July – December 2010
July 4th: Chichester University – Elgar and Venables Piano Quintets with Coull String Quartet
July 26th: Budleigh Salterton Festival, Devon – Mozart piano Concertos KV 595, KV414
July 27th: Budleigh Salterton Festival, Devon – Beethoven ”Diabelli” Variations
July 29th: Petworth Festival, West Sussex – recital of Haydn, Schubert, Ireland and Chopin
August 12th: Three Choirs Festival, Cheltenham Town Hall – Schumann Piano Concerto, Philharmonia with conductor Martyn Brabbins
September 10th: West Norfolk Festival – recital of Ireland, Schumann, Alkan and Chopin
September 29th: Wigmore Hall – recital of Haydn, Schubert, Ireland (premiere of Rhapsody – 1906), Liszt
October 4th: Luton Music Club – recital of Haydn, Schubert, Ireland, Chopin
October 10th: recital Bordeaux Festival, France – recital of Chopin, Ireland, Schubert
October 16th: recital Little Missenden Festival – Bridge, Ireland, Dale-Roberts
November 8th – Hartlepool Music Society: Ireland, Chopin, Debussy, Poulenc
November 9th – Warwick University International Concert Series: Piano Quintets by Elgar and Venables with the Coull String Quartet
November 18th – Milton Keynes recital : Ireland, Chopin, Debussy, Poulenc
December 2nd – St John’s, Smith Square, London at 7.30 pm. Solo recital of Ireland’s London Pieces, Chopin Sonata in B minor op. 58, Debussy 5 Preludes, Poulenc Homage a Edith Piaf, Suite Napoli.
January to April 2011
January 3rd and 4th: Solo sessions for Somm recordings
January 7th-9th: Farncombe Estate recital and week-end course on Russian Piano Tradition. http://www.FarncombeEstate.co.uk
January 11th-15th: Solo recitals in Spain
January 22nd: Bushey Symphony Orchestra – Ireland Piano concerto: conductor George Vass
February 6th – 15th: Solo recitals in South West. Please contact Mark for further details.
February 21st: Luton Music Club – Beethoven, Ireland, Delius and Brahms with Sarah Williamson, clarinet and Gemma Rosefield, cello.
4th-7th March: recitals in France – contact Mark for further details.
10th March: masterclass at Birmingham Conservatoire
19th March: Ludlow Concert Club with Coull String Quartet – Ireland, Venables Piano Quintet, Elgar Piano Quintet.
25th March: Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton. Calveri String Quartet and Rowena Calvert – ‘cello. Elgar, Ireland and Liszt.
26th March: Hurstwood Farm, Kent – recital of Liszt, Chopin and Debussy
3rd-15th April: recitals in Italy and France (contact Mark for finalised details)
16th April: private recital
26th-29th April: recitals in Norway (contact Mark for finalised details)
May/June 2011
May 6th: Hagley Festival: recital of music by John Ireland, Chopin, Debussy, Poulenc
May 15th/16th: recordings sessions for Somm with Ulster Orchestra and conductor George Vass – Vaughan Williams and William Mathias
May 20th-22nd: British Piano Music – A Garden of Rare and Neglected Delights – a week-end of seminars and recital at Farncombe Estate, Broadway.
June 3rd: Swaledale Festival – solo recital
June 9th: Lyme Regis – solo recital
June 10th: Ilminster – solo recital
June 11th: Hatherleigh – solo recital
June 26th: Chadlington Festival – solo recital
July/August 2011
July 4th-10th: Belgium and France – solo recitals (further details from Paul Blacher)
July 25th: Buxton Festival – solo recital
August 1st and 2nd: Birmingham Town Hall – sessions for Somm recordings
September – December 2011
September 2nd-4th: Liszt – Pianistic Magician and Philosopher. A week-end of seminars and a recital at Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire
September 16th: Music in Quiet Places – Oundle Festival. A recital of Liszt, Chopin and John Ireland
September 23rd: Kidderminster Classical Music Society – a Liszt recital.
October 1st, 2nd and 16th: jury member for the Dudley International Piano Competition.
October 9th: recital of Liszt/Chopin and John Ireland at Rhos-y-Gilwen : a precursor for Fishguard Festival 2012
October 22nd: St. John’s Smith Square, London. Liszt recital to mark the very day of Liszt’s 200th birthday. 7.30 pm
October 25th – 29th: recitals in Belgium – please contact Paul Blacher, Mark’s Agent in France for further details.
November 19th: Ireland Piano Concerto with Hitchin Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paul Adrian Rooke
December 13th – 20th: recitals and concertos in Spain (Please contact Paul Blacher for further details)
January to March 2012
January 5th and 6th: Symphony Hall recording sessions
January 20th: Bromsgrove Concert Club with Coull String Quartet: Ian Venables Piano Quintet, Ireland and Cowie
February 11th: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Nicholas Cleobury and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lowestoft – Marina Theatre.
February 16th: St. George’s, Bristol – solo recital
March 10th and 11th: Adjudicating in Cambridge
March 20th: City of London Music Society – solo recital. Frank Bridge, John Ireland, Debussy and Liszt
March 25th: Ivor Gurney Study Day at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
April to June 2012
April 3rd: solo recital for Sunderland Pianoforte Society
April 4th -7th: solo recitals in the North East
April 19th: Plymouth Art Gallery – solo recital
April 30th/May 1st: recording sessions in Belfast
May 12th: solo recital for Steyning Music Club
May 16th: lunch hour recital in Walton on Thames with Rowena Calvert, cello.
May 18th: Ireland Piano Concerto in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of Spring Sounds Festival with the Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis
May 23rd: Ireland Piano Concerto at Cadogan Hall, London with Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis.
June 1st: English Music Festival. Opening concert with BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Martin Yates. Programme includes the premiere of Vaughan Williams Fantasia for piano and orchestra and John Ireland’s Legend for piano and orchestra.
June 11th: Solo recital Purcell Room, South Bank, London
June 14th: Bledington Festival, solo recital
June 19th-25th: John Ireland Festival in Chelsea, London
July to September 2012
July 18th: Leasowes Bank Festival, Shropshire. Solo recital
July 27th: Three Choirs Festival recital – to include the premiere of David Briggs’ Piano Sonata
September 18th: Hertsford Music Club
September 25th: Cockermouth Music Club
October to December 2012
October 5th: Minehead Music Club
October 11th: Ruthin Music Club
October 18th: Louth Music Club
October 25th: Gloucester Music Club
October 25th: recital for Gloucester Music Society
November 14th: Kendal Music Club recital
November 18th: Newton Abbot Music Club recital
November 25th: Oxford Chamber Music
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March 4th: Seaton Music Club
April 13th: Haywards Heath Music Club
May 24th: Music in Oxford
May 27-29: Dillington House, Somerset
October 12th: Schumann Piano Concerto, Worcester Cathedral
