Last Saturday I put on my first solo piano concert of Romantic and Modern piano music in aid of both 'gap year funds' and St Helena Hospice. I put together a guest list and ended up inviting just over 40 people to listen. They were charged £12.50 a ticket which included supper and wine. There was also a raffle which included some fantastic prizes that had been donated from various sources. In short, it went absolutely fantastically. Everyone had a superb time and we made lots of money for the charity:
St Helena Hospice - £285.60
Me - about £300 following expenses and including donations.
It would be most certainly be good to do another one some time, most probably in Jan/Feb. I've got to get the Grade 8s out of the way first (which by the way are set for the 10th December).
Below is the repertoire included in the concert:
'Oktober', Autumn Song, from the Seasons - Tchaikovsky
'A Little Song' and 'The Little Horse' from Pictures of Childhood - Khachaturian
Prelude in D flat Op. 28, No 15 'Raindrop Prelude' - Chopin
Song of the Sea - Ben Eagle
Romance Sans Paroles Op. 77, No 3 - Moskowski
The Forest - Ben Eagle
Untitled Op. 1, No. 35 from Stories of the Young - Granados
INTERVAL
Towards the Light - Patrick Hawes
Albumblatt - Gliere
Atonement for Piano and Typewriter - Dario Marianelli, arranged by Ben Eagle
Soliloquy - Ben Eagle
Candlefire from 'the Diary of Anne Frank' - Michael Nyman
Distant Song - Peteris Plakidis
Mad Rush - Philip Glass, arranged by Ben Eagle
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