Tuesday

14th Dec

Belgrade, Serbia

Kolarac Hall

Sunday

12th Dec

Novi Sad Synagogue

Piers plays:
Chopin: Ballade No 1
Mokranjac: Etudes 1,2,3
Chopin: Ballade No 2
Mokranjac: Etudes 4.5
Chopin: Ballade No 3
Mokranjac: Etudes 6.7
Chopin: Ballade No 4

Friday

3rd Dec

Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.

Thursday

2nd Dec

Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.

Wednesday

1st Dec

Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00)
Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.

Tuesday

30th Nov

Vancouver Academy of Music

Venue: Vancouver Academy of Music
1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

Further information and Tickets

Google Map Link

Music in the Morning Concert Series (Coffee at 10:00) Piers Lane in Recital

Piers Lane’s repertoire will include Schubert’s German Dances and Chopin’s Four Ballads. Barry Shiffman joins Piers in the Brahms Sonata for viola and piano in F minor.

Saturday

27th Nov

BANFF

Rolston Recital Hall

Saturday

20th Nov

Friday

19th Nov

Tuesday

16th Nov

Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

Monday

15th Nov

Friday

5th Nov

Bridgewater Hall Manchester

Saturday

30th Oct

Holy Trinity Church,Claygate

Piano Recital by Piers Lane

"Music by Candlelight": A romantic programme of music by Chopin and his precursor, John Field, (originator of the Nocturne), contrasted with his extraordinary Parisian contemporary, Charles-Valentin Alkan.

Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Chopin: Berceuse
Field: Nocturne in Bb No 5
Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor
Field: Nocturne in Eb No 11
Alkan: Quasi Faust from Sonate des Quatre Ages
- INTERVAL-
Chopin: Nocturnes Op 9, 27, 37, 62 and C sharp minor OP post.

Thursday

28th Oct

Kettle's Yard Cambridge

Venue: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

Kettle's Yard website (Booking info)

(expand 2nd entry)

Sunday

24th Oct

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

	Recital and recording for BBC Radio 3 with Tasmin Little (violin) Programme: Howard Ferguson Sonata No. 2 MacMillan “Kiss on Wood” Elgar Sonata

Thursday

21st Oct

St. Peter's Eaton Square

EATON SQUARE Concerts

Piano Recital by Piers Lane

Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Chopin: Berceuse
Field: Nocturne in Bb No 5
Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor
Field: Nocturne in Eb No 11
Alkan: Quasi Faust from Sonate des Quatre Ages
- INTERVAL-
Chopin: Nocturnes Op 9, 27, 37, 62 and C sharp minor OP post.

Tuesday

19th Oct

Canterbury Festival

Saturday

16th Oct

PARBOLD, Lancashire, UK
Village Hall

Douglas Music Society
Venue: Village Hall, The Green, Parbold, Lancashire, WN8 7DN

 

More information about the Douglas Music Society.

Thursday

14th Oct

Pleyel Piano owned by Chopin at Hatchlands

Piers plays a recital of the complete
Chopin Nocturnes on Chopin's own Pleyel

Monday

11th Oct

Reform Club Pall Mall London

Reform Club Recital: Schubert and Chopin

Chopin:
Ballade No 1 in G minor Op. 23
Ballade No 2 in F major Op. 38
Schubert: Selection of German Dances and Sentimental Waltzes
Chopin: Two Waltzes:
C sharp minor Op. 64 no 2
A flat major Op. 42
Chopin:
Ballade No 3 in A flat major Op. 47
Ballade No 4 in F minor Op. 52

Saturday

9th Oct

Malmesbury Abbey

Venue: National Gallery
Dame Myra Hess Day


Ida Haendel, violinist, probably the only artist playing in the original series, is scheduled to perform in a Lunch Time Concert.

Link to National Gallery website

Read an article about this, taken from BBC Music Magazine July 2010. PDF here. (630kb)

NG page describing the History of the Concerts


You may wish to read the Piano Magazine
artice about Dame Myra Hess, entitled:

" A national treasure " (PDF - 2MB)

1–2.15pm
Lunchtime Concert Room 36
Ida Haendel, who performed in the original wartime concerts, plays a varied programme of music, including works by Romanian, German and French composers. (With accompanist Misha Dacic.)
Buy tickets >> £6/£4 concessions


3pm
Free Afternoon Event Sainsbury Wing Theatre
Piers Lane in conversation with Ida Haendal and Stephen Kovacevich, a pupil of Myra Hess.

7.30–9pm
Evening Concert Room 36
The evening concert showcases three Germanic composers from the Romantic era and Britain’s foremost 20th-century composer, Benjamin Britten. The repetoire includes both German Lieder and English Song.

