LUCY PARHAM

Lucy Parham piano
Martin Jarvis & Rosalind Ayres readers

“Lucy Parham is one of the finest Schumann exponents around. But rather than record a straight recital on this occasion, she has chosen to weave a set of sublimely played miniatures by the Schumanns, Brahms and Mendelssohn against the background of the love triangle that was Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Using the composers’ private diary entries, as read by Joanna David and Martin Jarvis, it’s the kind of thing that could easily stumble on the path of good intentions, yet everything is so compellingly presented that one can hardly help but become wound up in the narrative.”

Julian Haylock, Classic FM Magazine

The Ogier Recital comprises ‘Beloved Clara’ and is presented at St James Concert Hall on Monday 20 September at 8.00pm