Past Events

Sunday 22nd January, 2006 Bohemian Club, San Francisco USA. Piano recital by Ken Iisaka including Alkan, Grande Sonate op. 33 and Liszt Sonata in B minor.

Tuesday 24th January 2006 Wigmore Hall, London at 19.30. Piano recital by Piers Lane to include Alkan, 'Quasi-Faust' from Grande Sonate op. 33, Liszt Sonata B minor, Bach, Franck and Chopin. Pre-recital talk by Ates Orga.

Sunday 19th March 2006 Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead. Piano recital by Karl Lutchmayer including Alkan, Symphony.

Friday 31st March 2006 Royal College of Music, London at 15.35. Public recital by Lloyd Buck to include Prokofiev, Mozart and Alkan: Transcription of Siciliano from Bach's Flute sonata BWV1031, Barcarolle op. 65 no. 6 and Scherzo Focoso op. 34 (First UK performance?). Admittance free.

Saturday 22nd April 2006 Challow Park, East Wantage, Oxfordshire at 19.30. Piano recital by Mark Viner to include Bach, Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin and Alkan 'Chant d'amour - Chant de mort' op. 35 no. 10 and ' Le Festin d'Esope', op. 39 no. 12. Tickets at the door £7.50 (£6.00 concessions).

Saturday 29th April 2006 Whitstable Music Club at 19.30. Piano recital by Jianing Kong to include Alkan Miniatures, Bach Partita no. 6, Chopin and Liszt (Sonata).

Wednesday 11th October 2006 Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy at 21.30. Piano recital by Mario Angiolelli to inlcude Liszt and Alkan Symphonie op. 39 4-7.

Saturday 21st October 2006 Villa Rufolo, Ravello, Italy at 21.30. Piano recital by Giuliano Guidone to include Schubert, Chopin and Alkan Etude op. 39 no. 12, 'Le festin d'Esope'.

Wednesday 8th November 2006 Chapelle Sainte Marie d'en Haut, Grenoble, France at 20.30. Recital by Nicole Schnitzer-Toulouse, Alison Kamm and Terence Newcombe, acc. Betsy Schlesinger. To include Alkan 'Trois mélodies anciennes de la synagogue' and music by Milhaud, Shostakovich, Kurt Weill and others. Tickets €13 in advance (tel +33 476 87 71 21) or €15 on the night.

Friday 10th November 2006 Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, at 17.15 Alkan Society Piano Scholarship competition. The set piece this year is Le voix de l'instrument from Alkan's 5th book of Chants (op. 70)

Saturday 11th November 2006 Fitzwilliam College Cambridge, at 20.00. Recital by Thomas Wakefield as part of the Cambridge Music Festival's series Music, Mathematics and Mozart. Programme includes Alkan's Aime-moi op. 15 no. 1 and his Scherzo focoso op. 34, as well as works by Mozart, Pinto and Webern.

Thursday 23rd November 2006 Recital Hall, Royal College of Music, London at 17.15. Lecture (open to the public) by Stephanie McCallum Senior Lecturer, Keyboard unit, Sydney Conservatorium): 'Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888): Enigma or Schizophrenia?'

Thursday 23rd November 2006 Chaplaincy Centre, University of Dundee at 19.30. Piano recital by Andrew Wright to include Alkan Marche funèbre and Le festin d'esope (op. 39  nos. 5 and 12), and music by Thalberg, Chopin, Martucci, Liszt and Wrtight ('Thalbergiana'). £8 (concessions £4) - booking 01382 434940.

Friday 2nd February 2007 St. John's Smith Square, London at 19.30 The Purcell School Freddy Morgan Pianists’ Recital, including music by Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Alkan Etude op.39 no.12 (Le Festin d’Esope) and Etude op.35 no. 6

Saturday 3rd Feburary 2007 Holywell Music Room, Oxford at 20.00 Jack Gibbons piano recital - preview of Carnegie Hall concert  of 3rd March (see below)

Saturday 3rd March 2007 Carnegie Hall, New York at 20.30 Jack Gibbons 45th Birthday concert to include works by Gershwin, Chopin, Gibbons and Alkan Concerto op. 39 8-10.

Thursday 29th March 2007.  Alkan Society AGM and organ recital (limited capacity - admission by ballot amongst members - contact the Society for further information).

Wednesday 18th April 2007 Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore Piano recital by Kenneth Hamilton to include Alkan Festin d'Esope, Chopin, Ireland, and Liszt transcriptions of Gounod and Wagner.

Monday 23rd April 2007 Trinity College of Music, Greenwich. Piano recital by pupils of Trinity College of Music to include works by Alkan.

Monday 23rd April 2007 Paul Hall, The Juilliard School (60 Lincoln Plaza, NY, between Broadway and the 66th street), 18.00 Piano recital by Edvinas  Minkstimas to include music of Alkan

Friday 22nd June 2007 St. John's Smith Square, London at 19.30 Piano recital by Jonathan Powell to include Alkan Symphonie op. 39 4-7

Sunday 8th July 2007 Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham as part of the 2007 Cheltenham Festival

 Two recitals by Marc-André Hamelin:

At 18.00:  Charles Ives: Piano Sonata no 2 (Concord)  (to be followed by supper-break)

At. 20.00: Schumann: Fantasie op 17 ; Alkan: Concerto op. 39 8-10 (Concert sponsored by the Alkan Society)

Wednesday 1st August 2007 Holywell Music Rooms, Oxford Jack Gibbons plays Alkan: Concerto op. 39 8-10 and pieces by Liszt.

Wednesday 10th October 2007  City of London School at 18.30 Organ recital by Kevin Bowyer to launch the second volume of his complete Alkan organ works on CD.

Saturday 3rd November 2007 Fitzwilliam College Cambridge 14.30 Alkan Society Scholarship Competition, to be followed at 19.30 by piano recital by Thomas Wakefield, to include Alkan: Etude op. 76/1, Petite Conte and 4 Esquisses from op. 63, together with music by Chopin, Prokofiev (Sonata no. 7), Beethioven and Bach/Busoni. Ticket details tba.

 Sunday 16th December 2007 Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme, Hôtel de Saint-Aignan,

71, rue du Temple, 75003 Paris Un dimanche avec Charles-Valentin Alkan. 15.00: Conference with speakers Brigitte François-Sappey, François Luguenot and Anne Hélène Hoog. 17.00: Concert of music by Alkan including:  Trois anciennes mélodies juives; Adagio from  Sonate pour violoncelle et piano op. 47; Piano  Trio  op. 30 ; and pieces for piano solo.