
Piano Recital
Fri, Nov 28
|Pallant House Gallery
At the heart of this programme are two sonatas by English composers Madeleine Dring and Kenneth V Jones.


Time & Location
Nov 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Pallant House Gallery, 9 N Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TJ, UK
About the event
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. Dring’s Fantasy Sonata is a youthful work with its heart on its sleeve, written while she was still a teenager studying at the RCM. It’s full of romantic melodies and gorgeous harmonies interspersed with more playful moments.
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…