Robert Bridge - Piano
Sunday November 7th 4pm - 5:15pm
This programme brings together two sonatas written by their respective composers at the beginning of their careers: Scriabin’s Sonata-Fantasy is an evocation of the sea, both its placid tranquillity and its stormy turbulence, a piece of smouldering and scintillating piano virtuosity; Brahms’ F minor sonata is the last of a trilogy of early sonatas that pay their homage to Beethoven, at times more symphonic than pianistic. Both sonatas, coincidentally I’m sure, make use of a little repeated-note motif: in Scriabin’s hands this is variously hypnotic and urgent; for Brahms a clear reference to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Full Program
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Scriabin
Sonata no.2 in G sharp minor, op.19 Brahms Sonata no.3 in F minor, op.5 |
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4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Robert Bridge
Robert Bridge was a foundation scholar at the Royal College of Music where he won the RCM Chopin prize and was awarded a first-class honours in the London BMus degree. He continued his studies in London and Germany with assistance from the Countess of Munster and Leverhulme trusts and gave a highly-acclaimed debut South Bank recital at the Purcell Room for the Park Lane Group where he was described in The Times as “that most gifted of young British pianists”. An invitation followed to join the Koenig Ensemble with whom he gave concerts at the Wigmore Hall, the BBC Lunchtime Concerts and at various festivals in Italy. A subsequent recital for the Park Lane Group of two-piano music with the pianist Jonathan Higgins received outstanding reviews and led to the first of two solo appearances at the BBC Promenade Concerts at the Albert Hall.
Robert Bridge has accompanied masterclasses for Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Ruggiero Ricci, Steven Isserlis and Gerard Souzay and has made numerous recordings for BBC Radio 3. He has performed concertos with the Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra, the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra and the Channel Islands Youth Orchestra and has recently given performances of Chopin’s 2nd, Rachmaninoff’s 3rd and Beethoven’s 4th and both Brahms concertos with the North London Symphony Orchestra. Recent solo recitals have included performances of all the Chopin Preludes and the four Ballades, Ravel’s Miroirs and Bach’s Goldberg Variations. He teaches piano to enthusiastic kids and rusty adults, is an Associated Board examiner and organises an annual series of Knitting Concerts in Putney, aka Purls before Wine, where he subjects unwitting audiences to Webern, Tippett, Janacek and Ligeti whilst they read, sew, finish their crosswords and sometimes even listen.
ed at various venues including the NPL Music Society, Westminster Central Music Library and St Pancras Euston. This in turn has led to the formation of Trio Cavatina (voice, piano and spoken word).
Robert Bridge has accompanied masterclasses for Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Ruggiero Ricci, Steven Isserlis and Gerard Souzay and has made numerous recordings for BBC Radio 3. He has performed concertos with the Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra, the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra and the Channel Islands Youth Orchestra and has recently given performances of Chopin’s 2nd, Rachmaninoff’s 3rd and Beethoven’s 4th and both Brahms concertos with the North London Symphony Orchestra. Recent solo recitals have included performances of all the Chopin Preludes and the four Ballades, Ravel’s Miroirs and Bach’s Goldberg Variations. He teaches piano to enthusiastic kids and rusty adults, is an Associated Board examiner and organises an annual series of Knitting Concerts in Putney, aka Purls before Wine, where he subjects unwitting audiences to Webern, Tippett, Janacek and Ligeti whilst they read, sew, finish their crosswords and sometimes even listen.
ed at various venues including the NPL Music Society, Westminster Central Music Library and St Pancras Euston. This in turn has led to the formation of Trio Cavatina (voice, piano and spoken word).
Location
Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
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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! |
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