Recital Saturday 23 November: Bocheng Wang

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 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 & Dorothy Green Young Artists scheme.

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

Recital Tuesday 22 October: Cristian Sandrin

Our next recital will be on Tuesday 22 October 2024 at 7.15 pm in the Pottery Room at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.  The pianist is Cristian Sandrin who will be playing:

Purcell:               Suite in D minor
Mozart:              Sonata in C major  K279
Mozart:              Sonata in F major  K280
Granados:         The Maiden & The Nightingale
Schumann:        Kreisleriana  Op.16
Pletnev/Tchaikovsky:    The Nutcracker Suite

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 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

Recital Tuesday 24 September: Sarah Beth Briggs

(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

Recital Tuesday 26 March: Maria Marchant

(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

Recital Tuesday 27 February 2024: Simone Tavoni

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

Recital Tuesday 30 January 2024: Ignas Maknickas

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.

Recital Saturday 6 January 2024: Jamie Bergin

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.

 

Recital Tuesday 28 November: Ashley Wass

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.

 

Recital Tuesday 31 October: Juanjo Blázquez

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.

Recital Tuesday 26 September: John Paul Ekins

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.