Lionel's Two Nocturnes for strings are to be performed by the Piedmont Conservatory Strings, directed by Heather Strachan
Tuesday 2 November 2021 at 7:30pm
Piedmont College Chapel, 992 Central Avenue, Demorest, Georgia, USA
The Piedmont Conservatory Strings combines players from the university and the community to perform a concert of works by contemporary composers, including Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Lionel Sainsbury, Ola Gjeilo, and others.
Lionel’s Soliloquy for solo violin to be performed by Czech violinist Vít Mužík in a live streaming event organised by Parma Recordings on Wednesday, April 1st 2020 at 1PM EST/6.00PM UK time: (click image below)
Lionel played
A Spring Concert of Piano Music
on Friday 5 April 2019 - 20:00
in aid of Chadlington Memorial
Hall, Chipping Norton OX7 3NX.
NEW RELEASE The world premiere recording of Lionel’s Time of the Comet is released on PRISMA – Contemporary Works for Orchestra on Navona Records (NV6141) on 9 February 2018.
The recording took place at the Reduta Hall, Olomouc, Czech Republic, with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra under their chief conductor Petr Vronský.
Time of the Comet, a symphonic poem scored for large orchestra, was written in 1997, during the appearance in the night skies of the Hale-Bopp comet.
Short promotional video made at the recording session, including interview clips with Lionel Sainsbury below...
Released 9 February
pre-order
Navona Records is proud to present a PRISMA Album Trailer (8 min) below ...
Lionel in concert in Oxfordshire
Lionel will be giving a solo piano concert at 7.30pm on Saturday 7th April in St.Denys’ Church, Stanford in the Vale, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, as part of Music in the Vale’s 2018 series.
The programme will include Lionel’s Sea Storm and Andalusian Fantasy, music by Bach and Rachmaninov, and works by Chopin, including the “Minute” Waltz Op.64 No.1, Berceuse Op.57 and Polonaise Op.53.
Tickets available from:
or call David Pedder on 01367 718420
further info on Music in the Vale site.
Hear and watch Youtube video of the Black/Katayama piano duo
performing Lionel’s Cuban Dance No.1 recorded 24 September 2016
at the Cosmate Cultural Hall in Fukuoka Kyushu:
St. Denys Church,
Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire photo by Colin West 2013
Lionel gave a recital at the MUSIC IN THE VALE concert series at Stanford-in-the-Vale in Oxfordshire in November 2015 in a programme of:
Bach
Partita No.1 in B flat BWV825
Scriabin
Poème in F sharp Op.32 No.1
Étude in C sharp minor Op.42 No.5
Rachmaninov
Prelude in E flat Op.23 No.6
Étude-Tableau in E flat minor Op.39 No.5
Chopin
Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. posth.
Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 No.2
Barcarolle in F sharp Op.60
Richard III concert at Temple Church, London
EM RECORDS presents a solo violin recital by Rupert Marshall-Luck at the Temple Church, London EC4. The programme features works by Paul Carr, Paul Lewis, Richard Pantcheff and Francis Pott, inspired by Richard III, and also includes Lionel Sainsbury’s Soliloquy for solo violin
RUPERT MARSHALL-LUCK, violin
EM MARSHALL-LUCK, Reciter
Andalusian Fantasy Op.16 from Lionel's Navona recording ANDALUSIAN FANTASY was streamed on 16th September by Radio Despi’s 'La Otra Orilla' in Spain. Click logo to see playlist.
Lionel’s Andalusian Fantasy Op. 16, Nocturne Op. 18 and Esquisse were broadcast on Montana Public Radio (MTPR) Morning Classics program on 31 August 2015. (Please click Logo for Montana Public Radio link.)
Lionel Sainsbury at the 2015 English Music Festival
Lionel gave a recital of his piano music in Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames on 23 May 2015 as part of the English Music Festival.
Programme:
Cuban Dance No.1
Moments Musicaux Nos. 1-4
Nocturne
Prelude No.6 (from Twelve Preludes)
South American Suite
Lionel was Jim Svejda’s guest in a 3 hour feature on KUSC’s Evening Program on Thursday 17 July, 9.00pm to midnight, Pacific Standard time
It included Lionel’s Cello Concerto, Violin Concerto, Two Nocturnes for strings, and Soliloquy for solo violin, plus extracts from
his new piano CD Sunlight and Storms.
