Paul Turner, Piano

Change of programme

Unfortunately we have to advise that Claire Rutter is no longer able to perform for us as she is suffering from a heavy cold. Fortunately we have been able to expand the programme of piano pieces played by Paul Turner. We hope you understand the circumstances which have been forced upon us and we are confident you will find this to be an interesting and enjoyable recital.

Paul Turner

Paul Turner is a widely experienced soloist and chamber music player renowned for his sensitive playing.

He excels in a wide range of genres as demonstrated in recent events, which include: performances of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F; his National Theatre debut with Maria Ewing in a celebration for the life of Sir Peter Hall; the Ralph Vaughan Williams festival with Jack Liebeck and members of the Sacconi Quartet; Kings College Cambridge with Nicholas Daniel during Easter week; Ligeti ‘Hommage a Brahms’ with Martin Owen.

Live events include performances of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, further presentations of Ligeti’s Hommage a Brahms with the Owen Trio, a celebration of female composers with Julian Metzger and performances of the Fauré and Saint-Saëns piano quartets with the Bochmann Trio.

An honours graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, he won many prizes and awards culminating in the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence and the Peter Pears Accompaniment Prize, adjudicated by Pears himself. Paul was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 1996, a discretionary award given to past students in recognition of their contribution to the music profession.

Programme

GRIEG

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Nocturne

Lyric pieces Op.43

• Butterfly
• Solitary traveller
• In my native country
• Little bird
• Erotic Poem
• To the spring

CHOPIN

Fantasie-Impromptu in C# minor Op.66

Nocturne in C# minor Op.Post

INTERVAL

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

1. The Gnome
   Promenade
2. The Old Castle
   Promenade
3. Tuileries. Children quarrelling at play
4. Bydlo
   Promenade
5. Ballet of the unhatched chickens
6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
   Promenade
7. The market place at Limoges
8. Catacombae
9. Hut of the Baba-Yaga
10. The Great Gate of Kiev