'Pianoscapes' is set to return in September 2018
25th May: Many thanks to all who came to listen and share, between September 2017 and May 2018, at 'Pianoscapes 1-7':
your open-mindedness and willingness to explore and travel with me made the concerts a real pleasure to do.
I'm having a break for a couple of months to focus fully on the Robert Fripp / Andrew Keeling / Excelsa Voces collborative project... and to get new repertoire underway for the return of 'Pianoscapes' in September. I hope that you'll come back for more...
And - much as I loved playing at St Andrew's - I'm keen to find a venue with a decent acoustic piano!
If you have any bright ideas, please do get in touch...
your open-mindedness and willingness to explore and travel with me made the concerts a real pleasure to do.
I'm having a break for a couple of months to focus fully on the Robert Fripp / Andrew Keeling / Excelsa Voces collborative project... and to get new repertoire underway for the return of 'Pianoscapes' in September. I hope that you'll come back for more...
And - much as I loved playing at St Andrew's - I'm keen to find a venue with a decent acoustic piano!
If you have any bright ideas, please do get in touch...
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'PIANOSCAPES 1' - Sunday 24th September - featured music by Beethoven, Nils Frahm, Edvard Grieg, Keith Jarrett, Chilly Gonzales, John Cage, Sergei Rachmaninov and Chris himself. Fantastic cake by Paula! Thanks to everyone who came to share the very mellow experience - you made it very special...
PIANOSCAPES 2 - Sunday 22nd October -featured music by Keith Emerson, Damon Albarn, JS Bach, Philip Glass, Beethoven, Howard Skempton, Mussorgsky, Meredith Monk & Dave Brubeck, plus music by Chris and by Jimmy Webb ('MacArthur Park'!). Son #1 made a surprise appearance, reading the poetry of Giacinto Scelsi in a performance of part of my piece 'The Rule Of My Life'. Cake (by Paula) was again of a very high quality. The event was described by one listener as 'A very enjoyable experience', and he explained how he had been inspired to go home and try out his own book of Skempton's piano music; whilst another went further, remarking that the experience was 'As good as having a week-long beach holiday at a spa resort' - high praise indeed!
PIANOSCAPES 2 - Sunday 22nd October -featured music by Keith Emerson, Damon Albarn, JS Bach, Philip Glass, Beethoven, Howard Skempton, Mussorgsky, Meredith Monk & Dave Brubeck, plus music by Chris and by Jimmy Webb ('MacArthur Park'!). Son #1 made a surprise appearance, reading the poetry of Giacinto Scelsi in a performance of part of my piece 'The Rule Of My Life'. Cake (by Paula) was again of a very high quality. The event was described by one listener as 'A very enjoyable experience', and he explained how he had been inspired to go home and try out his own book of Skempton's piano music; whilst another went further, remarking that the experience was 'As good as having a week-long beach holiday at a spa resort' - high praise indeed!
warming up before Pianoscapes 2...
PIANOSCAPES 3 - Sunday 26th November. Programme - music by Brahms (Ballade #4), something seasonal by Percy Grainger, music by Radiohead & Pink Floyd, Anne Southam, Debussy, Dave Brubeck, Keith Jarrett and Alexander Grenville - plus a waltz from the Emerald Isle! A wonderful audience of more than 30 musiclovers, of all ages. It was lovely to meet new people and to see familiar faces too - and Paula's cakes were very well received...
PIANOSCAPES 4 - Sunday 28th January. Programme - music by Chopin, Amaral Vieira, Debussy, Arvo Part, and my transcription of a piece by Jessica Williams; plus Canadian composer Ann Southam, Peteris Vask (Latvian), Schuberts 'Impromptu #3' (Gb major) and Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song'... and some improvising too... An audience of nearly 40 sonic adventurers, including some Pershore luminaries and travellers from afar (Cheltenham!). One audience members said that they felt as if they had just had a yoga session: "Chris Long's ethereal programme of music left me feeling as light as a feather, and I floated away..."
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