Bernard d'Ascoli (piano) at St Mary the Virgin Church, Petworth on Monday 30th July 2018

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Bernard d'Ascoli (piano)

Part of the Petworth Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 30-07-2018 19:30 30-07-2018 21:30 36 Bernard d'Ascoli (piano) Bernard d’Ascoli will need little introduction to regular supporters of Petworth Festival where he has performed regularly – most recently in 2013. For his welcome return he pays homage to Claude Debussy and his contemporaries. D’Ascoli’s programme will include works by Chopin (Debussy’s teacher’s teacher), Franck (whom he eventually rejected although he benefitted from his positive influence on French music), Ravel (to whom he was often compared) and of course Debussy himself. Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue FWV21 Chopin Five Studies from Op. 10 and 25 Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Debussy Images book II: Cloches à travers les feuilles, Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, Poissons d’or, L’Isle Joyeuse Bernard d’Ascoli was born in the South of France and began learning piano and organ at the age of eleven. In 1978 he won the First Prize in the Barcelona International Piano Competition but first came to major public attention in 1981 when, following his Third Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition, he made his London debut both in recital and with orchestra and recorded the Liszt sonata and other works for EMI. St Mary the Virgin Church, Petworth DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary the Virgin Church
Church Street
Petworth
West Sussex
GU28 0AE
England

Monday 30th July 2018
7:30 PM

Programme

Cesar Franck – Prelude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
Frédéric Chopin – Etudes, Op.10
Frédéric Chopin – Etudes, Op.25
Maurice Ravel – Valses nobles et sentimentales for piano
Claude Debussy – Images, Book 2: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût
Claude Debussy – L'Isle Joyeuse, L.106

Performers

Bernard d'Ascoli – piano

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Programme Note

Bernard d’Ascoli will need little introduction to regular supporters of Petworth Festival where he has performed regularly – most recently in 2013. For his welcome return he pays homage to Claude Debussy and his contemporaries. D’Ascoli’s programme will include works by Chopin (Debussy’s teacher’s teacher), Franck (whom he eventually rejected although he benefitted from his positive influence on French music), Ravel (to whom he was often compared) and of course Debussy himself.

Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue FWV21
Chopin Five Studies from Op. 10 and 25
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Debussy Images book II: Cloches à travers les feuilles, Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, Poissons d’or, L’Isle Joyeuse

Bernard d’Ascoli was born in the South of France and began learning piano and organ at the age of eleven. In 1978 he won the First Prize in the Barcelona International Piano Competition but first came to major public attention in 1981 when, following his Third Prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition, he made his London debut both in recital and with orchestra and recorded the Liszt sonata and other works for EMI.

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