Five Occasional Pieces (1990)

In their ‘Duality’ programme featuring works for four hands at one piano, pianists Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins jointly perform Stephen Dodgson’s Tournament for twenty fingers, part 2 (the pair recently recorded the complete set) alongside works by Clementi, Schubert and Moszkowski at the Wesley Chapel in Harrogate.   Programme Sonata for four hands in E flat Major, op. 14 no. 3 – Clementi Allegro – Adagio – Rondo: Allegro Fantasia in F minor, D.940 –  Schubert From Five Spanish Dances op. 12 – Moszkowski Allegro brioso – Moderato – Bolero  Tournament for twenty fingers, part 2 – Dodgson Allegretto in F major –  Cradle Song –  A Bohemian[...]

In their programme ‘Twenty Fingers on a Broadwood Piano’ featuring works for four hands at one piano, pianists Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins jointly perform Stephen Dodgson’s Tournament for twenty fingers, part 2 (the pair recently recorded the complete set) alongside works by Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Field, Schubert and Dvořák for the Suffolk Villages Festival in Sudbury. Programme Sonata in D major, op. 6 (1797) – Beethoven Allegro molto – Rondo (Moderato) Sonata for piano four hands in C Major K. 521 – Mozart Allegro – Andante – Allegretto From Huit pieces, op. 60 – Weber Allegro – Alla Siciliana (Allegro) – Rondo (Scherzando vivace) INTERVAL Variations in A[...]

In their ‘Duality’ programme featuring works for four hands at one piano, pianists Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins jointly perform Stephen Dodgson’s Tournament for twenty fingers, part 2 (the pair recently recorded the complete set) alongside works by Mozart, Field, Schubert, Ravel and Beach for the Three Rivers Music Society in Rickmansworth. Programme Sonata for piano four hands in C Major K. 521 – Mozart Allegro – Andante – Allegretto Variations in A minor on a Russian Air – J. Field Fantasia in F minor, D.940 –  Schubert INTERVAL Ma mère l’Oye – Ravel Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant – Petit Poucet – Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes –Les entretiens[...]

Exceptional young guitarist Sungbin Cho, winner of the London International Guitar Competition in 2021, performs his final recital at the Royal Academy of Music: a complete concert of Dodgson guitar works. Programme Partita no. 1 Fantasy-Divisions Guitar Quintet (with the Asaka Quartet) Guitar Concerto (with orchestra) Graduating with a BMus from the Korea National University of Arts, Sungbin Cho subsequently served in the Republic of Korea Air Force where he completed his two-year military service before entering the Royal Academy of Music to undertake an MA in Performance, with Michael Lewin. He is the first Korean national to play classical guitar[...]

Join the Mēla Guitar Quartet in a wonderfully eclectic evening hosted by the Luton Music Club featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Change-Ringers alongside works by Philip Houghton and Laura Snowden and arrangements of Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Glinka, Milhaud, Bizet, Sain-Saëns, and Brubeck and Desmond. The quartet recently recorded Change-Ringers as part of a delightful collection of Dodgson guitar chamber works. Programme Camille Saint-Saëns – Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah arr. Bovey Claude Debussy – Deux Arabesques arr. Tarlton Andante con Moto; Allegretto Scherzando Phillip Houghton – Opals (1995) Black Opal; Water Opal; White Opal J.S. Bach – Organ fugue BWV 578 arr. Mēla Mikhail Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture arr.[...]