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Julian will perform pieces by Mozart and Chopin as a special guest in this gala Chinese New Year celebration on January 25th
A Journey Through Beethoven Sonatas with Julian Jacobson | Miele Canto – begins Jan 12th 2025
All the concerts will be livestreamed, follow the booking link to ‘More prices’ for the £5 livestream option
https://www.mielecanto.co.uk/event-details/a-journey-through-beethoven-sonatas-with-julian-jacobson-2025-01-12-17-00
1st December 2024
Julian is performing as a soloist in this exciting concert of Joe Hisaishi’s music for the Ghibli studio movies.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/studio-ghibli-dreamscape-concert-tickets-1014847655657?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
17th November 2024
Programme:
Beethoven: Sonata op 10 no 2 in F major
Beethoven: Sonata op 57 in F minor “Appassionata”
Pauze
Julian Jacobson: Piccola musica notturna
Debussy: Preludes Book 2
Saturday 12th October 2024
PianoPlus International Recital Series 2024: Julian Jacobson
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pianoplus-international-recital-series-2024-julian-jacobson-tickets-1022679781757
Programme:
L. V. Beethoven, Sonata op 53 in C (“Waldstein”);
Julian Jacobson, Piccola Musica Notturna
Claude Debussy, Preludes Book 1
Julian’s recital will be preceded by a masterclass, 3-6 pm
Details here: https://www.ivoryduopiano.com/services-6
Julian plays the complete Debussy Preludes, Books 1 and 2, in a single concert at the 101 Arts Club, Waterloo, London on June 6th. A rare opportunity to hear these seminal early 20th century masterpieces in a single concert. Booking open now!
https://www.1901artsclub.com/6-jun-2024-julian-jacobson-piano.html
The direct link to the box office is https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-xmjogvd
Facebook event > https://www.facebook.com/events/323395957350631
A blog on this by Melanie Spanswick is here: https://melaniespanswick.com/2024/05/22/a-journey-through-debussys-preludes-4-julian-jacobson/
The Livestream will be here: (starts at 7.30pm) https://www.youtube.com/live/jLund4b1n30?si=l2cCisNpau–2PK_
Bournville Lunchtime Concerts
3rd May
Julian plays the second book of Debussy Preludes
Beethoven Lecture-recitals
Julian will give three lecture-recitals on famous Beethoven sonatas at the Red Hedgehog, Highgate, London N6 5BS, on Thursdays March 28 (Pathétique), April 18 (Appassionata) and May 23 (opus 109) at 7.30. Each talk will end with a complete performance of the sonata.
http://www.theredhedgehog.co.uk/240328JulianJacobson.html
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/611484/
NEW PUBLICATION!
Finally published by Edition Skellton, my transcription of Dvorak’s Rondo op 94 for cello and piano was originally written for my Meridian double CD of Dvorak’s complete violin and piano music with Susanne Stanzeleit. I hope my transcription will win many new friends for this delightful piece!
Dvorak, Antonin: Rondo op. 94 – Edition Skellton
Buy the CD here
On Thursday February 1st 2024 at 2pm Julian returns to St Mary’s Perivale for a recital of French music. He says:
“I have loved French piano music ever since I learnt Debussy’s Arabesque no.1 at the age of 9, followed shortly after by no.2. I’m delighted to be returning to St Mary’s with this fresh, colourful, enchanting repertoire, in anticipation of my performances of the complete 24 Debussy Preludes later in 2024 – details coming soon! My programme finishes with the explosive Bourrée fantasque of Emmanuel Chabrier, one of the most perfect of all French piano pieces.”
