Monday 5 December 2011

Yuka Ishizuka (violin) and Nadav Hertzka (piano)

Programme includes Beethoven’s Spring Sonata

Sunday 27 November 2011

BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

A chance to hear the best students from the music colleges compete with a set work (Bagatelle Op 33 No 1 in Eb) and one own choice Beethoven work.

Friday 18 November 2011

Malcolm Troup, piano

BPSE in association with IEBS

Beethoven Sonata Op109
Moshe Zorman Fascinating Rhythm:Homage a George Gershwin
Ernest Bloch Poems of the Sea

Friday 11 November 2011

Eugene Lee (violin) & Tania Park (piano), Winners of the 2011 BPSE Chamber Music Competition

Kreisler Allegro and Preludium
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Violin No 8 in G major
Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major

Friday 14 October 2011

Tom Hicks, Winner of the BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

Bach-Busoni Chaconne
Beethoven Sonata in E minor Opus 90
Schumann-Liszt Fruhlingsnacht & Widmung
Liszt Fantasy & Fugue on B-A-C-H

Saturday 17 September 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev Piano

London Musical Arts Orchestra

John Landor Conductor

Mozart – Divertimento in F
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Mozart – Symphony No 40 in G minor

Including John Landor’s ‘Meet the Music’ interval event: an informal introduction to the evening’s programme

London Musical Arts Orchestra has been resident at the world renowned St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square since 1992, giving well over 400 concerts and reaching an audience exceeding 160,000.
With a finely balanced mix of the best established professionals and talented young players at the start of their careers, we perform an exciting repertoire of master works from the great baroque, classical and romantic composers.
London Musical Arts will celebrate twenty years of performance at St Martin’s in 2012. With our fine group of enthusiastic and committed musicians and through our innovative ‘Mini Maestro’ and ‘Meet the Music’ concert events we aim to inspire our audiences, both young and old, with a fresh sense of discovery and delight in the great music we perform.

Friday 16 September 2011

Florian Mitrea, piano – Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Friday 5 August 2011

Gloria Campaner, piano

Beethoven Sonata in F minor Op 57 “Appassionata”
Liszt Harmonies du soir

Friday 29 July 2011

Noëlle Grüebler, violin & Bernadette Bartos, piano

Beethoven and Brahms

BPSE Summer Festival event 6/6

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Alberto Portugheis, piano

Programme includes:
Beethoven Sonata Op28 No 15 in D major
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Rondo Capriccioso in E major, Op 14
Chopin

Monday 25 July 2011

Asagi Nakata, piano

Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor Op27 No 2
Chopin Ballade A flat major Op47 No 3
Liszt

BPSE Summer Festival event 5/6

Friday 22 July 2011

Moana Trio

Ryoko Harada, violin
Tamsin Kreymborg, cello
Tania Park, piano

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major Op11
Rachmaninov Trio Elegiaque No 1
John Psathas “Three Island Songs”

BPSE Summer Festival event 4/6

Wednesday 20 July 2011

Yuka Ishizuka (violin) and Nadav Hertzka (piano)

Beethoven Sonata No 4 in A minor
Wieniawski Polonaise No 1 in D major
Brahms Sonata No 3 in D minor

BPSE Summer Festival event 3/6

Monday 18 July 2011

Tom Hicks, Winner of the BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

BPSE Summer Festival event 2/6

Friday 15 July 2011

Julian Jacobson & Mariko Brown – Piano Duet

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op54
Beethoven Duet Sonata Op6 in D
Ravel Suite “Mother Goose”
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

BPSE Summer Festival event 1/6

Tuesday 28 June 2011

BPSE ‘Diabelli’ Variations Symposium

BPSE Symposium on Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variations Op.120
Presented by the BPSE
in association with the
Institute of Musical Research, University of London

11am – 6pm, Tuesday 28 June 2011
The Great Hall, Kings College, London, Strand

Special guest speakers

Stephen Kovacevich, European Vice-President BPSE

William Kinderman (Professor, University of Illinois)

Also participating:
Dr. Nicholas Marston (Kings College, Cambridge), Malcolm Troup, Professor Emeritus, City University,Professor Barry Cooper, Dr. Malcolm Miller, Alberto Portugheis, Julian Jacobson and other scholars and performers.

The Symposium will comprise lectures, round table discussions, research papers and performances.

For further details, including booking fees, bursaries, and programmes please contact the BPSE.

