We are pleased to announce that, as a trial, we have arranged two afternoon recitals, in May and June this year, as an addition to our current season.  These will start at 2pm  and last approximately one hour.  Admission will be £8 (full-time students £5; free for accompanied children 16 and under).  The dates and pianists are:   Saturday 7 May (Elena Fischer-Dieskau)   and  Tuesday 21 June (Ryan Drucker).  If you are interested in the possibility of future afternoon concerts, please come and bring your friends!

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Cristian Sandrin who will be playing:

Bach:              Prelude & Fugue in F minor (BWV857)  from Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
Beethoven:   Sonata in E major   (Op.109)
Chopin:          Ballade no.4 in F minor  (Op.52)
Granados:     Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor (The Maiden and the Nightingale)
Mompou:      El Lago (The Lake)
Ravel:             Miroirs

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 8 February 2022 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Antonina Suhanova who will be playing:

Beethoven:     Sonata in A flat (Op.110)
Prokofiev:       Sonata in B flat (Op.84)
Berg:                 Piano Sonata (Op.1)
Schubert:        Sonata in A minor  (D.845)

Please note that this is an amended programme.

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 7 December 2021 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianists are James Willshire and Pippa Harrison who will be playing:

Schubert:       Marches Militaires D.733

Ravel:              Ma Mère l’Oye  (Mother Goose Suite)

Ravel:              La Valse

Stravinsky:    Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring)

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Dominic Degavino who will be playing:

Bach:                English Suite no.1 in A major   BWV 806
Chopin:            Ballade no.1 in G minor  (Op.23)
Liszt:                 Années de Pélèrinage  Book 1 (Suisse)

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 12 October 2021 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Iyad Sughayer who will be playing:

Haydn:            Sonata in F major (Hob.xvi/23)
Beethoven:    Sonata in D minor (Tempest)  (Op.31)
Schubert:       Impromptus D899 nos.2,3,4  (Op.90)
Khachaturian:   Masquerade Suite

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

Photo by David Levenson

(updated 14 September)

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 21 September 2021 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Viv McLean who will be playing:

Mozart:            Sonata in C    K330
Bach:                Partita no.1   BWV 825
David Pennycuick:   Scherzo in F   (Op.20)

INTERVAL
David Pennycuick:   Theme & Variations in E flat   (Op.13)
Beethoven:    Sonata in C minor (Pathétique)   (Op.13)

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 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.

We very much regret that, following the Government advice relating to the coronavirus, this recital is cancelled.  We have also cancelled the Members’ and Guests’ evening on 12 May.

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 7 April 2020 at 7.15 pm in the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Iyad Sughayer who will be playing:

Khachaturian:  Poem
Mozart:               Sonata in D major K.576
Liszt:                    Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (selection)
Khachaturian:  Piano Sonata

Please note that this is an amended programme. Chosen as ‘One to Watch’ by International Piano Magazine, Iyad’s debut album, the Khachaturian Piano Works, on BIS Records received critical acclaim when it was released in November 2019.

Non-members welcome. Tickets at the door are £12.50.  (Free for accompanied children 16 & under; £6.00 for full time students and those on unemployment benefit).