Season 72
September 2018 - May 2019
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Reiko Fujisawa
Concert 4 - 7:30pm
Thursday, 24th January 2019
Reiko Fujisawa
(Piano Recital)
| Brahms | – | Intermezzo in E minor Op.119 No.2 |
| C Schumann | – | Scherzo in D minor Op.10 |
| Romance in G minor Op.21 No.3 | ||
| Beethoven | – | Pathetique Sonata (slow movement) |
| Chopin | – | Impromptus Nos.1 & 2 |
| R Schumann | – | Carnaval de Vienne Op.26 |
| Frühlingsnacht; Widmung (arr. Liszt) |
Reiko Fujisawa
With appearances at prestigious venues in the UK and overseas, Reiko Fujisawa has established herself as an exciting and formidable virtuoso performer. Recent and upcoming concerts include performances at the new Stoller Hall in Manchester, the Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, London’s King’s Place (with the Carducci Quartet) and Southbank Centre’s newly-refurbished Purcell Room.
Reiko studied at Tokyo’s Musashino University of Music. Eager to further her knowledge abroad, she spent time in San Francisco and later the UK. There she trained at Trinity College with Martino Tirimo, Benjamin Kaplan and Yonty Solomon. She has been in London ever since.
Reiko’s 2012 CD of works by Bach, Beethoven and Schubert has been followed by a recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, both released on the Quartz label.
Reiko’s programme celebrates the bicentenary of the great pianist Clara Wieck Schumann with an evening of works that Clara performed as a world-famous virtuoso. The music is interspersed with readings from Clara’s diaries and her correspondence with her husband, Robert Schumann.
Crawford Logan
Crawford Logan
Crawford is delighted to be supporting Reiko in this programme. Working with musicians is always a privilege and Crawford has appeared with the Carducci Quartet, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Red Note Ensemble, Rose Consort of Viols, the Fidelio Trio, Trio Isimsiz, Tallis Chamber Choir, Rosenethe Singers, Stirling Orchestra and the Glasgow Orchestral Society among others.
He has worked for many years in theatres the length of the UK, including 3 West End shows, most recently 319 performances of “The Woman In Black” at the Fortune Theatre Covent Garden in 2013, and overseas in Melbourne, Washington DC and Hamburg.
As a voice on radio, Crawford is well-known to BBC listeners as Paul Temple in the “Paul Temple Adventures”. He has made over a thousand broadcasts, appeared as two different characters in “The Archers” and also directed the last live BBC radio play of the 20th century. He records talking books regularly for RNIB and audiobooks for Penguin, Naxos, MacMillan and others.
On television, Crawford has appeared in number of well-worn favourites, including “Dr Who”, “EastEnders”, “Secret Army” and “Outlander”.
