LONDON: Westminster Cathedral Hall

Sunday 20th November, 2022

3:45pm

Event information

This programme of words and music scripted and adapted from letters and diaries by Lucy Parham, chronicles the romantic life of one of the greatest and most popular composers for solo piano - Frederic Chopin.

The narrative follows his turbulent relationship with the controversial literary figure George Sand, their time together in Majorca, his fragile health and his ultimate demise in poverty in Paris at the age of 39.

The readings, by distinguished actors Harriet Walters and Alex Jennings, are interspersed with some of his most loved and poignant compositions.

"Parham's velvet-gloved sonority and rare ability to impart a poetic coherence to Chopin's stream-of-consciousness flights of inspiration has one listening afresh" Julian Haylock, BBC Music magazine

Our piano, a fine 2015 Hamburg Steinway Model B Grand, is maintained by Steinways and tuned by them immediately before each recital.

After the concert we offer a delicious finger buffet tea of freshly-made sandwiches, savouries, homemade cakes and chocolate biscuits, accompanied by your choice of wine, tea, coffee or juice. Tea tickets are £7 (standard), £5 (students), £4 (Youth Members). They can be bought on the door with cash or by cheque. Sorry, no cards. We can cater for up to 70.

Venue information

LONDON: Westminster Cathedral Hall

0	Ambrosden Avenue London SW1P 1QW
>	www.chopin-society.org.uk
!	0203 144 0033
`	Tube/mainline: Victoria. Buses: Any bus going to Victoria. Free parking in the surrounding streets. No congestion charge on Sundays.