LEADING Lakes pianist Martin Roscoe will be performing in Grange this week.
The fourth concert in the Grange-over-Sands and District Concert Club's 2017 programme on Friday will see him previewing his major upcoming London concert.
Roscoe , who lives locally and who during his illustrious career has become one of the UK's most loved and respected pianists, has agreed to perform part of the Schubert concert he will play next week at the Wigmore Hall to celebrate his 65th birthday.
As he describes the programme, after a delicious aperitif of the Two Scherzi, the sublime G Major sonata has to be one of the most beautiful of all of Schubert's works and has strong pastoral undertones only rarely troubled by drama or sadness.
The concert continues with a French theme, with works by Ravel, Poulenc, Faure and Debussy.
Currently Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music, in London, where he has recently been awarded a fellowship, he is also artistic director of the Beverly Chamber Music Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week.
The concert at Victoria Hall, in Grange, starts at 8pm on Friday, and tickets are available on the door. Students are admitted free.
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