Tuesday 17th March 2026: Bradley Creswick (violin) & David Murray (piano)

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 17th March 2026 at 7.15pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The performers will be Bradley Creswick (violin) & David Murray (piano) and they will be playing:

Handel:              Sonata in D Major HWV 371
Cesar Franck:   Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major
Ravel:                Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
A selection of treats:
                           Some of Bradley’s favourites and a few newcomers..

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

Tuesday 17th February 2026: Jeremy Chan

© Chloe Chan

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at 7.15pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Jeremy Chan who will be playing:

Mozart:              Sonata in D major K.311
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugues Nos. 3 in G major and 12 in G sharp minor from op. 87
Chopin:             Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major op.61
Brahms:          Sonata no.3 in F minor op.5

Click here for a brief biography.

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

Saturday 17th January 2026: Kasparas Mikužis

Our next recital will be on Saturday 17th January 2026 at 2pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Kasparas Mikužis who will be playing:

Beethoven:        Sonata in A major op.101
Ravel:                  Miroirs
Godowsky:         Java Suite part 1

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

This recital is sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.
Kasparas’ biography can be found here.

Saturday 29th Nov: Khrystyna Mykhailichenko

Our next recital will be on Saturday 29th November 2025 at 2pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Khrystyna Mykhailichenko who will be playing:

Liszt:                    “Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude” from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses
Schubert:            Sonata in A major D.959

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

Tuesday 28 October: Ariel Lanyi

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Ariel Lanyi who will be playing:

Beethoven:          Sonata in G major op.31 no.1
Schumann:          Gesänge der Frühe op.133
Bartok:                 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs Sz 71
Debussy:              Preludes Book 2
Please 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.

Tuesday 30 September: Viv McLean

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Viv McLean who will be playing:

Scarlatti:             3 Sonatas (K.466, K.322, K.487)
Beethoven:         Sonata in F minor op.57 (Appassionata)
Mompou:             Trois Variations
Chopin:                 Mazurkas op.7
Chopin:                 Waltz op.34 no.1
Chopin:                 Polonaise op.53
Piazzola:               Two Tangos (Oblivion, Libertango)

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

Recital Saturday 17 May: Bocheng Wang CANCELLED

We are sorry that this concert is cancelled, due to illness of the pianist

Our next recital will be on Saturday 17 May 2025 at 2 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Bocheng Wang who will be playing:

Chopin: Preludes op.28

Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise op.22

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

Bocheng Wang is kindly supported by Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists scheme

Recital Tuesday 11 March: Antoine Préat

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:

Bach/Petri:     Sheep may safely graze
Schumann:     Arabeske op 17
Chopin:            Impromptus op 29, op 36, op 51
Prokofiev:       Sarcasms op19

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

Recital Tuesday 11 February: Callum McLachlan

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

Recital Saturday 18 January 2025: Olga Stezhko

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.