young pianists drawn from Specialist Music Schools and Junior Departments around the UK. The distinguished Jury includes Sulamit Aronowsky and Stephen Savage.

A sonata movement or other works by Beethoven

The Competition is genrously sponsored by Bluthner Pianos. For further information email contact1 AT www.bpse.org or phone 0207 6029515

Thursday 6 March 2008

Inaugural Concert of new BPSE Foundling Museum Series

Malcolm Miller, piano

Works by Beethoven and others

Monday 18 February 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Stefan Ciric, piano

Works by Scarlatti and Beethoven

Monday 4 February 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Henriette Gartner, piano

Scarlatti - Sonata in E L.23
Beethoven - Polonaise Op.89
Henri Herz - Non Piu Mesta (Rossini Variations)
F Liszt - Sonata in B minor

Monday 28 January 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Silva Vockovic, soprano and David McQueen, piano

Arias and Lieder by Mozart, Beethoven, Donaudy, Schubert, Grieg, Faure, Prebanda, Milojevic, Binicki and Puccini

Sunday 13 January 2008

Music Event at the Foundling Musuem

Yukiko Ishida, soprano
Malcolm Miller, piano

Songs by Handel, Beethoven, and composers from Europe, USA and Japan including a UK Premiere

Friday 11 January 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Winners of the 2007 Beethoven Chamber Music Competition
Yuka Ishizuka, violin
Si Chen, piano

Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.2 in A major
Brahms: Violin Sonata no.3 in D major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Friday 4 January 2008

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Yukiko Ishida, Soprano
Malcolm Miller, Piano

Songs by Beethoven, and composers from Europe, USA and Japan
Handel: 'Let the Bright Seraphim'(from Samson)
Beethoven:'Mit einem gemalten Band', Op.83/3; 'In Questa tomba oscura', WoO 133; 'Zartlich Liebe' WoO 123
Four Japanese Songs:
Rentano Taki ~ Hana; Oo Tadatora - Yoimachigusa;
Hideo Mizokami arr. M. Miller - Mizuhiro no Hana;
Yukiko Ishida - Oleander
Daniel Dorff: Kokora o Komete (text: Eri Takahira); Snowy Evening; Yuki no uta (Poem by Daniel Dorff) [First UK Performance)
Dominic Argento: From Six Elizabethan Songs - 'Spring'; (Thomas Nash); 'Winter'; (William Shakespeare)
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts
Leonard Bernstein: 'Glitter and be Gay'(from Candide)


BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tuesday 18 December 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2007 - Winner's Recital
Walid El Yafi, piano


Beethoven: 'Appassionata' Op.57
Scriabin 2nd Sonata


BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Sunday 2 December 2007

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate PIano Competition and AGM

2007 BEETHOVEN INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION

Candidates drawn from the nine UK Colleges perform Beethoven Sonatas and one compulsory Beethoven work.

Sessions run from 2pm onwards with Prize anouncement by the International Jury at 8pm

The event is preceded at 11.30am by the BPSE Annual General Meeting

2007 BEETHOVEN INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION

Friday 16 November 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Zrinka Mikelic, piano

Haydn: Sonata Hob XVI 52 in E flat major
Beethoven: Phantasie Op.77
Chopin: Sonata Op.35 in B flat minor


BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St James' Piccadilly

Friday 2 November 2007

'PIANISTS OF THE WORLD' BPSE RECITAL SERIES - II

Tali Morguils, piano

Beethoven: 32 Variations in C minor
Schumann: Nachtstucke
Ginastera: 3 Argentinean Dances
Piazzolla: Tango


'PIANISTS OF THE WORLD' BPSE RECITAL SERIES

Friday 26 October 2007

'Pianists of the World' BPSE Recital Series - Concert I

Blagoy Filipov, piano



Scarlatti: 2 Sonates, B minor and D minor
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor Op.57 'Apassionata'
Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor; Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, op. Post.66
Vesselin Stojanov: Etude in E sharp minor


PIANISTS OF THE WORLD BPSE RECITAL SERIES

Saturday 13 October 2007

Ladrowski Duo Beethoven Cello Sonata Cycle

Ladrowski Duo
William Burrows, Cello
Andrew Blakemore, Piano



Last of Three Concert Cycle of Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Beethoven and Brahms.
World premiere of a work by Darren Bloom, Composition Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Music, inspired by the Beethoven cello sonatas

Showing of original artworks by Nelson Shaqiri
using Beethoven works as inspiration.

