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About the South London Concert Series

Launched in November 2013, the South London Concert Series is an innovative concert concept which showcases young and emerging professional musicians (primarily pianists). The series is unique as it also offers performance opportunities to non-professional and talented amateur pianists and other musicians by giving them the chance to perform alongside professionals in the same formal concert setting.

Founded and curated by harpsichordist and piano teacher Lorraine Liyanage and pianist, piano teacher and classical music blogger Frances Wilson, the series has been praised for its unique and accessible approach to music making, combining quality chamber music with conviviality to recreate the ethos and atmosphere of the nineteenth-century European cultural salon. Concerts are held in intimate and unusual venues, while programmes have a special focus on lesser-known and rarely-performed repertoire. Audience members have the chance to meet the artists after the concert and to socialise with other music lovers.

Photo by James Eppy

2014/15 SEASON

12 December 2014 – Ernest So, piano, at the 1901 Arts Club. A concert with a special accent on lesser-known Russian romantic repertoire, including works by Bortkiewicz and Medtner. Ernest is joined by supporting artists Mark Heller, Petra Chong, Clio Chu and Claire Hansell in music by Mompou, Rachmaninoff and Ireland. Buy tickets

22nd January 2015 – Frances Wilson at LASSCO Brunswick House, Vauxhall, SW8. The South London Concert Series returns to the opulent setting of the Saloon at Brunswick House, a magnificent Georgian mansion which is home to an eclectic collection of antiques and salvaged curiosities. Join SLCS Artistic Director Frances Wilson and supporting artists Rob Foster, Petra Chong, Jose Luis Gutierrez Sacristan, Lorraine Banning and Lee Varney for a concert of piano music by Debussy, Schubert, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Menotti, Rachmaninoff and more, plus the world premiere of Preludes for piano by Matthew Sear. Early Bird tickets now available. Buy tickets

21 May 2015 – Notes&Notes with Glenn Kesby, counter tenor, at LASSCO Brunswick House, Vauxhall, SW8. We return to the opulent and eclectic surroundings of LASSCO Brunswick House for a concert and talk with Australian counter tenor Glenn Kesby. Programme TBA. Buy tickets

Hear it Live! at the Horniman Museum & Gardens

From the Horniman‘s web site:

As part of our new At Home With Music display, we are hosting a live performance on our 1772 Kirckman harpsichord in the Music Gallery on the last Tuesday of each month.

On Tuesday 30 September, Lorraine Liyanage will perform selected pieces.

Lorraine Liyanage

J.S. Bach – Allemande from French Suite no.4
Sweelinck – Ballo del Granduca
J.S. Bach – Gigue from French Suite no.5
Graham Lynch – Ay!
Soler – Sonata no.7 in C major

Lorraine Liyanage is a harpsichord based in East Dulwich. She will perform the UK premiere of Graham Lynch’s piece Ay! for solo harpsichord. ‘Ay!’ being a declamation of pain or sorrow that appears in some of the early poems of Lorca. The piece is a fusion of a tango rhythms with modal Spanish melodic lines and harmonies.

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http://grahamlynch.eu/

Inside the Fazioli Pianoforti Factory

I spent a thoroughly enjoyable day at the Fazioli Pianoforti Factory in the company of piano teachers and technicians. We were shown around by Paolo Fazioli, the man behind these wonderful pianos. We saw the entire process of creating a piano from start to finish. The factory houses a concert hall and Australian pianist John Granger Fisher played a programme of music by Liszt, Scarlatti, Brahms and Chopin.

Fazioli Pianos has been producing grand and concert grand pianos since 1981, when the company was established by the engineer and pianist Paolo Fazioli. His love for music, scientific expertise, skill as an artisan and his passion for research combined with rigorous material selection make every Fazioli piano a masterpiece that combines unique functional, aesthetic and sound characteristics. The factory is situated in Sacile, in the province of Pordenone, 60 km north east of Venice, in an area that boasts a time honoured and prestigious tradition in the art of wood working.

In 2001, production moved to a new 5,000 square metre complex that was specially designed to cater for the specific requirements of piano construction. It was built to meet the most modern criteria for practicality, luminosity and climate control.