Jeremy Denk in Recital

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Thu 8 Sept 3pm

Duration: 2 hours approx.

Piano Sonata in A minor K310
Gaspard de la nuit
Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910
Heartbreaker
The Devil’s Staircase
Piano Sonata in E major Op 109

Piano

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Photo credit: Robin Mitchell

Master pianist Jeremy Denk’s residency at the 2021 Lammermuir Festival offered a remarkable musical feast. The concerts were extraordinary, leaving us no choice but to beg him to come back this year.

He begins with a characteristically ambitious programme that explores a huge range of emotions, pianistic challenges and striking juxtapositions. The demonic virtuosity of Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit contrasts with Mozart’s strangely shadowed sonata. Three different approaches to virtuosity, culminating in Ligeti’s breathtaking Devil’s Staircase, lead to Beethoven’s late E major sonata Op 109, music that scales sublime heights and offers a life-enhancing experience.

Jeremy Denk is performing across the festival, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Haddington on 10 Sept, with Maria Wloszczowska in East Linton on 13 Sept and at the closing concert with the Royal Northern Sinfonia on Mon 19 Sept in Haddington.

At his book event Every Good Boy Does Fine on 14 Sept Jeremy will give an illustrated talk at the piano: a fraught love letter to the act of teaching in which he explores what he learned from his tutors about classical music, how it is relevant to ‘real-life’, and what we can learn about ourselves. Unmissable!

It’s easy to think about live music as the experience of being performed to; this was a reminder that some of the best performances are like overhearing a private conversation among friends.

The Guardian

Seating Plan

See ticket prices for Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar below.

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Dunbar Parish Church, Gillespie Graham's grand red sandstone gothic church of 1821 stands proudly looking out to sea.

Damaged by fire in 1987, its spacious interior was restored with a colourful mix of ancient and modern features including an elaborate early 17th Century monument to the Earl of Dunbar and some fine 1990 stained glass by Shona McInnes and Douglas Hogg.

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar

Address

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar
EH42 1LB

Getting there by bus

The following buses pass through Dunbar. Pleasae check time tables before booking your tickets:
EAST COAST BUSES: x7, 106
EVES COACHES: 120

Getting there by train

Dunbar train station is a short walk from the church.

Getting there by car

Dunbar is just off the A1.

Accessibility

Parking:

There is free car parking around the town.

We can offer 3 spaces inside the church grounds for blue badge holders. Please email [email protected] to book a space, subject to availability and on a first come first served basis.

Terrain:

Tarmac.

Induction Loop:
Yes

Toilets:
Ladies and gents on ground (one adapted toilet) and first floors.

Wheelchair Access:

Sloped tarmac path to church. Level access into venue.

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