Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 26th February 2026
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~ 2026 AGM Concert ~
Michael Turner
piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
from: The well-tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all the tones and semitones, both as regards the tertiam majorem or Ut Re Mi [i.e., major] and tertiam minorem or Re Mi Fa [i.e., minor]. For the profit and use of the studious musical young, and also for the special diversion of those who are already skilful in this study, composed and made by Johann Sebastian Bach, for the time being Capellmeister and Director of the Chamber-music of the Prince of Anhalt-Cothen. In the year 1722.
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor, BWV 853
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545 (1788) "Sonata semplice"
1 Allegro
2 Andante (in G major)
3 Rondo: Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 9 in E Op 14 no 1 (1798)
1 Allegro
2 Allegretto (in E minor, with trio in C)
3 Rondo - allegro comodo
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantaisie Impromptu in C# minor Op post 66 (1834)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
from: The well-tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all the tones and semitones, both as regards the tertiam majorem or Ut Re Mi [i.e., major] and tertiam minorem or Re Mi Fa [i.e., minor]. For the profit and use of the studious musical young, and also for the special diversion of those who are already skilful in this study, composed and made by Johann Sebastian Bach, for the time being Capellmeister and Director of the Chamber-music of the Prince of Anhalt-Cothen. In the year 1722.
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor, BWV 853
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545 (1788) "Sonata semplice"
1 Allegro
2 Andante (in G major)
3 Rondo: Allegretto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 9 in E Op 14 no 1 (1798)
1 Allegro
2 Allegretto (in E minor, with trio in C)
3 Rondo - allegro comodo
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantaisie Impromptu in C# minor Op post 66 (1834)
Concert duration approx: 45+ minutes
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Michael Turner
Michael Turner has been involved in performing music all his life.
Now retired after a long career as a professional viola player, he has in the past two years returned to the piano after nearly 50 years of almost total neglect. The purchase of a reconditioned Steinway has helped, as has the help and advice of several teachers, and a considerable amount of daily practice.
He began his musical career as a chorister at St John’s College Cambridge, where he was the principal soloist on a number of famous Argo recordings in the 1960s. After school he studied briefly at the Royal College of Music before returning to St John’s to read Music. On graduation in 1975 he joined the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra as Sub-Principal viola. However, after 4 years he felt he needed a further period of study, so moved to Germany to join the class of Bruno Giuranna in Detmold.
On returning to the UK in 1980 he joined the LPO and worked under Principal Conductors Sir Georg Solti and Klaus Tennstedt as well as many of the great batons of that time. In 1986 he moved to the Philharmonia as Sub-Principal and remained there for the rest of his career. Highlights there were working regularly with Yevgeny
Svetlanov, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kurt Sanderling, Herbert Blomstedt and Sir Charles Mackerras, as well as with Principal Conductors Giuseppe Sinopoli, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
He led the section on many occasions, contributing many orchestral solos and taking frequent part in chamber concerts and small scale performances of contemporary music in the orchestra’s “Music for Today” series. His 35 years with The Philharmonia took him all over the world, performing at many prestigious festivals and in the finest concert
halls.
Now retired after a long career as a professional viola player, he has in the past two years returned to the piano after nearly 50 years of almost total neglect. The purchase of a reconditioned Steinway has helped, as has the help and advice of several teachers, and a considerable amount of daily practice.
He began his musical career as a chorister at St John’s College Cambridge, where he was the principal soloist on a number of famous Argo recordings in the 1960s. After school he studied briefly at the Royal College of Music before returning to St John’s to read Music. On graduation in 1975 he joined the Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra as Sub-Principal viola. However, after 4 years he felt he needed a further period of study, so moved to Germany to join the class of Bruno Giuranna in Detmold.
On returning to the UK in 1980 he joined the LPO and worked under Principal Conductors Sir Georg Solti and Klaus Tennstedt as well as many of the great batons of that time. In 1986 he moved to the Philharmonia as Sub-Principal and remained there for the rest of his career. Highlights there were working regularly with Yevgeny
Svetlanov, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kurt Sanderling, Herbert Blomstedt and Sir Charles Mackerras, as well as with Principal Conductors Giuseppe Sinopoli, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
He led the section on many occasions, contributing many orchestral solos and taking frequent part in chamber concerts and small scale performances of contemporary music in the orchestra’s “Music for Today” series. His 35 years with The Philharmonia took him all over the world, performing at many prestigious festivals and in the finest concert
halls.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor, BWV 853
The performer in these recordings is András Schiff, from the Royal Albert Hall and the Proms' 2020 Season:
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor, BWV 853
The performer in these recordings is András Schiff, from the Royal Albert Hall and the Proms' 2020 Season:
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545 (1788) "Sonata semplice"
1 Allegro
2 Andante (in G major)
3 Rondo: Allegretto
In this recording we hear a performance from May 2023 by the Korean pianist Yeol-Eum Son, in the Tongyeong International Music Hall Concert Hall.Tongyeong is on the southern coast of South Korea where it hosts an international music festival.
Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545 (1788) "Sonata semplice"
1 Allegro
2 Andante (in G major)
3 Rondo: Allegretto
In this recording we hear a performance from May 2023 by the Korean pianist Yeol-Eum Son, in the Tongyeong International Music Hall Concert Hall.Tongyeong is on the southern coast of South Korea where it hosts an international music festival.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 9 in E Op 14 no 1 (1798)
1 Allegro
2 Allegretto (in E minor, with trio in C)
3 Rondo - allegro comodo
Korean-American Minsoo Sohn is our next pianist.. He is an alumnus of the New England Conservatoire where he now teaches alongside an international career which last year stretched from France to Japan.
Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849)
Fantaisie Impromptu in C# minor Op post 66 (1834)
It does appear that Daniil Trifonov offers us a performance in a warehouse, but do bear with us. It will be worth it!
Achille Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
from Préludes Livre I (1910/1911)
No 8 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, - très calme et doucement expressif
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, - very calm and gently expressive
We have not included any member of the illustrious Kanneh-Mason clan until now. This performance comes from St Jude's Church Hampstead, where Jeneba Kanneh-Mason was recording for her debut single on Sony Classical:
Previous concert
27 November 2025 - Luca Pieruccioni, piano, celebrates Bartok - click here
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