Piano Recital
Wed, May 07
|St James’s Piccadilly
At the heart of this programme is Chopin’s magnificent Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, alongside works by English composers Madeleine Dring and Kenneth V Jones.
Time & Location
May 07, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
St James’s Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL, UK
About the event
Dring: Prelude (1948)
K V Jones: Piano Sonata (1950)
Chopin: Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor (1844)
More info & tickets: https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/irena-radic-piano/
Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977) was a wonderfully creative composer and musician. She studied composition, piano, violin, singing, and ‘dramatic’ at the Royal College of Music from 1933-45. Her output includes many art songs, chamber works and solo instrumental works, as well as works written for the stage, TV and radio.
Kenneth V Jones (1924 - 2020) wrote the scores for dozens of films and became better known as a composer for screen during his lifetime. He also wrote a large number of concert works, and that is where his true artistic voice lies. These pieces are now beginning to be rediscovered and are returning to the stage. In 2024, the London Mozart Players released an album of his chamber works, and in November the Royal College of…