New Season of Putney Music Talks Continues
'Certainly Not Too Loud' with Julius Drake renowned piano accompanist
Putney Music has published the programme for the series of talks planned by the society over six months.
This next talk in the current series from Putney Music is entitled 'Certainly Not Too Loud' and takes place on 21 January.
Julius Drake, one of today’s most renowned piano accompanists talks to broadcaster Christopher Cook. Julius was educated at London’s Purcell School and Royal College of Music, making his professional debut at the Purcell Room in 1981 and developing a special affinity for the music of Schumann.
He is now a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and a visiting professor at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music. He has devised song programmes for the Wigmore Hall, the BBC, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Middle Temple Hall in London for the likes of Sir Thomas Allen, Olaf Baër, Ian Bostridge, Alice Coote, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Mark Padmore, Amanda Roocroft and Sir Willard White. His discography is extensive, while among television appearances is his playing on the Channel 4 film of Schubert’s Winterreise with Ian Bostridge.
Putney Music is a society of music lovers who meet fortnightly from September to April to hear some of the world’s most celebrated musicians talk about their lives and work. Guest speakers come from all fields of music – the concert hall, recital platform, opera, ballet, television and film; and also include producers, broadcasters, critics and writers.
Meetings usually take place fortnightly on Monday evenings at 8.00 p.m. at the The Dryburgh Hall, Putney Leisure Centre, SW15 1BL from September to April. They last for about two hours with a short interval when tea, coffee & wine are available. Members & young persons are admitted for free with visitors charged £8. Annual membership is £35.
Putney Music: 2018-19 Season
2019
21 January Certainly Not Too Loud
Julius Drake, one of today’s most renowned piano accompanists
talks to Christopher Cook.
4 February A Life of Lucky Chances
Jane Clark Dodgson, harpsichordist and authority on Couperin
and Scarlatti and Trustee of the Stephen Dodgson charity which
is devoted to her husband’s music, talks to Peter Avis.
18 February 7.30pm start Annual Social
David Cairns and Martin Neary set the evening in motion with
reminiscences and a music quiz.
4 March Comparing Notes 3, Piano Partners
Jeremy Menuhin and his wife Mookie Lee-Menuhin reflect to
Piers Lane on life as solo pianists and partners in a successful
piano-duo team.
18 March Grande Dame
To close our season, Dame Janet Baker will talk to our vice-president
Ian Partridge about her life and career.
* Please note only 1 week between meetings
Putney Music was founded in 1950 by the critic and writer, Ralph Hill. It began as a Gramophone Society, and now provides a place where members and visitors can meet internationally renowned musicians in an informal setting.
The Society enjoys a membership of over two hundred members, some of whom have a considerable knowledge of music while others have very little, but all share a great love of music.
Additional donations to the Society are always welcome.
January 10, 2019