An Evening of Violin and Piano Masterpieces

Orpheus Leander, violin
Alberto Portugheis, piano (BPSE Vice-Chariman)

Mozart Sonata in Bb, K.454
Ginastera Pampeana No.1
Beethoven Sonata No.5, in F, Op.24, Spring

All UK Music Conservatoires and Colleges are invited to nominate a pianist to represent them in the Senior Competition.

Each competitor performs a complete Beethoven piano sonata of their choice in addition to compulsory Bagatelle in Eb, Op.33 No.1.

Enrique Graf, piano

George Gershwin Three Preludes
Hector Tosar Danza Criolla
Chopin Ballade No.1, in G minor, Op.23
Beethoven Sonata No.23, in F minor, Op.57, Appassionata

Presentation of the Beethoven Medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians

Edward Leung, piano

Beethoven Two Preludes through all twelve major keys, Op.39
Beethoven Sonata No.28, in A, Op.101
Lowell Liebermann Nocturne No.4, Op.38 (1992)
Chopin Ballade No.4, in F minor, Op.52

Imma Setiadi, piano (2016 BPSE Concerto Competition Prizewinner)
with the Greenwich Sinfonia
Manuel Arellano Bover, conductor

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, in Eb, Op.73, Emperor Concerto

The annual BPSE Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition brings together aspiring and promising students from UK music colleges and conservatoires to compete for the Beethoven medal.

Proceeds from this benefit concert will help the BPSE continue running the Senior Competition, which has, for over 20 years, springboarded many young talents into their professional careers.

Andrei Iliushkin, piano

Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.27, in E minor, Op.90
Scriabin Piano Sonata No.3, in F sharp minor, Op.23

Frederic Bager, piano

Beethoven Sonata No.15, in D, Op.28
Berg Sonata Op.1
Schumann Gesänge der Frühe

Oscar Bohorquez, violin
Alberto Portugheis, piano (BPSE Vice-Chairman)

Mozart Violin Sonata No.32, in B flat, K.454
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.7, in C minor, Op.30 No.2

Yundu Wang, piano

Beethoven Rondo in G Major, Op.51 No.2
Schubert Impromptus, D.935 (Op. Posth.142), Nos.3 & 4
Mason Bates White Lies for Lomax
Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op.61

Henri Bonamy, piano

Haydn Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII:6
Beethoven Eroica Variations, Op.35
Debussy
from Images, Hommage à Rameau and Poissons d’or
from Preludes Book I, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir and Ce qu’ a vu le vent d’ouest

Michael Gundolf Lang, piano

Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op.9
C.P.E Bach Fantasia in F-sharp minor
Beethoven Sonata No.2, in F, Op.10
Paul Hindemith Suite 1922, Op.26

Gabriele Baldocci, piano

Kabalevsky Sonata No.3, in F, Op.46
Beethoven-Liszt Beethoven Symphony No.5

Rebecca Leung, piano (BPSE 2017 Junior Competition Second-Prizewinner)

Beethoven Sonata No.14, in C# minor, Op.27 No.2, Quasi una fantasia, “Moonlight”
Chopin Fantasie in F minor, Op.49
Debussy La Cathédrale Engloutie
Debussy Feux d’artifice

Lee Jae Phang, piano

Beethoven Sonata No.30, in E, Op.109
Debussy Preludes from Book 2
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Général Lavine – eccentric
Ligeti Etude No.6 from Book 1: Automne à Varsovie
Liszt Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata from Années de pélerinage (Deuxième année: Italie)

Julian Jacobson, conductor
Yuka Matsumoto, guest leader
Domonkos Csabay, piano (BPSE 2016 Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition third prizewinner)
with the Kew Sinfonia

Debussy Nocturne in D flat (1892), orchestrated by Julian Jacobson
Mozart Piano Concerto No.17, in G Major, K.453
Bizet Symphony in C

Amarins Wierdsma, violin
Edward Liddall, piano

Szymanowski Mythes, Op.30, La Fontaine d’Arethuse and Narcisse
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.10, in G, Op.96
Fritz Kreisler Tambourin chinois

All UK Conservatoire Junior Departments and Specialist Music Schools are invited to nominate a pianist to represent them in London. Each competitor performs a complete Beethoven piano sonata in addition to a compulsory Bagatelle before a distinguished jury.

Each competitor plays a Beethoven  sonata of choice and the compulsory Bagatelle Op.119 No.11

Andrei Iliushkin, piano (BPSE 2016 Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition prizewinner)

Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor
Beethoven Piano Sonata No.27, in E minor, Op.90
Scriabin Piano Sonata No.3, in F sharp minor, Op.23

James Guan, piano

Liszt Ballade No.2, in B minor, S.171
Beethoven Sonata No.21, in C, Op.53, Waldstein