diary
2024
February
4th
Conducting appearance with St John's Festival Orchestra
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte Overture
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 (soloist: Adam Davies)
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor
The Wesley Church Centre, Chester, 7.30pm
29th
Lunchtime recital with violinist Fiona Robertson for Lake District Music
Beethoven - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9, Op.47
Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major
Ambleside Parish Church, Keswick, 1.00pm
March
15th
Concerto with Edinburgh University Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius - Symphony No. 7
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3
Soloist - Philip Sharp
Conductor - William Conway
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 7.30pm
21st
Solo Recital for Glasgow University
Programme to include music by Camden Reeves, Ligeti, Debussy and a new commission by British composer Jonathan Woolgar
University Concert Hall, University Avenue, Glasgow, 1.10pm
April
28th
Conducting appearance with St John's Festival Orchestra
Programme to include Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist William Green and Dvorak Symphony No. 9.
St John's Church, Chester, 7.30pm
May
3rd
Appearance with Hebrides Ensemble for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's PLUG Festival
Programme to include Erolyn Wallen's 'Music for Tigers' alongside works by RCS composers.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 1pm
June
4th
Solo Recital for The Wesley Church, Chester
Bach - Partita No.4 in D Major
Ravel - Menuet from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'
Debussy - Preludes (selection)
The Wesley Church Centre, Chester, 1pm
July
27th
Solo performance for the EPTA UK Summer Conference
John McLeod - Piano Sonata No.1
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
August
4th
A recital of duos and trios alongside William and Jessica Conway to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the consecration of Inverness Cathedral.
Programme to include music by Bach and Bernstein
Inverness Cathedral, Inverness, 1pm
6th/7th
Workshops and performances as part of St Mary's International Piano Summer School
St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
**PAST CONCERTS**
2023
April
19th
Evening recital with violinist Fiona Robertson for the Kettner Society.
Beethoven - Sonata for Violin and Piano No.9, Op.47
-Interval-
Prokofiev - Five Melodies for Violin and Piano
Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major
National Liberal Club, London, 7.30pm
May
16th
Solo Recital for The Wesley Church, Chester
Programme to include Debussy's Preludes, Book 1 and Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit
The Wesley Church Centre, Chester, 1.00pm
June
2nd
Solo Recital for Stockbridge Parish Church
Debussy - Preludes Book 1 (Complete)
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, 1.00pm
25th
Conducting appearance with St John's Festival Orchestra
Mendelssohn - Piano Concert No. 1 in G Minor (Solist TBC)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
St John's Church, Chester, 7.30pm
July
1st
Solo appearance with Holborn Community Orchestra
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Dvorak - Symphony No. 6
Conductor - James Keirle
Piano - Philip Sharp
St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London, 7pm
2022
January
28th
Solo recital for St Michael's Church, Macclesfield
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Mahler (transcribed by P Sharp) - Adagietto from Symphony No 5
Puccini (transcribed by P Sharp) - "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot
St Michael's Church, Macclesfield, 1.00pm
March
8th
Recital with Nathan Knight (ROSL Strings Semi-Final)
Botessini - Reverie
Koussevitsky - Vasle Miniature
Hindemith - Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (1949)
Royal Overseas League, London, 2.15pm
22nd
Solo Recital for The Wesley Church, Chester
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Mahler (transcribed by P Sharp) - Adagietto from Symphony No 5
Prokofiev - 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (Selection)
The Wesley Church Centre, Chester, 1.00pm
June
26th
Conducting debut with the St John's Festival Orchestra
Schubert - Rosamunde Overture
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor (soloist - Adam Davies)
- Interval -
Beethoven - Symphony no 5 in C Minor
St John's Church, Chester 7.30pm
JULY
16th-30th
Oxford Cello School
Radley College, Radley, Oxfordshire
September
4th
Solo Recital for the Pianodrome Concert Series, Edinburgh
Tom Harrold - Five Miniatures (2016)
Debussy - Preludes Book 1 (Selection)
- Danseus de Delphes
- Les collines d'Anacapri
- Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest
- La fille aux cheveux de lin
- La cathedrale engloutie
Ligeti - Etudes (Selection)
- Der Zauberlehrling
- En Suspens
- L'escalier du diable
The Old Royal High School, Edinburgh, 1.00pm
October
29th
Evening Concert with Jamie MacDougall and Artisan Quartet
Haydn - Scottish Songs (Selection)
Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge (1909)
-Interval-
Elgar - Piano Quintet, Op.84
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh, 7.30pm
November
23rd
Solo recital for the Alderney Music Society
Schubert - Impromptus No 2 and 3, Op.90
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, 'Appassionata'
- Interval -
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit
Prokofiev - 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (Selection)
Anne French Room, Alderney, 7.30pm
2021
AUGUST
11th
Lunchtime Recital for St John's Concert Series, Chester
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Debussy -La Cathedrale Engloutie
Stravinsky - Three Movements from Petrushka
St John's Church, Chester, 1pm
25th
Solo recital for Wensleydale Concert Series
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Mahler (transcribed by P Sharp) - Adagietto from Symphony No 5
- Interval -
Debussy -La Cathedrale Engloutie
Messiaen - Le baiser de l'enfant Jesus from 'Vingt Regards'
Stravinsky - Three Movements from Petrushka
St Andrew's Church, Church Bank, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, 7.30pm
OCTOBER
19th
Solo recital for the Fanny Davies International Recital Series
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Mahler (transcribed by P Sharp) - Adagietto from Symphony No 5
Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D Minor
- Interval -
Debussy -La Cathedrale Engloutie
Messiaen - Le baiser de l'enfant Jesus from 'Vingt Regards'
Stravinsky - Three Movements from Petrushka
St James Concert and Assembly Hall, Guernsey, 7.30pm
20th
Solo recital for the Alderney Music Society
Handel - Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV434
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 14, Op 23, no 2, 'Moonlight'
Mahler (transcribed by P Sharp) - Adagietto from Symphony No 5
Bach/Busoni - Chaconne in D Minor
- Interval -
Debussy -La Cathedrale Engloutie
Messiaen - Le baiser de l'enfant Jesus from 'Vingt Regards'
Stravinsky - Three Movements from Petrushka
Anne French Room, Alderney, 7.30pm
2020
JANUARY
8th
Recital with saxophonist Emma McPhilemy for the Concordia Foundation
Andy Scott - Three Letter Word
Muczynsky - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
Rachmaninov arr. McPhilemy - Vocalise
Poulenc arr. McPhilemy - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
St James's Church, Picadilly, London
30th
International Artist Diploma Recital with Lilya Tymchyshyn
George Enescu - Conzertstück
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for viola and piano
Paul Hindemith - Sonate (1939)
Igor Stravinsky - Elegie
Carole Nash Recital Room, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
31st
Performance as part of the Association of British Orchestras 2020 conference with Lilya Tymchyshyn
George Enescu - Conzertstück
Halle St Peter's, Manchester
FEBRUARY
12th
Lunchtime recital with Emma McPhilemy
Andy Scott - Three Letter Word
Muczynsky - Sonata for alto saxophone and
Rachmaninov arr. McPhilemy - Vocalise
Poulenc arr. McPhilemy - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Christ Church, Southport
MARCH
11th
Evening recital with violinist Fiona Robertson
Mozart - Sonata in G Major, K301
Debussy - Sonata for Violin and Piano
Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Piano
St John's Church, Fulham