2009


Tuesday 8 December 2009

1pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Free entry

Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op 27, No 2 (Moonlight)
Liszt Les cloches de Geneve for piano
Mussorgsky The Nursery, for soprano and piano (with Gordana Kostic, soprano)


Monday 30 November 2009

1:10pm
St James’s, Piccadilly
United Kingdom

These 50 minute recitals are free with a suggested donation £3.

Ashley Fripp, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
Liszt – Rhapsodie Espagnole, S. 12.


Sunday 29 November 2009

2:00pm
Blüthner Piano Centre
1 Davies St.
London
W1
United Kingdom

BEETHOVEN INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION

Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition


11:30am
Blüthner Piano Centre
1 Davies St.
London
W1
United Kingdom

AGM

Annual General Meeting of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe

Members are cordially invited to attend the BPSE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Any topics for discussion as well as any nominations for Committee Membership to be sent, not later than 12th November, to the Secretary.


Friday 30 October 2009

1pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Free entry

Pianists of the World

Chi Yan Wong, piano

Beethoven Six Variations on Nel cor piu non mi sento from La Molinara by Paisiello, WoO. 70
Lu Wencheng Autumn Moon over a Calm Lake
Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178


12 October 2009 – 12 October 2009

1:10pm
St James’s, Piccadilly
United Kingdom

These 50 minute recitals are free with a suggested donation £3.

Gintaute Gataveckaite, piano

L. van Beethoven Sonata op.27 No.1 in E-flat major
A. Berg Sonata op.1 in B minor
S. Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux op.39 No.1 in C minor, No.2 in A minor and No.6 in A minor.


21 September 2009 – 21 September 2009

1pm
St Martin-in-the-Fields
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of the great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů

Malcolm Troup, piano

Beethoven Sonata op.81a “Les Adieux”
Bohuslav Martinů Sonata (1954)


Friday 11 September 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Emma Peaurt, soprano
Lindy Tennent-Brown, piano

Faure – Opus 23
Berg – 7 Early Songs
Bolcom – Cabaret songs (selection)

Opus Musica


Friday 7 August 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Riyad Nicolas

Beethoven Sonata op.27 no.1
Chopin Sonata No.3 op.58

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 6


Monday 3 August 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Aisa Ijiri

Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No 17 in D minor (Tempest), Op 31 No 2
Robert Schumann – Widmung from ‘Myrthen’ (arr Liszt), Op 25
Franz Liszt – Ballade No 2 in B minor, S171

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 5


Friday 31 July 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Mishka Momen

Beethoven Sonata op.90
Chopin Sonata No.3 op.58

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 4


Wednesday 29 July 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Evelyne Berezovsky

Beethoven – Sonata for Piano No 14 in C sharp minor, ‘Moonlight’, Op 27/2
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F sharp minor, Op 9
Franz Liszt – Vallee d’Obermann from ‘Annes de Pelerinage-annee 1: Suisse’
Debussy – L’Isle joyeuse

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 3


Monday 27 July 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford St
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Coady Green

Coady Green

Schubert: Sonata in A major, D664

Beethoven: Fantasy Op. 77

Liszt: Pensée des morts and Funerailles from Harmonies poetiques et religeuse

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 2


Friday 24 July 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1
United Kingdom

Free admission (Retiring collection)

Beethoven in E Flat – Julian Jacobson & Friends

Trio:
Lana Trotovsek – violin
Pál Banda – cello
Julian Jacobson – piano

Quintet:
Christopher O’Neal – oboe
Tony Lamb – clarinet
Philip Gibbon – bassoon
Katie Pryce – horn
Julian Jacobson – piano

Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat op 16
Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat op 70 no 2

Regent Hall Summer Festival event 1


Thursday 16 July 2009

1pm
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1
United Kingdom

Details:
Web site

Free with Museum Admission (£5, and £4 concession)

BPSE Beethoven and Youth series at the Foundling Museum

Han Seul Lee, piano
2nd prize Winner in the Beethoven PIano Society of London Junior Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2009 (held in March 2009 at The Bluthner Piano Centre)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano No 18 in E flat, Op 31 No 3
Fryderyk Chopin
Sonata for Piano No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum


