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Martin James Bartlett piano recital, Fri 30 Sept 8pm

£5.00£25.00

Friday 30 September, 8pm Coggeshall Church

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The young pianist with a swiftly developing reputation has won the following encomium from The Times: ‘Bartlett’s ability to think long-term, rather than give in to immediate excitement, is probably his most impressive trait. No. 2 on his score card may be his unaffected delicacy of touch, colour and tone’. A BBC Young Musician of the Year win in 2014 was followed by his BBC Proms debut in 2015: further major debuts are lined up.

We are thrilled to have persuaded Martin James Bartlett to give a solo piano recital. Expect consummate musicianship and pianistic fireworks.

 

Programme;

J.S. Bach: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (arr. Busoni)

J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Hess)

Rameau: Suite in A minor (RCT 5): Gavotte et six doubles

Haydn: Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Hob XVI: 46

Schubert: Impromptu no. 3, G flat major

Schumann: Widmung (arr Liszt)

Rachmaninoff: Polka de W.R.

Amy Woodeforde-Finden: Kashmiri Song

Amy Woodeforde-Finden: Till I Wake

Ravel: La valse, M.72

 

Tickets £25 main | £15 side | £5 under 20s

Doors open at 7pm. Bar will be open before the performance, and during the interval. All proceeds will be donated to Coggeshall Church.

There is no need to print your ticket. This will support our commitment to protecting our planet. You can either show us your ticket on your phone, or simply tell us the booking name on the door and we can admit you from our guest list.

 

Description

Martin James Bartlett possesses a fearless technique and plays with a maturity and elegance far beyond his years. Bartlett is an exclusive recording artist with Warner Classics and his first disc was released in May 2019 and explores the theme of love and death. 

“Bartlett’s ability to think long-term, rather than give in to immediate excitement, is probably his most impressive trait. No.2 on his score card may be his unaffected delicacy of touch, colour and tone, brilliantly shown in the three Petrarch sonnet settings from Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage… Everything works to illuminate the music.”

The Times, 5 Stars, June 2019

Recording: Rhapsody (Warner Classics) “It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for… The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an elastic rapport between orchestra and soloist…great stuff.”
Steph Power, BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars, April 2022

 

 

Martin James Bartlett is a classical pianist born in 1996 in Hornchurch ,Essex. Starting his musical journey at the age of 6, learning Piano, bassoon and recorder, Bartlett went on to become a finalist at the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2012 at the age of 15. In 2015, Martin became one of the youngest soloists to debut at the BBC proms performing Rhapsody in Blue (originally performed by Gershwin). 

In the following years Martin Bartlett would go on to boast numerous accolades including being a nominee of the Evening Standard’s “London’s most influential musician award” and win second prize and the audience prize of the piano competition Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany. Signing with Warner Classic in 2019, he released his debut album “Love and Death” and was then awarded the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl by Prince Charles that same year. 

Event Details

Date: September 30, 2022

Start time: 20:00

End time: 21:45

Venue: 4 Church Grn, Coggeshall, Colchester CO6 1UD

Phone: 07926 623529 (Box Office Mon - Wed 10am - 12pm)

Email: boxoffice@romanrivermusic.org.uk

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