Directions to St Georges, Bloomsbury. Situated in the heart of London (WC1), near the British Museum, St. George's is located in Bloomsbury Way, between Museum Street and Bury Place, next to the Bloomsbury Thistle Hotel. The nearest tube stations are Holborn, Russell Square, and Tottenham Court Road. Buses 1, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, and 242 stop outside the church.

Friday 12 October 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Winners of the Beethoven Chamber Music Competition 2007
Ágnes Kállay, ‘cello
Katalin Csillagh, piano

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D Major Op. 102 No. 2; Seven Variations in E-flat Major on the Theme 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' from Mozart's Magic Flute WoO 46
Zoltán Kodály: Sonata Op. 4


BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St James' Piccadilly

Monday 8 October 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at St James'

Alfredo Corral, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Sonata Op. 7
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)Almeria, from the Suite 'Iberia'
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983): American Preludes -- Book 1 - Para los acentos; Triste; Danza Criolla; Vidala; En el primer modo pentafono menor; Homenaje a Roberto Garcia Morillo; Milonga; Malambo


In Association with ILAMS (Iberian and Latin American Music Society)

Saturday 6 October 2007

Ladrowski Duo Beethoven Cello Cycle

Ladrowski Duo
William Burrows, Cello
Andrew Blakemore, Piano


Second of Three Concert Cycle of Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Beethoven and Brahms. Final concert follows on 13 October.

World premiere of a work by Darren Bloom, Composition Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Music, inspired by the Beethoven cello sonatas

Showing of original artworks by Nelson Shaqiri
using Beethoven works as inspiration

Directions to St Georges, Bloomsbury. Situated in the heart of London (WC1), near the British Museum, St. George's is located in Bloomsbury Way, between Museum Street and Bury Place, next to the Bloomsbury Thistle Hotel. The nearest tube stations are Holborn, Russell Square, and Tottenham Court Road. Buses 1, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, and 242 stop outside the church.

Saturday 29 September 2007

Ladrowski Beethoven Cello Sonata Cycle

Ladrowski Duo
William Burrows, Cello
Andrew Blakemore, Piano

First of Three Concert Cycle of Sonatas for Cello and PIano by Beethoven and Brahms. Next concerts follow on consecutive Saturdays, 6 October and 13 October.
World premiere of a work by Darren Bloom, Composition Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Music, inspired by the Beethoven cello sonatas

Showing of original artworks by Nelson Shaqiri
using Beethoven works as inspiration

Directions to St Georges, Bloomsbury. Situated in the heart of London (WC1), near the British Museum, St. George's is located in Bloomsbury Way, between Museum Street and Bury Place, next to the Bloomsbury Thistle Hotel. The nearest tube stations are Holborn, Russell Square, and Tottenham Court Road. Buses 1, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, and 242 stop outside the church.

Wednesday 29 August 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Tanya Gabrielian, piano



Beethoven: Sonata in E Op 90 and other works


BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St James' Piccadilly

Friday 10 August 2007

BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL

Ivan Kiwuwa, piano






Beethoven: Sonata op.10, no.3
Mendelssohn: Sonata in E major, op.6
Chopin: Ballade No.3





BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Friday 3 August 2007

REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL

Vedrana Kovac, piano


Beethoven: 32 variations in C minor
Schubert: Impromtu op.90 No.1
Chopin: Ballade No4 F minor; Notturno op. 55 No.1
Wagner-Liszt: Isolde's death
Verdi-Liszt: Rigoletto


BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Wednesday 1 August 2007

REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL

Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Competition Prizewinner's Concert
Mandaktuja Dorj, piano
Alissa Tavdidishvili, piano


Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor


BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Tuesday 31 July 2007

BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL

Evelyne Berezovsky, piano

Beethoven: Sonata (tbc)
Schubert: Sonata in A minor Op.164
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23; Ballade No.2 in F major Op.38; Nocturne in F minor Op.55, No.1; 2 Etudes


BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Monday 30 July 2007

BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL

Aljosa Jurinic, piano


Beethoven: Sonata op.2 no.3 in C major
Chopin: Ballade op.23 in g minor; Nocturne op.27 no.2
in D flat major
Lizst: Hungarian rhapsody no.12


BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Friday 27 July 2007

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Competition - First Prizewinner's Concert
David Secchi , piano
Walid El Yafi, piano

Beethoven 'Waldstein' Sonata Op 53
'Appassionata' Sonata Op 57


BPSE REGENT HALL SUMMER FESTIVAL 27/7/07 - 10/8/07

Friday 6 July 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Piano Recital

Eugene Alcalay, piano

Beethoven - Piano Sonata in F major, Op.54
Bartok - Selections from Mikrokosmos, Vol.6
Liszt-Wagner - Isoldens Liebestod
Liszt - Apres un Lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi Sonata


BPSE Lunchtime Series at St James' Piccadilly

21 May 2007 - 23 May 2007

BPSE MASTERCLASS/COMPETITION

2007 BEETHOVEN CHAMBER MUSIC
MASTERCLASS & COMPETITION
for the 'Gwyneth George Award'
(£400 and a concert in the BPSE 2008 series)

with Prof. Martin Lovett OBE.



Open to Violin-Piano and Cello-Piano Duos


21 & 22 May ~ Daytime masterclasses 11am-4pm
Observers: Non-Members: £10 per day; £15 for two days
BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £ 8 per day; £12 for two days

May 23rd (Concert/Competition 6:30pm) Free Entry

Duos should send a biography, name of the Beethoven work they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to: 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Sunday 25 March 2007

BPSE 2007 Junior Intercollegiate Competition

Competition Jury: Professor Noretta Conci-Leech; Alberto Portugheis, BPSE Vice-Chairman; Ratimir Martinovic, President EPTA Montenegro

Competitors: Sophie Dee, Junior Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Op. 13 'Pathetique'); Hannah Gill, Junior Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
(Op. 14, No. 1); Fumi Sakuma, Croydon Music Centre
(Op. 57 'Appassionata')
3.45 pm: Mandaktuja Dorj, Junior Royal Academy of Music (32 Variations WoO.80); Dominic Konieczny, Junior London College of Music & Media (Op. 81a, 'Les Adieux'); Kirsty Traynor,Junior Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama (Op. 13 'Pathetique' 1st movement)
5.15 pm: Lin Yang, Junior Royal Northern College of Music (Op. 31, No. 3); Walid El Yafi, Chetham's School of Music (Op. 57 'Appassionata'); David Secchi, Wells Cathedral School (Op. 53 'Waldstein')

Compulsory work: Bagatelle Op. 33, No.4 in A
2.00pm
Sonatas, Variations as listed above.

Friday 12 January 2007

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Professor Malcolm Troup, piano

Beethoven: one of the late piano sonatas
Villa Lobos - Rudepoema

Friday 5 January 2007

Regent Hall Lunchtime Recital

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Mozart: Fantasy in D minor K 397
Beethoven: Sonata in F sharp, Op.78
Chopin: Ballade no.3 in A flat Op.47
Ginastera: Rondo on Argentine Folk Tunes, Op.19
Three Argentine Dances Op.2
Danza del Viejo Boyero
Danza de la Moza Donoza
Danza del Gaucho Matrero

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Sunday 17 December 2006

BPSE Intercollegiate Competition

The BEETHOVEN (SENIOR) INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION 2pm - 9pm
preceded at 11.30am - 12.30pm by the BPSE AGM

Each candidate nominated by eight UK music colleges performs a compulsory Beethoven Bagatelle and Beethoven Sonata of Variation set of their choice.

7 October 2006 - 13 December 2006

Orpheus and Bacchus

Orpheus and Bacchus Music Festival

The festival's 2006 season ends with seven concerts - Michel Lethiec performs two great clarinet quintets. David Geringas with Ian Fountain performs the complete Beethoven Sonatas. The remaining concerts are undertaken by the Orpheus and Bacchus Ensemble.

1 November 2006 - 3 November 2006

BPSE Multi Ethnic Mini-Piano Festival

1 November - Ivan Kiwuwa (Africa), piano
2 November - Mishka Momen (Bangladesh), piano
3 November - Wu Qian (China), piano


Programmes: 1 November: Works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn Variations serieuses, Schubert Four Impromptus D899.

