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NEW ZEALAND - UK - USA - CANADA - SERBIA until DECEMBER 2010
New Zealand
SEPTEMBER 2010
NEW ZEALAND TOUR with the DORIC STRING QUARTET - September 6th 2010 to September 18th 2010
Monday
6th Sept
19:30
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand
 
James Hay Theatre
Christchurch
Venue: James Hay Theatre
Christchurch, New Zealand

further information and booking details


THIS CONCERT IS CANCELLED
DUE TO THE EARTHQUAKE.

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44

Programme One
features one of the giants of the Romantic repertoire – Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat, breathtaking in its scope and emotional range. This is balanced by a Classical Haydn string quartet, and a twentieth-century masterwork. Exquisite solo piano works pay homage to Chopin two hundred years after his birth.

Tuesday
7th Sept
19:30
INVERCARGILL, New Zealand
 
Invercargill Civic Theatre
Venue: Invercargill Civic Theatre

further information and booking details

ticketdirect booking link here

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Programme Two
features one of the giants of the Romantic repertoire – Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor, breathtaking in its scope and emotional range. This is balanced by a Classical Haydn string quartet, and a twentieth-century masterwork. Exquisite solo piano works pay homage to Chopin two hundred years after his birth.

Wednesday
8th Sept
19:30
DUNEDIN, New Zealand
 
Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin
Venue: Glenroy Auditorium
Dunedin

further information and booking details
Programme One

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44
Friday
10th Sept
19:30
WELLINGTON, New Zealand
 
Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin
Venue: Wellington Town Hall


further information and booking details

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Saturday
11th Sept
19:30
NELSON, New Zealand
 
Nelson School of Music
Venue: Nelson School of Music, Nile Street.


further information and booking details

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Monday
13th Sept
20:00
AUCKLAND, New Zealand
 
Auckland Town Hall
Venue: Auckland Town Hall

further information and booking details
Programme One

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44
Tuesday
14th Sept
19:30
PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand
 
The Regent on Broadway
Venue: The Regent on Broadway,
Palmerston North

further information and booking details

ticketdirrect booking link here
tProgramme One

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44
Wednesday
15th Sept
19:30
NEW PLYMOUTH , New Zealand
 
Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
Venue: Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace

further information and booking details
Programme One

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44
Friday
17th Sept
20:00
NAPIER, New Zealand
 
The Century Theatre, Napier
Venue: The Century Theatre, Napier

further information and booking details

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Saturday
17th Sept
20:00
HAMILTON, New Zealand
 
Academy of Performing Arts,
University of Waikato
Venue: WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato

further information and booking details

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Sunday
19th Sept
TBC
HAMILTON, New Zealand
 
ROSL - Hamilton NZ

ROSL Annual Music Competition

Details here

Piers is a Judge for
Stage 1 auditions of Royal Overseas League competition
Monday
20th Sept
TBC
HAMILTON, New Zealand
 
ROSL - Hamilton NZ

ROSL Annual Music Competition

Details here

Coaching and mentoring + judging Scholarship Final
Tuesday
21st Sept
10:00
HAMILTON, New Zealand
 
ROSL - Hamilton NZ

ROSL Annual Music Competition

Details here

Piers gives Feedback to contestants and Farewell
OCTOBER 2010
UK
Saturday
2nd Oct
19:30
BECCLES, Suffolk, UK
 
Old Granary Studio Beccles
Venue: Old Granary Studio
Priory Farm
Maypole Green
Toft Monks, Beccles
Suffolk, NR34 0EZ

further information on their website
penultimate entry on page
Piers Lane - Piano Recital

Schubert: German Dances D783, Lændler D790 No 3 in D,
Valses Sentimentales D779
Brahms: Four Piano Pieces op 119
Beethoven: Sonata in A flat op 110
Chopin: Four Ballades
Tuesday
5th Oct
13:00
LONDON, UK - 13:00, 15:00, 19:30
DAME MYRA HESS DAY
 
Dame Myra Hess Day
National Gallery London

Venue: National Gallery
Dame Myra Hess Day


Ida Haendel, violinist, probably the only artist playing in the original series, is scheduled to perform in a Lunch Time Concert.