Monday 13 July 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Church, Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Kanazawa-Admony piano duo

Yehezkel Braun — Sonata for Four Hands – UK Premiere
Beethoven – Grosse Fuge Op.134
Mendelssohn – Allegro Brillante

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Presented in association with the Forum for Israeli Music of the Jewish Music Institute (SOAS)


Friday 10 July 2009

1pm
St Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St Barnabas

Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo

Yehezkel Braun — Sonata for Four Hands – UK Premiere
Beethoven – Grosse Fuge Op.134
Mendelssohn – Allegro Brillante

BPSE Lunchtime Recitals at St Barnabas

Presented by the BPSE in association with the Forum for Israeli Music for the Jewish Music Institute (SOAS)


Friday 3 July 2009

1pm
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Helge Antoni, piano

Scarlatti – Three Sonatas: K 141, K 481 and K 155
Beethoven – Sonata in C major Op 2 No 3

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 26 June 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Church, Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Frederik Malmqvist, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in G major Op 31 No 1
Mendelssohn – Two Songs without words: Op 38 No 6 in A flat major “Duetto” and Op 85 No 1 in F major
Beethoven – Sonata in A major Op 101

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Wednesday 24 June 2009

7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Square
Aylesbury
HP20 2JJ
United Kingdom

£8.50; 18u free

Dimitar Burov, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in A major Op 47, “Kreutzer”
Debussy – Sonata in G minor for violin and piano
Shostakovich – Ten preludes for violin and piano
Brahms – FAE Scherzo in C minor


Friday 19 June 2009

1pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

Dimitar Burov, violin
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven – Sonata for violin and piano, A major, op 47, “Kreutzer”


Thursday 18 June 2009

1pm
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
United Kingdom

Free with Museum Admission

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Ian Judson, flute
Francesca Carpos, bassoon
Caryn Cohen, violin
Malcolm Miller, piano

Piano and Chamber Music from the Bonn Years by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

‘Dressler’ Variations WoO 67 for Piano (1781)

Trio for Piano, Flute and Bassoon WoO 37 (1783)
Allegro – Adagio – Thema andante con Variazioni

Trio for Piano, violin and Cello Hess 48 (1790-2)

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum


Friday 5 June 2009

1pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winners of the Beethoven Chamber Music Competition 2009

TBA

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Sunday 31 May 2009

1.30pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane
London
W5 1 QG
United Kingdom

£10

A unique festival featuring 23 of Haydn piano sonatas, played by 23 different pianists on the exact 200th anniversary of his death on 31st May 1809.

James Gibb, Yshani Peripanayagam, Ivana Gavric, Maciej Raginia, Jessica Chan, Reiko Fujisawa, Stephen Plaistow, David McNulty, Catherine Leonard, Alexis White, Mina Miletic, Samantha Ward, Aleksander Szram, Emilie Crapoulet, Pavel Timofejevsky, Danielle Salamon, Denise Patton, Ashley Fripp, Luis Parés, Eva Doroszkowska, Marcus Andrews, Charles Economou and Angela Brownridge


Friday 29 May 2009

7.30pm
The Red Hedgehog
255 257 Archway Road, Highgate
London
N6 5BS
United Kingdom

BOX OFFICE 020 8348 5050

AMARYLLIS TRIO
Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, ‘cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Rachmaninoff – Trio élégiaque in G minor
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major Op 70, No. “Ghost”
Dvorak – “Dumky” Piano Trio Op 90


26 May 2009 – 28 May 2009

Steinway Hall
44 Marylebone Lane
London
W1U 2DB
United Kingdom

BPSE Masterclass and Competition

Beethoven Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition for the “Gwyneth George Award”,
with Prof Martin Lovett OBE

Open to violin/piano and cello/piano duos

Masterclass 26-27 May 11am-3pm
Competition 28 May 6.30pm

The winner receives the ‘Gwyneth George Award’ of £400 and a concert in the BPSE 2009 series

Entry Fees:
£70 per duo

Both the Masterclass and the Competition are open to the public:

May 26th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)
May 27th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-4pm)

Masterclass observers:
Non-Members: £10 per day £15 for two days
BPSE/EPTA/ESTA Members: £8 per day £12 for two days

May 28th (evening concert/competition 6:30pm) Free Entry

Duos should send a biography, name of the work by Beethoven they wish to present and a cheque (payable to EPTA West London) to:
BPSE Masterclass and Competition, 14a Lakeside Road, London W14 0DU.

