John Bryden - Piano Recital

Melrose Music Society

There could be no better way to begin our 2022/23 season than to welcome back internationally acclaimed pianist John Bryden for his first recital in his “home town” since 2018. Born in Edinburgh, John lived in Melrose and served on our committee for many years. He will play a prelude and fugue by his contemporary from Edinburgh, David Johnson, whose “tonal, concise and quirky” (The Guardian) compositions deserve to be much better known. As do the works of Clara Schumann, who is only now beginning to emerge from the shadow of her husband, Robert. Much more familiar, of course, are Bach, Chopin and Franz Schubert, whose melodic and expressive masterpieces for the piano will feature in two further recitals this season.

J.S. Bach: Sarabande & Rondeaux from Partita no.2 in C minor
Franz Schubert: Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780
David Johnson: Prelude and Fugue in F
Clara Schumann: Variations Op. 20
Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu in F Sharp Op.36; Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 50 no 3; Scherzo in C sharp minor Op.39