Lunchtime Recital Friday 2nd December at 12.30 – Thomas Jesty (piano) and George Cooke (cello)

Programme

Schumann – Fantasiestücke for Cello and Piano
Dvořák – Silent Woods
Nin – Chants d’Espagne
Granados – Goyescas: No 4, Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor
Debussy – Cello Sonata

Lunchtime Recital 2nd December – Tom Jesty and George Cooke

It was good to welcome Tom Jesty back again to play for us. He was with us in September with Charlie Walker and her cello, but hits time he brought George Cooke with him – a good friend from university days, and also a cellist.

We really appreciated the introductions to the pieces with Tom playing us a few notes on the piano to illustrate some of the themes we were to listen for.

A delightful programme starting with pieces from Schumann and Dvoȓák, a piano solo of a piece by Cécile Chaminard, a barcarolle.

Then we moved to Spain with a piece by Granados-Goyescas presenting George with the challenges of plucking the strings and playing a double stop.

They closed with Debussy’s Cello Sonata.

We were enchanted by the performance and tickled by Tom’s  third foot pedal to change the pages of music displayed on his tablet – modern technology for you.

We hope to see them again in 2023.