Further information is available from:
Julian Jacobson, BPSE Committee
Email: Julian.jacobson@onetel.net


Sunday 24 May 2009

4pm
All Saints Church
The Causeway
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
SL7 2AA
United Kingdom

£5

AMARYLLIS TRIO
Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, ‘cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major Op 70, No 1, “Ghost”
Rachmaninov – Trio élégiaque in G minor


Friday 22 May 2009

1pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Memebers Event

Yuka Matsumoto, violin
Julian Jacobson, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in E flat Op 12 No 3
Fauré – Sonata in A op 13


1pm
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

Uri Nahir, flute
Mina Miletic, piano

Taffanel – Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino
Gaubert – Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
Ibert – Jeux
Périlhou – Ballade
Boehm – Grand Polonaise in D major Op 16


Thursday 21 May 2009

1pm
Founlding Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
United Kingdom

Free with Museum Admission

BPSE Lunchtime Series at the Foundling Museum

Klio Bonz – flute
Shelley Levy — clarinet
Malcolm Miller – piano

Beethoven Folk Song Variations Op 105
Works by Debussy, Iranyi, Shostakovich and Saint-Saens, Gal and Horovitz.

BPSE Lunchtime Series at the Foundling Museum


Friday 15 May 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Church, Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Natalia Gonzalez, piano

Programme to include Beethoven Sonata Op 2 No 3 in C

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 1 May 2009

1pm
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2008
Andrejs Osokins, piano

Beethoven – Bagatelle Op 126, No 6, in E flat major
Beethoven – Sonata op.111,in C minor
Liszt – Liebestraume No 32, in E major
Liszt – Liebestraume No 3, in A flat major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


1pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2009

Sophia Dee, piano

Beethoven – Sonata Op 31 No 2
Schumann – Abegg Variations Op 1
Ravel – Sonatine

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 17 April 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Olga Paliy, piano

Liszt – “Vallée d’Obermann”
Beethoven – Sonata in C major Op 53 “Waldstein”

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Monday 13 April 2009

1pm
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Yana Burova, violin
Ivan Yankov, piano

Beethoven – “Spring” Sonata for violin and piano in F major
Prokofiev – Sonata for violin and piano No 2 in D major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 10 April 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1C 2DJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Angela Brownridge, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in C minor Op 13, ‘Pathétique’
Scriabin – 12 studies Op 8

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Good Friday Lunchtime Concert


Sunday 5 April 2009

6.30pm
Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
WC1R 4RL
United Kingdom

£7 (under 18’s: £3)

Sunday Concerts at the Conway Hall

Raphael Wallfisch, ‘cello
Hiroaki Takenouchi, piano

Pre-concert talks by Dr Peter Horton and Laura Ponsonby

Beethoven – Variations on ‘Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’ WoO 46
Sterndale Bennett – Sonata-Duo in A Op.32
Schumann – 3 Fantasiestücke Op.73
Parry – ‘Cello Sonata in A


Sunday 22 March 2009

2pm
Bluthner Piano Centre
1 Davies Street, Berkeley Square
London
W1K 3DB
United Kingdom

£8; £6; £5

BEETHOVEN JUNIOR INTERCOLLEGIATE PIANO COMPETITION 2009

Beethoven Piano Sonatas performed by the best pupils representing each Specialist Music School, Junior Music College and Junior Academy in Britain.


