Norfolk County Music Festival Rehearsals

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David Neil Jones: Welcome to my new website.

I lead a very varied musical life with a mixture of recitals and concertos, accompaniment (mainly with singers) and some teaching.

I feel that each area feeds the other which give me great joy, making me a better musician and certainly a better person.   

My primary aim is to allow people who have met me to stay in contact. It is also of course a window into my life and work. I hope you like it. It is in the form of a collage.

 

Concerts and Performances 2009 - 2010

Beccles Music Festival

St. Michael's Church, Beccles

www.becclesfestival.co.uk
boxoffice@becclesfestival.co.uk
tel. 01502 716370 Mon to Fri 9-13.00

18th September 2009 - 19.30

Recital-
Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor op. 27 no.2 (‘Moonlight’)
Debussy- Suite Bergamasque
Chopin- group

Interval

Schubert- Impromptu in B flat op.142 no.3
Ginastera- Piano Sonata no.1 op.22 (1952)

24th September 2009, St. Michael’s Church, 19.30

‘Before and After Summer, English songs of Love and the Land’ Song Recital with Sheila Barnes (soprano) and readings by Philip Thorby

Beethoven- Scottish Folk Songs

Again my lyre
The sweetest lad was Jamie
Parry- My True Love Hath My Heart

Gerald Finzi- from song cycle "O Fair To See",

As I lay in the early sun
Only the wanderer
To Joy
Harvest
Since we loved

Phyllis Tate, arranger- Irish Folk Song, The Lark in the Clear Air
Michael Head- Sweet Chance that led my steps
Herbert Howells- Gavotte
Delius- To Daffodils
Sir Arnold Bax-The White Peace
                     -Oh, Dear! What can the matter be?
Parry- My Heart is like a singing bird

INTERVAL

Parry,
O Willow Willow Willow

John Mosesson (1938- )
Premiere, accompanied by the composer
April Rise
Three Songs from Twelfth Night
When that I was a little tiny boy
Come away, Death
O, Mistress Mine

Armstrong Gibbs
Ann's Cradle Song
Gone were but the winter
The Fields are Full
The Cherry Tree
The Witch

Ivor Gurney
Loveliest of Trees
Nine of the Clock
You are my sky
Bright Clouds
Sleep

26th September 2009, St. Michael’s Church, 13.00

Violin Recital with Natalie Beauchamp
Brahms Sonata no.1 in G minor op.78
Sinding- Suite op.10

4th October 2009, Holy Trinity Church, Bungay, 15.00

Tickets from Nina Vinagradova 01986 893607
Recital

Hummel- Rondo in E flat op.11
Debussy- ‘Pagodas’
Ravel- ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte’
Paderewski- Minuet in G
‘Thème varié op. 16 no. 3
Brahms- Intermezzo in B flat minor op. 117 no. 3
Chopin- Andnate Spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat op.22

March 2010

Norfolk County Music Festival----Details already on for last year’s festival

15th May 2010, St. David’s Church, Thorpe End, Norwich, 19.30

Recital

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Recordings

Availiable on CD:

Piano Variations:

'Here is a remarkable CD of great quality in virtually every department. David Neil Jones is a musician who obviously relished both finding, learning and now communicating his enthusiasm for these rarely heard sets of variations.'

Piano Interpretations:

'I was captivated by the tenderness and even passion which he has discovered in this very complex music. This is certainly a CD to buy, for the recording is excellent and the music projected with really infectious panache by a first-rate pianist.'

(Review of Piano Variations CD in 'Musical Opinion') Recorded in 2000 this CD features popular classical pieces .

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Biography

David Neil Jones

David Neil Jones’ performances are strongly crafted, virtuoso, yet pervaded with colour and above all, a singing tone. He plays a wide range of repertoire, embracing a particular love of French and Russian music.

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Repertoire

Composers available for performances

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Links

A list of links to sites which may be of interest.

These are a list of links to other musicians and sites that I find useful in my business. If you feel that you have been left out please contact me so that you can be added.

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Contact Me

David Neil Jones

For any comments, to book me for concerts, to purchase CDs and for any other information just fill in the simple form below with your message and I will get back to you shortly.

Would you like to go on a cruise with me?
I have done quite a few cruises now and on each one I have met wonderful people.
It occurred to me how nice it would be to have the opportunity to travel together again. Click on cruises to see any future ships on which I will be playing so that if you felt like it, you could come too. Do please contact me before booking.

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Teaching

I teach at Wymondham College, Norfolk, at the University of East Anglia and Privately.

I teach at all levels from beginners through to advanced, children to adults. My youngest is 8 and my oldest is 80!

I find it a wonderful challenge to prepare students for performance; and with children, to help them with confidence and life skills.

I think I have a gift for motivating, especially with people who are gifted or with technical problems. I believe that I am on the right lines with my teaching since those who I have taught from the beginning seem to get very high marks in their grade exams.

Even though I am primarily interested in performance, and despite it sometimes being very hard work, I get lots of rewards form my teaching.

Please contact me if you interested in learning the piano
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