Link to National Gallery website

Read an article about this, taken from BBC Music Magazine July 2010. PDF here. (630kb)

NG page describing the History of the Concerts


You may wish to read the Piano Magazine
artice about Dame Myra Hess, entitled:

" A national treasure " (PDF - 2MB)

1–2.15pm
Lunchtime Concert Room 36
Ida Haendel, who performed in the original wartime concerts, plays a varied programme of music, including works by Romanian, German and French composers. (With accompanist Misha Dacic.)
Buy tickets >> £6/£4 concessions


3pm
Free Afternoon Event Sainsbury Wing Theatre
Piers Lane in conversation with Ida Haendal and Stephen Kovacevich, a pupil of Myra Hess.

7.30–9pm
Evening Concert Room 36
The evening concert showcases three Germanic composers from the Romantic era and Britain’s foremost 20th-century composer, Benjamin Britten. The repetoire includes both German Lieder and English Song.

Piers Lane, piano
Jack Liebeck, violin
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Radovan Vlatkovic, French horn

Programme:
Robert Schumann:
Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano in A flat major, Op. 70
Franz Schubert:
A selection of Lieder
Benjamin Britten:
Canticle III, Op. 55, ‘Still Falls the Rain’
Johannes Brahms:
Horn Trio, Op. 40

The evening concert will be followed by a wine reception in the Central Hall for all guests.
Buy tickets >> £7/£5 concessions

About Dame Myra Hess Day
This is the fourth annual Dame Myra Hess Day. The concerts have been devised and directed by Piers Lane, international concert pianist. Lane is Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and well known as a broadcaster for BBC Radio 3.

Supported by The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation.

Saturday
9th Oct
19:30
MALMESBURY, Wiltshire, UK
 
Malmesbury Abbey
Venue: Malmesbury Abbey

Information on the Society Website
Recital for Malmesbury Abbey Music Society
Music by Chopin
Monday
11th Oct
19:30
LONDON, UK
 
Reform Club Pall Mall London
Venue: Reform Club, London

Reform Club Recital: Schubert and Chopin

Chopin:
Ballade No 1 in G minor Op. 23
Ballade No 2 in F major Op. 38
Schubert: Selection of German Dances and Sentimental Waltzes
Chopin: Two Waltzes:
C sharp minor Op. 64 no 2
A flat major Op. 42
Chopin:
Ballade No 3 in A flat major Op. 47
Ballade No 4 in F minor Op. 52

Thursday
14th Oct
TBC
EAST CLANDON , Guildford, UK
 
Pleyel Piano owned by Chopin
at Hatchlands
Venue: Hatchlands Park near Guildford

Information on the Kobbe Collection
of Keyboards
.

Piers plays a recital of the complete
Chopin Nocturnes on Chopin's own Pleyel

Tuesday
19th Oct
19:30
CANTERBURY , Kent, UK
CANTERBURY FESTIVAL
 
Canterbury Festival
Venue: Shirley Hall, The King's School


Ticket Booking Information
Canterbury Festival with Patricia Routledge.

Admission: One Shilling

Event Details Page
Thursday
21st Oct
19:30
LONDON, UK
 
St. Peter's Eaton Square
Venue:
St Peter's Eaton Square
119 Eaton Square
Belgravia
London
SW1W 9AL

Concerts website will update in July

EATON SQUARE Concerts

Piano Recital by Piers Lane

Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Chopin: Berceuse
Field: Nocturne in Bb No 5
Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor
Field: Nocturne in Eb No 11
Alkan: Quasi Faust from Sonate des Quatre Ages
- INTERVAL-
Chopin: Nocturnes Op 9, 27, 37, 62 and C sharp minor OP post.

Sunday
24th Oct
15:00
GLASGOW, Scotland
 
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow

Link to page on the Royal Concert Hall website incl On-Line bookings.

