Classical Chillout Piano by Candlelight

Enjoy relaxing new-year candlelight recital featuring an outstanding selection of calming classical and romantic piano works. Set in the beautiful venue of St Mary Le Strand and with many bars and restaurants nearby to complete your night, this will be the ideal musical experience to start your weekend!

Featuring
Caroline Clipsham - (piano)

Programme
Beethoven: Moonlight sonata 1st mvmt
Saint-Saens: Aquarium
J. S. Bach: Prelude in C major
Satie: Gnossienne no 1
Chopin: Berceuse
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat
Mozart: Andante from K281
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Schumann: Romance no 2
Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet"

About Caroline Cilpsham

From Australia to the Arctic Circle, she has been described as “a delight to ear and eye”, and as having “a wicked sense of humour which adds to the enjoyment of her playing.”

Caroline studied at Chethams School of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

After completing both her degree course and a post-graduate course in Advanced Solo Studies, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, where she worked with John Perry, Gilbert Kalish and Anton Kuerti and performed extensively both as a soloist and a chamber musician.

She has performed at various music festivals around the world including the Orford Arts Festival in Quebec, the European Arts Festival in Germany, Brighton Festival and Guildford International Music Festival in the UK. Caroline has also made a documentary for Carlton Television which featured her playing Chopin’s original piano.

She has performed at the Wigmore Hall and St. John’s, Smith Square, and Kings Place in London, the National Concert Hall, Dublin; the International Holland Music Sessions and also in South Africa, Europe, Canada ,New Zealand, and she has toured Eastern Europe with cellist Orfeo Mandozzi.