4 November 2021 Music on Thursdays, Khamis & Jones, piano 4 hands,

Thursday

4th November 2021

12.30 lunchtime

Khamis and Jones

piano 4 hands

Gamal Khamis, piano
Belinda Jones, piano

Programme

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A Major Grand Rondeau D 951, (1828)

Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma Mère l'Oye    Mother Goose Suite M60 (1908-10)
    I    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant    Pavan for Sleeping Beauty
    II   Petit Poucet    Little Tom Thumb
    III Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes    Ugly Little Girl, Empress of the Pagodas
    IV Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête    Conversations of Beauty and the Beast
    V Le jardin féerique    The Fairy Garden

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
Over the Hills and Far Away (1991)
    Bobby Shafto
    Golden Slumbers
    Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?
    Over The Hills And Far Away
    Polly Put The Kettle On
Pop Goes The Weasel
    Rockabye Baby
    Upon Paul's Steeple

Concert duration approx: 50 minutes

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Khamis and Jones

Gamal Khamis and Belinda Jones’s piano duo is a musical partnership between two of the UK’s finest pianists who have been described as ‘outstanding’ by the Times and ‘remarkable’ by the Telegraph.

As artists they have performed internationally and throughout the UK including at Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smiths Square, Rachmaninoff Hall Moscow, Esplanade Singapore, and have collaborated with artists including Guy Johnston, Sol Gabetta, Jarvis Cocker, Elizabeth Watts, Tom Ades, and Kitty Whately. Between them they have won numerous prizes in competitions such as Royal Overseas League, the Maggie Teyte and Portos International Piano and have been Making Music Recommended Artists, Samling and Park Lane Group Artists.

The pair met as postgraduate scholars at the Royal College of Music in 2010 and have been developing an extensive repertoire for both four hands and two pianos, performing across the UK and abroad. Their thematic programmes balance well-known and lesser-known works and they are dedicated to representing music from all communities.

www.belinda-jones.com/khamis-and-jones-piano-duo.html

Recordings of the works in today's concert

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Rondo in A Major Grand Rondeau D 951, (1828) (11m30)

Here is a performance by the Dutch Jussen brothers - Lucas (28) and Arthur (24) - who were 21 and 17 when this recording was made in 2014, in the Seoul Arts Center, South Korea. You can find out more about the duo on their website: arthurandlucasjussen.com/en/bio

Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Ma Mère l'Oye    Mother Goose Suite M60 (1908-10)    (15m30)
    I    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant
    Pavan for Sleeping Beauty
    II   Petit Poucet    Little Tom Thumb
    III Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes    Ugly Little Girl, Empress of the Pagodas
    IV Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête    Conversations of Beauty and the Beast
    V Le jardin féerique    The Fairy Garden

here is a far more recent recording by thge same brothers, this time fro the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam where they made their first recording after 111 days of lockdown, on 1st July 2020:

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
Over the Hills and Far Away (1991)
    Bobby Shafto    (0m46)
    Golden Slumbers    (1m51)
    Oh, Dear! What Can The Matter Be?    (1m27)
    Over The Hills And Far Away    (1m10)
    Polly Put The Kettle On    (1m39)
Pop Goes The Weasel    (1m00)
    Rockabye Baby    (1m30)
    Upon Paul's Steeple    (1m01)

here is a far more recent recording by the same brothers, this time fro the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam where they made their first recording after 111 days of lockdown, on 1st July 2020:

Bobby Shafto