2 November: TBA
3 November: TBA


BPSE Multi-Ethnic Piano Festival

BPSE Festival to Celebrate London's Multi-ethnic Pianism (with the support of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea) featuring pianists from Africa, Bangladesh and China.

Thursday 2 November 2006

The London Schubert Players String Orchestra

The London Schubert Players is a chamber orchestra founded by the pianist Anda Anastasescu in 1989 as the orchestra-in-residence of the French Institute in London, and showcasing the cream of international young talent.

Pedro Ignacio Calderón, conductor
Principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, Pedro Ignacio Calderón has appeared as guest conductor with many important orchestras on all continents.

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Fabio Zanon, guitar


Radamés Gnattali: Concerto No 4 à Brasileira (British première)
Alberto Ginastera: Concerto per Corde Op 33
Alberto Ginastera: Glosses on Themes by Pau Casals Op 46
Marlos Nobre: Concertante do imaginario Op 74

Ginastera Festival 2006

A series of concerts in London, throughout 2006, celebrating the life of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), his music, and Argentina.

For further enquiries about the Ginastera Festival 2006 or any of the concerts, please call NGR Musical Artists' Management on +44 (0)20 8950 2220 or ILAMS on +44 (0)20 7537 4227 or +44 (0)1603 898339.

Tuesday 31 October 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Henriette Gartner, piano


Bach: Praeludium and Fuge b minor (vol I) BWV 867
Mozart: Twelve variations KV 265 (Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman)
Clara Wieck-Schumann: Notturno Nr. 2 (Soirées musicales op. 6)
Beethoven: Sonate Nr. 31 in A flat op. 110

Friday 6 October 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Lulu Yang, piano


Beethoven: Sonata Op 110
Chopin: Nocturne Op 62 No 1
Liszt: Dante Sonata

Friday 29 September 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Mirei Tsuji, piano

Scarlatti: Sonatas K98, K247, K318, K212
Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op.101
Chopin: Mazurka Op.50 no.3; Nocturne Op.27 no.2; Scherzo no.1, Op.20

Monday 18 September 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Recital

Ivana Vidovic, piano

Beethoven: Sonata no. 7 in D major op. 10 no. 3
Dora Pejacevic "Life of flowers" BRITISH PREMIERE
Snowdrops
Violet
Lilies of the valley
Forget-me-not
Rose
Red carnation
Lilies
Chrysanthemums

Friday 4 August 2006

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

DANIELLA LEHNER, mezzo-soprano, & JOSE LUIS GAYO, piano


Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte (Gabriele von Baumberg); Abendempfindung (Joachim Heinrich)
Beethoven: Marmotte (Goethe); Maigesang (Goethe); Neue Liebe, neues Leben (Goethe); An die Hoffnung (Chr. A. Tiedge; Der Kuss (Christian Felix Weisse); Aus Goethes Faust
Jesús Guridi: Seis Canciones Castellanas;
Allá Arriba, En Aquella Montaña
iSereno!
Llámale con el pañuelo
No quiero tus avellanas
Cómo quieres que adivine
Mañanita de San Juan

Wednesday 2 August 2006

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

NIKA SHIROCORAD, piano




Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 Appassionata in F minor Op. 57
Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes
Liszt: Rigoletto: Concert-Paraphrase

Tuesday 1 August 2006

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

STEFFAN REES, ‘cello, & TAU WEI, piano

Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

31 July 2006 - 31 July 2006

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

MADALINA RUSU, piano

Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, op. 7
Brahms: Capriccios Nos. 1 & 2 Op. 76
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor

28 July 2006 - 28 July 2006

BPSE Regent Hall Summer Festival

YOKO MISUMI, piano



Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Takemitsu: 'Rain Tree Sketch';
Ravel: 'Noctuelles'; 'Oiseaux tristes'; 'Alborada del gracioso'(from 'Miroirs')

Tuesday 18 July 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Mikhail Shilayev, piano, Winner of the 2005 BPSE Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Beethoven

Monday 10 July 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

The Bomond Trio, Winners of the BPSE Chamber Music Competition 2005: Jesse Bomond, piano; Tomoko Sasaki, violin, Galiasker Bigashev, cello

Friday 23 June 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Grace Chen,cello & Malcolm Miller, piano

