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THE NEXT concert at Sutton House will be The Art of Encore, a programme devised by the pianist Philip Fowke. One of Britain’s great virtuosos, Fowke will perform and talk on Sunday 19 February 2012 at 3pm about encore pieces associated with Paderewski, Dohnányi, Grieg and other famous artists.
Philip Fowke has toured throughout Europe and North and South America, and in New Zealand, working with conductors of the calibre of Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Klaus Tennstedt, Vernon Handley and Barry Wordsworth.
His range includes the concertos of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Britten, Bliss, Delius, Ireland, Leighton, Rawsthorne and Tippett. He ranges similarly widely in recitals and chamber music. His discography includes concertos by Rachmaninov, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Finzi, and Chopin waltzes and sonatas.
Fowke is senior fellow of keyboard at Trinity College of Music and a member of the London Piano Quartet.
On top of all this activity, he finds time to be president of Amersham Concert Club in Buckinghamshire.
Sutton House is Hackney’s answer to the Wigmore Hall, and Fowke will be performing at the prestige West End venue a few weeks after his Hackney concert. This is a chance to see this pianist of “glittering technique” (The Daily Telegraph) and “careless rapture” (The Times) close-up in Sutton House’s gem of a concert hall. Don’t miss, either, the virtuoso patisseries on sale in the café.
Sunday 9th October 2011: Piatti String Quartet
Sunday 13th November 2011: Kuljit Bhamra and friends
Sunday 19th February 2012: Philip Fowke (piano)
Sunday 11th March 2012: Penelope Roskell (piano), Colin Scobie (violin), Heather Tuach (violoncello)
Sunday 22nd April 2012: Jeni Melia (soprano), Christopher Goodwin (lute and baritone)
Sunday 13th May 2012: Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Sunday 17th June 2012: Elena Riu (piano)