Our next recital will be on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Antoine Préat who will be playing:

Haydn:             Sonata in B minor Hob.XVI:32
Prokofiev:       Romeo & Juliet

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

Please note that this is an amended programme

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Callum McLachlan who will be playing:

Orlando Gibbons:   Lord Salisbury’s Pavan
Scarlatti:          Sonata in C minor K56
Haydn:              Sonata in A flat major  Hob xvi 46
CPE Bach:         Sonata in F sharp minor WQ 52/4
Ravel:                Miroirs (selection)
Barber:             Piano sonata

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

Please note that this is an amended programme

Our next recital will be on Saturday 18 January 2025 at 2 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Olga Stezhko who will be playing:

Debussy:           Estampes
Bach:                  Toccata in E minor
Lev Abeliovich:     Three Romantic Preludes & Tarantella
Beethoven:       Sonata no.18 in E flat  Op.31 no.3

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £12; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

Our next recital will be on Saturday 23 November 2024 at 2 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Simone Tavoni who will be playing:

Galuppi:           Sonata no.5 in C major
Chopin:            Nocturne op.9, no.1;  Nocturne op.62, no.2; Mazurka op.17, no.4
Albeniz:           Jerez  (from Iberia)
Schumann:    Carnival Scenes from Vienna op.26

Please note change of pianist and programme

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £12; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

The Society is still looking for a new Treasurer.  If you might be interested in this position, please contact our Chairman, David Pennycuick, for further details.  His email is pennycuickdavid@gmail.com

(photo: Carolyn Mendelsohn)

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Sarah Beth Briggs who will be playing:

Mozart:         Variations on a theme by Duport  K573
Hans Gál:      Sonata op.28 (1927)
Mendelssohn:   Variations Sérieuses op.54
Haydn:           Variations on Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
Schubert:      Impromptu in B flat  D935 no.3
Chopin:         Berceuse op.57
Chopin:         Ballade in F minor op.52

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

The Society is looking for a new Treasurer.  If you might be interested in this position, please contact our Chairman, David Pennycuick, for further details.  His email is pennycuickdavid@gmail.com

(photo: Stuart Leeds}

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Maria Marchant who will be playing:

Handel:         Chaconne in G
Schubert:      Impromptu in G flat (D.899 no.3)
Sibelius:        Impromptus  (Op.5)
Ginastera:    Danzas Argentinas (Op.2)
Roderick Williams:    Goodwood by the Sea
Ireland/Roderick Williams:   Sea Fever
David Pennycuick:    Gavotta Siciliana;  Hopak
Clara Schumann:       Notturno from Soirées Musicales (Op.6)
Joanna Gill:    Colourful Symmetry
Debussy:         Arabesque no.1
Roderick Williams:   Chaconne at Five

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.

The Society is looking for a new Treasurer at the end of the current season.  If you might be interested in this position, please contact our Chairman, David Pennycuick, for further details.  His email is pennycuickdavid@gmail.com

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Simone Tavoni who will be playing:

Bach:           French Suite no.5
Schubert:   Sonata in A major  D.664
Bartok:       Scherzo
Martucci:   Barcarola (Op.20); Melodia (Op.21); Pensiero Musicale (Op.10)
Sibelius:     Piano Sonata

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.  Please note that this is an amended programme.

The Society is looking for a new Treasurer at the end of the current season.  If you might be interested in this position, please contact our Chairman, David Pennycuick, for further details.  His email is pennycuickdavid@gmail.com

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  This recital is supported by the Countess of Munster Trust.  The pianist is Ignas Maknickas who will be playing:

Alvydas Remesa:   Stigmatas
Chopin:           Nocturnes  (Op.27)
Chopin:           Polonaise-Fantasie  (Op.61)
Schubert:       Sonata in B flat major  D.960

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.   Please note that this is an amended programme.

Our next recital will be on Saturday 6 January 2024 at 2 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Jamie Bergin who will be playing:

Beethoven:    Sonata no.12 in A flat  (Op.26)
Chopin:           Berceuse
Ravel:              Sonatine
Rachmaninoff:   Sonata no.2 in B flat minor (Op.36)

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £12; free for under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.