John Paul Ekins (Piano)

– Andrew Beale, Managing Director

John Paul’s concert schedule takes him across the UK, Europe, and further afield, having been nationally broadcast on the BBC, and in Romania and Poland.

A graduate of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music & Drama (where he was a scholar with Charles Owen), His career highlight to date was his Albert Hall debut, performing Rhapsody in Blue with Southbank Sinfonia. John Paul has been presented to Her Majesty The Queen at a Reception for Young Performers at Buckingham Palace, and he has been awarded as many as 19 awards and prizes at international competitions.

Programme:

J. Haydn	Andante & variations in F minor, Hob. 17/6
W. A. Mozart	Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
F. Liszt	Harmonies du Soir, S. 139/11
F. Liszt	Cantique d’Amour, S. 173/10
INTERVAL
M. Mussorgsky	Pictures at an Exhibition

Menu:

• Smoked mackerel paté
  Crème fraiche, puffed wild rice, sea herbs

• Shetland salmon supreme
  Dill crushed new potatoes, Chantenay carrots, spinach

• Warm apple and blackberry cake
  Gold Medal vanilla ice cream, blackberry coulis

• Café du Monde coffee or Newby loose-leaf teas
  Homemade petits fours

No. Adults (£68.00 each):