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Pre-recital talk by Ates Orga.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunday 19th March 2006 </B>Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead. Piano recital by<B> Karl Lutchmayer </B>including <B>Alkan, Symphony.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 31st March 2006 </B><A HREF="http://www.rcm.ac.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcm.ac.uk/"><U><I>Royal College of Music</I></U></A><I>, London at 15.35. </I>Public recital by <B>Lloyd Buck </B>to include Prokofiev, Mozart and<B> Alkan: Transcription of Siciliano from Bach's Flute sonata BWV1031, Barcarolle op. 65 no. 6</B> and <B>Scherzo Focoso op. 34</B> (First UK performance?). Admittance free.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 22nd April 2006 </B><I>Challow Park, East Wantage, Oxfordshire at 19.30. </I>Piano recital by Mark Viner to include Bach, Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin and<B> Alkan 'Chant d'amour - Chant de mort' </B>op. 35 no. 10 and <B>' Le Festin d'Esope'</B>, op. 39 no. 12. Tickets at the door £7.50 (£6.00 concessions).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 29th April 2006 </B><I> </I><A HREF="http://home.freeuk.com/w-m-c/brochure_text/text_htm/29Apr2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.freeuk.com/w-m-c/brochure_te"><U><I>Whitstable Music Club</I></U></A><I> at 19.30</I>. Piano recital by <B>Jianing Kong</B> to include <B>Alkan</B> Miniatures, Bach Partita no. 6, Chopin and Liszt (Sonata).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 11th October 2006 </B><A HREF="http://www.rcs.amalficoast.it/concerti_a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcs.amalficoast.it/concerti_a"><U><I>Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy</I></U></A><I> at 21.30. </I>Piano recital by <B>Mario Angiolelli</B> to inlcude Liszt and <B>Alkan Symphonie op. 39 4-7.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 21st October 2006 </B><A HREF="http://www.rcs.amalficoast.it/concerti_a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcs.amalficoast.it/concerti_a"><U><I>Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy</I></U></A><I> at 21.30. </I>Piano recital by <B>Giuliano Guidone</B> to include Schubert, Chopin and <B>Alkan Etude op. 39 no. 12, 'Le festin d'Esope'.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 8th November 2006 </B><A HREF="http://www.patrimoine-en-isere.fr/pages/FicheSite/id/4/ids/site00136/idper/7/idcat/1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.patrimoine-en-isere.fr/pages/"><U><I>Chapelle Sainte Marie d'en Haut, Grenoble</I></U></A><I>, France at 20.30. </I>Recital by <B>Nicole Schnitzer-Toulouse,</B> Alison Kamm and Terence Newcombe, acc. Betsy Schlesinger. To include <B>Alkan '</B><B>Trois mélodies anciennes de la synagogue'</B> and music by Milhaud, Shostakovich, Kurt Weill and others. Tickets €13 in advance (tel +33 476 87 71 21) or €15 on the night.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 10th November 2006</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk"><U><I>Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, </I></U></A><I>at 17.15 </I><B>Alkan Society Piano Scholarship competition. </B>The set piece this year is <I>Le voix de l'instrument</I> from Alkan's 5th book of <I>Chants </I>(op. 70)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 11th November 2006</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk"><U><I>Fitzwilliam College Cambridge</I></U></A><I>, at 20.00</I>. Recital by <B>Thomas Wakefield</B> as part of the<B> Cambridge Music Festival</B>'s series <I><B>Music, Mathematics and Mozart</B></I>. Programme includes <B>Alkan's </B><I><B>Aime-moi</B></I><B> op. 15 no. 1 </B>and his<B> </B><I><B>Scherzo focoso</B></I><B> op. 34</B>, as well as works by <B>Mozart, Pinto and Webern.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 23rd November 2006 </B><A HREF="http://www.rcm.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rcm.ac.uk"><U><I>Recital Hall, Royal College of Music</I></U></A><I>, London at 17.15. </I>Lecture (open to the public) by <B>Stephanie McCallum</B> Senior Lecturer, Keyboard unit, Sydney Conservatorium): <B>'Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888): Enigma or Schizophrenia?'</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 23rd November 2006</B><A HREF="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/chaplaincy/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/chaplaincy/"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/chaplaincy/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/chaplaincy/"><U><I>Chaplaincy Centre, University of Dundee </I></U></A><I>at 19.30. </I>Piano recital by <B>Andrew Wright </B>to include <B>Alkan Marche funèbre and Le festin d'esope (op. 39  nos. 5 and 12)</B>, and music by Thalberg, Chopin, Martucci, Liszt and Wrtight ('Thalbergiana'). £8 (concessions £4) - booking 01382 434940.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 2nd February 2007 </B><A HREF="http://www.sjss.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sjss.org.uk"><U><I>St. John's Smith Square, London</I></U></A><B> </B><I>at 19.30 </I>The Purcell School Freddy Morgan Pianists’ Recital, including music by <B>Chopin, Schumann, Liszt </B> and <B>Alkan Etude op.39 no.12 (Le Festin d’Esope) and Etude op.35 no. 6</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 3rd Feburary 2007</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcerts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcert"><U><I>Holywell Music Room, Oxford</I></U></A><I> at 20.00 </I><B>Jack Gibbons piano recital - </B>preview of Carnegie Hall concert  of 3rd March (see below)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 3rd March 2007</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.carnegiehall.