Piers Lane, piano
Jack Liebeck, violin
Markus Schäfer, tenor
Radovan Vlatkovic, French horn

Programme:
Robert Schumann:
Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano in A flat major, Op. 70
Franz Schubert:
A selection of Lieder
Benjamin Britten:
Canticle III, Op. 55, ‘Still Falls the Rain’
Johannes Brahms:
Horn Trio, Op. 40

The evening concert will be followed by a wine reception in the Central Hall for all guests.
Buy tickets >> £7/£5 concessions

About Dame Myra Hess Day
This is the fourth annual Dame Myra Hess Day. The concerts have been devised and directed by Piers Lane, international concert pianist. Lane is Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and well known as a broadcaster for BBC Radio 3.

Supported by The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation.

Saturday

2nd Oct

Old Granary Studio Beccles

Tuesday

21st Sept

ROSL - Hamilton NZ

Monday

20th Sept

ROSL - Hamilton NZ

Sunday

19th Sept

ROSL - Hamilton NZ

Saturday

17th Sept

Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Friday

17th Sept

The Century Theatre, Napier

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Wednesday

15th Sept

Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace

Tuesday

14th Sept

The Regent on Broadway

Monday

13th Sept

Auckland Town Hall

Saturday

11th Sept

Nelson School of Music

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Friday

10th Sept

Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin

Programme Two

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Wednesday

8th Sept

Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin

Tuesday

7th Sept

Invercargill Civic Theatre

Haydn: String Quartet in D Opus 64 No 5 ‘The Lark’
Bartók: String Quartet No 3 (1927)

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Opus 55 No 2, Ballade No 3 in A flat
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Opus 34

Programme Two
features one of the giants of the Romantic repertoire – Brahms' Piano Quintet in F minor, breathtaking in its scope and emotional range. This is balanced by a Classical Haydn string quartet, and a twentieth-century masterwork. Exquisite solo piano works pay homage to Chopin two hundred years after his birth.

Monday

6th Sept

James Hay Theatre Christchurch

Haydn: String Quartet in A, Op. 20 no. 6
Britten: String Quartet No 2, Op. 36

Piers plays:
Chopin: Nocturne in G major Op 37 No 2
Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44

Programme One
features one of the giants of the Romantic repertoire – Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat, breathtaking in its scope and emotional range. This is balanced by a Classical Haydn string quartet, and a twentieth-century masterwork. Exquisite solo piano works pay homage to Chopin two hundred years after his birth.

Sunday

29th Aug

14:30

Waikanae Music Society

Tuesday

24th Aug

15:30

Queensland Conservatorium Theatre Brisbane

Sunday

22nd Aug

TBC

The Good Shepherd Lutheran Centre Noosaville

Wednesday

18th Aug

19:30

Elder Hall Adelaide

Sunday

15th Aug

15:00

Queensland Conservatorium Theatre Brisbane

Medici Concerts
Venue: Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane.

 

Further Information and Tickets: Link

Thursday

12th Aug

Austalian Youth Music Council

Thursday 29th July to Saturday 7th August TOWNSVILLE, Qld (Past Events)

Saturday

7th Aug

20:00

Townsville Civic Theatre Townsville

Broadcast on ABC Classic FM

20:00

Saturday

7th Aug

10:00

Jupiters Townsville

Friday

6th Aug

10:00

Jupiters Townsville

Thursday

5th Aug

10:00

Jupiters Townsville

Villa Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.6:
Aria (Choros)
Fantasia
Emma Sholl (Flute) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon)
Jolivet
Pastorales de Noel
1. The Star
2. The Magi
3. The Virgin and Child
4. Arrival and Dance of the Shepherds
Emma Sholl (Flute) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon) , Alice Giles (Harp)
Roger Smalley
Nine Lives - A Song Cycle About Cats
Suzanne Shakespeare (Voice - Soprano) , Piers Lane (Piano)
Poulenc
Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon
Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Mathew Wilkie (Bassoon)

Conversations with Alice Giles, Suzanne Shakespeare, Emma Sholl, Roger Smalley and Matthew Wilkie.

For bookings phone the TicketShop on 1800 449 977
Members: $46
Adults: $50
Concession: $48

Wednesday

4th Aug

20:00

Townsville Civic Theatre Townsville

Broadcast on ABC Classic FM

20:00

Wednesday

4th Aug

10:00

Jupiters Townsville

Chopin
Introduction and Polonaise Brillante Op.3
Julian Smiles (Cello) , Bernadene Blaha (Piano)
Smalley
Variations on a Theme of Chopin
Kristian Chong (Piano)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Fantasy
Karin Schaupp (Guitar) , Kristian Chong (Piano)
Smalley
Horn Trio
James Cuddeford (Violin) , Ben Jacks (Horn) , Julian Jacobson (Piano)

Conversations with Bernadene Blaha, Kristian Chong, James Cuddeford, Julian Jacobson and Karin Schaupp.

