CHANGE OF PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY 25TH OCTOBER

Owing to illness the choir is postponed

Instead I have arranged, just today when I heard the news, for French pianist Patrick Hemmerle to visit us

You can easily find his website

Programme is most attractive  4 Chopin Ballades followed by 4 opera transcriptions…

Eugene Onegin, Tristan and Isolde, Der Rosenkavalier, Don Juan

Patrick often plays with Graham Walker who visits us next with Classico Latino

Picture from Marie-Geraldine Lea

Lisztomania – but not Ken Russell

Final concert next season (March 13th) features Ellis Thomas, piano, and Denis Lavin, narrator.

Aspects of the complex life of Franz Liszt, the inveterate traveller,inventor of the modern piano recital, composer who started off a Romantic but at the end was forward looking and user of atonal music.

Did I mention that he was also a “bad boy” of the lock up your wives and daughters variety but also a man deeply affected by his religious views.

Music includes several Transcendental Studies and a number of popular list pieces. Welsh composer Gwydion Rhys is composing a new piece based around Liszt and we may have a further Welsh composer nearer the time

More detail to come

Alicja Kojder Rhyl Town Hall Feb 23rd 9.30am-11am FREE concert

Alicja studies at Chethams and goes to RCM in the autumn

She has performed as a Young Musician at our Club

She is working towards a music career and our Club is delighted to invite her to assist Alex Karpeyev in this illustrated talk

She will perform Prokofiev 2nd Sonata, Deshevov’s “Rails” and Liadov’s Musical snuff box

Illustrated talk Thursday 23rd Feb, 9.30am-11am at Rhyl Town Hall FREE entry

Alex Karpeyev talks about a Prokofiev Sonata (no 2) and music by Deshevov (Rails) and Liadov

Young Musician from Chethams, Alicja Kojder, will perform the music. Alicja will attend the Royal College of Music next year

Fairly informal and questions welcomed

This follows Alex performing Ades, Chopin, Medtner and Liszt the preceding night, Feb 22nd