Recitals

2026 Staff Recitals will feature solo works as well as collaborative works; recitals by Karl Lutchmayer, Christine Stevenson, Martin Cousin and Jill Morton will include solo music by composers including Czerny, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Rubinstein and Godowsky, while Schubert’s song-cycle Schwanengesang will be performed by baritone Brian White with Graham Fitch,

Recitals take place in the Chung Auditorium at Stowe School, and are open to the public. Tickets may be purchased on the door – cash only, please – £10 for adults and children/students free.

We’re delighted to announce the staff recitals at the Summer School for Pianists 2026. All recitals take place in the Chung Auditorium in the Music School at Stowe School. £10 cash on the door for adults; children free.

Karl Lutchmayer, Piano – Sunday 9th August 7.45pm

Godowsky – Alt Wien

Beethoven – Sonata in B flat major  Op 22

Reena Esmail – Crystal Prelude XII

Liszt – Liebestraume No 3

Liszt – Three Paganini Etudes

Christine Stevenson, Piano – Monday 10th August 7.45pm

Années de Pèlerinage: II – Italie – Franz Liszt

Sposalizio

Il Penseroso

Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa

Sonetto 47 del Petrarca

Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

 Après une Lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)

Jill Morton, Piano – Tuesday 11 August, 7.45pm

Czerny Variations on a theme by Rode, Opus 33 “La Ricordanza”

Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat op. 47

Selection from 50 Variations on a Waltz, composed by Vienna’s Most Excellent Composers and Virtuosos

Theme Diabelli

10. Gänsbacher

16. Hummel

18. Kalkbrenner

21. Kreutzer

25. Mayseder

26. Moscheles

33. Rieger

38. Schubert

43. Tomášek

50. Voříšek

Coda Czerny

Beethoven Sonata in E Flat Op 31 No 3

I Allegro

II Scherzo

III Minuetto

IV Presto con fuoco

Graham Fitch, Piano, and Brian White, Baritone – Wednesday 12 August, 11am

Schwanengesang, Schubert

Martin Cousin, Piano – Wednesday 12 March, 7.45pm

Rubinstein -Trois Morceaux Op 71

Brahms – Sonata no 3 in F Minor Op 5