
Piano Recital
Date and Time TBC
|Regis School of Music
At the heart of this programme is Chopin’s magnificent Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, alongside two shorter sonatas by English composers Madeleine Dring and Kenneth V Jones.


Time & Location
Date and Time TBC
Regis School of Music, 46 Sudley Rd, Bognor Regis PO21 1ER, UK
About the event
Programme to include Chopin’s Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, Madeleine Dring’s Fantasy Sonata and Kenneth V Jones’ Piano Sonata.
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…