Elegie Rachmaninoff - A Heart in Exile - T53232211Elégie is the fifth ‘Composer Portrait' concert to be compiled and scripted by Lucy Parham. Known internationally for her ‘Composer Portraits' in words and music, pianist Lucy Parham created a new programme in 2016. It chronicles the life of composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. Though he became an exile in 1917, Russia remained deeply rooted in his soul. His cultural identity and his longing for his homeland imbue his music, not least the many much-loved works he wrote for his own instrument, the piano. The narrative, scripted from letters and diaries, follows Rachmaninoff from his youth in Russia, through his subsequent self-imposed exile in 1917 and finally to California USA, where he died in 1943. The programme includes many of his best- loved works for solo piano, including a selection of Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux, some of his own transcriptions and the haunting Elégie, as well as works by Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.Performer Simon Russell Beale (Narrator). | |
| 8 Jul 23 | Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester :: V1068 listing details L01259257638 |
Reverie, The Lives and Loves of Claude Debussy - T01905350947Performer Henry Goodman (narrator). | |
| 18 Nov 18 | Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester :: V1068 listing details L01583609908 |
Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frederic Chopin - T193076289Pianist Lucy Parham presents a delightful evening of words and music about the romantic life of Fr?d?ric Chopin. She has previously performed in Odyssey of Love and Beloved Clara. Guy Henry has appeared in the film V for Vendetta, as well as the BBC series of Rome. He will soon be seen on the big screen as Pius Thicknesse in the new Harry Potter films. Harriet Walter's credits include the films Atonement and Sense and Sensibility and Mary Stuart in the West End and on Broadway. In aid of the House Development Fund.Performer Lucy Parham (piano). Performer Guy Henry. Performer Harriet Walter. | |
| 4 Feb 15 | Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L726338085 |
| 11 Nov 10 | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L0402950324 |
| 14 Feb 10 | Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0835816128 |
Odyssey of Love - T1580940732A portrait of Franz Liszt's relationship with the three most important women in his life. | |
| 18 May 08 | Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76 listing details L1773063303 |
T1738213980Performer Lucy Parham (piano). Music Beethoven (32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor Wo080). Music Schumann (Kreisleriana Op 16). Music Debussy (Estampes). Music Chopin (4 Mazurkas Op 33; Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52). | |
| 31 May 02 | Wigmore Hall, Inner London :: V01709318027 listing details L424759207 |
T120670792Performer Lucy Parham (piano). Music Schubert (Impromptu in C minor D899 no 1). Music Schumann (Papillons op 2; Sonata in G minor op 22). Music Anthony Herschel Hill (Litany). Music Debussy (L'isle joyeuse). Music Rakhmaninov (Moments musicaux op 16). | |
| 11 Apr 00 | Wigmore Hall, Inner London :: V01709318027 listing details L533099786 |