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.carnegiehall.org"><U><I>Carnegie Hall, New York</I></U></A><I> at 20.30 </I><B>Jack Gibbons 45th Birthday concert </B>to include works by <B>Gershwin, Chopin, Gibbons</B> and <B>Alkan Concerto op. 39 8-10.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thursday 29th March 2007</B><B>.  Alkan Society AGM </B>and organ recital (limited capacity - admission by ballot amongst members - contact the Society for further information).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 18th April 2007</B> <A HREF="http://prokofiev.blogspot.com/2007/03/piano-recital-by-dr-kenneth-hamilton.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://prokofiev.blogspot.com/2007/03/pi"><U><I>Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore</I></U></A><I> </I>Piano recital by <B>Kenneth Hamilton</B> to include <B>Alkan Festin d'Esope, </B>Chopin, Ireland, and Liszt transcriptions of Gounod and Wagner.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 23rd April 2007 </B><A HREF="http://www.tcm.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.tcm.ac.uk"><U><I>Trinity College of Music, Greenwich.</I></U></A> Piano recital by <B>pupils of Trinity College</B> <B>of Music</B> to include works by <B>Alkan</B>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Monday 23rd April 2007</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.juilliard.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.juilliard.edu/"><U><I> Paul Hall, The Juilliard School (60 Lincoln Plaza, NY, between Broadway and the 66th street)</I></U></A><I>, 18.00</I> Piano recital by <B>Edvinas  Minkstimas</B> to include music of <B>Alkan</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Friday 22nd June 2007 </B><A HREF="http://www.sjss.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sjss.org.uk"><U><I>St. John's Smith Square, London</I></U></A><B> </B><I>at 19.30 </I>Piano recital by <B>Jonathan Powell</B> to include <B>Alkan Symphonie op. 39 4-7 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunday 8th July 2007</B> <I>Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham </I>as part of the <A HREF="http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/music_festival.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats"><U>2007 Cheltenham Festival</U></A> </div> <div>  Two recitals by<I><B> </B></I><B>Marc-André Hamelin:</B></div> <div> At 18.00:  <B>Charles</B> <B>Ives: Piano Sonata no 2 (Concord)  </B><I>(to be followed by supper-break)</I></div> <div> At. 20.00: <B>Schumann: Fantasie op 17 </B>; <B>Alkan: Concerto op. 39 8-10 </B>(Concert <B>sponsored by the Alkan Society</B>) </div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 1st August 2007 </B><A HREF="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcerts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcert"><U><I>Holywell Music Rooms, Oxford</I></U></A><I> </I><B>Jack Gibbons </B>plays <B>Alkan: Concerto op. 39 8-10</B> and pieces by Liszt.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 10th October 2007</B><B>  </B><A HREF="http://www.clsb.org/contact.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.clsb.org/contact.html"><U><I>City of London School </I></U></A><I>at 18.30 </I>Organ recital by <B>Kevin Bowyer </B>to launch the second volume of his complete Alkan organ works on CD. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Saturday 3rd November 2007</B> <A HREF="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/"><U><I>Fitzwilliam College Cambridge</I></U></A><I> </I>14.30<I> </I><B>Alkan Society Scholarship Competition</B>, to be followed at 19.30 by<B> piano recital by Thomas Wakefield, </B>to include <B>Alkan: Etude op. 76/1, Petite Conte and 4 Esquisses from op. 63</B>, together with music by <B>Chopin, Prokofiev (Sonata no. 7), Beethioven and Bach/Busoni. </B>Ticket details tba.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sunday 16th December 2007</B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.mahj.org/fr/02_en_ce_moment/concerts.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mahj.org/fr/02_en_ce_moment/c"><U><I>Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mahj.org/fr/02_en_ce_moment/concerts.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mahj.org/fr/02_en_ce_moment/c"><U><I>71, rue du Temple, 75003 Paris</I></U></A><I> </I><B>Un dimanche avec Charles-Valentin Alkan. 15.00: Conference </B>with speakers <B>Brigitte François-Sappey, François Luguenot </B>and <B>Anne Hélène Hoog. 17.00: Concert of music by Alkan </B>including:  <B>Trois anciennes mélodies juives; Adagio from  Sonate pour violoncelle et piano op. 47; Piano  Trio  op. 30 ; and pieces for piano solo.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wednesday 19th March 2008 </B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcerts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jackgibbons.com/oxfordconcert"><U><I>Holywell Music Room, Oxford</I></U></A><I> at 20.00</I> Recital by <B>Jack Gibbons </B>to include <B>Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Gibbons, Chopin</B> and <B>Alkan: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer op. 31/8 and Allegro Barbaro op. 35/5.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="june_14th_2003_wigmore_hall_london_at"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></FONT><B>Friday 11th April - Sunday 13th April 2008 </B><A HREF="http://www.sjss.org.uk/pages/Diary/content_page3_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sjss.org.uk/pages/Diary/conte"><U><I>St. John's Smith Square, London</I></U></A><I> </I><B>'Ronald Stevenson at 80'. </B>Includes on <B>Saturday 12th April</B> at 11.30 am Young Artists' Piano Recital - Prizewinners at Trinity College of Music playing transcriptions by <B>Liszt and Alkan</B>.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>