For bookings phone the TicketShop on 1800 449 977
Members: $46
Adults: $50
Concession: $48

Tuesday

3rd Aug

10:00

Jupiters Townsville

Three Traditional Spanish songs:
Tres Morenas
Nana de Sevilla
Viva Sevilla
Anna Steiger (Voice - Mezzo Soprano) , Piers Lane (Piano)
Tarrega arr. Marinkovic
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Jack Liebeck (Violin)
Hiscocks
Shades of the Alhambra – WORLD PREMIERE
Eve of St John
Zorahayda
The Taper
Lullaby of the Gothic Princess
Babdil
Michael Collins (Clarinet) , Louise Hopkins (Cello) , Kristian Chong (Piano)

Conversations with the Michael Collins, Timothy Constable, Wendy Hiscocks, Louise Hopkins and Anna Steiger.

For bookings phone the TicketShop on 1800 449 977
Members: $46
Adults: $50
Concession: $48

Sunday

1st Aug

14:00

Jupiters Townsville

Piers Lane (Piano) , Bernadene Blaha (Piano)

A tribute to Arthur Benjamin (born Brisbane 1893 - 1960).

Wendy Hiscocks, Australian composer, pianist and author of Benjamin's biography soon to be published, narrates the tale of Arthur Benjamin with visual illustrations and live performances.

For bookings contact the TicketShop 07 4727 9797 or 1800 449 977
Members: $36
Adults: $40
Concession: $38

Saturday

31st July

10:00

Townsville Civic Theatre Townsville

Friday

30th July

20:00

Townsville Civic Theatre Townsville

Broadcast on ABC Classic FM

20:00

Thursday

29th July

18:30

Jupiters Townsville

Venue: Jupiters
Chefs of the North Dinner

further information on the
Australian Festival of Chamber Music website


click logo

EVENT: SOLD OUT

Saturday

17th July

19:00

Federation Concert Hall Hobart

VIENNESE CLASSICS

Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Piers plays Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 K467, "Elvira Madigan"

Programme:
Haydn: Symphony No 38
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 K467, Elvira Madigan
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn

Tuesday

13th July

19:00

Town Hall - Melbourne National Academy of Music

Sun/Monday

4/5th July

Potton Hall Recitals

Saturday

3rd July

15:00

Parabola Art Centre

Friday

2nd July

19:30

Potton Hall Recitals

Saturday

26th June

20:00

Sat/Sunday

29th/30th May

p.m.

Sat/Sunday

15th/16th May

19:30

Venue: Tithe Barn, Hinton St. Mary
Time: 19:30 both days

 

Summer Music Society of Dorset

Friday

7th May

20:00

Bechstein Piano Centre Berlin

Friday

30th April

20:00

Holywell Music Room Oxford

Piers Lane (Piano) & Bengt Forsberg (Piano)

SCHUBERT: Two Characteristic Marches, D968b
BRAHMS: Waltzes for Piano Duet, Op. 39
SCHUMANN: Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op. 5
CHOPIN:
Nocturnes, Op. 37 No 2 in G Major;
Op. 48 No 12 in C Minor;
Op. 55 No 2 in E Flat Major;
Op. post. in C Sharp Minor
SCHUMANN: Variations on a Nocturne of Chopin
LORD BERNERS: Chinoiserie; Valse Sentimentale; Kasatchok
PERCY GRAINGER: Country Gardens (Handkerchief Dance)
Arthur Benjamin/Trimble: Jamaican Rumba

Saturday

24th April

14:00

Bundanon, Boyd Education Centre, architect Glenn Murcutt

Sunday

18th April

16:00

Festival Launch CAIRNS

Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM)
Launch / Fundraiser

16:00-18:00

Venue: Whitfield House

Saturday

17th April

19:00

Maleny Community Centre

Piers plays:
SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op. 2
ARTHUR BENJAMIN:
Siciliano
Scherzino
SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9
Interval
CHOPIN:
Nocturne in Bb minor Op.9 No.1
Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Nocturne in F major Op.15 No.1
Nocturne in F# major Op.15 No.2
Nocturne in C# minor Op.27 No.1
Nocturne in D flat Op.27 No.2
Nocturne in G Major Op. 37 No. 2
Nocturne in C minor Op.48 No.1
Nocturne in Eb Major Op. 55 No. 2
Nocturne in C# minor Op.Posth.