Thursday 23 June 2011

Florian Mitrea, piano – Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Florian Mitrea, piano – Winner of the 2010 BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Monday 20 June 2011

Alexandru Negriuc, piano

Beethoven Sonata Op31 No 2

S. Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op32 No 10 in B minor
Preulde Op23 No 4 in D major
Moment Musical No 4 in E minor

George Enescu Toccata Op10

Thursday 2 June 2011

BPSE Member Recital Violin Cycle

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano
Boris Brovtsyn, violin

Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas

Pianist Mikhail Shilyaev, past winner of the BPSE Intercollegiate Competition, recently won Third Prize in the prestigious Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon last July. Mikhail is currently in his second year of study on the MMus programme at Trinity Laban.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Stephen Savage, piano

Two Legends of St Francis – Liszt
St Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds
St Francis of Paola walking on the waters

Sonata in F minor, Op 57 (Appassionata)- Beethoven

Thursday 12 May 2011

Julian Jacobson, piano

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev at Steinway Hall 4 May 2011

Mikhail Shilyaev, piano

Beethoven: Andante favori
Chopin: Ballade N3 Op. 47
Berg: Sonata Op. 1
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op. 111

Mikhail Shilyaev at Steinway Hall 4 May 2011

18 April 2011 – 20 April 2011

BPSE Chamber Music Masterclass and Competition

BPSE Beethoven Chamber Music
Masterclass & Competition 2011
for the ‘Gwyneth George Award’
(Prize includes a concert in the BPSE 2011 series)

with
Professor Martin Lovett OBE

Open to:
Violin & Piano Duo
Cello & Piano Duo

Entry Fee: £60 per duo

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

April 18th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm)
April 19th (daytime masterclass 10:30am-3:30pm)

The Competition is on April 20th.
Evening concert/competition begins at 6:30pm
Tickets £5

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

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: secretary@bpse.org

Friday 8 April 2011

Angela Brownridge, piano

Works by Liszt and Beethoven

Sunday 20 March 2011

BPSE Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2011

Set work — Allegretto in C minor WoO 53

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Bruno Ferrari, piano

Works by Beethoven, Chopin & Liebermann

Sunday 13 February 2011

Navarra Quartet

Haydn: Quartet in C Op.54/2
Mozart: Quartet in E flat K428
Beethoven: Quartet in A minor Op.132

Saturday 12 February 2011

Valentine Recital by Julian Jacobson, piano

Programme includes Beethoven Sonata in E minor op 90 and works by Albeniz, Chopin, Debussy, Granados & Liszt

Monday 31 January 2011

Trio dei Mezzo & Mark Oldfield (baritone)

Piano Trio op.70, No.1 in D major “Ghost”
4 Songs for baritone and piano trio (the Kiss dear maid/ Red gleams the sun/ Merch Megan/ Parting Kiss)
Piano Trio op.1, No.3 in C minor

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre Concert Series

Mikhail Shilyaev – piano

Mozart – Rondo in A Minor, K511
Chopin – Four Ballades, Opp.23,38,47 and 52
Liszt – ‘Reminiscences de Don Juan’; Concert Fantasy on Motives from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’)

Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre Concert Series

We are pleased to invite you and your guests to the Lansdowne Club/Bluthner Piano Centre concert series for a piano recital by Mikhail Shilyaev.

It is important that you RSVP (acceptances only) by post, telephone, fax or email to: Bluthner Piano Centre Ltd, 1 Davies Street, Berkeley Square, LONDON
W1K 3DB.
Tel: 020 7753 0533; Fax: 020 7753 0535;
Email: info@bluthner.co.uk

Should you find that you are unable to attend after accepting the invitation, please let us know so that we can allocate your place to someone else.

NOTE: RECEIPTS ACKNOWLEDGING RSVPs WILL NOT BE SENT

Please note the following:
1) Entry to the concert is £5.00. A glass of wine/soft drink will be supplied upon arrival. Payment should be made at the entrance to the ballroom/concert venue by cash.
2) A strict dress code is required at the club. Men must wear conventional jacket and collared shirt and women must be smartly dressed. Jeans/denim, casual trousers, trainers and fashion sports shoes are not acceptable. Please ensure you advise any guests of this requirement.
3) It is essential that no use of mobile telephones is made whilst at the club.
4) Further drinks after the concert may only be purchased from the bar through a member of the Lansdowne.
5) No other areas of the club other than cloakroom facilities may be used.

Monday 10 January 2011

Stefano Greco, piano

Bach: from The Art of Fugue, Contrapuncti Nos. 1 & 14
Chopin: Nocturnes Op. 27 No. 1 and No. 2*
Beethoven: Sonata No. 7, Op. 10 No. 3 in D Major

Friday 7 January 2011

Alberto Portugheis – 70th Birthday Concert

All Schumann programme including Papillons Op.2; Toccata Op.7; Arabesque Op.18; Three Fantasy Pieces Op.111