'Beethoven and the Mozart Dynasty'

Beethoven (1770-1827): Seven Variations for cello and piano in E flat major on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute, WoO 46

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791): Fantasy in D for Piano K 397
Leopold Mozart (1719-1787): Der Morgen und Der Abend (piano)
F.X. Mozart (1791-1844): Piano Variations on Don Giovanni; Sonata for Cello and Piano in E, Op.19

Friday 26 May 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Rosie Banks, cello; Huw Watkins, piano

Beethoven, Sonata in G minor Op.5/2
Huw Watkins, Sonata for cello and piano

Thursday 18 May 2006

A Perspective on Austrian Music for Violin and Piano

Madeleine Mitchell, violin
Alberto Portugheis, piano

Mozart, Sonata in F K377
Schubert, Fantasy in C (1827)
R Strauss, Sonata in E flat, Op.18

BPSE Celebrity Concert

8 May 2006 - 12 May 2006

2006 BPSE Cello and Pinao Duos Masterclass and Competition

Masterclass and Jury: Professor Martin Lovett OBE

8 - 9 May : Daytime Competition
10 May Ecvening Concert of Finalists
Award of the Gwyneth George Award

Friday 12 May 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Joseph Sloan, piano: Winner of the 2005 BPSE Junior Piano Competition

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in Eb Minor (Book 1)
Beethoven: Sonata in E Minor Op 90 1st Movement
Liszt: Petraca's Sonnet No. 104 (From the 2nd Year of Pilgrimage)
Rachmaninov: Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor Op. 36

Friday 28 April 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Dustin Gledhill, piano

Beethoven, Sonata in G major, Op.31/1
Debussy, Edutdes Nos.11 & 11
Liszt, Funerailles

Tuesday 18 April 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Series

Riyad Nicolas, piano

Bach, Prelude & Fugue in C Major, No.1, Book 2
Beethoven, Op 27/1
Chopin, Nocturne Op 48/1; BAllade in F minor Op.52

Friday 17 March 2006

BPSE Leighton House Festival

Santiago Mantas, Piano

Monday 13 March 2006

BPSE Celebrity Piano Festival

David Johnson, piano

Debussy, Beethoven, Schumann

BPSE Lunchtime Concert Series

Denitsa Lafftchieva, clarinet
Mina Miletic, piano


Beethoven, "Spring" Sonata in F, Op 24;
Weber, Grand Duo Concertante, Op 48

Friday 10 March 2006

BPSE Celebrity Piano Festival

Marcella Crudeli, piano

Cimarosa, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Calligaris, Chopin

Thursday 23 February 2006

An Austrian Perspective of Music for Violin and Piano

OLIVER LEWIS, Violin
ALBERTO PORTUGHEIS, Piano

Works by MOZART, SCHUBERT, BEETHOVEN, STRAUSS

Tickets £10 BPSE members £8.
At the door or booked in advance by post.
Please send cheque - payable to BPSE - to:

Walter Sinclair,
Treasurer BPSE,
81 Wembley Park Drive,
Wembley,
Middlesex HA9 8HE.

JANUARY 2006

Monday 20 February 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Concert Series

Tau Wei, piano


Beethoven, Fantasie op. 77;
Schumann, Fantasie in C, op. 17

Wednesday 4 January 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Concert Series

Warren Mailley-Smith, piano

Beethoven: Sonata Op.13 "Pathetique";
Chopin, Nocturne in C sharp minor, op.post;
Schubert, Wanderer-Fantasie D760

Tuesday 3 January 2006

BPSE Lunchtime Concert series

Alberto Portugheis, piano


Beethoven: Für Elise, Andante Favori, Sonata op.27 no.2 "Moonlight";
David Portugheis, Thoughts on Themes by Beethoven (World Premiere);
Chopin, Ballade in A flat major, op.47

Friday 9 December 2005

Jorrit van den Ham

Beethoven: Rondo in B flat, Kinsky-Halm Anh. 6
Beethoven: Allegretto, WoO 53
Beethoven: Bagatelle, WoO 56
Beethoven: Klavierstueck, WoO 60
Beethoven: Klavierstueck, WoO 61
Beethoven: Polonaise, Opus 89
Liszt: Pensees des Morts
Liszt: Funerailles