(On-Line Booking £12)
Recital and live broadcast with Tasmin Little (piano) for BBC Radio 3

Programme:
Howard Ferguson Sonata No. 2
MacMillan “Kiss on Wood”
Elgar Sonata
 
 
Thursday
28th Oct
TBC
CAMBRIDGE
 
Kettle's Yard Cambridge
Venue: Kettle's Yard Cambridge
Piano Recital

Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin
Saturday
30th Oct
TBC
CLAYGATE
 
Holy Trinity Church,Claygate
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Claygate

Oxshott and Cobham Music Society

Further details and Ticket Information from
the Society website
Piano Recital by Piers Lane

Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Chopin: Berceuse
Field: Nocturne in Bb No 5
Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor
Field: Nocturne in Eb No 11
Alkan: Quasi Faust from Sonate des Quatre Ages
- INTERVAL-
Chopin: Nocturnes Op 9, 27, 37, 62 and C sharp minor OP post.

NOVEMBER 2010
UK
Friday
5th Nov
19:30
MANCHESTER
 
Bridgewater Hall Manchester
Venue: Bridgewater Hall

18:30 - Pre-concert event:
Piers Lane in conversation about his love of Chopin and life as a concert pianist.

The International Concert Series

Chopin by Candlelight - Complete Nocturnes

Link to Bridgewater Hall website for Bookings and more information
USA
Monday
15th Nov
19:30
LAS CRUCES , TEXAS, USA
 

Venue:
NMSU Atkinson Recital Hall
1075 N. Horseshoe Circle
Las Cruces, NM

Sponsored by El Paso Pro-Musica

Further info and Tickets


"Chopin 200th Birthday Celebration"

Ballade No.1
Nocturnes Op 27 No 1 in c sharp minor and no 2 in Db major
Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35
INTERVAL
Fantasie Op 49
Berceuse Op 57
Waltz in c sharp minor Op 64 no 2
Etudes Op 25 no 1 in Ab and 12 in c minor
Barcarolle Op 60

Tuesday
16th Nov
19:30
EL PASO , TEXAS, USA
 
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
Venue:
UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (Building 31)
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79968

Sponsored by El Paso Pro-Musica

Further info and Tickets


"Chopin 200th Birthday Celebration"

Ballade No. 2
Nocturnes Op 27 No 1 in c sharp minor and no 2 in Db major
Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35
INTERVAL
Fantasie Op 49
Berceuse Op 57
Waltz in c sharp minor Op 64 no 2
Etudes Op 25 no 1 in Ab and 12 in c minor
Barcarolle Op 60

Friday
19th Nov
 
STILLWATER , MINNESOTA, USA
 

Details to come


Chopin recital

Ballade No. 3
Nocturnes Op 27 No 1 in C sharp minor and no 2 in Db major
Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35
INTERVAL
Fantasie Op 49
Berceuse Op 57
Waltz in c sharp minor Op 64 no 2
Etudes Op 25 no 1 in Ab and 12 in c minor
Barcarolle Op 60

Canada
Saturday
27th Nov
19:30
BANFF , CANADA
BANFF
Rolston Recital Hall
Venue: Rolston Recital Hall, The Banff Centre

Tickets: Adult $35 | Senior/Student/Youth $32 |
Child $32 | Series Subscriber $29.75*

Link to Banff Centre website information

Piers plays

Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes by Candlelight

Tuesday
30th Nov
10:30
VANCOUVER , CANADA
Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
 
Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.


DECEMBER 2010
Wednesday
1st Dec
10:30
VANCOUVER , CANADA
Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
 
Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.



Thursday
2nd Dec
10:30
VANCOUVER , CANADA
Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
 
Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.



Friday
3rd Dec
10:30
VANCOUVER , CANADA
Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
 
Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.



Serbia
Sunday
12th Dec
 
NOVI SAD , Serbia
 

Details to come


Piers plays:
Mokranjac: 7 Etudes
Chopin: 4 Ballades



Tuesday
14th Dec
 
BELGRADE , Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia
Kolarac Hall
Kolarac Hall
Details to come


Piers plays:
Mokranjac: 7 Etudes
Chopin: 4 Ballades



     
more to come