Entrance is free and the concert will be live-streamed on St Mary’s website, YouTube and Vimeo
Programme:
Debussy Two Arabesques
Fauré 6th Nocturne
Fauré 3rd Valse-Caprice
Ravel Menuet antique
Satie Gymnopédie no.1
Satie 4th Nocturne
Chabrier Bourrée fantasque
https://www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Friday 12th Jan 2024
Strand International Piano Series 2023-4 (Concert 7): Julian Jacobson
Programme
William Byrd – Pavane “Earl of Salisbury”
Beethoven – Sonata in E flat op 7
William Byrd – Jhon Come Kisse Me Now
Beethoven – Sonata in F sharp op 78
Debussy – Two Preludes:
– Des pas sur la neige
– Général Lavine Eccentric
Albeniz – Triana (From Iberia, Book 2 no.3)
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cm/strand-international-piano-series-2023-4-concert-7/e-ggkama
Blackheath Halls
Monday December 4th 2023 1.10pm The Hearn Recital Room
Complete programme:
William Byrd Earl of Salisbury Pavan
Chopin Mazurka op 6 no 3 in E
Debussy (Preludes Book 1 nos 1-6):
1. Danseuses de Delphes
Chopin Mazurka op 17 no 4 in A minor
Debussy 2. Voiles
Chopin Mazurka op 63 no 1 in B
Debussy 3. Le Vent dans la plaine
Chopin Mazurka op 63 no 2 in F minor
Debussy 4. “Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir”
Chopin Mazurka op 63 no 3 in C sharp minor
Debussy 5. Les collines d’Anacapri
Chopin Mazurka op 33 no 2 in D
Debussy 6. Des pas sur la neige
Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor op 44 “Tragic”
Beethoven Marathon
On Saturday November 12th 2022 Julian repeated his amazing marathon of the complete 32 Beethoven sonatas in a single day, which he last performed in London in October 2013. This”marathon” is Julian’s personal challenge to himself in advance of his 75th birthday, and six days later he repeated it in Uruguay on his actual birthday. The London venue is St John’s Church Waterloo.
Julian’s personal blog on the project is here
http://julianjacobson.com/blog
The performance was split into three sessions: morning, afternoon, and evening.
Julian has successfully accomplished his two marathon performances of the complete Beethoven sonatas from memory in London, November 12 2022, and Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay, November 18 – his 75th birthday!
This is the review of the Uruguay performance.
A highlight of the festival was Julian Jacobson’s Beethoven’s Marathon. A larger audience than expected, which grew to a full house in the evening, marveled at the expressive and technical clarity with which Mr. Jacobson dispatched all 32 Sonatas from memory. It was a masterclass in concentration and a brilliant demonstration of how to use one’s physical and emotional resources. The public, knowing they had experienced a once in a lifetime experience, gave him the loudest and longest ovation of the six day festival.
Beethoven’s Appassionata Piano Sonata Op.57.
Part of Julian’s Beethoven Marathon – all 32 Piano Sonatas played in one day. St Martin in the Fields Trafalgar Square, 15th October 2013; 9.15am — 10pm.
Liszt – Isolde’s Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
Immediately following the start of the first coronavirus lockdown, Julian determined to play a short piece every day, live from his studio in London. These “Lockdown Coffee Concerts” took place at 11 every morning from March 24 2020 till the beginning of May. The broadcasts aimed to bring a regular moment of relaxation and beauty at a very difficult time and acquired a substantial following.
Julian finished on a grand note with Liszt’s mighty transcription of Isolde’s Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
— Julian Jacobson (@JulianJacobso14) May 3, 2020
St Mary’s, Perivale
1st October 2022
On October 1st Julian is performing in a major festival of all the major works of Chopin at St Mary’s Perivale, West London. His programme focuses on the Polish, nationalistic side of the composer with several of his most important Mazurkas and Polonaises. The performance will be live-streamed and available for some time after the event.
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://www.st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-chopin22-session5.shtml
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe
6th October 2022
Clare Hall, Cambridge
15th October 2022
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, presents a concert by Julian Jacobson, who will play a selection of works by Haydn, Weber and Beethoven.
Programme
Haydn – Variations in F minor HOB.XII:6
Weber – 2nd Sonata in A flat Major opus 39
Beethoven – Sonata opus 31 number 3 (the Hunt)
Please visit the link below for tickets:
https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/events/jacobson22/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/julian-jacobson-concert-tickets-421281413047
Chapel Royal, Brighton
8th March 2022
On Tuesday 8th March at 1.10 Julian is delighted to be returning to the Chapel Royal, Brighton, where he has played many times before.
