Tyler Hay - Vaudeville Virtuoso: A Piano Recital of Wit, Wonder, and Wizardry. Popular Classics, Comedy, and Forgotten Masterpieces. at National Liberal Club, London on Monday 13th October 2025

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Tyler Hay - Vaudeville Virtuoso

A Piano Recital of Wit, Wonder, and Wizardry. Popular Classics, Comedy, and Forgotten Masterpieces.

Part of the Kettner Concerts in London 2025 Series

Add to my Calendar 13-10-2025 19:00 13-10-2025 21:00 36 Tyler Hay - Vaudeville Virtuoso Act I - Popular Classics and Comedy Tyler presents a selection of all-time favourite piano music, laced with musical anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek humour. Act II - Forgotten Masterpieces Tyler showcases two rarely heard masters of the Romantic era with works that stretch virtuosity to its limits.   Tyler Hay is an artist of rare talent, a true ‘pianist of the people’ - equally an extraordinary, international competition-winning virtuoso and a highly charismatic entertainer (and quite handy on a billiards table, too!). For one night only, in the spectacular setting of the National Liberal Club in Central London, Kettner Concerts presents Tyler in a novel performance format. In ‘Act I’, he offers a selection of the most beloved classical piano works - with original, humorous introductions to each piece. Expect nostalgia-inducing poetic musical beauty, alternating with laugh-out-loud comedy! 'Act II' offers an exhilarating tour-de-force of virtuoso piano playing as Tyler champions two 19th century composers whose music is criminally underperformed (in Tyler’s opinion - you’ll have to decide for yourself when you hear it!).   Tyler Hay first showed prodigious talent at the age of 11, winning a local award in Kent with his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1. He then gained a place to study at The Purcell School for Young Musicians under the great Tessa Nicholson. A virtuoso pianist drawn to some of the most demanding works in the repertoire, Tyler has performed worldwide - from London’s major concert halls to a cruise ship in the Antarctic. Winner of the 2022 Dudley International Piano Competition, Tyler is a formidable pianist. But also an entertainer. Mentored by BAFTA award-winning comic Alistair McGowan, he increasingly uses humour to engage new audiences with the music he loves. CDs of Liszt, John Ogdon, Kalkbrenner, and Field are available on Brilliant Classics. National Liberal Club, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

National Liberal Club
1 Whitehall Place
Westminster
London
SW1A 2HE
England

Monday 13th October 2025
7:00 PM

Programme

Frédéric Chopin – Polonaise no.6 in A flat major 'Herioc', Op.53
Claude Debussy – Preludes, Book I: La Fille aux Chevaux de Lin
Felix Mendelssohn – Spring Song
Edvard Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Christian Sinding – Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), Op.32 no. 3
Franz Liszt – Grandes études de Paganini, S.141: 3, 'La Campanella'
Carl Czerny – Grand Étude en forme de variations, Op.882 no.46
Anton Rubinstein – Piano Sonata no.1, Op.12

Performers

Tyler Hay – piano

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Programme Note

Act I - Popular Classics and Comedy

Tyler presents a selection of all-time favourite piano music, laced with musical anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek humour.

Act II - Forgotten Masterpieces

Tyler showcases two rarely heard masters of the Romantic era with works that stretch virtuosity to its limits.

Tyler Hay is an artist of rare talent, a true ‘pianist of the people’ - equally an extraordinary, international competition-winning virtuoso and a highly charismatic entertainer (and quite handy on a billiards table, too!). For one night only, in the spectacular setting of the National Liberal Club in Central London, Kettner Concerts presents Tyler in a novel performance format.

In ‘Act I’, he offers a selection of the most beloved classical piano works - with original, humorous introductions to each piece. Expect nostalgia-inducing poetic musical beauty, alternating with laugh-out-loud comedy!

'Act II' offers an exhilarating tour-de-force of virtuoso piano playing as Tyler champions two 19th century composers whose music is criminally underperformed (in Tyler’s opinion - you’ll have to decide for yourself when you hear it!).

Tyler Hay first showed prodigious talent at the age of 11, winning a local award in Kent with his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1. He then gained a place to study at The Purcell School for Young Musicians under the great Tessa Nicholson.

A virtuoso pianist drawn to some of the most demanding works in the repertoire, Tyler has performed worldwide - from London’s major concert halls to a cruise ship in the Antarctic.

Winner of the 2022 Dudley International Piano Competition, Tyler is a formidable pianist. But also an entertainer. Mentored by BAFTA award-winning comic Alistair McGowan, he increasingly uses humour to engage new audiences with the music he loves.

CDs of Liszt, John Ogdon, Kalkbrenner, and Field are available on Brilliant Classics.

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