MELVYN TAN piano

SIMON ROWLAND-JONES viola

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.111

Clara SCHUMANN Romances, Op.11

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Simon ROWLAND-JONES An Elegy for William Birtles

Franz SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata 

Only five months since his recital at the 18th NNMF in August 2023 Melvyn Tan is back, and this time will be joined by Joint Festival Director, Simon Rowland-Jones, viola, for half of the programme.  Two old friends who originally met at the Yehudi Menuhin School in 1967 in a programme that includes Beethoven's final piano sonata, Clara Schumann's beautiful Romances for piano, written while she was on tour in Paris in 1839, Simon's "An Elegy for William Birtles," first performed at NNMF in 2021 and Schubert's ever charming Sonate für Arpeggione.