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Lionel will be giving a rare solo piano concert at Charlbury, Oxford, UK, for the Charlbury School Association on Friday 20 June. The programme will include his South American Suite , and music by Chopin, Schumann, Scarlatti and Debussy. In promoting the event the concert's organiser Liz Donnelly writes the following to the Association's members:
CSA present a not-to-be-missed musical evening on Friday 20 June at 8pm, featuring internationally acclaimed composer and pianist Lionel Sainsbury. If you are wary of "classical" music, or even if you’ve never been to a classical concert before, do come, as this could be a revelation! Lionel is well-known locally as piano teacher to many of our youngsters, and adults of all ages and abilities, and he captivated the School’s children in a thoroughly enjoyable Assembly presentation last year. The centrepiece of the forthcoming concert will be his South American Suite,  "a set colourful enough to win many friends" (British Music Society) - its seven short movements include a toe-tapping Rumba, a "love song with wonderfully laid-back rhythm" (Music & Vision), and a wild Bacchanalian carnival. Lionel also has a passion to share his enthusiasm for his favourite music of the past, and will be performing well-known pieces such as Debussy's "The Girl With The Flaxen Hair", a virtuoso Chopin polonaise, and music by Scarlatti and Schumann. Lionel always introduces the music to his audiences, taking every opportunity to explain and demystify it, and talk about the composers who wrote it. What promises to be a highly enjoyable and accessible programme will be followed by a Wine Reception, where there will be ample opportunity to meet Lionel. We are delighted that Lionel has agreed to play for CSA, and do hope you will be able to join us for this special one-off event. |
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Lionel's Two Cuban Dances (in the version for piano, four hands) were programmed with music by Gershwin, Gottschalk, Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner, in a concert by French piano duo Gisèle and Chantal Andranian at Vissi d'Arte, 18 rue Brochant 75017, Paris, on 5 April 2008.
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photo: Jon Dickinson |
Intrada (the first of Lionel's Five Fantasias for guitar) premiered August 6th 2007 by Craig Ogden at the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival |
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Craig Ogden and Lionel Sainsbury at the premiere of the first of the composer's Five Fantasias for guitar, Gloucester Cathedral Lady Chapel, 2007 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival |
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Allegro Risoluto for strings
awaits release
in a recording by the
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
with Paul Murphy
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Two Nocturnes for strings released in September 2006 on Naxos ENGLISH STRING MINIATURES 6 with Gavin Sutherland and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
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"… the piece that will really haunt you is the first of the Two Nocturnes by Lionel Sainsbury, an ineffably touching miniature that makes one want to hear more from this gifted composer." |
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Jeremy Nicholas, Gramophone
December 2006 |
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