Our 2023-24 season begins on Tuesday 26 September 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is John Paul Ekins who will be playing:

Mozart:                 Sonata in B flat   K333
Rachmaninoff:    Prelude in D  (Op.23/4)
David Pennycuick:  Intermezzo;  Romanza
Rachmaninoff:   Elegy (Op.3/1)
Schubert:             Sonata in C minor  D.958

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.  If you would like to become a member (six concerts for £66), please see the MEMBERSHIP & CONTACT page of the website.

Our next recital will be on Saturday 20th May 2023 at 2.00 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Callum McLachlan who will be playing:

Mozart:           Sonata in B flat major (K570)
Rachmaninoff:    Études Tableaux (Op.39  nos. 3 & 5)
Chopin:           Barcarolle (Op.60)
Schumann:    Études Symphoniques (Op.13)

Non-members welcome.  This concert will last approximately one hour. Tickets at the door are £10; free for under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 18 April 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Patrick Hemmerlé who will be playing:

Bach/Busoni:  Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland
Bach:                Fantasia in C minor BWV 906
Chopin:            12 Études  (Op.25)
Albeniz:            Iberia Book I
Liszt:                 Venezia e Napoli

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

Please note that an additional afternoon recital has been arranged for Saturday 20 May.  See the Recital Schedule page for details.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Victor Lim who will be playing:

Haydn:       Sonata in C major  Hob.XVI:50
Grainger:   Ramble on Richard Strauss’s ‘Der Rosenkavalier’
Bach/Kempff:     Siciliano from Flute Sonata No.2
Fauré:         Nocturnes nos.3 (Op.33 no.3) & 13 (Op.119)
Grieg:          Holberg Suite
Chopin:      Mazurka in A minor (Op.17 no.4)
Ravel:         La Valse

Note that this is an amended programme.  Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for  under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 7 February 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  This recital is a special one to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Society, which was founded in February 1943.  The pianist is Margaret Fingerhut who will be playing the following programme, entitled “Around the World in 88 Piano Keys”:

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15; free for  under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.  We can offer membership for the remainder of the season (three evening recitals including this one) for £30; if you would like to take advantage of this offer, simply see the Treasurer at the door on 7th February.

Our next recital will be on Saturday 7th January 2023 at 2.00 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Sarah Beth Briggs who will be playing:

Beethoven:    7 Variations on God Save the King
Mozart:           Sonata in C minor  (K457)
Britten:           3 Character Pieces
Debussy:         La Cathédrale Engloutie (Preludes Bk 1)
Chopin:           Ballade no.1 in G minor  (op.23)

Non-members welcome.  This concert will last approximately one hour. Tickets at the door are £10 (cash only); free for under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 15 November 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Antoine Préat who will be playing:

Rameau:        Suite in G
Debussy:        Images Book I
Fauré:             Romances Sans Paroles (op.17)
Schumann:    Fantasiestücke  (Op.12)
Debussy:        Images Book II

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15 (cash only); free for  under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 18 October 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Joseph Tong who will be playing:

Beethoven:    Sonata in E major (Op.109)
Schumann:    Arabesque (Op.18)
Sibelius:          5 Pieces “The Trees” (Op.75)
Grieg:              Stimmungen (Op.73)
Schubert:       Fantasy in C major “Wanderer”  D760

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15 (cash only); free for  under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.  Please note that membership for the 2022-23 season is still available at £60 to include admission to the five remaining evening recitals; see other pages on this website for further details.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 20 September 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Ashley Fripp who will be playing:

Mozart:    Sonata in A major  K331
Chopin:    Berceuse in D flat major (Op.57)
Chopin:    Barcarolle in F sharp major (Op.60)
Chopin:    Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante (Op.22)
Wagner/Liszt: Isoldens Liebestod S447
Liszt:        Sonata in B minor S178

Non-members welcome.  Tickets at the door are £15 (cash only); free for  under 21s and full time mature students.  Seating will be socially distanced.  Please note that membership for the 2022-23 season is available at £60 to include admission to all six evening recitals; see other pages on this website for further details.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 2 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Ryan Drucker who will be playing:

Schumann:   Kinderszenen  (op.15)
Medtner:       Skazi (op.26 nos. I,III,II)
Debussy:       Children’s Corner (L.113)
Bolcom:         “Rag Infernal”
Musto:           Recollections, and Flederag

This concert will last approximately one hour.  Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £8 (cash only); free for accompanied children 16 & under; £5 for full time students and those on unemployment benefit.   Seating will be socially distanced.  On facemasks, the policy of the venue is that participants do not have to wear a face covering by law, however we still encourage they do.