Programme:
Mozart: Sonata in F, K533/494
Beethoven: Sonata in E minor op 90
Debussy: L’Isle joyeuse
Please visit the link below for more details:
http://julianjacobson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CR-Poster-Jan-2022.pdf
Mozart Festival – Live Stream
13th March 2022
St Mary’s, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex UB6 8SS
Julian is playing one of the most important late Mozart Sonatas in the all-day Mozart celebration at St Mary’s Perivale. His sonata, the great F major K533/494, will begin at 8.40 pm. The event will also be live-streamed, follow the link below
http://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-mozart22-programme.shtml
Menuhin Hall – Beethoven 4th Concerto
19th March 2022
Julian is thrilled to be performing Beethoven’s sublime 4th Concerto with the Surrey Mozart Players on Saturday March 19, 7.0 pm, at the Yehudi Menuhin Hall.
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://themenuhinhall.co.uk/event/surrey-mozart-players/45200
City University Lunchtime Recital
3rd December 2021
Joseph Haydn, Sonata No. 62, in E flat major, Hob. XVI:52
Sally Beamish, Lullaby for Owain (1985)
Nikolai Kapustin, Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 (1991)
Frédéric Chopin, Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54 in E major (1842)
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2021/12/julian-jacobson#
London Repertoire Orchestra
20th November 2021
St James’ Piccadilly
Brahms – Symphony No.3
Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Op.56
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://sjp.churchsuite.com/events/5imwsy1v
RBC Piano Chamber Music Festival: Beethoven, Janáček, Farrenc
18th November 2021
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/piano-chamber-music-18-11-2021
Concert of Musicians for Peace and Disarmament (of which Julian is a Patron)
16th October 2021
‘The opening item will now be Rameau “La Poule”, replacing the Fauré Nocturne’.
Please visit the link below for more details:
http://www.mpdconcerts.org/events.html
2021 Online Recital Julian Jacobson live from St Mary’s Church Barrow-in-Furness
6th June 2021
Please visit the link below for more details:
https://ulverstonmusicfestival.co.uk/event/2021-online-recital-17-julian-jacobson/
Beethoven Marathon
March 9th 2020
On March 9th Julian is a special guest in a marathon performance of all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in a single day put on by Radley College in Oxford’s famous Sheldonian Theatre, playing the mighty final C minor Sonata op 111 at 1 pm
https://sheldonian.ox.ac.uk/event/beethoven-the-complete-piano-sonatas-in-12-hours
Liszt’s ‘Sonata in B minor’ online video recording
Tuesday 25th August 2020
St John’s Smith Square – recorded August 6th
Julian performed Liszt’s ‘Sonata in B minor’ as the finale to the Arts of Fugue series, part of the Digital Exchange Programme, made possible with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Video can be seen below here:
https://www.facebook.com/stjohnssmithsquare/videos/2721322054854858
More info about the Arts of Fugue can be found here
http://www.planethugill.com/2020/07/arts-of-fugue-live-music-returns-to-st.html
Three online prerecorded concerts
Saturday 24th October 2020
https://citymusiclive.co.uk/julian-jacobson.html
Cambridge Sinfonietta
Sat 14th December 2019
St Faith’s School
Trumpington Road
Cambridge
CB2 8AG
More info: http://www.cambridge-sinfonietta.org/
Two concerts in 2019 International Festival of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
In Teatro Solis, Montevideo, after performance of Bach Concerto in D minor for Three Pianos
With the Long Sisters Piano Duo, Beatrice and Christina
November 13, 2019 Bastión del Carmen
Montevideo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ligia Amadio
J.S.Bach Concerto In D minor for three pianos, BWV 1063
with Ciro Fodere and Chee Hang See
November 14, 2019 in Teatro Solis, Montevideo
November 15, 2019 Bastión del Carmen
Piano recital. Programme to include:
Mily Balakirev Valse di Bravura In G major