05-2014, UK tour Bridge, Medtner, Ravel, Debussy - J Powell

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FRANK BRIDGE Piano Sonata
DEBUSSY Berceuse héroïque and Pièce pour l’oeuvre du Vêtement du blessé
MEDTNER Piano Sonata op.30
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

Marking the centenary year of the outbreak of WW1, pianist Jonathan Powell presents music that reflects composers' reactions to this conflict. Each movement of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin commemorates a fallen comrade, while Frank Bridge's powerful Sonata is dedicated to the memory of his student Ernest Farrar who was killed on the Western Front in 1918. The programme is completed by the tempestuous 'War' Sonata (1917) by Nikolay Medtner, and two relatively unknown late miniatures by Debussy.

BRIGHTON
18 May, 7.30pm
St Nicholas' Church, Dyke Rd, BN1 3LJ

LONDON
22 May, 7.30pm
Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, 3 Pilgrims' Place, NW3 1NG

OXFORD
30 May, 8pm
Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda's College, Cowley Place.