Morpeth Music Society concert: Tom Poster, piano

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Robert Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15
Schubert Four Impromptus D.899
'Of Night and Dreams' Sequence of Nocturnes by Maria Szymanowska, Grieg, Debussy, Poulenc, Clara Schumann & Chopin interspersed with Tom's arrangements of Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and other gems from the Great American Songbook

Tom Poster is renowned for his wide ranging and eclectic repertoire. He performs concertos with leading orchestras and solo recitals around the world as well as being the co-founder and artistic director of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Tom reports that he loves to create interesting and enjoyable programmes and that he is particularly fond of the music of Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter.

Tom's programme for Morpeth will include a solidly classical first half of Schumann's playful Kinderszenen and a set of four Schubert much-loved and familiar impromptus. The second half will juxtapose Tom's love for jazz stemming from his youth entertaining in hotel bars with a sequence of romantic nocturnes.

''a marvel, (who) can play anything in any style'
The Herald