Music by Bach (arr. Busoni), Janacek and some Goyescas by Granados

The 2017 Knitting Concerts Sunday 26th February at 7pm

Robert Bridge (piano) will perform music by
Bach (arr. Busoni),
Janacek and some
Goyescas by Granados
whilst you knit, read, draw, or even listen....


Robert told this website: "Over the years that I have organised and curated the Knitting Concerts I have unashamedly used them as an opportunity to learn and perform new repertoire. The piano repertoire is so vast and there are so many great iconic works that quite deliberately I have chosen pieces in recent years that were a challenge, either technically or interpretatively or both: Bach's Goldberg Variations; sonatas by Prokofiev, Berg, Barber and Tippett; Chopin and Ligeti Studies; Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, and so on. So this year, having already committed myself to preparing Beethoven's massive Diabelli Variations for concerts elsewhere, I decided to do something different at the Knitting Concerts and collect together a programme of music that I find enjoyable and intriguing and hope, reciprocally, will be both fun and interesting to listen to. From Busoni's epic re-working of Bach's Chaconne, to the haunting and mystical world of Janacek, and on to the sheer brilliance and flamboyance of Granados' piano writing, I genuinely think there is something here for everyone."

For anyone is new to Granados here is a little sneak preview from a rehearsal video Robert made a couple of weeks ago: Granados - The Maiden and the Nightingale     

Those of you who heard John Irving perform in January might like to know that £400 went to his chosen charity, CLIC Sargent. The next concert will be on March 19th when the soprano Ann Mackay and pianist Kathron Sturrock will present a programme of voice and piano music by Mozart.

February 17, 2017