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.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 28 November 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Ashley Wass who will be playing:

Bach:               Partita no.1 in B flat
Shor/Pletnev:    Piano Sonata
Schumann:    Kinderszenen
Franck:           Prelude, Chorale & Fugue

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 6 January 2024.  See the Recital Schedule page for details.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 31 October 2023 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Juanjo Blázquez who will be playing:

Gounod/Blázquez:  Love duet from Faust
Yige Wu:                    Ganymede
Schubert/Liszt:        Erlkönig;  Gretchen am Spinnrade
Dukas:                        L’apprenti sorcier
Rachmaninoff:         Sonata no.1

This programme has a theme: the poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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 6 January 2024.  See the Recital Schedule page for details.

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.