Mazda Hall at 7 pm
(Free Admittance)
In a programme of Haydn: Sonata in F major Hob XV1/23; Bartók: 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs; Dohnányi: Rhapsody Op. 11 No. 3 in C major and Chopin: Ballade No. 1 Op. 23, Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22
Philip Fowke, known for his many BBC Promenade Concert appearances, numerous recordings and broad range of repertoire, has appeared in many of the major concert halls worldwide with leading conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Simon Rattle and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Philip Fowke is currently Senior Fellow of Keyboard at Trinity College of Music and is recognized for his teaching, coaching and tutoring in which he enjoys exploring students’ potential, encouraging them to develop their own individuality. His recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no 2 and the Paganini Rhapsody with the RPO conducted by Yuri Temirkanov on EMI has recently been re-released.
Philip Fowke writes: In the last few years I have become increasingly aware of the wealth of smaller works which enjoyed great popularity in the earlier part of the last century. Pianists of the day championed them and often became associated with particular pieces and contributed their own compositions and arrangements to the genre. I was fortunate to have got to know Eileen Joyce in her later years and she was a particular influence in introducing me to this kind of repertoire and of works that she often performed and recorded at the height of her career. Shura Cherkassky also became a close friend and introduced me to some of the byeways of piano repertoire. Also, my owning the Benno Moiseiwitsch music archive for many years was a rich resource, so these strong links have all had their influence on me, the style of playing, and the rather more joyful and celebratory way of performingof those days.
In this programme “Art of Encore” I will introduce and perform some of these works giving something of their background and of my personal association with them and the pianists who played them.