Thursday

15th April

Wednesday

14th April

18:30

Festival Launch SYDNEY

Tuesday

13th April

18:30

Festival Launch MELBOURNE

Saturday

10/11th April

5th Western Australian Piano Pedagogy Convention

Friday

9th April

19:30

Venue: Octagon Theatre, Perth

Title: Keyed up! Concert1 - Piers Lane

 

Tuesday

30th March

18:30

Festival Launch BRISBANE

Sunday

28th March

15:00

Byron Community Centre

Promoter: Camerata of St John's

Venue: Community Centre , Byron
Title: Piers to Perfection

Link to Camerata of St John's website

Piers plays

T.K. MURRAY:
Elegy in memoriam Yonty Solomon
MENDELSSOHN:
Concerto for Violin and Piano (with Brendan Joyce, violin)

Saturday

27th March

19:30

Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane

Friday

26th March

19:30

TOOWOOMBA, Queensland, Australia

Empire Church Theatre - Toowoomba

Promoter: Camerata of St John's

Venue: Empire Church Theatre, Toowoomba

Title: Piers to Perfection

Link to Camerata of St John's website

Piers plays

T.K. MURRAY:
Elegy in memoriam Yonty Solomon
MENDELSSOHN:
Concerto for Violin and Piano (with Brendan Joyce, violin)

Tuesday

16th March

19:30

DORNBIRN Austria

Dornbirn Kulturhaus

Promoter:
Kulturamt der Stadt Dornbirn

Venue: Kulturhaus Dornbirn

Link to Information from Kulturhaus Dornbirn

Programme:
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 4
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
(with Piers Lane)
---Interval---
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
(with Piers Lane and Leon Bosch d-bass)

Tuesday

9th March

19:30

LONDON UK

Wigmore Hall London

15th Annual Jaqueline Du Pré Charity Concert

Venue: Wigmore Hall, London

Link to Wigmore Hall Concert+ Booking Information

CHOPIN SOCIETY announcement here

Piers Lane plays

CHOPIN:
Fantasie in F minor Op. 49
Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Barcarolle Op. 60

Sunday

7th March

15:00

NORWICH, Norfolk, UK

St. Andrews Hall, Norwich

Venue: St. Andrews Hall in Norwich
Academy of St. Thomas Orchestra
and Christopher Adey

Piers plays:

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11

Link to the Orchestra's website for further information.

Venue: St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
Promoter: The Chopin Society

Cadogan Hall, London

PROGRAMME:
SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op. 2
---Interval---
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44


Link to Cadogan Hall Information & Booking page

Meeting in London for Putney Music Club
Venue: The Dryburgh Hall, Putney Leisure Centre

Amigos de Música de São Lourenço

PROGRAMME:
CHOPIN:
Four Ballades
---Interval---
Fantasie in F minor Op. 49
Berceuse, Op. 57
Waltz in C# minor Op.64 No 2
Etude in Ab Op.25 No 1
Barcarolle Op.60

Wednesday

10th February

SAO LOURENCO, Portugal

Amigos de Música de São Lourenço

Promoter:
Amigos de Música de São Lourenço

Programme Listing on Amigos website

Information on NEWS on-line (Portugal's news site)

Programme:
CHOPIN: Complete Nocturnes

Friday

5th February

CHEPSTOW , Wales, UK

Promoter:
Helios Assciates
Venue: : Birkenhead School

TWO RIVERS FESTIVAL

Link for Tickets and further info (Festival website)

PROGRAMME:
CHOPIN:
Fantasie in F minor Op. 49
Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Nocturne in Bb minor Op.9 No.1
Nocturne in B major Op.9 No.3
Nocturne in B Major, Op. 32 No. 1
Nocturne in Ab Major, Op. 32 No. 2
Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23

---interval---

CHOPIN:
Berceuse, Op. 57
Nocturne in G minor Op. 37 No. 1
Nocturne in G Major Op. 37 No. 2
Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1
Nocturne in Eb Major Op. 55 No. 2
Nocturne in B major Op.62 No.1
Nocturne in C# minor Op.Posth.
Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60

Monday

1st to 3rd February

UK

Chandos Logo

CD Recording :
Piers Lane with Michael Collins, clarinet

Wednesday

27th & 28th January

WATFORD Herts, UK

Colosseum - Watford - Herts.

BBC Concert Orchestra
Venue: Watford Colosseum

Invited Audience only.

Programme:
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2

Monday

4th to 16th January

Faculty Member, Banff Centre for the Arts




Link to the Banff Centre website