Friday 20 March 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Angela Brownridge, piano

Beethoven – Sonata Op 2, No 3
Mendelssohn – Variations Sérieuses
Scriabin – Studies Op 12, Nos 11 & 12

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Thursday 19 March 2009

1pm
The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
United Kingdom

Free with Museum Admission

BPSE Lunchtime Recital at the Foundling Museum

Christopher White, Violin
Melanie Reinhard, Piano

Handel, Sonata in G minor for Violin and Keyboard

Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Op.24, ‘Spring’

Ravel ‘Tzigane’

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series at the Foundling Museum


Friday 6 March 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1C 2DJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Dora de Marinis, piano

Beethoven – Sonata in A flat major Op 26
Beethoven – Sonata in F minor Op 57 “Appassionata”

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


1pm
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 4JJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

AMARYLLIS TRIO

Rebecca Scott-Smissen, violin
Nicola Tait, ‘cello
Mina Miletic, piano

Beethoven – ‘Ghost’ Piano trio in D major Op 70 No 1
Rachmaninov – Trio Elagiaque No 1 in G minor

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


28 February 2009 – 1 March 2009

2pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

BPSE Memebers Event

BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATA FESTIVAL WEEKEND

David Alexander, Angela Brownridge, Graham Caskie, Emilie Crapoulet, Charles Economou, Ashley Fripp, Reiko Fujisawa, Ivana Gavric, James Gibb, Jayson Gillham, Mayumi Iida, Yllka Istrefi, Julian Jacobson, Anabelle Lawson, Catherine Leonard, Hugh Mather, Viv McLean, David McNulty, Mishka Momen, Alberto Portugheis, Luis Pares, Yshani Perinpanayagam, Maciej Raginia, Rosie Richardson, Seta Tanyel, Alissa Tavdidishvili, Masa Tayama, Pavel Timofejevsky, Yoriko Wakabayashi, Samantha Ward, Alexis White…

32 Beethoven piano sonatas performed by 32 pianists


Sunday 1 March 2009

6.30pm
Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
London
WC1R 4RL
United Kingdom

£7 (under 18’s: £3)

Sunday Concerts at the Conway Hall

ARIZA PIANO QUARTET

Govanni Guzzo, violin
Christina Gestido, viola
Aleksei Kiseliov, ‘cello
Luis Parés, piano

Mahler – Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Beethoven – Piano Quartet Op.16
Schumann – Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47


Monday 23 February 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Stefan Ciric, piano

Beethoven/Rubinstein/Rachmaninov – Turkish March
Chopin – Sonata Op 35, No 2
Chopin – Nocturne Op 27, No 2 in D flat major
Chopin – Scherzo Op 39, No 3 in C sharp minor
Fauré – Nocturne Op 36, No 4
Ravel – La Valse

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Thursday 19 February 2009

1pm
The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AZ
United Kingdom

Free with Museum Admission

BPSE Lunchtime Series at The Foundling Museum

Catherine Wright, piano and Hazel Lee, piano

Beethoven Sonata Op.10 no.3
Scriabin Etude Op.42 No.3
Beethoven Sonata Op.109
Lizst La Campanella


Wednesday 28 January 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Thomas Stoettner, piano

Beethoven – Sonata ‘Appassionata’ Op 57
Czerny – Variations in E flat major Op 14
Schumann – Abegg-Variationen Op 1

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 23 January 2009

1pm
St. Barnabas Church
Pitshanger Lane, Ealing
London
W5 1QG
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Winner of the Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2008

Andrejs Osokins, piano

Beethoven – Bagatelle Op 126, No 6 in E flat major
Beethoven – Sonata Op 111 in C minor
Jazeps Vitols – The Song of waves Op 41 in E major
Jazeps Vitols – Lullaby Op 18, No 1 in B major
Liszt – Liebestraume No 3 in A flat major

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 16 January 2009

1pm
Regent Hall
275 Oxford Street
London
W1C 2DJ
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series

Diego Carneiro, ‘cello
Alberto Portugheis, piano

Beethoven – Sonata for cello and piano in G minor Op 5 No 2
Beethoven – Sonata for cello and piano in A major Op 69

BPSE Lunchtime Recital Series


Friday 9 January 2009

1.10pm
St. James’s Church, Piccadilly
197 Piccadilly
London
W1J 9LL
United Kingdom

Free – Retiring Collection

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Chopin recital: Four Ballades and Polonaise-Fantasie

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