THE DYSART ARMS
Petersham
By the Petersham pedestrian gate to Richmond Park,
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There will also be Sunday evening classical recitals on the first Sunday of every month and jazz club performances on the third Sunday of every month. Thursdays - jazz piano Fridays - jazz piano or classical Saturdays - classical Please follow this link to read a review of Viv McLean's recent Dysart Arms recital - Viv McLean Details:(unless
stated otherwise)
Thursday
4th February - Will Butterworth - solo jazz piano THE
MAESTOSO TRIO Mendelssohn
- Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66 Thursday
11th February - Ceri Evans - solo jazz piano Thursday
18th February - Demis Valsecchi - solo jazz piano Sunday 21st February, 7:30pm THE STRAVINSKY PROJECT Will
Butterworth – piano “This
intrepid duo bring intensity and virtuosity to TICKETS
£8 Thursday
25th February - James Hayes - solo jazz piano Thursday
4th March - TBC Sunday 7th March, 7:30pm Andrew
Maginley
WORKS
BY:
Thursday
11th March - Demis Valsecchi - solo jazz piano Thursday
18th March - Rob Eckland - solo jazz piano Thursday
25th March - TBC Thursday
1st April - Ceri Evans - solo jazz piano Thursday
8th April - Jonathan Gee - solo jazz piano Thursday
15th April - Demis Valsecchi - solo jazz piano Thursday
22nd April - James Hayes - solo jazz piano Thursday
29th April - TBC Live music has been a prominent feature of life at The Dysart Arms for four and a half years, since our opening night featuring Ike Leo and Art Terry exploring the influence of Ray Charles. Following the initial success of fortnightly Thursday night jazz, we decided to augment the musical events, and introduced a fortnightly classical music event on Saturdays. This began with performances from the brilliant classical guitarist Peter Black, and soon grew to include pianists when we bought the Bechstein grand piano. A great debt of gratitude is owed to our friend Art Terry, an inspiring and sensitive jazz pianist, who has helped us immeasurably from the outset. Art aided us greatly in finding our beautiful 1897 Bechstein grand piano – a truly lovely instrument with immaculate rosewood bodywork and a fantastic rich timbre. The difference made by the Bechstein has been huge – we have been able to attract some more of the world’s finest performers, and the overall sound and atmosphere of the events have changed dramatically, with audiences glued to the deep acoustic piano sound and ensemble with other instrumentalists. We are committed to excellent quality sound, whether it is acoustic, amplified or playback of recordings, so we have installed a state of the art sound system that is used for daily playback of selected music playlists as well as amplification of some of our more delicate instruments such as Spanish guitar or lute. The sound system includes Martin Logan Electrostatic speakers, an Audio Research Valve Stereo Amplifier, a Copland Digital Amplifier, a Yamaha mixing and effects console, and complete Transparent Audio Cabling. The dinner music programme has now increased to three nights a week. A more recent addition to the music programme is the series of Sunday evening classical recitals, on the first Sunday of every month. We transform the restaurant into a supremely intimate concert venue, and stage solo instrumentalists and duos. Already after seven concerts we have explored some fascinatingly diverse repertoire including Schubert, Barber, Liszt, Ginasteras, Beethoven, Enescu and Poulenc. We have had performances at the Sunday recitals from some fantastic talents, including award winning pianist Viv McLean, World Youth Harmonica Champion Philip Achille as well as many other rising stars of the classical world. Future concerts will include the return of Viv McLean on January 4th, a recital from flautist Unji Chung (Winner of theAudi-Mozart International Woodwinds Competition in Italy) on February 1st, and a fascinating performance of Cuban guitar music from the superb guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas. Regular dinner performers include: Saxophonist
Stan Robinson, who regularly played with Ronnie Scott
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