Iris Axon Concert Series

  • Current Season
  • About
  • History
    • 2016-17 >
      • Richard Boothby
      • Passepartout Piano Duo
      • Helen Karikari
      • Duo Follia
      • Yura Zaiki
      • Richard Boothby and Sam Stadlen
      • Kingsway Trio
      • Jayson Gilham
      • Arun Menon
    • 2017-18 >
      • An-Ting Chang - Piano
      • Improviso Ensemble
      • Ning Hui See - Piano
      • Robert Bridge - Piano
      • Fatima Laham
      • McIntosh Thompson
    • 2018-19 >
      • Semerano and Di Bari
      • Joanna Lam
      • Kaleidoscope Dec 18
      • Catherine Underhill
      • Ashley Westmacott - Flute
    • 2019-20 >
      • Masayuki Tayama
      • Ida Pelliccioli - Piano
      • Kaleidoscope Wind
      • Oratorio Arias
      • Poppy Beddoe - Clarinet
      • Jelena Makarova - Piano
    • 2021-22 >
      • Robert Bridge - Piano
      • Masayuki Tayama - Piano
      • Trio Cavatina
      • ​Ida Pelliccioli - Piano
      • Petar Dimov - Piano
      • Lance Mok - Piano
      • Jelena Makarova - Piano
    • 2022-23 >
      • Lewis Kingsley - Piano
      • Joanna Kacperek & Andrew Yiangou
      • Trio Taliesin
      • Stavroula Thoma - Piano
      • Petar Dimov - Piano
      • April - Markham and Leem
      • KramerDurcan Duo
      • Lance Mok
      • ​Cancelled - Ida Pelliccioli
      • Dimov & Durmanovic
    • 2023-24 >
      • September - Anna Vienna Ho - Piano
      • October - Hannah Shivlock - Bass Clarinet
      • November - Lewis Kingsley - Piano
      • December - Neus Perris - Piano
      • March - Trio Taliesin
      • April - Joanna Kacperek - Piano
      • May - Stavroula Thoma - Piano
      • June - Karen Wong and Lance Mok
  • Contact

Professional Classical Music Recitals at the Acton Hill Church

in the magnificent acoustic provided by London's largest unsupported wooden barrel-vault ceiling  

Next Concert...


Bach: Piano Man
Jayson Gillham - Piano
Sunday June 4th, 4pm - 5:15pm

Picture
We're excited to welcome the celebrated young Australian pianist, Jayson Gillham, to Acton Hill Church for the first time on June 4th in an all-Bach programme. 

Despite composing in the era of the harpsichord and clavichord, Bach has long held fascination for many of the world's greatest pianists, and his Well-Tempered Clavier remains one of the great show-pieces for artistry at the piano.

Jayson has prepared an exciting program for us, mixing pieces from the Well-Tempered Clavier, with some of Bach's thrilling
 organ and instrumental transcriptions by some of the great exponents of piano - Rachmaninoff, Cortot and Kempf. 

Full Program

Suite from Violin Partita in E major BWV 1006 
(trans. Rachmaninoff)

Prelude
Gavotte
Gigue
 
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor BWV 873 
(Well-Tempered Clavier Bk II)

 
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor BWV 867 
(Well-Tempered Clavier Bk I)

 
Toccata in G major BWV 916
[Allegro]
Adagio
Allegro e presto
 
Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E-flat major BWV 1031 
(trans. Kempff)
 
Toccata in C minor BWV 911
[Toccata]
Adagio
[Allegro]
 
Largo from Keyboard Concerto in F minor BWV 1056 
(trans. Cortot)
 
Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543 
​(trans. Liszt)
Picture
​4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.

Jayson Gillham

Picture
Born and raised in Queensland, London-based Australian pianist Jayson Gillham is recognised as one of the finest pianists of his generation. He is internationally praised for his compelling performances and relentless elegance. Jayson’s recent performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy, were met with critical acclaim.

After receiving numerous prizes from some of the world’s leading piano competitions, it was Jayson’s win at the 2014 Montreal International Music Competition that brought him to international attention. Jayson’s outstanding performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.4 was described as being performed “with such streamlined patrician elegance that he took home the 1st Prize and a string of engagements to follow.” (Huffington Post)

Jayson now performs with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors with recent and future highlights including engagements with the Sydney Symphony / Vladimir Ashkenazy, Melbourne Symphony / Benjamin Northey, Adelaide Symphony / Jeffrey Tate, West Australia Symphony / Asher Fisch, Queensland Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, the Hallé Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Eroica Ensemble, Nashville Symphony / Asher Fisch, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and Wuhan Philharmonic amongst others.

In recital, Jayson performs at prestigious venues across the globe including the Wigmore Hall, Louvre Auditorium, Saffron Hall, Royal Nottingham Concert Hall, City Recital Hall Sydney, Melbourne Recital Centre and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre amongst others. Chamber music forms an important part of Jayson’s career with highlights including performances with the Jerusalem, Carducci, Tinalley, Brentano, Ruysdael and Flinders string quartets.
​
Jayson records exclusively for ABC Classics and the recent release of his debut recital album (Oct 2016) featuring works by Bach, Schubert and Chopin immediately reached the No.1 spot in both the Core Classical and Classical Crossover ARIA charts. In 2017 Jayson will record works by Medtner and Rachmaninoff with the Melbourne Symphony, and, will also feature in a documentary film about the life of Geoffrey Tozer with Jayson performing Medtner Piano Concerto No.1.
​


Location

Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
​We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.

Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays!

Picture

    Receive emails about our upcoming concerts...

Submit
Copyright © 2016 Jane Schopf
Picture
website by